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The Rydex|SGI Fixed Income Team integrates economic and fundamental analysis techniques to opportunistically select securities with strong relative valuations. Through this time-tested approach, the team seeks to uncover investment opportunities often overlooked by the rest of Wall Street.

David Toussaint, CFA, CPA
Portfolio Manager
David has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently manages Rydex|SGI’s successful line-up of high yield fixed-income strategies. In this role, David is responsible for developing, researching and executing on his team’s macroeconomic and industry analysis to uncover hidden opportunities in the credit market. David joined Rydex|SGI in January 2000 as a senior investment analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager later that same year. Prior to joining the team, David was a fixed-income credit research analyst and an investment accounting manager for Allstate Insurance. David earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul University and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. David is a certified public accountant and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the Kansas City CFA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Daniel W. Portanova
Portfolio Manager
Dan has more than 26 years of experience in managing fixed-income securities. He currently manages the U.S. Intermediate Bond portfolio and co-manages both the Mid-and-Large-Cap Growth portfolios. He also serves as lead analyst for the fixed-income markets at Rydex|SGI. In this role, Dan helps to determine the current and future landscape of the U.S. economy, as well as evaluates the credit worthiness of individual positions within the firm’s Mid-Cap and Large-Cap Growth equity portfolios. In his career, Dan has served as director, senior vice president and treasurer of Groupama Asset Management, portfolio manager for General Reinsurance and managing director at General Reinsurance Asset Management, where he was responsible for more than $4 billion in assets. Prior to joining the firm, he was managing director and portfolio manager for Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC. Dan began his career as an institutional corporate bond trader at Smith Barney, Harris and Upham Inc. Dan earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston College.

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