Scott Richter, CFA, CMT, CHP

Scott Richter, CFA, CMT, CHP is a senior portfolio manager for Westfield Group Insurance, which manages over $4B in AUM. He is the lead portfolio manager for alternative assets and is also responsible for investments in the energy and utility sectors. He was formerly the co-manager of Fifth Third Asset Management’s Large Cap Value Strategy. Prior to Fifth Third, he was a founding partner of Weber Fulton Felman Investment Counsel.

He is a graduate of the University of Rochester and Harvard’s Graduate School of Business. He has been a guest/contributor to CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Barrons,and Reuters.

He has been a member of the CMT Association since 2000 and a board member since 2013.

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Technically Speaking, March 2019 - The same old news seems to hang over the markets like a low level cow emission of uncertainty. Brexit – will it be hard or soft? China – will there be a trade deal or not? North Korea – nukes or no nukes? The Fed – quantitative tightening or not? Politics – not going...
Technically Speaking, February 2019 - So far, this year has been dominated by the partial government shutdown. Does it affect the markets? Well, maybe indirectly. New issue IPOs are held up due to a lack of resources at the regulators. Tax refunds may be delayed, so investors might be a little cash tight. And most...
Technically Speaking, December 2018 - January 2019 - They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Well, 2018 came in like a lion and seems to have gone out like a lion, too. Check out this chart of the Dow’s daily true range going back to early 2016. Something is clearly different in 2018. If...
Technically Speaking, November 2018 - From the Editor Well, October certainly lived up to its spooky and quite volatile reputation. From leading momo tech stocks tanking to multiple multi-percentage point intraday moves everywhere else, I am sure antacid makers made a tidy profit. Of course, coffee, sugar and crude...
Technically Speaking, September 2018 - From the Editor As Randy Quaid’s character said as he was about to slay the alien ship in Independence Day, “Hello boys – I’m baaack!” Hello boys and girls! After a 20-year hiatus, I am back at the helm of Technically Speaking. The good news is that unlike last...

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Scott Richter, CFA, CMT, CHP

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