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Robert Straus, CFA, CMT

Senior Member of the Investment Committee, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer


ROBERT STRAUS is Senior Vice President, Investments, Chief Investment Officer, and a senior member of ICON’s Investment Committee. Mr. Straus is the primary Investment Committee member responsible for the ICON Consumer Discretionary and Risk-Managed Equity Funds*.

Mr. Straus was previously employed by ICON as its Head Trader from 1996 to 1999 and rejoined ICON in 2001 as a junior member of the Investment Committee. In 2003, he was named a senior member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Straus earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver and bachelor of arts degree in journalism from New York University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a Chartered Market Technician.

Prior to joining ICON, Mr. Straus was a senior equity trader with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in 2000 and a partner with Integral Asset Management LLC from 1999 to 2000.

Mr. Straus has been a television guest on CNBC and CNNfn and has been quoted in a number of business and investment publications.

Biography (PDF)

* Effective May 19, 2009, ICON Income Opportunity Fund was renamed the ICON Risk-Managed Equity Fund.

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