March 2016 Chapter Meeting

Mission Critical Portfolios: How to Reduce Risk and Increase Returns

David Johnson
Chief Investment Officer, Global Capital Group

Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 10:00AM

Numerous studies show that adding diversified, non-correlated investments to portfolios has not only increased returns beyond traditional portfolios but has done so with significantly less risk. David Johnson, a 25 year veteran of NASA and the U.S. Space Program, will show mounting evidence of a coming tough environment for traditional investments over the next decade, and how to select portfolio components that have the potential to increase returns and reduce risk in this environment. Stocks, Bonds, Absolute Return Investments, and Private Placements all have their places in today’s robust portfolio.

Attend this meeting and learn

• How to use worst case analysis to design a robust retirement portfolio with the potential to prosper in the event of another stock market decline like occurred in 2000-2002 and 2007-2009.
• Building and protecting your retirement fund is Mission Critical to your life; Failure is Not an Option.
• Compare various absolute return strategies and how they differ and complement traditional investments.
• Discover how you can potentially exceed the results of the best money managers, using a 60 year old investment technique.

About our speaker

David is an investment advisor and founder of Global Capital Group, a licensed and registered guaranteed introducing broker firm. David uses his expertise in traditional investments, alternative investments and private equity along with his engineering management skills to develop diversified, robust client portfolios. His previous career involved designing and managing several major aerospace projects for NASA and the DOD, including Space Station and Space Shuttle. After retiring from the space program, David founded a commodity trading advisor firm operating on the NYMEX exchange.