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ANDREW B. BUSCH
Global Finance Strategist
BMO Financial Group
Andy is the Global FX Market Strategist for BMO Capital Markets' Investment Banking Division in Chicago. He is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. Andy accurately called the 2006 Democratic takeover of Congress a full year in advance. On a regular basis, Mr. Busch consults with the staffs from the US Treasury, Congress, and the White House on economic and market issues.
Andy has appeared for the last three years on CNBC's The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and is a CNBC contributor. He is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters News Services, Dow Jones News Services, Associate Press, and the Globe and Mail.
Andy is a prolific author. Daily, his views appear in his newsletter, the Busch Update. Weekly, he writes a Monday column for the Globe and Mail newspaper (Canada's leading business paper). Monthly, he writes a column for SFO (Stock, Futures, and Options) Magazine. Lastly, his book, World Event Trading: How To Analyze and Profit From Today's Headlines, is available on Amazon and will be translated into Mandarin for the summer of 2008.
Andy joined BMO Financial Group in 1990 in the foreign exchange trading room of Harris Trust and Savings Bank, which merged with Bank of Montreal's room in 1995. Prior to joining Harris, he traded foreign exchange at Northern Trust Company. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1983, and received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1988.
LATEST POSTS
- Busch: Was Rolling Stone Right? 01 Jul 2009
Like Cap and Trade and Healthcare, this is underscores the fact that the biggest risk to the markets right now remains government policy error.
- Busch: The Great Inflation Experiment 26 Jun 2009
It appears that almost every nation's central bank is engaged in supplying emergency funds or funding to their respective financial systems to stabilize the economy. It appears that almost every nation is engaged in re-regulating their economic and financial systems. It appears that every nation has enacted a stimulus program of tax cuts and government deficit spending.
- Busch: The Case Against Ben Bernanke 25 Jun 2009
Today Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies at a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the central bank's involvement in the Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.
- Busch: Back to the 1930s 17 Jun 2009
With much fanfare and questionable outcomes, the Obama administration releases its plan to re-regulate the financial industry. The 85 page document has 5 main areas of new rules for the markets.
- Busch: Follow The Yellow BRIC Road? 15 Jun 2009
The Chinese and the Russians appear to be the point people for driving the conversation as they are concerned over their massive holdings of not only US dollars, but also US debt. Specifically, they are concerned over the massive new issuance of US government debt and the quantitative easing program by the US Federal Reserve.
- Busch: Global Currency Playground 09 Jun 2009
My overall view remains the same. We will be in a economic relapse danger zone from late June through October. This is when we'll see just how far the global economy will improve after the near death euphoria has waned.
- Busch: Was Rolling Stone Right? 01 Jul 2009
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