Christopher Verrone, Chief Market Strategist, Baird Strategas

Christopher Verrone serves as the firm’s Chief Market Strategist. In addition, he leads the Firm’s Technical and Macro Research team and is also a member of the Firm’s Management committee.  His regularly published research highlights actionable investment opportunities across the equity, commodity, foreign exchange, and fixed income markets.

He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg Television and Fox Business, and is often quoted in the domestic and foreign financial press. He has consistently ranked among the top macro analysts on Wall Street in the annual All-America Research Survey over the last decade by Extel (formerly Institutional Investor) and is particularly known for combining a rigorous examination of financial history with empirically driven analysis.  Chris regularly speaks with and advises many of Wall Street’s most influential investors and largest institutions, along with Washington D.C. policymakers, widely respected for both his pragmatic approach to markets and willingness to challenge consensus thinking. 

Christopher has earned the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, and prior to joining Strategas he worked with the Economics team at International Strategy & Investment (ISI) Group and at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Christopher holds an M.A. in comparative politics and a B.A. in international political economy, both from Villanova University.