Karl Eggerss first became aware of the stock market when his father purchased a few shares of stock for him in the mid 1970s.  The stock was in a growing company, Church’s Fried Chicken, and identical purchases were made for his brother and sister.  As they grew older, they eventually sold the Church’s stock.  His siblings decided to take the cash and spend it, but at the age of 14, Karl decided to take his proceeds and reinvest it.  He had a passion for baseball cards at the time, and reinvested his money in Topps, a company that made and distributed the cards.  Over the next few years, Karl doubled his money, and he was hooked.   

Always fascinated with numbers, he earned his finance degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1995 with a specialization in Financial Planning.  Upon graduation in 1995, he immediately went to work for Fidelity Investments in Dallas, Texas as a mutual fund trader.  In just a few months, Karl’s job expanded to cover all 50 states and he was awarded duties of helping out the sales team at Fidelity.  Karl enjoyed the work, but he had a passion to work for a growing company and more importantly, to meet with clients on an individual basis. 

In 1996, his opportunity came, and he was offered a position as a financial advisor with FJS Advisors in San Antonio, Texas.  At the time, Frishberg Jordan & Stewart Advisors was managing approximately $20 million in assets.  But there was a need for a more sophisticated system to manage the growing clients.  Karl was placed in charge of establishing the company’s current financial management database.  Karl has helped Frishberg Jordan Stewart & Kaleta Advisors become one of the premier money management firms in the United States. 

Karl’s position has evolved, and he is currently the Chief Trader for the company, in charge of trading millions of dollars every day.  This position has landed him his own daily show on the Biz Radio Network.  It airs Monday thru Friday from 10-11 a.m. on 1110 AM in Houston & 1130 AM in San Antonio.  With the growing popularity of the program, Karl is often asked to make appearances to discuss the techniques that have made him successful. 

Other major successes in Karl’s life include his family.  He met his wife Amy in college and they were married in 1997.  With their young son, Anson and daughter Avery, Karl and Amy Eggerss currently reside in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas.  The company and Karl’s career both continue to grow. 

 

Sitting in front of multiple flat panel monitors everyday for several years now watching the market and trading millions of dollars every day gives him an insight most will never get to enjoy.  Looking for correlations and patterns of stocks, bonds, and anything else relative to finance is what drives Karl everyday.  Sharing his money making knowledge with the public has become equally important to him in recent years. 

24 Responses to “About”


  1. 1 Julie Anne March 2, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    Karl,
    I enjoyed your blog. I am a novice in my knowledge of finances, but your blog is easy to read and makes sense, even to someone like me who is not well versed in the investment world, but who is wanting to learn more about investments and make smart choices with my money and my future.
    Thanks.

  2. 2 Alberto Lopez June 11, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Thanks for the blog, Karl. Big fan. I’m a self-taught technician who appreciates the practical, real-world technical insight that you provide. Thx!

  3. 3 randy depue September 18, 2008 at 10:43 am

    So far, the 2007-2008 bear marrket has tracked almost perfectly the 1973-74 bear market – see link below for chart.

    http://image.minyanville.com/assets/FCK_Aug2007/File/71presenttrack.jpg

  4. 4 keggerss September 18, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Randy, Great picture. I don’t disagree with that. We’re setting up for a rally but more than likely that will have to be shorted.

  5. 5 Edward Chu September 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Karl,

    I respect you the most from the radio show. I have learned a lot from you. Your opinion is the most practical and reasonable for the market.

    Can I have your eamil address or phone number?

  6. 6 Cardinal September 25, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Karl,

    heard you talking about shorting Treasuries the other day. How do you do that and why would it work. Thx

  7. 7 Daniel Waite, Sr. October 18, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    Karl,
    It would be really nice if you could set aside one segment for technical indicators and your opinion of the technical picture, another segment for fundamentals, and one for listener’s Q&A.
    Your show could really stand andother 30 minutes.
    Dan

  8. 8 Edward October 23, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Karl, when I look at DIG, it shows there are 4 million shares outstanding. Today it traded over 30 million shares. How is this possible? Would this not mean that each share would trade over seven times each day?

  9. 9 keggerss October 27, 2008 at 6:21 am

    That means that those 4 million shares traded hands several times in one day. All day trading basically.

