Douglas Coté

Chief Market Strategist

ING U.S. Investment Management

Focus: Investment Management

Douglas Coté, CFA, serves as the ING U.S. Investment Management chief market strategist. Through frequent market commentaries, speaking engagements, training seminars and conference calls, Doug provides in-depth analysis and practical support to help financial advisors maintain effective long-term, goal-oriented investment strategies. With more than 15 years of active money-management experience as a portfolio manager and hedge fund chief investment officer, Coté delivers hands-on interpretations of the forces driving capital markets and effective ways to respond.

In Coté’s former role as a portfolio manager with ING U.S. Investment Management, he managed over $14 billion in equity assets.

Doug is regularly featured on media outlets such as CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg Radio. A recognized authority on trading impact, cost and timing risk, he has also been published in the International Journal of Managerial Finance and other publications, coining the term “Honest EPS” as a way of identifying high-quality stocks.

Cote received a B.S. in management information systems from the University of Rhode Island and M.B.A from the University of Hartford. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Follow Doug’s commentary on the markets on the ING Global Perspectives Twitter feed, @ING_GP.

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