A Message From Our Founder

Thank you very much for your interest in Peridot Capital Management LLC. I founded the company in the early 2000’s, shortly after the dot-com bubble burst and the technology industry downturn led to a recession and stock market decline of 50% for the S&P 500 and 80% for the Nasdaq. At that time I was meeting numerous people who had just been hammered by their technology-heavy investment portfolios. They were deeply angry at their brokers and mutual funds and many wanted to swear off stock market investing forever.

Knowing that such a rash decision, while understandable from an emotional perspective, was the wrong course of action if they wanted to reach their long-term investment objectives, I sensed that there was a need to help people get back on the right track. Doing so would require a different approach, but the time was right to create a better service offering than they had become accustomed to. And that is how my firm was born.

Today Peridot Capital Management offers investment management services on an hourly or ongoing basis, generalized financial advisory and consultation services, as well as small business services such as business start-up/formation, bookkeeping, operational consulting, and tax preparation.

More About Chad

Chad received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Washington University in St. Louis and has passed both the NASD Series 7 General Securities Representative exam and the Series 65 Uniform Investment Advisor exam. Prior to founding PCM he worked in the corporate finance department at Express Scripts, Inc, a multi-billion dollar healthcare services and management company, and was often invited to speak at the University of Missouri (Columbia) Business School as a guest lecturer to both undergraduate and MBA level students.

In addition, Chad served as a weekly columnist for StreetSideInvestor.com in the late 1990’s before launching his own investment blog, the Peridot Capitalist, in 2004. The blog has been named one of the best investment blogs in the U.S. by several media sources, resulting in Chad’s commentary on various companies being featured in financial publications such as the Wall Street Journal & Bloomberg Business Week. His articles have been published on various investment web sites as well, including Forbes.com and TheStreet.com.