LEEB CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Key Persons

Dr. Stephen Leeb - Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • LCM 's Chief Investment Officer
  • President, Research
  • STRATEGY
Stephen Leeb is an American economist, financial author, wealth manager, and publisher of several investment newsletters. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, NPR, and Bloomberg TV and is considered one of the country's foremost financial experts by Business journalist Charlie Gasparino. Leeb earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business, a Master's in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois, post-degrees of which he obtained in three years. Dr. Leeb has written nine books on macroeconomic trends, finance, and investment, including the New York Times business bestseller The Coming Economic Collapse. Likewise, the book Red Alert has been called "a much-needed shot in the arm for American complacency" by Publishers Weekly- awarded the 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards silver medal in the International Business / Globalization category. In his latest book, China's Rise and the New Age of Gold: How Investors Can Profit from a Changing World, Leeb chronicles and analyzes the global events, fluctuations in international currencies, market forces, and economic trends which he predicts will result in a meteoric rise in the gold market. Dr. Leeb is Head of the Advisory Board of Leor Exploration & Production LLC, a member of the advisory boards of Electrum USA Ltd. and Sunshine Silver Mines, and a board member/managing director of the PlainSight Group, an innovation company centered at Yale University. Dr. Stephen Leeb, LCM's Chief Investment Officer, author and investment strategist is well known for digging below the surface to discern the emerging trends that will shape the market. Investment portfolios are managed by his long-term strategic thinking, along with research that pinpoints investments within key industries. Why Stephen Leeb is a prolific author, investment adviser, and money manager, analyzing financial markets for over 40 years. Renowned for his prescience in connecting the dots among overlooked trends - macroeconomic, scientific, and geopolitical. Meanwhile, accurately describing the investment implications often goes against conventional wisdom-author of nine books on personal finance, investing & geopolitical trends. Stephen Leeb earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business, a Masters in Mathematics, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Illinois, authoring many research papers on psychology and statistics in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Reports. Currently, Dr. Leeb is Executive Editor of the award-winning investment newsletter The Complete Investor, which he founded in 2003. The publication was awarded in 2003 and 2005 for editorial excellence by the Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Foundation. The Fox Business News journalist Charlie Gasparino referred to Stephen Leeb as one of the country's foremost financial experts, also considered one of the greatest long-term strategists of his generation by American billionaire businessman Thomas Kaplan.

Kuen (Scott) Chan

Kuen (Scott) Chan immigrated to the U.S. at age ten and earned admission to Stuyvesant, a specialized High School in New York, passing a citywide exam. He has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and East Asian Studies and a Minor in Economics from NYU. Additionally, he has a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Zicklin School of Business. Mr. Chan has been working with Dr. Leeb, participating in Investment Committee meetings as an observer and contributor since 2008. He analyzes economic and stock research, contributing investment ideas for LCM's investment strategies. Editor or contributing editor for many of Dr. Leeb's former publications, he currently serves as a portfolio editor for The Complete Investor investment newsletter. In November 2016, Mr. Chan took over the role of Assistant Portfolio Manager. Subsequently, in February 2019, Mr. Chan joined the LCM Investment Committee and has served as the Portfolio Manager since. He is responsible for managing client portfolios, working closely with Dr. Leeb, stock research, and fine-tuning investment strategies. He currently operates more than 100 investment accounts.