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As Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Larry is Co-Founder of Quintessence Wealth (www.QWealth.com). Since 2007, Larry is well known as the host of Berman’s Call on BNN Bloomberg. His qualifications and 30 plus years of industry experience are extensive. Larry is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter-holder, a US registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), and holds a BA in Economics from York University.
Prior to founding QWealth (formerly ETF Capital Management), as Chief Technical Strategist and a Managing Director for CIBC World Markets, he led the technical and quantitative research department. Larry was also a senior technical analyst for Technical Data (now Thomson Reuters) in Boston and senior technical analyst and commodity trader for Marleau, Lemire Futures in Toronto. Larry began his career as a Toronto based investment advisor assistant in 1986, while completing his undergraduate degree. He completed a technical internship in New York with the CMT Association (CMT Association) in 1994, where he studied the techniques of many top Wall Street market strategists.
Larry is a multi award winning portfolio manager focusing on asset allocation, capital preservation with a value or growth at a reasonable price tilt to his investment style. His award-winning investment philosophy focuses on assessing risk and return. Larry is working on incorporating an artificial intelligence into his investment process as he believes it will remove behavioural biases that are inherently the biggest cost of emotional investing decisions.
Larry is the original author of the textbook for the technical analysis course offered by the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI), which is the basis of education for technical analysis in Canada. Larry is past President of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (www.csta.org), past Vice-Chairman of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (www.ifta.org), and past President of the CMT Association.
Larry is passionate about educating investors and giving back to the community. He is an active supporter of brain health (Dementia) research at the Baycrest Hospital Foundation, where he sits on the investment committee. He’s actively involved with the Children’s Aid Foundation, where he established the Berman Family Scholarship to help youth in care financial need to fund post-secondary education. For over 15 years on BNN Bloomberg’s Berman’s Call, Canadians look to Larry to deliver insights about market performance, education, asset allocation, and prudent risk management.
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As you may have heard last week, we will be hosting the Canadian Panel🍁 at Future Proof for the very first time this year. This week, we're…
As you may have heard last week, we will be hosting the Canadian Panel🍁 at Future Proof for the very first time this year. This week, we're…
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This is a great thread. I think about investing themes and trends alot in my near 40 year career and what has changed. Technology was always a…
This is a great thread. I think about investing themes and trends alot in my near 40 year career and what has changed. Technology was always a…
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Great advice. A positive corporate culture is so important for businesses and employees to thrive.
Great advice. A positive corporate culture is so important for businesses and employees to thrive.
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This may turn out to be the biggest most successful legal Ponzi scheme in history.
This may turn out to be the biggest most successful legal Ponzi scheme in history.
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Great team. Can't believe we lost. 10 under in those conditions.
Great team. Can't believe we lost. 10 under in those conditions.
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We’re proud to announce that Krista Jamieson has achieved a major milestone by becoming an officially registered Associate Portfolio Manager with Q…
We’re proud to announce that Krista Jamieson has achieved a major milestone by becoming an officially registered Associate Portfolio Manager with Q…
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Excited to bring Prof. Eisfeldt's intangible and invaluable research to Canada, exclusive to www.qwealth.com. Come check us out to see what it's all…
Excited to bring Prof. Eisfeldt's intangible and invaluable research to Canada, exclusive to www.qwealth.com. Come check us out to see what it's all…
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www.Qwealth.com has a great working culture. We're a partnership in every sense. Nikala helps partners with all aspects of the investment discussion…
www.Qwealth.com has a great working culture. We're a partnership in every sense. Nikala helps partners with all aspects of the investment discussion…
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Qwealth.com keeps growing and finding great partners that put clients first. Come check us out and see what the growth is all about.
Qwealth.com keeps growing and finding great partners that put clients first. Come check us out and see what the growth is all about.
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This is what is interesting about this: BRK/A vs. S&P 500 since 1987 15.77% vs. 10.9%. No Brainer, right? Since the bottom of the tech bubble in 2003…
This is what is interesting about this: BRK/A vs. S&P 500 since 1987 15.77% vs. 10.9%. No Brainer, right? Since the bottom of the tech bubble in 2003…
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Checkout qwealth.com and see why more advisors are choosing partnership and independence for their clients' best interests.
Checkout qwealth.com and see why more advisors are choosing partnership and independence for their clients' best interests.
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These are NEW ETFs to keep your eye on. Prof Eisfeldt's work in the area of firm value is very exciting.
These are NEW ETFs to keep your eye on. Prof Eisfeldt's work in the area of firm value is very exciting.
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Who would like the potential for 2x market returns with only 1x the risk. Ideal for TFSA portfolios. Max growth, less risk, no tax. Wow! Give Thomas…
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