A stock investor and strategist with a background in the nuclear sciences. He is a co-founder of a stock advisory service VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com.

Chris Kacher is a protégé of William O’Neil. He is known for achieving a total return of 18,241% during the period of 1996 to 2002 which he describes in his book Trade Like an O’Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market co-authored with Gil Morales.

Prior to his career as a stock trader, Dr. Chris Kacher pursued an education in the nuclear sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He won a Charles D. Coryell Award while being undergraduate. As a graduate student he contributed to the confirmation of the existence of Seaborgium and a synthesis of an atom of Darmstadtium. He received a Doctor of Nuclear Chemistry degree in 1995.

He is a certified practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming and hypnosis. Dr. Chris Kacher appeared in major business media including CNBC,  Reuters, and Bloomberg. He (in co-authorship with Gil Morales) is a regular contributor to MarketWatch.

Mr. Morales began his investment career in 1991 as a stockbroker in the Beverly Hills branch of Merrill Lynch. In 1997, William O’Neil personally recruited Mr. Morales to join William O’Neil + Company, Inc. where he spent the next eight years as a Vice-President, internal Portfolio Manager responsible for managing a portion of the firm’s proprietary assets, and Manager of the O’Neil Institutional Services group responsible for advising over 500 of the largest and most successful institutional investors in the world. Mr. Morales also co-authored with William J. O’Neil a book on short-selling, “How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short,” published by John Wiley & Sons in 2004. In 2004, Mr. Morales was appointed Chief Market Strategist for William O’Neil + Company, Inc.

He, together with Chris Kacher, recently co-authored the book, “Trade Like An O’Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market”, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. He also contributed to the book, “Wiley Trading Guide, Volume II”, published in 2011.

In the period from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2005, Mr. Morales achieved in his personal account a total return of 10,904.25% as audited by Rothstein Kass & Company, a hedge fund auditing firm.  Mr. Morales received his B.A. in economics from Stanford University.

Mr. Morales is also currently a principal and Managing Director of MoKa Investors, LLC and Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC, www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. He currently manages money for qualified investors through each of those firms, and is a frequent guest and commentator on Fox Business News, MarketWatch.com, and CNN News Radio’s Wall Street Shuffle and Opening Bell shows, among other venues.

Articles on The George Jarkesy Show Website by Dr. K and Gil:

“AAPL – Signs of a Top, or 700 Next Stop” - April 4, 2012

“Market Reflections and a Trading Lesson Using LNKD” - March 21, 2012

“Earnings Surprises Can Pay Off Big- If You Know When To Play”  - July 20, 2012