Mark Pankin

Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois, Chicago

B.A. in Mathematics from the Wayne State University (Detroit)

Self-employed, independent, Registered Investment Advisor, 1994-2017

More than 45 years experience investing in stocks, mutual funds, convertible bonds, options, and futures

Over 35 years experience employing personal computers to analyze and research investment strategies

Detroit Tigers fan (When will they contend again?)

Some of the things I have done (in no particular order and certainly not a complete list):

Earned a letter in baseball for being the equipment manager of the high school team
Taught Mathematics at Marshall University (Huntington, WV), University of Iowa
Bicycled up Mt. Consitution on Orcas Island in Puget Sound
Wrote three reviews of investment software for Computerized Investing, a publication of the American Association of Individual Investors
Won a chess tournament for high school students in the greater Detroit area
Worked as an operations research analyst developing mathematical and statistical models for government and private sector clients
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up again the next day
Delivered talks on investing to groups around the country
Have seen all thirty current major league baseball teams play at home and games in 52 major league parks
Have visited all 50 states and most national parks