Morris Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, is an author, financial industry expert and investment adviser with more than 25 years of experience dedicated to capital markets strategy, global economic trends and institutional wealth management for entities with more than $1 billion in assets. Before co-founding SPG Trend Advisors, Mr. Segall was Senior Vice President at Mercantile Bank and Trust Company and at Mellon Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was founder and CEO of Segall Financial Management, Inc.

Known for his well-researched and astute financial analyses and forecasts of global economic and geo-political market forces, Mr. Segall has been a guest commentator on Neil Cavuto’s popular Fox News financial show and has been interviewed by the Wall Street. Transcript and other news media. He authored Sea Change, a financial newsletter focusing on global economic, geo-political and capital market issues and trends.

A frequent speaker at financial forums, Mr. Segall has addressed organizations including Vistage, TMI Executive Resources, the Beard Miller Company, the Greater Baltimore Technology Council and the Urban Land Institute, providing valuable insights into global market conditions, based on his extensive market research.

Mr. Segall is a graduate of the University of Baltimore, a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Investment Counselor. His professional affiliations include the: CFA Institute, Baltimore CFA Society and Investment Advisor Association.

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Anirban Basu, Executive Vice President of SPG Trend Advisors, is an economist, educator and attorney and has extensive experience in economic and community development. His clients include Fortune 500 companies and large non-profit organizations. He is also currently Chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm specializing in economic, fiscal and legislative analysis, program evaluation and organizational and strategic development.

Prior to founding Sage Policy Group and co-founding SPG Trend Advisors, he was an economist at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland where he led economic research at RESI, the University’s consulting enterprise. Anirban holds a J.D. from the University Of Maryland School Of Law, a M.A. in mathematical economics from the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy (MPP) from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Anirban is the author of Maryland: Old Line to New Prosperity, a historical treatment of the region’s economic development