About the Author

Marvin Appel originally trained as an anesthesiologist at Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He concurrently earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Harvard University. However, in 1996, he changed careers and joined his father in the field of investment management, where he has been able to put his engineering and computer training to work in analyzing the stock market. He is now CEO of Appel Asset Management in Great Neck, New York, which manages $55 million in client assets in mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds using active asset allocation strategies.

Dr. Appel is the author of “Systems and Forecasts,” a highly regarded newsletter on technical analysis that his father started in ...

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