MASTERS OF FOREX 4.40PM – 5.30PM, 24 MAY
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG
GFT
Boris is director of currency research at GFT. He is a weekly contributor to CNBC’s Squawk Box. His daily currency research – available at www.fx360.com – is widely quoted by newswires and newspapers worldwide. Schlossberg is co-author of the bestselling Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game.
Twitter: @Fxflow
JOHN HARDY
SAXO BANK
Originally from Texas, John Hardy has been with Saxo Bank since 2002 and works out of the Bank’s London office as head of FX strategy. Hardy focuses on the major FX classes, and has developed a broad following from his popular and often quoted daily FX Update column. Alongside his column and media appearances, John writes on the major currencies, central bank policies, macro-economic trends and other developments.
Twitter: @johnjhardy
RICHARD FARLEIGH
ENTREPRENEUR
Richard Farleigh – “Mr Nice” from Dragons’ Den – was born into poverty in the Australian outback. He studied economics and mathematics before managing a derivatives desk, a proprietary trading desk, and a hedge fund in the 1980s and early 90s, focusing on predicting big picture trends and the effects on the currency and interest rate markets. He is now a business angel, backing more early-stage companies than anyone else in the UK.
Twitter: @FarleighRichard
DAVID RODRIGUEZ DAILYFX
David Rodriguez is a quantitative strategist for DailyFX, specialising in statistical studies in currency trading markets and algorithmic trading systems. He holds a degree in economics from Williams College with heavy emphasis on quantitative methods and began trading financial markets during the tech boom and bust of 1999-2001. Since then, his primary focus has shifted from equities to currency markets.
Twitter: @DRodriguezFX