After helping make diamonds synonymous with love, Tiffany & Co now makes great protection against inflation. Read More
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
Even as economic forecasts call for increased global growth, investors should protect their portfolios in 2014 against potential market reversals. Read More
Investors changing their allocations in 2014 will have to contend with new market relationships or correlations that could create more risk in the portfolio. Read More
As the Federal Reserve tapers, the true health of the economy and US companies will become transparent, as will the prospect of inflation. Read More
The recently spun-off Mexican subsidiary of Spanish banking giant Santander Group stands to cash in on Mexico's oil liberalization plans. Read More
The digital currency Bitcoin could serve as an alternative investment during inflation. Read More
New plans to further open China's markets could offer attractive new diversification opportunities to protect portfolios against inflation. Read More
Microfinance funds that invest in banking and other services to the world’s emerging market entrepreneurs and poor not only are great investment opportunities, but you can feel good about them, too. Read More
UK-based National Grid, an electric and gas transmission-based business, makes an excellent inflation hedge. Here's why. Read More
Economic research finds that rising income inequality, such as is happening in the US and in Europe, presages inflation and a slowdown in growth. Read More