Interview  |  OCT 1999

Interview: David Vomund Of AIQ by John Sweeney

On The Opening Bell - David Vomund Of AIQ David Vomund of AIQ Systems wears a few hats, chief of which is his positions as chief analyst of artificial intelligence–based charting software developer AIQ Systems and the editor of AIQ’s newsletter, The Opening Bell. Not only that, Vomund is also president of Legarza Vomund Investment Management, a registered investment advisory firm where he manages aggressive blue-chip portfolios. Under this money management program, Vomund utilizes his growth investing strategy while concentrating on a limited number of well-known companies; for the first half of 1999, his fund increased 44%. Vomund also publishes the weekly VIS Alert.com E-mail newsletter, which covers market timing, industry sector rotation, and stock selection. Timer Digest, an independent service that tracks market timing performance, rates Vomund’s market timing as one of the 10 best for the five-year period ended December 31, 1998. STOCKS & COMMODITIES Technical Editor John Sweeney spoke with Vomund via telephone on July 22, 1999, on various topics such as artificial intelligence, why point and figure charts by hand are still a good idea after all this time, and why mechanical systems are still his preference.

by John Sweeney