Digital Assets Pro is designed to help you successfully (and profitably) navigate the complex world of crypto investing. You won’t find a more actionable, comprehensive analysis of the digital assets space anywhere on Wall Street.
✓Capitalize on the full range of opportunities in the digital asset space—from cryptocurrencies and NFTs to Stocks and ETFs—with our analyst team’slong and short investment ideas.
✓Trade with confidence using HedgeyeCEO Keith McCullough’sdailyquantitative(buy low, sell high)trade signals.
✓Discover untapped opportunitieswith our coverage of emerging technologies, market demand,regulations, and trailblazing companies.
✓Learn more about theintrinsic value of the most promising crypto stocks and tokens with our analyst team’s deep-dive fundamental analysis.
✓Access our Long/Short Position Monitor and library of stock research presentations.
Dear Investor,
We are thrilled to extend a special invitation for you to enjoy 30 days of complimentary access to Hedgeye’s Digital Assets Pro!
Explore our unique perspective on cryptocurrencies, developed through our extensive risk management experience, including thepast four years of guiding investors to successfully navigate volatile crypto markets.
Our mission is clear: To deliver world-class research and risk management in a young, scattered industry that often lacks rigorous analysis.
As the digital future unfolds, it brings many profitable opportunities and strategic challenges.
With this in mind, we focus on identifying and clarifying the most actionable insights to help you make money on the industry’s rapid activity.
Our content strategy includes:
A Special Invitation from The Digital Assets Pro Analyst Team
Macro Risk Management: A proven, data-driven, macro process for avoiding major portfolio losses and profiting from global megatrends.
Weekly Data Trackers: Predictive analytics and keymarketdata tosupportinformed, higher-probability, investment decisions.
Quarterly Black Books: In-depth analysis of themost compelling longand shortstock opportunities in the digital assets space.
Weekly Insights: Concise research and analysis ofemerging technologies, policy regulations, and economic developmentsthat impact your portfolio
Quarterly Deep Dives: Rigorous analysis ofspecific cryptocurrencies, platforms, and key trends done once or twice every quarter.
Daily Crypto Quant: Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough’s daily quantitative (buy low, sell high) trade signals (and other vital market data) for the world’s most important crypto assets.
The journey through the digital asset landscape, much like the broader economic environment, is unpredictable but rife with opportunity.
We look forward to helping you successfully and profitably navigate this exciting field.
All the best,
Hedgeye’s Digital Assets Pro Team:
Joshua Steiner, CFA
Christian Drake
Rob Simone, CFA
Ishmael Asad
*Please note that analysts at Hedgeye are permitted by policy to transact in the cryptocurrencies we cover and may engage in such transactions from time to time.
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The future of digital assets meets professional investing insights
Ishmael Asad
Rob Simone
Ishmael Asad recently joined Hedgeye Risk Management as a Digital Assets Analyst, contributing to the launch of a new research vertical focused on digital assets. He completed his degree in Economics at the University at Buffalo. Upon discovering Bitcoin and blockchain technology, Ishmael “fell down the crypto rabbit hole” and made a significant shift from his chemical engineering studies, which he had pursued during the first half of his academic journey.
Before joining Hedgeye, Ishmael shared his enthusiasm for digital assets by presenting at universities, creating NFTs, and writing freelance articles about his interests in the space.
His passion for emerging technologies and financial innovation makes him a valuable addition to the Hedgeye team. Ishmael is eager to contribute to Hedgeye's cutting-edge research and looks forward to collaborating with colleagues to drive the firm's digital assets initiatives forward.
Rob has nearly 15 years of sell-side and corporate experience within the REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) sector. Prior to joining Hedgeye, Rob spent over 2 years in business development and investor relations at Paramount Group (PGRE), a REIT which owns and manages office buildings in New York and San Francisco.
Prior to that, Rob spent 3 years at Evercore ISI where he served as the lead office, industrial and self-storage REIT analyst on the #1/2 Institutional Investor-ranked REIT team. Before joining Evercore ISI, Rob held various real estate-focused sell-side and investment banking roles.
