Warren Stephens

Warren Stephens
Warren Amerine Stephensis an American businessman. He is the chairman, president and chief executive officerof Stephens Inc., a full service, privately held investment bank. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 February 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.
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We're certainly interested in maximizing our return and doing it - we're interested in maximizing our return, but we're also interested in doing it over a long period of time and in doing it in a way that never endangers the firm from a survivability standpoint.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.