Joe Austin joined Chaikin Analytics in July 2024 as an editor and senior analyst. Before that, he spent four decades in the financial-services industry…
Joe began his Wall Street career as a research analyst for the technology sector in 1984. Along the way, he also served as a senior portfolio manager on a more than $10 billion value equity product and a $80 million long-short science and tech hedge fund. And he provided research coverage of the tech sector for a $5 billion hedge fund.
In the second half of his career, Joe moved into marketing and business development for alternative asset managers. In this role, his strategies included global long-short equity, distressed debt and activist equity, and a natural resource-focused private equity fund.
Joe has worked with all sorts of investors in his long career – including endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment consultants, and some of the country’s wealthiest and most prominent families.
And now, he’s bringing his knowledge and skills to individual investors like you at Chaikin Analytics.
Joe’s Latest Content
Why You Can't Just Blindly 'Buy and Hold'
Editor's note: We've seen wild swings in the market recently. And in today's environment, piling into seemingly "safe" stocks could...
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We Keep Finding AI in 'Unexpected' Places
The search for oil and gas never stops... And it never looks the same. On Alaska's North Slope, rigs operate...
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The Frenzy Is Building for the Biggest Deal of 2026
Back in the mid-1990s, an important part of my job was going to lunches... I wasn't there for the food....
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In a Narrow Market, Pay Attention to Spinoffs
We've seen big gains in the markets recently, but plenty of folks are worried... Through the end of April, the...
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