Manage portfolio of equities, real estate holdings, private placements & alternative investments. The McCain Investment Group is a family office headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

• Trade $15 million portfolio of municipal securities across the yield curve using firm capital• Top trader in the firm over the last 3 years as measured by percentage return on assets under management• Outperformed benchmark indices by over 2 percentage points over each of the last 3 years• Winner of IPI's 2014 Rising Star Award for generating returns in excess of 10% for the year• Recipient of The Muni Center’s Award for highest percentage increase in trading volume for 2015• Top trader in the firm over the last 3 years as measured by percentage return on assets under management• Developed lasting relationships with broker’s brokers as well as counterparties at many reputable trading desks• Work closely with back office to settle and confirm all trades

Review equity, fixed income and derivative orders placed by Schwab clients and either route them to exchanges for execution or cancel them based on characteristics of the order and the client’s accountContact clients when an order is cancelled to discuss options for placing similar orders or inform them of the status of their accountOpen lines of retail trading platform in the morning for pre-market and regular session tradingWork closely with margins department to monitor client status for maintenance calls

Cover West Coast accounts with research and trading ideas emanating from our analysts as well as ideas I generate.Solicit and execute equity, and derivative orders for both institutional and retail clients.Open accounts and manage relationships with new and existing clients.

Executed manual and program trades for Portfolio and Hedge Fund Managers.Sole trader for two Hedge Funds (combined assets totaling $30 million).Co-trader for 45 long-only funds (combined assets totaling $2 billion).Managed account-specific guidelines and ensure all trades are executed accordingly.Managed daily cash balance and foreign security weightings in each account.Oversaw approval of all personal account trades of the firm’s employees.Managed broker votes, commission schedules and soft dollar bills.Worked closely assisting Compliance Office on recent SEC audit.Maintained close relationships with sales traders and monitored them for best execution.Took research and merchandise calls throughout the trading day and communicated to managers.

Covered Portfolio Managers and Research Analysts on West Coast and in Texas.Generated derivative ideas for each Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst.Solicited and traded orders.Prepared research reports for analysts covering technology, retail, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.Prepared summaries of overnight/overseas events for distribution to clients pre-open.

• Assisted Technology Portfolio Manager make buy/sell decisions on micro, small and mid-cap tech stocks• Worked closely with sell-side analysts, interpreting and analyzing their models to generate buy/sell ideas• Met with corporate management teams to generate buy/sell ideas• Constructed and maintained daily performance database for technology stocks owned