International Film Awards Berlin
| Jonathan Hoenig | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 10, 1975 Glencoe, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stocks Investor, Founder, Capitalist Pig hedge fund, Contributor and panelist on Fox News Channel's Cashin' In |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Website | http://www.capitalistpig.com |
Jonathan Hoenig (/ˈhoʊnɪɡ/; born September 10, 1975) is a founding member of the Capitalist Pig hedge fund and a regular contributor to and regular panelist on Fox News Channel's Cashin' In, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and WLS (AM) 890's morning show, Don Wade & Roma (now defunct).
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Background[edit]
Hoenig was raised in Glencoe, Illinois. He is a former floor trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, whose first book was published when he was 22. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and a vocal supporter of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism.[1] His brother Stephen died at the age of 19.[2]
Career[edit]
He is a frequent commentator in the financial press, and has written for: The Wall Street Journal Europe, Wired, Trader Monthly, Maxim, and Smartmoney.com.[3] He has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and was recently named one of The Chicago Sun-Times Thirty Under Thirty and Crain's Forty Under Forty.
In 2013 Hoenig's firm became the first hedge fund to advertise in the US since the 1930s. Existing limitations on hedge fund advertising were lifted as a result of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.
In 2014, Hoenig was an informal advisor of Royalty Exchange a leading platform for buying and selling intellectual property.
Controversies[edit]
In September 2014, Hoenig stirred up controversy over racial profiling in a Fox News commentary piece, stating that "We should have been profiling on September 12, 2001. Let's take a trip down memory lane here: the last war this country won, we put Japanese-Americans in internment camps. We dropped nuclear bombs on residential city centers. Yes, profiling would be at least a good start. It's not on skin color, however. It's on ideology. Muslim, Islamists, jihadist-that's a good start but only a start. We need to stop giving Qur'ans to Gitmo prisoners. We need to stop having Ramadan celebrations in the White House. We have to stop saying the enemy is not Islamic; they are. That's how you get started."[4]
In February 2015, Hoenig said on Fox News that those advocating mandatory vaccinations for the "so-called public good" could be ushering in "forced abortions" and "forced pills."[5]
Pit Trading 101- The Film[edit]
In 2014, Hoenig produced and directed a documentary, Pit Trading 101, about new traders learning the ropes on the floor of the now-shuttered Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Robert Feder's review, "Pig in the pit: Documentary recalls frenzy on the floor"
Review by Jake Malooley, Timeout Chicago, 'Pit Trading 101' documentary a snapshot of Chicago's bygone trading pits
Review on the Objective Standard Blog, Jonathan Hoenig’s Pit Trading 101: Fuel for The Capitalist Soul
Review on Trading Pit History blog (www.tradingpitblog.com) Pit Trading 101 Film Debut
Review by Donald Liebenson on www.millionairecorner.com, Jonathan Hoenig Recalls Life as Capitalist Piglet in the Pit in New Documentary
The film won Best Documentary Short at the International Film Awards Berlin in 2014.
References[edit]
- ^ Archives (Tradecraft) | SmartMoney.com
- ^ Stephen M. Hoenig Memorial Actors Fund
- ^ http://www.capitalistpig.com/ Hoenig's company, Capitalistpig Hedge Fund LLC
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/cost-of-freedom/2014/09/22/terror-threats-american-soil-spark-debate-over-profiling
- ^ http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-guest-vaccinations-forced-abortions
External links[edit]
- Hoenig's company, Capitalistpig Hedge Fund LLC
- Hoenig's articles at Smartmoney.com
- Hoenig's articles at Capitalism Magazine
- Hoenig at imdb.com
- Pit Trading 101 - The Film