About
Hi. I’m Mark Hines—a former multibillion-dollar institutional investment manager and Chicago Booth MBA who went independent.
Over a decade ago, I was managing large institutional investment portfolios for a $22 billion private pension and for a large bank in Chicago. I loved all the discussions about individual stocks, portfolio strategies, and the fact that saving a few basis points here-and-there quickly added millions to the bottom line. Unfortunately, I did not love a lot of decisions were driven by top-down politics. So after a decade in the multibillion-dollar institutional investment management world—I went independent—founding Blue Harbinger.
Mission: Since inception, Blue Harbinger’s mission has been to help “the little guy” make more-informed investment decisions. I share disciplined portfolio strategies and top investment ideas—for you to consider—as you manage your own investments.
Outside of Blue Harbinger, I live in beautiful Naperville, Illinois, USA (our crown jewel is the downtown riverwalk—pictured below). I also manage investment accounts (for mainly long-time friends and their referrals) through my private investment office (launched in 2021)—which helps inform what I write about for Blue Harbinger.
I hold an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (with concentrations in Analytic Finance, Accounting, and Econometrics & Statistics) and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (our sports teams have actually been getting good again lately).
If you are ever in the Naperville area, I’m happy to meet you at a local coffeehouse to discuss investments.
Blue Harbinger, 1155 S. Washington St, #105, Naperville, IL 60540
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