Charlie Fahy
Charles Fahy served in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the Infantry before receiving his Honorable discharge in 1972. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia. He grew up in Buenos Aires Argentina and is fluent in Spanish. His Wall Street career started with E.F. Hutton in 1972. He has also been with Oppenheimer & Co. and J.C. Bradford & Co., which was acquired by Paine Webber then later acquired by UBS Financial Services.
Charles has enjoyed writing about investments in his spare time. He authored The Streetwise Investor, Probus Publishers 1992, Option Writing Techniques, Prentice Hall Inc. 1972, IRA Rollovers for the Corporate Employee, Prentice Hall Inc. 1978, and Certificates Of Deposit : A Flexible Safe Investment, Prentice Hall Inc. 1990. He also wrote an investment column for the Fort Bend Lifestyle Magazine 1986-2004. He is the creator of the Diversified Portfolio Index.
The Houston Chronicle, the Houston Business Journal and the Individual Investor Magazine have all written article about Charles. He also enjoyed being the host of Money Talks, a live local Houston T.V. talk show from 1989-1993. Financial Planning on Wall Street, August 1994 featured Charles as their cover story and also in their September issue article “One of The Best New Brokers in the U.S.”
Charles currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas with his wife Janet. They have enjoyed raising five children there.
Background
Present Sovereign Investment Group , Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member NASD/SIPC
2004-2014 James E. Bashaw & Co, Sr. Vice President, Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member NASD / SIPC
2002 Invented the Diversified Portfolio Index
2000-2004 UBS Financial Services, Sr. Vice President
1999-2000 J.C. Bradford & Co., Partner (Acquired August 2000 by PaineWebber)
1981-1999 Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., Sr. Vice President (Acquired by C.I.B.C. Bank of Canada)
1972-1981 E. F. Hutton & Co., Vice President
1970-1972 United States Army Infantry, First Lieutenant
1966-1970 University of Georgia, Graduated with Bachelors in International Affairs and Economics
1956-1966 Buenos Aires, Argentina
1947 Born in Santiago, Chile while father [Colonel A.F.Fahy Jr.] was stationed as Chief of the U.S. Air force Mission to Chile
Books
Authored:
The Streetwise Investor, Probus Publishers 1992 (McGraw-Hill Publishers) Published in U.S., England and Pacific Rim.
Contributing Author: How to Invest Today in the 90s, H. Holt Publisher 1995
Featured in:
Market Shock: More than Fifty Insiders Tell how to Survive and Profit from today’s Global Financial Revolution, Wiley Publisher, by Mark Fadiman, Editor, Financial Planning on Wall Street.
Financial Advisor, Sept. 2007 Breaking the Mold by Sydney Le Blanc
Brochures Authored by Mr. Fahy:
Option Writing Techniques, 1974 Prentice Hall, Inc.
IRA Rollovers for the Corporate Employee, Prentice Hall, Inc. This publication started in 1978 and ran for 17 years for Savings and Loans, Banks, Insurance Companies and Investment Firms.
Certificates of Deposit: A Flexible Safe Investment, Prentice Hall, Inc. 1990
Articles on Mr. Fahy:
London Financial Times
Houston Chronicle
Houston Post
Houston Business Journal
Fort Bend Advocate
Houston DBA Magazine
Individual Investor Magazine
Sugar Creek Monthly
Ultra Magazine
Port Arthur News
Private Clubs:
Financial Planning on Wall Street, August 1994 (The subject of their cover story) and again September 1994 (Featured as “One Of The Best 100 New Brokers in the U.S.”)
The Meyers Report (A financial column syndicated for U.S. newspapers)
Registered Representative Magazine (The subject of their cover story and various others)
Media
Radio:
Business Radio 650AM Commentator
Television:
Fox Financial Analyst, Fox 26 News, Houston
Host of Money Talks, City of Houston Educational Channel, 1989-1993
Appearances on Houston’s ABC Channel 13 and PBS Channel 8.
Speaking Engagements:
Harvard Alumni Club of Houston
Institute of Investment Management Consultants
Houston Savings and Loan Association
Norton, Jacobs & Kuhn Venture Capital Breakfast
Physician Support Service (HCA)
104th and 106th Annual Conference of Commercial Law League of America, 1998 and 2000 (key note speaker)
The Cost of Procrastination
What You Need to Know About Social Security
