Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager

Eric serves as a Portfolio Manager and a member of the Investment Committee at Accuvest Global Advisors, sub-advisor to a consumer-oriented strategy at Rational Funds. As a member of the Investment Committee, his responsibilities include research, investment analysis, technical analysis, macroeconomic commentary, and portfolio strategy & implementation. Eric is a frequent writer about the power of the consumer spending theme and global consumption trends. He is a brand consultant and leads the Alpha Brands Consumer Spending Index committee. He holds the Series 7 and 66 licenses.
Economic Insights

The Most Important Charts Driving U.S. GDP Growth Right Now

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
My team and I are constantly looking forward, and trying to get into the mind of consumers to identify potential investment opportunities. 2020 was the year where portfolio concentration, expensive growth stocks and active trading was a winning trio. 2021 thus far has been the mirror opposite with value significantly outperforming growth and re-opening stocks and cyclicals offering strong portfolio value.
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Fintech Investing: It’s Global & It’s Epic in Size

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
As thematic investors who assess global consumer spending trends, we have so many exciting secular trends to explore. One of the largest and most prominent consumption trends is the dramatic rise in Fintech innovation and the slow but steady death of cash as the primary method of transactions. Cash used as a percent of total global purchase transactions is estimated to be roughly 70% so it’s still very large.
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Fintech Investing: It’s Global & It’s Epic in Size

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
As thematic investors who assess global consumer spending trends, we have so many exciting secular trends to explore. One of the largest and most prominent consumption trends is the dramatic rise in Fintech innovation and the slow but steady death of cash as the primary method of transactions. Cash used as a percent of total global purchase transactions is estimated to be roughly 70% so it’s still very large.
Economic Insights

Don’t Ever Underestimate the Consumer

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January Retail Sales Explodes Past Estimates to $568 Billion Making the Trailing 1-year $6.2 Trillion.
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Don’t Ever Underestimate the Consumer

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
January Retail Sales Explodes Past Estimates to $568 Billion Making the Trailing 1-year $6.2 Trillion.
Investment Strategy Insights

Investors are Missing the Most Obvious Portfolio Addition

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
Let’s connect the dots as U.S. investors to see if there’s any obvious allocation decisions we can make based on the definition of core. Largely, when an investor decides to invest in a “core” passive vehicle, it’s an index ETF and when they choose an active fund, performance-chasing is often the primary driver of the fund selection.
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Investors are Missing the Most Obvious Portfolio Addition

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
Let’s connect the dots as U.S. investors to see if there’s any obvious allocation decisions we can make based on the definition of core. Largely, when an investor decides to invest in a “core” passive vehicle, it’s an index ETF and when they choose an active fund, performance-chasing is often the primary driver of the fund selection.
Economic Insights

2021: Consumption Trend Change

Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager -
As human beings, we consume from the day we are born until the day we pass. Personal consumption is the largest and most predictable phenomenon there is. Seven billion people spending money to acquire things they want and need always offers interesting investing opportunities. Sometimes, however, certain spending categories become more important than others.
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