Mike Huffman, CFA

I have years of experience exploring various corners of the financial markets through brokerage/sales, complex options trading, Eurodollar interest rate futures trading, and expanding my horizons through the CFA program.


Resume

Office Manager

Pikes Peak Property Management

Generating monthly billing reports for 120 units, executing modifications as well as identifying & communicating discrepancies, which resulted in boosted accuracy & tenant appreciation.

Develop and manage programming solutions including a company website to provide accessibility & an online presence to the company for the first time & property management algorithms to increase efficiency.

Consult with the general manager on new processes & hiring, increasing overall firm efficiency & increasing employee retention.

February 2016 - Present

Futures Trader

Rowan Financial

Utilized multiple strategies to trade Eurodollar futures in an array of market conditions, generating monthly revenue of $60k & receiving the 1st contract in my trader group.

Analyzed macro-economic data & market conditions on a daily basis to gain further knowledge on the inter-correlations between data figures & better forecast short-term moves.

Trained an understudy clerk on the principles of the trade, developing his skills to the point where he was a profitable trader & position manager within 2 months.

January 2014 - February 2016

Stockbroker

Scottrade

Communicated with 30-40 investors (phone/in person) on a daily basis, providing investment advice, education, & capitalizing on business development opportunities that resulted in $2.5 million in Quarterly account flows.

Presented two seminars over investment topics to 10-15 investors month, increasing business development success & maintaining a high percentage of client presentation retention.

Promoted Scottrade’s products & services with the highest level of quality, resulting in top firm customer service ranking on an annual basis, the Outstanding Customer Service Award in 2010-2011, & being 1 of 20 brokers nationally to receive an invitation to the Advanced Broker training program.

March 2010 - January 2014

Education

CFA Program

Level I: Passed June 2016 (1st Attempt)
Level II: Passed June 2017 (1st Attempt)
Level III: Passed June 2018 (1st Attempt)
February 2016 - August 2018

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Bachelor of Science
Finance & International Business

GPA: 3.6

August 2006 - December 2010

Widefield High School

High School Diploma

GPA: 3.6

August 2002 - May 2006

Skills

Financial Analytics:
  • CFA Studies:
    • Financial Modeling
    • Macroeconomic Forecasting
  • External Resources:
    • Microsoft Excel for the Data Analyst (edX.org)
    • Hedge Fund & Investment Services News (opalesque.com/)
  • Notable Books Read:
    • Margin of Safety (Seth Klarman)
    • The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
    • Security Analysis (Benjamin Graham)
    • Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits (Philip Fisher)
    • One Up on Wall Street (Peter Lynch)
    • The Four Pillars of Investing (William Bernsetin)
Programming:
  • Python
    • Data Science with Python (datacamp.com)
    • Django Web Development
    • Web Scraping with Python
  • Notable Books Read:
    • Test Driven Development with Python (Harry Percival)
    • Django Web Development with Python (Samuel Dauzon et al)
    • Python Web Scraping (Katherine Jarmul et al)
    • Python Data Science handbook (Jake VanderPlas)
Current Projects:

Given my curiosity with the health of financial markets from a top-down approach, I am currently working on a algorithm that scrapes the SEC filings of corporations. This program will pull a given number of filings and locate the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. After pulling these statements, the program will clean and combine the statements, allowing you to view a multiple period statement from the referenced company.

THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS ALGORITHM IS TO AUTOMATE THE FINANCIAL MODELING PROCESS AND PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO GATHER MASS AMOUNTS OF DATA TO IDENTIFY OVERALL TRENDS IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR ANALYSIS.


Financial Philosophy

Theory:

No

Current Economic Stance:

No