Andy
Hoffman
Marketing
Director,
Miles
Franklin
Andrew
(Ranting
Andy)
Hoffman,
CFA
joined
Miles
Franklin
as
Marketing
Director
in
October
2011.
For
a
decade,
he
was
a
U.S.-based
buy-side
and
sell-side
analyst,
most
notably
as
an
II-ranked
oilfield
service
analyst
at
Salomon
Smith
Barney
from
1999
through
2005.
Since
2002,
his
investment
focus
has
been
entirely
on
Precious
Metals;
and
since
2003,
has
written
free
missives
regarding
gold,
silver,
and
macroeconomics
since
2009,
under
the
moniker
Ranting
Andy.
Prior
to
joining
Miles
Franklin,
he
spent
five
years
working
as
an
Investor
Relations
officer
or
consultant
to
numerous
junior
mining
companies.