Since 2006, the Rothe Financial Group has offered active, research-driven investment management to individual and institutional investors. As President and Chief Investment Officer, John Rothe brings more than 15 years’ experience in the financial industry to offer his clients the same level of active investment management that institutions and high net-worth investors have enjoyed for years.
Prior to starting the firm, John served as Vice President & OMEGA Portfolio Manager with Oppenheimer & Co., and began his career at Morgan Stanley where he served as Vice President-Investments.
John also currently serves as Portfolio Manager of the ARTAIS Spoke Fund®. The ARTAIS Fund offers investors with account minimums of $25,000 the same level of active management and growth that we employ for our private client portfolios over $1 million. For more information on the ARTAIS Fund, please visit www.artaisfund.com.
John is an active member of the National Association of Active Investment Managers and The Market Technicians Association. He has written numerous articles on investment management strategies and his advice has appeared in national publications.
John lives in Potomac Falls, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) with his wife Jennifer, their two kids, and their loving mutt, Finn.
Why I Started the Rothe Financial Group and Launched the ARTAIS Fund
Over the course of my career in finance, I have witnessed two major upheavals in the markets that have drastically and negatively affected investors’ portfolios… and in many cases, the lifestyle they wished to live.
During the tech bust, most of those affected were young entrepreneurs who were able to start over again and find success. But the second bust — in 2008 — saw many people near or at retirement age getting wiped out. In many cases, those affected by the tech bubble had ignored advice and gotten greedy. But in 2008, most of the investors were following the traditional advice of the Wall Street marketing machine and still got burned.
Over 15 years in the industry, I have worked for Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer, with some of the highest-producing brokers in the business. I made a lot of money, earned some impressive “VP” titles, and learned from some of the “best” how to look after your own interests and those of the firm. I also learned that the traditional advice about investing (buy and hold for the long term) was a great way for the firms to make money, but not always in the best interest of my clients.
With that epiphany, I decided six years ago that I would never again be beholden to a firm. Never again would I make money for the firm at the expense of my clients. I knew there was a better, more independent way to run a successful business while looking out for the best interests of my clients. So in 2006, I started the Rothe Financial Group as an independent Registered Investment Adviser and have never looked back.
Over these past six years, I have worked tirelessly to create a system of investing that takes into account all of the resources available to me: computer modeling, historical trends, and seasonal patterns, as well as the day-to-day news that affects the markets. Using all of these resources, I launched the ARTAIS Fund — a completely transparent, research-driven Spoke Fund® investment model for my clients. As a “free agent” no longer tied to the Wall Street marketing machine, I was able to create a model that first and foremost is about making money for my clients — short term, long term, through bubbles AND busts. And a successful model it has been.
My goal today is to use my knowledge from the past 15 years (both from inside and outside of Wall Street) to educate and change the perception of investors. Not large institutional investors, but mom-and-pop investors — those who need to see real growth in their portfolios in order to retire with the lifestyle they choose.
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