Morris Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in economic, business, financial, investments and wealth management.
Utilizing over 25 years of experience including senior executive management in professional services, finance, investments and banking, Mr. Segall serves as the president of SPG Trend Advisors. Known for his well-researched and astute financial analyses and forecasts of global economic and geo-political market forces, he has been a guest commentator on Neil Cavuto's popular Fox News financial show and has been interviewed by a number of publications and broadcast media including The Wall Street Transcript, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. In addition, he authored "Sea Change," an economic and financial newsletter focusing on global economic, geo-political and capital market issues and trends. He is the principal author and editor of SPG Trend's website and blog articles and economic, capital market and business advisory presentations.
As a political and international economic and financial analyst, Mr. Segall has extensive experience in successfully forecasting political, economic and financial trends. He is a key contributor of economic, financial and business planning for government entities in the state of Maryland, businesses, law firms and trade organizations and provides economic and capital markets strategy to investment advisory firms whose assets aggregate nearly $1 billion. A frequent speaker at financial and business forums, he has addressed numerous organizations including Vistage International, The Alternative Board, National Foundation for Credit Counseling, TMI Executive Resources, Parente Beard Company, the Greater Baltimore Technology Council and the Urban Land Institute, providing valuable insights into domestic and global business, economic and financial market conditions and future trends.
Before co-founding SPG Trend Advisors, he served as a senior vice president at Mercantile Bank and Trust Company and at Mellon Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was the founder and chief executive officer of Segall Financial Management, Inc. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Investment Counselor, as well as a member of the Baltimore CFA Society of the CFA Institute, the Investment Adviser Association and serves on the Financial Advisors Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is also a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Comptroller of the State of Maryland and a member of the Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight for the Maryland General Assembly.
SPG Trend Advisors is a boutique consultancy that provides global economic and capital markets research and forecasting and financial and business analysis for governmental entities, businesses, CEOs, corporate boards, trade organizations and financial and professional service firms. With 50 years of combined experience between the partners, the company provides insightful analysis and forecasting to prepare senior executives for tomorrow's trends. The firm has made presentations on local and regional economies, the national economy, international and geopolitical issues and capital market events as well as business strategies and models for a changing economy.
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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
