About Us
Weldon Financial was founded by Gregory Weldon in 1997, and is recognized within the industry as one of the top macro-research firms in the world. After attending Colgate University within the Class of 1982, Greg began his successful career in the financial markets “in the middle of the mayhem”, in the Comex Gold and Silver Pits. He quickly discovered that a trader’s instincts are his most valuable resource, along with vigilant analysis of the fundamental data and a clear understanding of a market’s technical structure.
As foreign debt futures emerged in the mid-’80s, Greg quickly realized the profit potential of trading these markets off of the floor. He joined Lehman Brothers as a broker, and was later hired by Prudential Securities as an institutional sales trader. The foundation of his current systematic trading methodology took shape from the long hours of study on these institutional desks.
A few of the traders at the now legendary hedge fund Moore Capital Management became intrigued by Greg’s unique approach and dedication to the markets. In 1990, Greg joined them at Moore, first in trade execution and then eventually as a proprietary trader. This exposure to examining world markets from a macro economic perspective, as well as to painstakingly governing the risk management component to trading, left an indelible and subsequently profitable mark on his career.
His ability to define and forecast the market’s direction through his proprietary dissection of fundamental and technical market data was noticed yet again by another venerable trading outfit, Commodity Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey. He joined CC in 1995 as a proprietary money manager. He became one of their top risk-adjusted performers, returning 65% with a peak to trough draw down of only 11% during his 2-year tenure.
In 1998, as Goldman Sachs bought out the CC partnership, Greg decided to start his own company, forming Weldon Financial. His vision was to not only successfully manage money, but to offer his methodical and now proven research regime to other fund managers. His daily routine, so to speak, was the product. Weldon’s Money Monitor and The Morning Metal Monitor (now simply called Metal Monitor) were born. These two newsletters were/are a window into Greg’s trading world.
Once again the word got out. Other fund mangers began to sign on as clients, while CNBC discovered these two newsletters and this charismatic trader from New Jersey. Greg became a regular guest on CNBC and was often quoted by the major newswires (Bloomberg, Reuters, etc). Greg also formerly produced a ½ hour cable TV show called Weldon on Wall Street.
Few publications offer the wide scope offered within the macro-perspective presented by Greg, and few newsletters so fluidly combine fundamentals, technical analysis, inter-market examinations, psychology, and intuitive insights as does Weldon’s Money Monitor… stacking macro-trends against the micro-evolution taking place. Weldon Financial is now a highly regarded and profitable publishing company, having garnered some of the world’s most respected fund managers as loyal and daily readers.
Greg is now a single full-time father, with a 15 year-old son and 11 year-old daughter. He is an avid golfer, surfer, swimmer, biker, hockey/football fan, as well as pursuing his passion as a basketball player. He also competes on the professional poker circuit, and has played in both the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker.