Founded in 1995, TIS Group takes its name from the company's initial investment research product, a monthly global investment strategy report called The Institutional Strategist.

Today "The Institutional Strategist" is an independent, research service covering geonomics, geo-politics, global stock markets, interest rates, market themes and currency trends. Our purpose is to present non-consensus, timely analysis designed to call major “turns” and to assess various forms of global risks.  Our goal is to identify future market leadership, market themes, and individual investment opportunities "on both sides" of the global markets. Finally, we are contrarians, dedicated to finding out-of-fashion ideas. 

Our investment research clients are located primarily in Switzerland, the U.K. Boston, New York and Canada. TIS Group's research clients include mutual funds, hedge funds, private wealth managers, family offices, prop desks, and institutional fund managers.

TIS Group also manages money for clients in several distinct product styles. The bulk of TIS Group's assets under management are under contract from private wealth management offices, foundations and hedge funds. Most accounts are managed on a separate account basis, to meet the individual risk/reward requirements of the client.

Larry Jeddeloh, TIS Group's founder, has an extensive background in the investment world, including CIO of a private bank, CIO of a division of a Swiss bank, and CIO/Managing Director of an internationally known investment research firm.

Why Mr. Churchill?

Sprinkled across the pages of our research, are photos of and quotations by Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during what some called England's "dark days," particularly 1940-41 when England stood alone against Hitler.  But Sir Winston called those years England's "greatest days."  Such comments were typical of a man whose careers in politics, the military, and literature, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister and World Statesman, spanned seven decades.  He was the ultimate contrarian.

Churchill often stood alone in his views, sure in his convictions, willing to buck the trends of popular opinion. This was never more true than his warnings during the 1930's of an impending Second World War, a war which was viewed as unthinkable by much of the world.  After all, the "war to end all wars," WWI had ended only 15 years before Churchill began to warn the British and the world, of the Nazi menace.  His was an unpopular opinion in England, so much so that Churchill was written off, his career viewed as over.  But from the 1930's to the end of his life in the 1960's, he persevered, becoming Prime Minister of England (twice), winning a Nobel prize for literature; he warned the world of the "Cold War," led his nation to victory in WWII, and authored many books.  C.G. Jung wrote of him, "He has a keen nose for things in the bud, pregnant with future promise."  And C. P. Snow described Winston this way,  "Judgment is a fine thing; but it is not all that uncommon.  Deep insight is much rarer.  Churchill had flashes of that kind of insight."

At TIS Group, we are working to develop insights which are "pregnant with future promise," the identification of  new trends early in their life cycles.  We want to emulate Winston's role as one of history's great contrarians, willing to go against the conventional wisdom in identifying major turning points in the markets, when the facts support us and our insight tells us, it's time to move.