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Steven Cortes

Founder, Veracruz LLC

Steven Cortes started in financial markets in 1994 as a Government Bonds salesman for Prudential. In 1998, he left sales to trade independently, using technical black-box models on global Government Bond markets.

In 2002, Cortes started Veracruz, a research consulting firm that provides real-time market research to broker/dealers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds. Veracruz research covers global markets from Equity sectors to Currencies to Fixed Income.

Concurrent with running Veracruz, Cortes continues to proprietarily trade and provides frequent on-air analysis as a Contributor to CNBC.

In 1994, he graduated from Georgetown University, where he was nominated by the University for the Rhodes Scholarship, played varsity football and was named a George F. Baker Scholar. Cortes lives in Chicago with his wife and four children.

Contact U.S. Television

Selling the American Dream

Squawk Box

  • In a "Squawk Box" discussion about the January employment report, Rick Santelli takes issue with economist Austan Goolsbee's argument that while U.S. growth is weak, it's still better than almost every other country in the"advanced world." (1:08)

  • A preview and predictions on the all-important employment report, with Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics; Austan Goolsbee, Booth School of Business professor; Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Kelly King, BB&T chairman & CEO; and CNBC's Steve Liesman.

  • Jay Fishman,The Travelers Companies chairman & CEO, talks about his company's growth plans, and sheds some light on the depth and impact of the nation's debt crisis.

Mad Money with Jim Cramer

Fast Money

The Kudlow Report

  • Aggressive marketing and savvy manufacturing have helped recast the place of guns in American life.

  • Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch has died from congestive heart failure. TV Journalist Chuck Scarborough of WNBC New York; Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC's Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis, discuss Koch's NYC legacy.

  • Discussing whether it is time to let the sequester kick in, with Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC's Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis.