<p>The award-winning business professor and Wall Street expert shares his informative and entertaining perspective on what’s ahead for the economy, and what the financial markets are telling us about the outlook for U.S. businesses. </p><p>Peter Ricchiuti has taught finance at Tulane University since 1986. His humor and insight have earned him numerous teaching awards at Tulane University where he created and runs the nationally acclaimed Burkenroad Reports student Stock Research Program.</p><p>Peter is a graduate of Babson College and began his career with the investment firm of Kidder Peabody in Boston. He later managed Louisiana’s $3 billion investment portfolio while serving as the assistant state treasurer.</p><p>Peter has addressed more than 1500 groups in 47 states and several countries. He has been featured in <em>BARRON’S</em>, <em>Kiplinger’s</em>, <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>. He also hosts a popular weekly business show on National Public Radio in New Orleans called “Out To Lunch.”</p><p>Peter is a husband, dad, and author who has attended baseball games at all 30 current major league ballparks.</p>
Wall Street Investment Visionary and Entertaining Finance Speaker
<ul><li><strong>Uncertainty Brings Opportunity</strong></li><li>Business speaker Peter Ricchiuti instructs audiences on what to look for while stock hunting. He elaborates on the criteria and methodology he uses in his own investment research program, which is driven by more than 130 university business students who search for investment opportunities among undervalued stocks.</li><li><strong>Market Signals: What the Financial Markets Are Telling Us Now</strong></li><li>"If the majority of people were right, the majority of people would be rich...and they're not!" Following the herd has rarely produced superior long-term results. Tulane University's Peter Ricchiuti will share his informative and entertaining perspective on financial markets, the importance of proper diversification, and the cyclical nature of both stocks and investment sectors. He will also tell us about the unusual securities research program he heads up with his students.</li></ul>