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| With Sal Muoio (Chief Investment Offiicer, SM Investors), Ignatius Chithelen (Banyan Tree Capital). |
| Huron Consulting, 1166 6th Ave, Ste 300 |
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Apr 28 (Tue) , 2026 @ 06:00 PM
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Is Stock Picking Dead
Sal Muoio, Chief Investment Offiicer SM Investors, in conversation with Ignatius Chithelen, manager Banyan Tree Capital
Date: Tuesday April 28, 2026. Time: 6 pm to 8 pm.
Host: Huron Consulting 1166 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor at 45 Street.
Since 2000, investors, both institutional & individual, have shifted to holding exchange-traded funds, The ETFs enable the passive purchase of baskets of stocks & other securities, including those based on indexes. Assets held in ETFs total more than $19 trillion, recently driven by enthusiasm for Nvidia & the other magnificent seven large technology stocks. Meanwhile, assets managed by active portfolio managers, who pick stocks, has fallen behind, currently around $16 trillion. A major reason is that most active managers have not performed as well as the comparable passive index ETFs.
Most Wall Street gurus expect ETFs to continue to displace active stock picking. So, is researching & buying stocks finished as an investment strategy? Value investors say that finding good, cheap stocks is still the best way to earn good returns.
These & related issues will be discussed by value investors Salvatore Muoio in conversation with Ignatius Chithelen. Sal founded SM Investors in 1997. Earlier, he was at Lazard Frres as a Director of Equity Research. From 1985 to 1995, Sal was at Gabelli Funds, including as a Director of Research for GAMCO Investors, & as Portfolio Manager for the Gabelli Global Telecommunications Fund. A CFA, Sal earned an MBA from Notre Dame. Ignatius Chithelen founded Banyan Tree Capital in 2000. Earlier he was an analyst, portfolio manager & vice president at First Eagle (SoGen) Funds. A CFA, he earned an MPhil in Economics from CDS, India.
Date: Tuesday April 28, 2026. Time: 6 pm to 8 pm.
Host: Huron Consulting 1166 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor at 45 Street.
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