John P. Bott, II, Chairman of the Board of Tri-Star Financial and General Partner of Parallax Investments
jbott@whatsworkingnow.us
Since 1975, Mr. Bott's career has dealt in municipal, treasury, mortgage-backed
securities, and corporate bonds. He has also dealt in commodities, futures, interest
rate swaps and all types of mutual funds. Snce 1982, he has written one of
the top performing newsletters in the country, "Trendtracker", commentating on economic
and financial issues and has been the General Partner and portfolio manager of Parallax
Capital Partners, LP, a hedge fund specializing in fixed income products, since 1998.
He has participated in programs for the Dallas Investors Forum, the Woodlands Investors
Group, and The Houston Investors Association, for whom he has, for over a year, done
monthly meetings at University of Houston. John takes the most pride in the fact that
over the course of his career and after selling billions of dollars in bonds, he has
never had a single client complaint.
John is a registered representative who holds the FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63.
William T. Payne, President
bpayne@whatsworkingnow.us
As president of Tri-Star Financial, Bill Payne has led his company from a one-person firm
to one which now has over 20 employees, and which services thousands of clients and
manages millions of dollars.
His client list includes bankers, credit unions, pension funds, foundations, corporations,
life insurance companies, municipalities and many, many valued individual clients.
Mr. Payne's career spans over 20 years in the financial services industry. His firm offers
CDs, general securities, fixed income and insurance products. Although Bill is president
of his corporation, he spends most of his time handling the every day needs of his valued
clients. He insists that his clients are what make the business interesting and challenging.
He is proud that there has never been a complaint filed with the NASD from any of his
customers. In today's market, that is something to be proud of!
Bill has a series 7 (General Securities) series 24 (Principal License) series 53 (Municipal
Principal) series 63 (Blue Sky License) Group 1 (Life & Health Insurance).
Jon C. Vaughan, CFA, Principal
jvaughan@whatsworkingnow.us
Mr. Vaughan graduated from Baylor University with a double major in Finance and International
Business. He has 15 years of experience in the fixed-income markets in trading as well as
sales. His areas of expertise include: Mortgage-Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage
Obligations, Corporate and Municipal Bonds and Government Agency Securities. Mr. Vaughan
works with Institutional Customers, Individuals and Retirement Accounts with an emphasis
on investments that have principal protection.
He is Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63 licensed and earned his Chartered Financial Analyst
designation in 1997.

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