About Paul Skydell
Paul Skydell has been helping individual investors achieve their goals for three and a half decades. At The Harbor Group, he is responsible for all fixed income investing, primarily utilizing U.S. government bonds, agency paper and municipal bonds. In addition, he closely collaborates on all customized client portfolio solutions with partner, Harold Cohen.
He began his career at Butcher and Singer, Inc. in Philadelphia, training under the firm’s chief technical analysts, serving the fixed income needs of small-to-mid-sized pensions, primarily in the healthcare field.
In 1990, he was recruited by Hartford-based Advest, Inc., and in 1993, was elected to the firm’s board of directors, then the youngest person to have served in that capacity. At Advest, the foundational plans for what is today The Harbor Group were formed.
In 2005, Advest, Inc. was acquired by Merrill Lynch. Prior to closing, Paul shifted Harbor’s affiliation to UBS Financial Services. In 2011, Harbor joined Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, where it resides today.
Active philanthropy is an important part of Paul’s life. As such, he chairs his family’s private foundation, which is dedicated to solving food security issues in his home state of Maine. In addition, he is a Corporator of Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, and a Director of Trout Unlimited’s Cold Water Conservation Fund, which applies techniques normally associated with private equity investing to conservation projects nationally.
An avid fly fisherman when not working, he can be found stalking the elusive bonefish in the Bahamas, or chasing big trout while camping in an Airstream trailer in the wilds of Montana. He is the Secretary of The Anglers’ Club of New York, a member of The Flyfishers’ of London, and a member of The Lotos Club. Paul divides time between residences in Bath, Maine and Manhattan.
Paul is a graduate of the College of William and Mary.
Securities Agent: OR, IL, FL, KS, CT, VA, NH, IN, DC, AR, AL, MN, IA, AZ, CA, ME, GA, TX, NY, NJ, MD, MA, SC, RI, PA, NM, NC, CO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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