Biography
Scott D. Martin is Chief Investment Officer of Kingsview Asset Management. He also serves as Contributor to the Fox News Channel and is a Contributor to The Futures Institute at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
Prior to Kingsview, Mr. Martin was Chief Market Strategist at United Advisors, LLC, a wealth management firm based in New York City where he was co-chairman of the firm’s investment committee and was responsible for portfolio strategy that was utilized with both firm and third party clients.
Mr. Martin began his highly regarded career at Astor Asset Management in Chicago, where he was co-portfolio manager on all of Astor’s ETF-based separate account programs as well as on Astor’s mutual fund complex, which was launched in 2009. At the company, he and his team were named one of the “Best ETF managers” of 2008 by Forbes and he was author of the weekly “Astor Long/Short Balanced Update” newsletter, which received the NAAIM President’s Award for excellence in financial newsletter writing.
A frequent speaker and lecturer, Mr. Martin has been featured in print and broadcast media such as The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and Yahoo! Finance. He is a former columnist with TheStreet.com and sits on the Advisory Board at Turning Point USA, a movement to encourage youth participation and involvement in government. Mr. Martin currently holds the series 65, as well as life, health and variable insurance licenses.
Mr. Martin is a recognized graduate from Denison University where he completed a double major in Economics and French, and spent months abroad studying the introduction of the Euro currency and its impact on European markets.