John Christopher Mueller

The Leuthold Group LLC (Investment Management), do-business-as Leuthold Weeden Capital Management (LWCM), is the SEC-registered investment management division of The Leuthold Group LLC headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Leuthold Group was founded in 1981 as an independent investment research firm. In 1987, members of The Leuthold Group founded LWCM to provide investment advisory services. The firm is majority employee-owned. LWCM serves as an investment advisor to separately managed accounts, Leuthold mutual funds, Leuthold ETF and a private fund that offers to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, government entities, unions, limited partnerships, endowments, investment companies, and pension plans.

Founded in 1981, the Leuthold Group LLC is an independent research firm located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm performs top-down, quantitative and contrarian institutional research. The firm focuses on market strategy, economic and group sector analysis. Their proprietary research includes technical and quantitative analysis, broad sector and industry group analysis, financial marketplace supply/demand dynamics, long-term historical valuation studies, as well as other types of market research.

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures is a subsidiary of Piper Jaffray Cos. (NYSE: PJC)