About Andy

 
Andy is the Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist for BMO Capital Markets’ Investment Banking Division in Chicago. He is a senior fellow on economic issues for the Illinois Policy Institute. Mr. Busch consults with the staffs from the US Treasury, Congress, and the White House on economic and financial market issues. He was an adviser on the economy and the financial markets to US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Andy met recently with all the most senior staff at the US Treasury. He has met and advised the last three US Treasury Secretaries including Tim Geithner.


He is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. Andy recently spoke at the Pacific Economic Conference in Russia on the global credit crisis. He met and consulted with the governor of Primorsky Territory and the mayor of Vladivostok over the future direction of the Russian economy.


Andy has appeared for the last seven years on CNBC’s The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and on CNBC’s the Kudlow Report. He is a CNBC contributor, and his blog is number one for CNBC. He is regularly quoted in the following press: Wall Street Journal, Reuters News Services, Dow Jones News Services, Associate Press, Agence France-Press, Australia’s Au., UK’s Guardian, and the Globe and Mail.


Andy is a prolific writer. Daily, his views appear in his newsletter, the Busch Update. Monthly, he writes a column for SFO (Stock, Futures, and Options) Magazine covering topics such as the US 2008 presidential elections, the housing crisis, and executive leadership. Lastly, his book, World Event Trading: How To Analyze and Profit From Today’s Headlines, is available on Amazon and was translated into Mandarin in 2008 and into Japanese in 2009.


Andy joined BMO Financial Group in 1990 in the foreign exchange trading room of Harris Trust and Savings Bank, which merged with Bank of Montreal’s room in 1995. Prior to joining Harris, he traded foreign exchange at Northern Trust Company. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1983, and received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1988.