Milton Ezrati is an economist, investment manager, and author. He currently serves as the Chief Economist of Vested, a financial communications agency. [1] His blog, Bitesize Investing, [2] discusses the basics of successful investing, one bite-sized piece at a time. Previously, Ezrati was the Chief Economist for Lord Abbett, one of the oldest investment firms in the U.S. He is also the author of Thirty Tomorrows:The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live. [3] and Kawari. [4]
Ezrati speaks regularly on economic and investment topics to the media, including CNBC [5] Fox Business, [6] Bloomberg, [7] BNN, [8] The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Reuters and serves as contributing editor to the National Interest. [9]
Mr. Ezrati received an MSS in mathematical economics from the University of Birmingham in England and a BA in economics from the State University of New York. [10]
In 1981 Ezrati joined Manufacturers Hanover Investment Corp where he spent six years as the Director of Research. [11] In 1987 Ezrati was appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Investing for the Americas at Nomura Asset Management USA. [12] He assumed the role of Chief Investment Officer at Nomura Capital Management in 1987. [13] During his tenure, Ezrati oversaw all of the investing in the Americas for Nomura Capital Management's institutional investment arm. [14] He also served as a member of the International Asset Allocation Team for Nomura Capital Management.
Ezrati joined Lord Abbett in 2000 as a Senior Economist and Market Strategist, and was named a Partner in 2004. Ezrati retired from Lord Abbett in 2015. Additionally, Mr. Ezrati is a frequent commentator in the media on financial markets and economics. He has appeared on CNBC, [15] Bloomberg TV, [16] and Fox Business, [17] and has been quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, [18] Barron's, [19] and Financial Times. [20] Most recently in 2015, Ezrati became a contributing editor at The National Interest. [21]
Ezrati currently serves as the Chief Economist of Vested, a financial communications agency. [22]
Milton Ezrati is the author of "Thirty Tomorrows:The Next Three Decades of Globalization Demographics and How We Will Live" [23] Ezrati is also the author of "Kawari", in which he discusses the economic and cultural transformation of Japan, following the country's recession in the 1990s. [24]
Ezrati is an Affiliate of the Center on Human Capital and Economic Growth in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York at Buffalo [25] and has lectured at New York University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University [26]