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About Contravisory
Contravisory Investment Management is a SEC registered investment advisory firm founded by G. Edward Noonan in 1972. Ed had been associated with several investment firms as a bond and equity research analyst prior to the founding of Contravisory, including Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance, Advest, and Fidelity Investments. After earning the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1968, he joined Fidelity as a special-situation analyst and personal assistant to Mr. Edward C. Johnson II, Chairman. It was in this position where he was introduced to a quantitative/technical investment model which has become the central input to Contravisory's equity research and investment management recommendations. At Fidelity, Ed learned the critical importance of objectivity and discipline in the management of financial assets which can be achieved through the use of a quantitative/technical system.
During his Fidelity tenure, he was introduced to Hays Ray, a widely recognized leader in the investment specialty of industry-focused relative strength research. Hays began his career as an investment consultant in 1930 and established a long-term relationship with Fidelity beginning in 1948. The Ray Signals relative trend research service became the core input to the ContraSignals service which Ed introduced to leading money managers in the fall of 1972.
In the early-80's Contravisory started to apply the quantitative/technical approach to the management of a select number of individual portfolios. The investment management of individual and corporate portfolios continues with the core input from its relative trend research disciplines.
The decade of the 90's was pivotal for the company as Ed's two sons, Bill (1995) and Phil (1999) joined the company. Recognizing the success of both the buy and sell recommendations formulated by its equity research, the firm's strategic plan called for a shift in emphasis from the distribution of equity research to asset management growth. It was at that time, a succession plan was put into place, culminating in Ed's retirement in 2006, Bill taking over as President and CEO, and Phil as Chief Operating Officer.
Contravisory Team
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