Swing Trading For Dummies, 2nd Edition

About the Author

Omar Bassal, CFA, is the founder and managing director of Shukr Investments, a socially responsible investment management company.

He began investing in 1994 and has held senior positions in investment companies in the United States and the Middle East. In the Middle East, Bassal was the head of asset management at MASIC, a leading institutional family office based in Riyadh where he oversaw local and international public equity, private equity, and real estate fund investments managed in accordance with Islamic principles. He also worked as head of asset management at NBK Capital, the investment arm of the largest and highest rated bank in the Middle East. In the United States, Bassal worked as a portfolio manager at Azzad Asset Management where he managed mutual funds in accordance with Islamic principles.

Bassal holds an MBA with honors in finance, management, and statistics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s of science degree in economics, also from the Wharton School. He has appeared on RealVision television and contributed articles to Barron’s and other financial media.

Dedication

To my mother, my mother, and my mother — Maha Al-Hiraki Bassal. To my father, Dr. Aly Bassal and to my second parents, Wagma Fana Khalil and Faiz Khalil. To my beloved wife, Khushbo Fana Khalil, my sisters, Suzanne and Sarah, my four brothers-in-law and all my nephews and nieces. They have always ...