Courtney Smith is currently President and Chief Investment Officer of Courtney Smith & Co, Inc. which manages long only accounts and hedge funds for institutions, family offices, and high-net individuals. The flagship hedge fund is the Macro Fund which built a compound return of over 23% per year for almost five years with virtually no correlation with the stock market or other hedge funds.

Mr. Smith is also the CEO and Chairman of MetaSource Group, Inc., a public traded software company. He founded the predecessor of this company in 1996. He is also the CEO and Chairman of Greater China Technology, Inc. a company which outsources software development to China.

He was the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategist of Orbitex Management, Inc. during the late 1990’s. Orbitex manages mutual funds and portfolios for institutions and individuals.

He was the editor of Courtney Smith’s Wall Street Winners newsletter. This popular investment advisory newsletter is still ranked number one in performance by the Hulbert Digest.

Mr. Smith is the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Commodity Trading Consumer Research (CTCR). CTCR is the premier tracking service for the futures industry as well as the most prestigious publication for futures trading insights. CTCR has been providing insights to the futures community since 1983.

Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Financial Services, Inc., a futures and stock brokerage firm. Mr. Smith was First Vice President and Treasurer of the New York branch of Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI), a Swiss bank. At BSI, Mr. Smith managed mutual funds, client accounts, and was responsible for the trading activities of the New York branch as well as trading and marketing fixed income and foreign exchange derivatives for the entire bank. He was also responsible for the funding and balance sheet of the branch.

Mr. Smith was previously Group Vice President in charge of Financial Derivatives at the French bank Banque Paribas, New York, and was Vice President and a Director of Research and Commercial Services for PaineWebber, Inc. Mr. Smith managed client accounts prior to joining PaineWebber.

Mr. Smith is the author of six books, including Profits Through Seasonal Trading, (John Wiley & Sons, 1980), Commodity Spreads (John Wiley & Sons, 1981 and Traders Press, 1989), How To Make Money In Stock Index Futures (McGraw-Hill, 1985, paperback edition 1988), Seasonal Charts For Futures Traders (John Wiley & Sons, 1987), and Option Strategies (John Wiley & Sons, 1987, 2nd Edition 1996). Mr. Smith is also the author of chapters in several books.

He is on the board of directors of several unaffiliated corporations.

Mr. Smith has been a featured speaker at investment conferences throughout North America and Europe. He has appeared on over 1000 TV shows since on such national television shows as Wall Street Journal Report, and Moneyline as well as other shows on CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, CNN, and CNNfn.