One high school chemistry teacher, Janice Crowley, said about the book, “What makes it exceptional,” she said, “is that it breaks away from the typical text and uses lab activities that get our kids hooked on science.”
This is yet another example of the exceptional learning and teaching taking place at Binghamton University, where EnTrust Capital Managing Partner Gregg Hymowitz graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A.

Perhaps this also means that investor and businessman Gregg Hymowitz, was right. A few months ago he was involved in a discussion on Cavuto on Business about the merits of Wal-Mart versus General Motors. Whereas Joe Battapaglia and Charles Payne both said that Wal-Mart was for sure the better bet for Americans, Hymowitz insisted it was General Motors Co. He argued that this company would benefit the country as a whole and their employees in particular.

When the company declared bankruptcy last year, it took in $52 billion from the US government and $9.5 billion from the Canadian and Ontario governments. Finally though, it now appears that things are looking up for GM Motors Co.

In this easy to watch slide show entitled, “Deconstructing Portable Alpha”  you will learn what Portable Alpha is, what it does and how it works; you will learn what the individual components of portable Alpha are; how the Beta Component works including the Equity Indices; Hedge Fund Market Share in 1990 which was valued at $39 Billion; Hedge Fund Strategy Market Share in 2007 which was $2 Trillion; Diversification and Returns; and much more.

In one of these forums Mr. Hymowitz was quoted as saying,

“You’ve already seen what the market is betting on. Clearly the market believes a Bush win would be good for the market, but it’s much more important to focus on valuations and quality companies.”

This is solid, common sense advice that would behoove investors to adhere to. It is dangerous and unwise to follow the crowd and invest in trendy things or in the market in general based on remarks of politicians, the latest movie hit or whether there will be rain or snow. According to Gregg Hymowitz investing in the stock market is not the same as betting on a horse race. It is rather a chance to put your faith in a company in which you believe will succeed based on objective criteria which can be investigated.

In 2004 John Hartigan joined EnTrust. He now is the Co-Chief Operating Officer of EnTrust Securities and the principal at the branch of EnTrust in Chicago.

Featured in this video is John Hartigan dicussing United Kingdom Trade and EnTrust Capital.

Two of the most common types of corporate pension funds are defined-benefit plans and defined-contribution plans.  Defined-benefit plans establish that an employee’s retirement benefits are tallied based on a set formula.  This formula usually takes into consideration the length of employment and the salary history of the employee.  The employer is responsible, in these cases, with funding the plan.  With defined-contribution plans, on the other hand, there isn’t a set amount that the employee will receive from the plan upon retirement.  The payout is dependent upon the success of the investment plan.

At this time, many companies are switching from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans, as they require less from the employer.  This is, of course, more beneficial for the employer, but less so for the employee in many cases.

In particular, a corporate pension plan is an arrangement that has been made between the company and its employees, or the employee’s union.  The plan provides funds for the employee’s retirement and can be financed in a number of ways.  Usually, both the employee and the employer contribute to the plan with a fixed amount contributed each month.

There are many types of corporate pension plans.  Two of the most common plans are the defined-benefit plans and the defined-contribution plans.

Today, over 6% of all pension fund assets are actually Taft-Hartley Pension Funds.  Most people are not familiar with exactly what a Taft-Hartley Pension Fund is, and it is certainly worthwhile to become more educated about what these funds are.  EnTrust Capital, and managing partner Gregg Hymowitz, manages Taft-Hartley Pension Funds, in addition to their many other activities.

In 1947, an act of Congress put these funds into action as part of an amendment to the Wagner Act of 1935.  Today, these funds represent 420 billion dollars worth of investment capital.  These funds are one way that companies provide benefits to their employees at the time of retirement.  The money for the funds comes from contributions that the employer makes for the employee.  The fund trustees are appointed in equal number by the union and the employer and they oversee the investment, including making decisions about what benefits the plan can afford upon retirement.

Most of the time, investment firms shoulder the responsibility for monitoring the funds and their investment strategies.  Many firms, such as EnTrust Capital with Gregg Hymowitz, McMorgan & Company with John F. Santaguida and others, manage these funds and invest the money accordingly.

This stratagem is known as “significant equity ownership”. When the managers are partners in the investment right along with their clients, the clients can rest easy and feel assured that they are getting the best possible money management that can be acquired. There can be no conflict of interest in this scenario. It is a sound policy which is one of the (not so secret) secrets of the success of Gregg Hymowitz and EnTrust Capital.