CEO of Virtuoso Investments LLC
Former Executive Director for Virtuoso Music Conservatory (2008-2013)
The largest part of my success has been investing for over 20 years.
Selling covered calls
Investing in very fine Historical instruments
Pianos, Steinway
French/German Violin/Cello bows
In the past, trading options spreads, working as a professional trader
In the past, Real Estate (2000-2017)
Flipping/Remodeling/rentals (2000-2007)
Rental property management (2009-2017)
I had a career as a professional musician for nearly 30 years
I make very fine violins/cellos, sold through the finest dealers
In the past, Music videos, with major recording artists
In the past, Teaching/Performing, school district and churches
I keep this company well diversified
Cash on the side for trading/investing
Manufacturing violins/cellos
Services teaching strategies for gamers
Physical Assets historical musical instruments
I saw this company through some of the harshest years weathering the storms. Transforming it from a small music school into a very broad reaching company taking advantage of the best markets for their time.
Strongest Revenue
Great Recession,
As the executive director of Virtuoso Music Conservatory, I brought in a full supply of music students
I was on the sidelines missing the market crash
Successfully bought a few rentals at the very bottom of the market '09
Covid,
Sold rentals 3 years early missing the rent moratorium
Market trading was very good
violin/cello sales were very good
Hyper Inflation,
Sold some very fine French Bows that quadrupled in value
bought more market shares at an extreme discount with the proceeds
Very few options sales, we only trade if there's a profit!
Sold very few cellos and no violins (made by the company)
The fake recession scare,
I bought shares while every analyst was insisting on a recession!
I proved them wrong and reaped the rewards.
As you can see, when the company is lacking in one area, other areas makeup for it
Some years trading is great
Other years violin/cello sales take care of the anemic trading years
And on rare occasions high inflation gives opportunity to sell assets
The reason for my success at weathering the storms is not just from diversification but more importantly from constantly looking for new opportunities and finding the latest trends and most importantly, not being fully invested in any one thing for more than a few years. This is similar to how money managers rebalance their portfolios every year.