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Michael Kaye, CFA
Director- Index Analysis
Standard & Poor's Index Services


Michael Kaye, CFA is a Director of Index Analysis for Standard & Poor's Index Services. In this position, Mr. Kaye manages many of the equity, real estate and arbitrage indices provided by Standard & Poors. Among the indices that he manages are the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index, and the S&P Long-Only Merger Arbitrage Index.

Mr. Kaye joined Standard & Poor's in 2000 as an analyst in the Portfolio Services group. His primary responsibility included performance calculation and database maintenance for Standard & Poor's Equity Research's STock Appreciation Ranking Systems (STARS) and other proprietary model portfolios such as the Neural Fair Value and Platinum portfolios. Mr. Kaye was promoted in 2007 to Portfolio Officer. In this role, he served as the Deputy Portfolio Manager for accounts sub-advised for Commerz Bank and Samsung Corporation, conducted back tests on equity portfolio strategies, and developed unit investment trusts and structured notes. Additionally, he was the author of a weekly investment column on stock screening on Business Week Online. He has been quoted in numerous publications including Fidelity's e-newletter, Kiplinger.com, Faz.net, and Standard & Poor's The Outlook publication. He is also the author of two books published by McGraw Hill: Standard & Poor's Guide to Selecting Stocks (2005) and Standard & Poor's Guide to the Perfect Portfolio (2007).

Prior to joining Standard & Poor's, Mr. Kaye was a senior performance analyst at Citibank and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He received a B.A. in economics from George Washington University and an M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University. He holds the CFA designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.

Michael grew up in Oceanside, N.Y. and currently lives in Albertson, N.Y. with his wife, Emily, daughter, Megan, and son, Shawn.