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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
Reports this week by the International Monetary Fund suggest central bank efforts to revive the global economy have stalled, and we may be facing a debt crisis if world leaders fail to respond. This comes on the heels of our April Global Income Edge issue, released yesterday, in which… Read More
The latest wave of solar company failures is due to poor management, not technology. Read More
For several years the Federal Reserve and other financial titans such as the World Bank and the IMF have been singing, “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow,” and then reversing their forecasts when tomorrow arrives. Now when they trot out that tune smart investors hear another song from the musical… Read More
Sometimes it’s more profitable to sell when a utility merger occurs, as these transactions often fail to deliver long-term shareholder value. Read More
The Dow Jones Industrials recently erased its losses for the year, but we advise our Global Income Edge investors to stay invested in the most conservative global income investments, as the recent market rise could again prove fleeting. That rise is being attributed in part to the Federal Reserve announcement it… Read More
The head of the European Central Bank announces more stimulus. Read More
We look at primary candidates’ energy policies and detail their implications for utility stocks. Read More
The spin-off of electric transmission and distribution assets into real estate investment trusts could be the next big investment trend to hit the electric utilities space. Read More
The selloff in U.S. financials and global bank stocks looks overdone. Read More