Dr. Gary Harloff was trained in AeroSpace Engineering. In 1971 a coworker at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft said, “Nobody can model the stock market,” which became a personal challenge to Dr. Harloff and become his passion. He placed third and fifth in year-long U.S. Investment Championships Mutual Fund Switching Contests in 1993 and 1992 respectively, and has been named a number one market timer in Timer Digest. Dr. Harloff worked for 10 years at NASA in computational fluid dynamics. Today, he manages money for individuals and companies through his firm, Harloff Capital Management.
Harloff’s The Intelligent Fund Investor employs original technology not available on Wall or Main Street. The letter has been published monthly for nearly 20 years. Its single unifying index is the Harloff Value Index (HVI) that was developed over many years. Worldwide countries, sectors, index mutual funds and a few ETFs are rated on a common basis. Long and short funds are analyzed. Timing signals for the S&P 500, NDX, bonds and gold are provided. Several model portfolios are provided and historical portfolio values are provided to measure the newsletter’s success.