Rob will be leading Hedgeye's equity research platform covering the trillion dollars + in publicly traded REITs. His research coverage will address all key subsectors of REITs including: residential, industrial, self-storage and specialty. He graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business with a dual degree in Finance and Economics.
He also earned his CFA designation in 2010.
Christian Drake
Josh Steiner
Christian Drake has been working with Hedgeye Risk Management since the inception of the company in 2008. Christian has experience working with many analysts at Hedgeye including our health care, macro, and digital assets teams.
Josh has more than a decade of experience following sectors including specialty finance, general financial services, and satellite communications. Prior to Hedgeye Risk Management, Josh was an integral part of the number-one ranked Institutional Investor and Greenwich Survey Mortgage, and specialty finance team at Lehman Brothers before moving to the buy-side at Amaranth Group and Millennium Partners. He began his financial career at CE Unterberg, Towbin covering the satellite communications sector. Josh holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Rochester.
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Keith McCullough is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hedgeye Risk Management and Hedgeye Asset Management. He is the visionary leader behind Hedgeye and the architect of its data-driven, conflict-free investing research platform.
Prior to founding Hedgeye in 2008, Keith was a successful hedge fund manager at Carlyle–Blue Wave Partners, Magnetar Capital, Falconhenge Partners, and Dawson-Herman Capital Management.
For many years, Keith was a regular market guest across major financial media, including Fox Business, where he co-hosted with Maria Bartiromo, Bloomberg, CNN, and a contributor to CNBC. Frustrated by conflicts of interest and declining research quality within Establishment Media, he launched HedgeyeTV in 2013 to deliver independent, transparent market analysis and insight directly to investors.
Keith leads Hedgeye's global Macro research, which covers the top 50 economies worldwide. He hosts The Macro Show each weekday morning and The Call @ Hedgeye, where the firm's 40+ analyst research team presents their long and short investment ideas. He also hosts the acclaimed interview series Real Conversations, featuring in-depth discussions with leading investors, strategists, and global thinkers.
Keith is the author of two books, Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager and Master The Market: A Hedge Fund Manager's Guide to Process and Profit. He is also the founder of the private equity firm Seven7.
He serves on the Board of Trustees at Sacred Heart University, where he is Treasurer.
Keith began his career as an institutional equity sales analyst after earning a degree in economics from Yale University. While at Yale, he captained the men's ice hockey team to a Division I Ivy League Championship.
The mission behind Hedgeye has always been clear. Push the boundaries of financial research. Deliver hedge fund–quality insights. Remove conflicts. Empower investors with data, process, and accountability.
Since its founding, Hedgeye has grown into a global research firm serving institutional investors who collectively manage over $20 trillion in assets.
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Josh Steiner, CFA, is a veteran investment professional with more than two decades of experience across the Sell Side and Buy Side. Josh began his financial career at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, covering the Satellite Communications sector, where he developed a strong foundation in fundamental equity research.
He later joined Lehman Brothers, where he became a core member of the #1 ranked Institutional Investor and Greenwich Survey Mortgage and Specialty Finance Team. During his tenure, Josh built deep expertise across Financials, Housing, and Specialty Finance, contributing to the team's industry-leading research.
Following Lehman Brothers, Josh transitioned to the Buy Side, managing Long/Short Financials strategies at Millennium Partners and Amaranth Group. Across both firms, he refined a macro-aware, risk-managed investment approach spanning financial institutions, credit, and housing-related assets.
Josh joined Hedgeye Risk Management in 2009, where he covers Macro, Financials, Housing, and Digital Assets, bringing a cross-asset perspective to identifying opportunities and risks across market cycles.
Josh holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Rochester and is a CFA Charterholder.
Josh Steiner
Drago is a Managing Director, Financials & Macro at Hedgeye with over 7 years of experience.
Drago holds a Bachelor's Degree in Finance & Economics from the University of Toronto, and a Master's Degree in Financial Economics from Western University.
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Christian Drake has been working with Hedgeye Risk Management since the inception of the company in 2008. Christian has experience working with many analysts at Hedgeye including our health care, macro, and digital assets teams.
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