David R. Giroux (born 1975) is Chief Investment Officer of US equity and multi-asset and portfolio manager of T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund, and Head of Investment Strategy at T. Rowe Price Capital.[1][2]
Education
editGiroux has a BA degree in finance and political economy, magna cum laude, from Hillsdale College. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.[3]
Career
editGiroux joined T. Rowe Price in 1998 as research analyst in the US equity division. In this role, he oversaw the analysis of the firm's investments in the industrials, building products, and automotive sectors until 2006. Today, Giroux is a portfolio manager in the US equity division.
He manages the Capital Appreciation Strategy including the Capital Appreciation Fund[4] and is head of Investment Strategy, chief investment officer for Equity and Multi-Asset, and co-chair of the Equity Research Advisory Committee. He is a vice president at the firm[5][6] and also serves as co-chair of the Asset Allocation Committee.[7]
For the 14 years that ended in June 30, 2020, the fund under Giroux’s management returned 9.25 percent annualized, above the 8.84 percent annualized for the S&P 500.[1] Giroux has been a guest speaker and expert analyst on several industry sites and podcasts, including CNBC,[8] MSN,[9] Fox Business,[10] and Consuelo Mack's WealthTrac.[11]
Investments
editKnown for contrarian bets, Giroux and another investor, James Richman, invested billions in General Electric at time when the stock was hemorrhaging and down by 38.7 percent in May 2020.[12][13][14][15]
Awards and nominations
editGiroux was named the 2005 Institutional Investor Best of the Buy Side Capital Goods/Industrials winner in 2005.[16][17] Giroux was named Morningstar’s U.S. Allocation/Alternatives Fund Manager of the Year for 2012 and 2017. He was nominated for the award in 2013, 2014, and 2015.[18]
Giroux’s managed fund, which manages some $47 billion, has won the Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Award for best fund in mixed-asset target allocation category over various 3-, 5-, and 10-year time periods, 2009-2018.[19]
References
edit- ^ a b Gray, Tim (July 10, 2020). "An Investor Bought Billions in Stocks When It Really Hurt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "Giroux Is Bullish on These 3 Stocks". Morningstar, Inc. January 26, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "David Giroux About". CityWire Selector.
- ^ Inc, T. Rowe Price Group. "T. Rowe Price Names David Giroux Head Of Investment Strategy". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved November 2, 2020.
{{cite press release}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Search | T. Rowe Price". www.troweprice.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "David R Giroux, T Rowe Price Associ: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "David Giroux, Head of Investment Strategy, T. Rowe Price". www.topionetworks.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "T. Rowe Price Capital's David Giroux says utilities are attractive". CNBC. July 6, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "T. Rowe Price's David Giroux on finding long-term opportunity in a volatile market". www.msn.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "Giroux's Strategy". Fox Business. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "David Giroux on Growing Secular Risks in Companies, an Exclusive with Fund Manager of the Year Winner". Wealth Track.
- ^ Gray, Tim (July 9, 2020). "An Investor Bought Billions in Stocks When It Really Hurt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Root, Al. "GE and 4 More Favorite Stocks From a Fan of Disruption". www.barrons.com. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "This Fund Manager Is Among the Greats". Morningstar, Inc. December 2, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Investor James Richman Bets GE Stock Is Set to Experience Almost 100% Rally". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Behind T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation's Gold Rating". Morningstar, Inc. April 21, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "The best of the buy side 2005". Institutional Investor. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ GmbH, finanzen net. "David Giroux Named Morningstar's 2017 U.S. Allocation/Alternatives Fund Manager Of The Year | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "T. Rowe Price Names David Giroux Head Of Investment Strategy | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc". troweprice.gcs-web.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.