Jim Bianco
Jim Bianco is a seasoned investor, market commentator and Founder, President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research LLC, an industry-leading provider of data-driven insights into the global economy and financial markets. Bianco has built a decades-long reputation of being a recognized expert in macro, fixed income, and economic analysis. Free from the biases of traditional research in Wall Street, he has been offering an objective, incisive commentary on the global economy and financial markets since 1990. His commentaries cover monetary policy, the intersection of markets and politics, the role of government in the economy, as well as fund flows and positioning in the financial markets. Previously, he spent five years in New York City with several prominent investment banking firms.
Jim Bianco Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and President
Academic History
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MBA, Accounting and Finance
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BS in Business Administration and Management
EARLY CAREER & EXPERTISE
Bianco started working in the bond market in 1987.
He served as a market strategist in equity and fixed income research at UBS Securities.
He also served as an equity technical analyst at First Boston and Shearman Lehman Brothers.
He previously served as a national Vice President, chairing the CMT Association’s 1996 annual seminar.
He has been producing fixed income commentaries, which enjoy a circulation of portfolio managers and traders numbering into the several hundreds.
He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a member of the Chartered Market Technicians Association (CMT Association).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The money flow characteristics of primary dealers, mutual funds, hedge funds, futures traders, banks, and institutional investors
How the ratio of the equity market’s capitalization as a percentage of the nominal gross domestic product affects price performance of the stock market
How market performance affects mutual fund investors
The role government regulation plays in determining inflation
The role politics plays in setting interest rates
Measuring the stock and bond markets from a total return perspective
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Bianco produces unique insights into movements in the financial markets.
He has been a featured speaker at many investment conferences.
He is often featured in investment publications including The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, and Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, and MarketWatch.
He has also been featured in the New York Times, BusinessWeek, The National Review, Euromoney, Dow Jones, Reuters, and more.
He has written for Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, Financial Trader, and Futures Magazine.
He appears regularly on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg LP, and Fox News.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision multiple times.