William W. Baker

William W. Baker

For over 25 years William W. Baker, CFA has been an equity money manager or investment researcher in large companies. Some of these years he has spent developing two companies: GARP Research & Securities Co. and Gaineswood Investment Management, Inc. Before this he was at Reich & Tang, Oppenheimer Funds, and Van Kampen American Capital, being responsible for mutual funds or institutional accounts during most of that time. One fund he managed at Oppenheimer was awarded a five-star rating in November 1990. Mr. Baker received his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College in 1980, and he was granted a B.A. in economics in 1978 from the University of Pennsylvania. He is V.P. and a trustee of the Harbour League, and he recently founded ConservativeEconomist.com. In his book, Endless Money – The Moral Hazards of Socialism, he examines how the U.S. Government and the country’s financial systems have embraced socialism.