John Christopher Karle

Founded in 2004 by Thomas Leveroni and James Cutting, Nautilus Capital LLC is an independent research firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides institutional investors with customized analyses and objective forecasts on global macro trends. They have extensive experience in modeling, trading and managing risk in a variety of market environments as consultants to investment banks, hedge funds and mutual funds. Nautilus Capital's research process interprets large amounts of market data using a combination of analytical techniques to form a top-down perspective for both short-term and long-term investment horizons. Nautilus Capital employs a top-down analytical process that seeks to handicap major global macro trends before identifying trading opportunities in sectors or individual securities. Their process is based on a variety of systematic procedures for collecting, organizing and interpreting large amounts of market data. The firm then uses quantitative techniques to identify a market's most persistent technical and fundamental characteristics, to uncover relationships and to build forecasting models. Finally, Nautilus Capital relies on their experience, ongoing market observations and more fundamental/strategic views to confirm quantitative evidence and construct trading tactics.

Northstar Advisory Group LLC (Northstar) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Northfield, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 2019 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of MorganBlake LLC in 2020. Northstar offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans.