Edward "Ed" Wayne Butowsky was born on February 12,1962 and is an American financial advisor, author, commentator and managing partner of Chapwood Investments, LLC, a private wealth management advisory firm.
16 Facts About Ed Butowsky
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Ed Butowsky was involved with a 2018 Fox News story alleging the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was related to a leak of DNC information.
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Ed Butowsky was born in 1962 and raised in Laurel, Maryland and Chappaqua, New York.
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Ed Butowsky's mother was Lois Butowsky and father was David Butowsky, chief enforcement officer for the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Ed Butowsky founded the private wealth management firm Chapwood Investments in 2005.
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Ed Butowsky is currently a managing partner in Chapwood Investments and created the Chapwood Index.
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Ed Butowsky started the celebrity and athlete investor group Clubhouse Investment Club with professional baseball player Torii Hunter.
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Ed Butowsky published the 2019 book Wealth Mismanagement: A Wall Street Insider On the Dirty Secrets of Financial Advisers and How to Protect Your Portfolio.
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The Chapwood Index was created by Ed Butowsky to reflect the true cost-of-living increase in America.
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Ed Butowsky has developed various investment tools and calculators, including The Chaptimizer, 8 Metrics, Chapvest, Portfolio Enhancer, Chip Score, and Side by Side Calculator.
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Ed Butowsky founded the 1940 Act fund Paramount Access Advisors for hedge funds in 2012.
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Ed Butowsky accused Folkenflik of pushing a "false narrative" of Ed Butowsky's involvement in a now-retracted Fox News story alleging that the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was connected to the 2016 leak of DNC emails to WikiLeaks.
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Ed Butowsky alleged that Folkenflik conspired with an attorney to extort money from Fox.
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Ed Butowsky told Courthouse News Service that he still believes the Fox News story was accurate.
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Ed Butowsky later moved to voluntarily dismiss nearly half a dozen Seth Rich-related lawsuits.
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In January 2021, Ed Butowsky issued an apology and retraction as part of settlement in a lawsuit filed by Aaron Rich, Seth's brother, against Butowksy and commentator Matt Couch in March 2018.