Amit Stavinsky

CEO,Managing Director and Lead Advisor

 

Amit Stavinsky is the Managing Director, and the Lead Advisor of the wealth management firm TAMAR SECURITIES, LLC. He is also a registered representative with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc. ("PKS"), a registered broker-dealer and Member FINRA/SIPC.

A native of Israel, Amit has been an investment professional in the US since 1991. From 1996 to 2010, Amit served as an Executive Director of Investments and an Omega Portfolio Manager with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Before joining Oppenheimer in 1996, he worked as a Financial Advisor at Prudential Securities.

From 1982 to 1986, Amit served as a Lieutenant in the Israeli Air Force, performing various aviation intelligence assignments. Subsequently, he founded the Israeli Economic Monthly Review, a financial publication with a circulation of 20,000 that targeted institutional and high net worth readers. He sold this publication after moving to the U.S.

Amit describes himself as a top-down value investor who seeks to identify domestic and global companies in undervalued sectors which he refers to as "Super Cycles" that sell at deep discounts to both their respective and historical intrinsic values. Amit defines "Super Cycles" as undervalued sectors in the global economy that he believes are best positioned for "Long-Term Growth".

Amit graduated magna cum laude in Finance from Woodbury University. He holds the General Securities Representative License (Series 7), the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam (Series 63) and the Uniform Investment Advisor Law Exam (Series 65). He is also licensed as an Agent for Life Insurance in the state of California.

Amit is an advisor to the Peace Works Foundation and a frequent speaker at synagogues in the Los Angeles area.

Michael Cochrane

Regional Vice President, RIA Channel - West

• Joined Van Eck in 2008
• Manages the RIA channel for Van Eck's mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the western part of the country
• Formerly managed the North Central regional territory covering Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Since joining Van Eck, specialized in Van Eck mutual funds that invest in hard assets, gold mining, emerging markets and alternative investments as well as Van Eck's Market Vectors® exchange-traded funds
• Earlier career experience includes two and a half years as Offshore Regional Investment Consultant with Fidelity Investments, concentrating on the offering and sale of its offshore funds
• BS, Business Administration, Bryant University