Rick Tauber, CFA, CPA, is a senior securities analyst covering the industrials sector. Mr. Tauber has over 15 years of experience, primarily as a buy-side fixed income analyst. Mr. Tauber's experience includes making buy/sell/hold recommendations on high yield and high grade bonds, convertible bonds, bank loans, and private placements. Prior to joining Morningstar, Mr. Tauber worked as an analyst at Grace Brothers, a convertible arbitrage hedge fund, and as a fixed income analyst at mutual fund Stein Roe & Farnham and MetLife. Mr. Tauber received an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and a B.S. in accounting from the University of Illinois. He has been a CFA charterholder since 1993.