Biography for Mr. McMaster

R.E. McMaster, Jr., a native Texan, graduated cum laude from the University of Houston, where he was initiated into four national honor societies. He later completed his Master's studies in Business Science in Colorado. In Denver, he worked with Trammell Crow Co., building shopping centers, office buildings, and restaurants.

McMaster has written and edited The Reaper, an international financial, economic, and investment newsletter for over 20 years. His famous market turning points have often called the tops and bottoms in markets to the day. He is known for his uncanny analysis and insight into timing of investments. McMaster served as E.F. Hutton's top money manager for three years. He has served as investment counselor for clients in over 40 countries. An entrepreneur with various interests, McMaster 

has developed cattle, llama and deer ranches, private schools, real estate projects, and distribution networks for health food products. These products have been instrumental in benefiting his clients for over 20 years.

McMaster was a USAF instructor pilot in the supersonic T-38, taught at the USAF Academy, and also took part in war games at NORAD HQ. He was one of 80 men selected for the U.S. Library of Congress think tank on economic and military matters. McMaster has been tagged the Indiana Jones for Third World economics for his work in Guatemala in 1983. McMaster is considered an expert at analyzing the links between government, religion, economics, science and psychology on an international scale.

In 1993, McMaster received the prestigious Liberty Award for his contributions to liberty and free markets. In 1994, Harper Collins featured McMaster in the nationally distributed book Unconventional Wisdom, as one of "12 remarkable innovators" who successfully use intuition in decision making. He is the author of 13 books, five on investing, two of poetry.