Interview  |  AUG 1999

Interview: Kevin Haggerty by Thom Hartle

A Guide To Conquering The Trading Markets - Kevin Haggerty Kevin Haggerty’s career on Wall Street covers nearly 25 years and numerous responsibilities ranging from senior vice president and manager of equity trading at Fidelity Capital Markets to serving as a managing director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Now he’s teamed up with Mark Boucher and Larry Connors, some other noted names in the business that STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers may recognize, to cofound a Website for traders called TRADEHARD.COM. S&C Editor Thom Hartle spoke to Haggerty on May 18, 1999, about topics ranging from stockpicking, the opportunities available due to the way major players move in the markets, and his upcoming book, as well as his contribution to The TRADEHARD.COM’s Guide To Conquering The Trading Markets. Let’s start with a little history. Before entering the trading industry, I received my bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College, and served in the US Marine Corps from 1965 to 1969. From 1976 to 1981, I was a vice president at Dean Witter Reynolds and manager of the equity and convertible trading desk. I became a general partner in charge of equity and convertible trading at Walsh Greenwood, where I was from 1981 to 1990. While there, I also directed the sales and marketing of the SHARK system, the first personal computer–based equity and option trading quotation system. From 1990 to 1997, I served as senior vice president and manager of equity trading at Fidelity Capital Markets, a division of Fidelity Investments, where I was in charge of US institutional equity trading and exchange floor operations.

by Thom Hartle