Jerry Parker Is the Most Successful of the Turtle Traders

(December 03, 2008)

R. Jerry Parker (click above to show magazine cover)

Jerry Parker has made the most money as a Turtle. His achievement as the best and most profitable student of Richard Dennis is unquestioned. Some "others" might call themselves the most successful Turtle, but Jerry Parker's track record proves them incorrect.

His company is Chesapeake Capital:

Jerry Parker founded Chesapeake Capital Corporation, a global investment manager headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, in 1988. Chesapeake provides investment and portfolio management services to both private and institutional investors worldwide. Mr. Parker began his portfolio management career in 1983 when he was accepted into the Turtle Program, a select investment training program developed by a successful Chicago portfolio manager. When the program ended in 1988, after almost five years of trading proprietary capital, Mr. Parker decided to continue his professional money management career by forming Chesapeake. Chesapeake?s specialized investment approach offers investors the potential to participate in, and profit from, price trends not typically available through traditional portfolio strategies. Chesapeake?s investment portfolios are not biased toward long or short positions and, therefore, can profit in both rising and falling market environments. Chesapeake actively monitors, and has the potential to invest in, over 90 markets worldwide. These can range from tangible assets, such as coffee, crude oil and gold to global financial instruments, such as German government bonds, U.S. stock indices and global currencies.

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