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Phil
Grande is the host and creator of Stock Trading & Money Talk. Talk
about diversity! As a young man, Phil toured on the world free-style skiing circuit
and captured the world free style championship title. Instead of a lifetime of
professional athleticism, he opted for the financial road to freedom. This was
the early 1970’s, and the beginning of his privately held investment firm. As
the 80’s wore on, his privately held investment firm grew into the largest privately
held land company in the United States. It made the prestigious annual list of
the “500 fastest growing privately held companies in the United States” by INC
Magazine in 1986 and 1987. By then, Phil was using his skills to take over privately
held companies that were in or near bankruptcy and reorganize them. He would identify
their illness and write a prescription to bring them back to health by replacing
management, funding them with his own capital and through private placements.
It was by using this strategy that he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year in the
United States” in 1987. He was also recognized by the then Big A accounting firm
of Arthur Young and Venture Magazine. Mick
Flaherty is Phil's co-host and is featured daily in his segment, "The
Economist". Mick has 23 years of experience as an Economist and Future's
trader for such firms as Merrill Lynch, Shearson and EF Hutton. He holds B.A.
from Fordham University and a Master's from S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook. While on Wall
Street, Mick was routinely interviewed by such publications as the Wall Street
Journal, the New York Times and Barrons. | ||
