A Sling & A Stone is a fee-only, Investment Advisory firm registered with the Texas State Securities Board. Approval by the Texas State Securities Board is not an endorsement of the firm. We serve all our clients in a fiduciary capacity.
Our Motto: Our first priority is your financial security.
Our Mission: To help investors of all kinds by delivering positive absolute returns while remaining free of our industry's inherent conflicts of interest.
Founder: Our firm was founded by Matthew McCracken. Ever since taking Finance 402: Options Pricing in college, Matt became suspicious of the hypocrisy in the financial services industry. The class's professor taught the ideology of "efficient markets", while simultaneously running an arbitrage fund. Obviously, the two philosophies contradict one another. So, Matt concluded that the professor was either lying to the class or to his clients.
After college, Matt worked at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he saw firsthand the blatant conflicts of interest that led to the firm's downfall—and he promptly resigned. Eventually, the naïveté of youth gave way to the harsh reality of the business world. Once Matt entered the financial services industry, he committed to building a better means of accessing capital markets for investors. This involved minimizing conflicts while delivering solutions that investors could rely on to build wealth and maintain their financial security. Ultimately, his goal is to help clients achieve the goal his father and grandfather accomplished, which was to provide a better life for their children.
As time progresses, Matt has learned how money is really made on Wall Street and seeks to deliver the same kind of returns to his clients. He has learned about the art of long/short investing while developing his own proprietary trading program. His program is currently available to both high net-worth individuals and non-accredited investors alike.
Location: Our firm's primary office is "just west of weird", located in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, about 50 miles west of Austin in the beautiful Highland Lakes.