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Richard Stavros is chief investment strategist for Global Income Edge, analyst for Utility Forecaster and a regular contributor to Personal Finance.
He is managing director of Thomas Dwight Capital (TDC), a strategic, financial and business development adviser to corporations, investment houses and governments. TDC identifies and develops for clients high growth and emerging markets opportunities in the energy, telecommunications, shipping and real estate sectors. In this capacity, Stavros has advised on several multi-million project finance valuations, business plan developments, and overall corporate strategies, as well as engaged in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and lead capital raising efforts for new business expansion plans.
With 17+ years of experience in the energy sector, Stavros has served in various leadership, strategy, finance and analytic roles at an energy utility, investment bank and various preeminent global media, economic and regulatory research houses.
He graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in Economics and English Literature. He holds an MBA from the University of Oxford with a concentration in Finance and Strategy.
Analyst Articles
Attention investors rooting for the Dow Jones to top 20,000: Economists have started to put nearly 50-50 odds on a recession in the next four years. Sorry for the lump of coal in your stocking.The Bankrate Economic Indicator, a quarterly survey of economists, put the probability of a recession over… Read More
How President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks could shape future energy policy and impact utility investments. Read More
As yields on government and corporate bonds start to rise, I’m reminded of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist saying, known as Kleiner’s Law of Appetizers: “The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed round.” In other words, seize cash as soon as it’s offered.That’s valuable advice… Read More
Facing flat or declining electricity sales, more and more utilities are going out-of-state to bring in new business. Read More
In the third and final part of our series, we look at the progress of batteries and other technologies critical to achieving California’s expansive low-carbon vision. Read More
Investors should trim bond portfolios, lock in some gains, and generally brace for more bond declines. Bond selling is on the rise, and many are calling for the end of the 35-year bull market in bonds this year. Behind the bond selling: An expected Fed rate increase in December, rising… Read More
In the second part of our series, we see what implications other countries’ experiences with implementing expansive renewable energy policies might have for the Golden State and its utilities. Read More
As the steward of the Personal Finance Income portfolio, I’ve been reconsidering what financial companies and banks deserve to be called income investments, especially given the revelations of fraud and scandal at Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank.And the more I look, the more I like firms that have been pursuing… Read More
In the first of a two-part series, we review the state’s aggressive push into renewables and the investment implications for utilities there and in states pursuing similar policies. Read More