For each of the past 30 years, Ed Hyman has been rated the # 1 economist on Wall Street by the Institutional Investor poll of investors. Ed is Chairman of ISI Group, Inc. (broker dealer) and ISI Inc. (funds management). ISI has 150 employees with offices in New York and Washington DC. ISI has Institutional Investor #1 research teams in four macro areas: portfolio strategy, Washington research, technical analysis, and economics. In addition, ISI has Institutional Investor #1 research teams in Software, Machinery and Accounting & Tax Policy. ISI also has a ranked quantitative research team. ISI’s broker dealer clients are institutional investors in the U.S. and abroad.
Prior to forming both of these companies in 1991, he was Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of C.J. Lawrence Inc., which he joined in 1972. He was an economic consultant at Data Resources, Inc. from 1969 to 1971. He received an MBA from MIT in 1969 and a BS in Engineering from the University of Texas in 1967..
Ed is currently a Board member of The Economic Club of New York, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Capital Trust (NYSE: CT), and Said Holdings Limited. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for The New York Public Library’s Financial Services Leadership Forum, as well as a member of Money Marketeers. He also serves on the Finance Committee of Bowdoin College and Collegiate School.