Richard Suttmeier on Cycles in Asset Allocation

Richard Suttmeier, Chief Market Strategist, ValuEngine.com and Niagara International Capital Ltd, & Founder of Global Market Consultants, LTD

Richard has been a professional in the US Capital Markets since 1972 transferring his engineering skills to the trading and investment world. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a master of science from Brooklyn Polytechnic University . He considers himself as a self-developed Financial Engineer.

After working at Grumman Aerospace in the late 1960’s, Richard became a US Treasury Securities trader in the primary dealer community in 1972. He became the first long bond trader for Bache in 1978, then formed the Government Bond Department at LF Rothschild in 1981, helping establish that firm as a primary dealer in 1986. This experience gave him the insights to be an expert on monetary policy, which he features in his ValuEngine newsletters and commentaries.