World Class Faculty & Research / October 22, 2015

Market Volatility

International markets have seen some tumultuous times lately. Much of the volatility stems from economic trouble in China, spilling over to other regions.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up, host Jeff Salkin visits the Smith School to discuss market volatility with Kristen Fanarakis, assistant director of the Center for Financial Policy.

Prior to joining the Center for Financial Policy, Fanarakis spent over a decade on Wall Street working on both the buy side and sell side of the financial industry. She began her career in the currency investment unit at Putnam Investments in Boston. In this role, she was responsible for fundamental research on the Scandinavian region, helped implement the firm’s trading strategy, and served as the team’s liaison to the marketing department. She later went on to work in sales on the foreign exchange trading floor for banks such as Merrill Lynch and Citibank in New York City. There she covered several of the leading U.S. institutional asset managers providing real-time market information and advice to her clients in addition to executing trades. She holds her B.A. in economics and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business. She also holds her M.S. in international economics from Suffolk University.

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