Michael Ward is an Equity Research Analyst covering the Automotive sector. Michael has followed the auto and auto parts sectors since 1982 for major Wall Street brokerage firms, including Kidder, Peabody & Company, PaineWebber, SalomonSmithBarney, and most recently Seaport Global Securities. He has been a seven-time member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research team and a five-time Wall Street Journal All-Star. Michael is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and he holds a BS in Accounting from St. Joseph’s University and an MBA in Finance from Iona College.