Matthew B. Smith graduated from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina after studying Finance and Accounting. Smith's expertise is in the commodities markets, where he has done consulting work for various sized companies focused on resources ranging from uranium to rare earth elements. He has identified numerous bull markets over the years in the commodity space, including in oil, uranium, potash and rare earths. Finding these opportunities before the rest of market does has become his niche.Expand

After founding a newsletter and financial website, Smith has spent the past few years providing commentary to other sites while living in Columbia, SC. He can be reached on Twitter at @theinvestar.Collapse

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