Gary Kaltbaum is an American investment advisor and author based in Orlando, Florida and Scottsdale, Arizona.
Gary is an outspoken opponent of the buy and hold school of investing, instead insisting that losses greater than 8% should never be tolerated.
Gary also pointedly denounces what he refers to as "financial charlatans," leading among them (but by no means alone) Jim Cramer, who he faults for being inappropriately bearish and wrongly calling the bottom of the market during much of 2007 and 2008.
[3] He is loath to give very specific advice himself but seems to adhere to a momentum strategy, not based on any kind of hard research on the scientific fundamentals of the companies involved.
Gary's radio show Investor's Edge is featured in multiple markets including Orlando, Florida on WBZW, and Phoenix, Arizona on KFNN scattered with audio samples (a sample from Animal House, "zero point zero" is often used when the market underperforms on the day) that provide a humorous tone to the program.