Richard Stavros

Richard Stavros is chief investment strategist for Global Income Edge, analyst for Utility Forecaster and a regular contributor to Personal Finance.

He is managing director of Thomas Dwight Capital (TDC), a strategic, financial and business development adviser to corporations, investment houses and governments. TDC identifies and develops for clients high growth and emerging markets opportunities in the energy, telecommunications, shipping and real estate sectors. In this capacity, Stavros has advised on several multi-million project finance valuations, business plan developments, and overall corporate strategies, as well as engaged in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and lead capital raising efforts for new business expansion plans.

With 17+ years of experience in the energy sector, Stavros has served in various leadership, strategy, finance and analytic roles at an energy utility, investment bank and various preeminent global media, economic and regulatory research houses.

He graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in Economics and English Literature. He holds an MBA from the University of Oxford with a concentration in Finance and Strategy.

Analyst Articles

Emerging markets (EMs) are on a tear, outperforming developed markets for the first time in six quarters, climbing 5.2%. Almost $11 billion poured into developing-nation exchange-traded funds listed in the U.S. this quarter, the most since 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Why are EMs’ stocks booming? Market analysts point… Read More

Even with recent positive comments by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, investors and Wall Street money managers have a growing fear that not all is as rosy as it appears. Yellen said that accommodative monetary policy, rising property and equity prices, and the improving global economy should lead to above… Read More