  10. 10 Joe November 8, 2008 at 1:05 am

    Karl,

    As a novice trader, I really enjoy reading your blog. What trading platform/broker do you use/recommend for stocks,options,Forex?

  11. 11 Brent Scheffer November 21, 2008 at 6:44 am

    I heard you are holding on to GE on you biz show on Thursday 11/20/08. If Dow goes to 6500, I think GE will be about $9. Would you buy it at $9? I know it has heavy exposure to financial and alt enery (wind turbines). I already have some GE at $19.5.

  12. 12 Brent Scheffer November 21, 2008 at 7:21 am

    I own ETN and NOK for exposure to China. Maybe China’s stimulus package will start working. They both pay > 4% dividends. NOK is my only tech stock. I also like DUK for wind energy projects that seem to work. They sold power to some WalMart store provided by wind energy. They also pay > 4% dividend stocks.

  13. 13 Jay Rubin December 26, 2008 at 8:05 am

    Karl-I really enjoy your show. Can you suggest current entry points and stop loss points for HYG, ADM and MOO.

    Thanks,

    Jay Rubin / Houston

  14. 14 Rob Silkwood February 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Karl,

    Great show – I adjust when I arrive to work so I can hear as much as I can.

    Lately I’ve been traveling and have not heard you talk about HYG and other higher yielding bonds for sometime. Can I get an update on your thoughts on those?

    Thanks.

    Rob,
    Sugar Land

    • 15 keggerss February 2, 2009 at 10:08 pm

      Rob, thanks for the nice comment. I actually bought more HYG last week. We do have to be careful with this one but I continue to believe even if this just moves sideways, the yield is very attractive. But, make sure you have an exit strategy.

  15. 16 Brad February 5, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Karl,
    Sometime ago, you responded to a caller on the air about trading off of a Parabolic SAR indicator. Can you refresh my memory on your opinion to using this indicator to enter and exit positions? From my experience, the Parabolic SAR seems to lag the best entry and exit points. Thank you in advance for your help.

    Thanks,
    Brad
    Dallas, TX

  16. 17 Daryl February 10, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Karl,

    I hear you talk about “pairs trade”. Is it possible to trade this with the YM & ES in the futures market? If so, can you please share your thoughts? They seem to be positively correlated.

    Thanks,
    Daryl

  17. 18 David February 11, 2009 at 10:32 am

    Karl,

    How do you see TBT right now? It is down over 10% (intraday) over the past two days. Is this a ‘buy the dip’ opportunity?

    Dave

  18. 20 phillip dee February 20, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Hi Karl, I love your show. Am glad sunrise is a bit earlier so you are on longer…..Ha. I finally got my fin. plan. to pull all investments out of stock funds and into cash. I have left some money in the Bond funds as they have been up 12% since Jan. (My funds are with Ameriprise (AX)). I have other funds with TIAA-CREFF (stock and annuity) that are sitting in cash / being withdrawn from annuity 10% annually (8 years to go on the annuity). I need help investing my funds in hopes of not losing any more and the possibility of lessening my loss to date. I like what I hear on your show and most of the hosts’ philosophies. Does your group manage individual funds? Please help.
    Thanks,
    Confused and bewildered in Houston.
    phillip

  19. 21 beto q. March 29, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Karl,love your show,listen to it whenever I can,appreciate market insights,new listener,finally waking up and taking control of my own finances after taking beating(wish i had known about your show before) I am learning about charts, technical indicators, entry and exit points,what indicators should i be looking for with oil majors when you can only trade long?have made return of 10%since beginning of year could have been 50% if not for alwaya buying in too early and likewise selling too early,any comments appreciated,keep the blog coming. thanks.

  20. 22 Mehul Shah April 28, 2009 at 10:15 am

    FAZ is seeing high volume today. Is this a sign of something coming?

  21. 24 ytb May 7, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Really like your show – usually listen to podcasts so can’t call in. I keep hearing that the commercial real estate mortgage and credit card debt default shoes are still left to drop. Do you think the market has already priced this in, or that perhaps it is not going to be a big enough issue to have an effect on the economy/market? I don’t get to listen to all your shows so I apologize if you’ve addressed this recently.


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