Dan Amoss is an Editor at Paradigm Press, a subscription based independent financial publisher spun out of Agora Financial. Amoss is a student of the Austrian School of Economics, a discipline he uses to identify imbalances in specific sectors of the market. He tracks aggressive accounting and other red flags that the market typically misses. His bottom-up investing style focuses on management strategy, return on capital, and the truth buried in financial statements.
Dan Amoss Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
Academic History
EARLY CAREER
Amoss is a student of the Austrian School of Economics, a discipline he uses to identify imbalances in specific sectors of the market.
His specialties include short selling, mining, oil and gas and macroeconomic analysis.
Prior to Paradigm Press and Agora Financial, he was a Research Analyst at ICM Small Company Portfolio, a small-cap mutual fund with more than $1 billion under management.
NOTABLE CALLS
In spring 2008, he recommended Lehman Brothers puts, advising readers to hold the position as the stock fell from $45 to $12, which gained 462%.
In the mid-2000s, he sounded the alarm on the coming housing crisis, advising readers on how to profit when real estate tanked.
He called American Airlines’ bankruptcy long before the Chapter 11 filing, telling readers to short the stock, which tanked from $6 to just 26 cents.
CERTIFICATIONS
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute