Gene Balas has more than 20 years experience in investment management and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Balas is the Chief Investment Strategist for East End Wealth Management, where he performs macroeconomic analysis, formulates investment strategy, manages client portfolios and communicates his views to clients. He most recently was director of investments at Genworth Financial Asset Management. In this role, he performed forecasts on macroeconomic conditions and determined the influences of thematic drivers to develop the appropriate investment strategy.
Prior to GFAM, Balas was director of investment management and guidance at Merrill Lynch, where he advised pension funds, endowments and foundations as to appropriate investment strategy. Balas received a bachelor's degree in business administration in finance from the University of Houston and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.
| May 16, 2012 | 4:30 PM EDT
In major policy changes, it is the key element influencing what effect the Fed’s words will have on asset prices.
| May 15, 2012
| 9:05 AM EDT
Retail sales came in a bit soft this morning, with an increase of 0.1%, both with and without autos, following a 0.7% gain that was previously reported as a 0.8% advance....
| May 14, 2012 | 5:00 PM EDT
Of the 10% rise in cumulative inflation since '07, only about one percentage point is rises in commodities.
| May 12, 2012 | 10:30 AM EDT
If retail sales come in weak Tuesday, these will be the reasons why.
| May 11, 2012 | 2:36 PM EDT
Take note of Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker's views on unemployment.
| May 10, 2012
| 10:30 AM EDT
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S....
| May 09, 2012 | 5:30 PM EDT
Small businesses may be positive about their own prospects, but they're cautious about the broader economy.
| May 07, 2012 | 4:30 PM EDT
Austerity is not the solution by itself; Greece and France need better policies to stir growth.
| May 05, 2012 | 10:33 AM EDT
This week’s international trade report will fill in GDP data that had been mere estimates last week.
| May 04, 2012
| 12:56 PM EDT
The household survey has some important uses. From it, first of all, we derive the unemployment rate....
