Michael Potgieter, Financial Market Analyst, ETM Analytics

Michael studied economics and econometrics at the University of Johannesburg while reviewing alternate economic literature from Taleb to Mises, graduating with an honours degree in 2014 while interning at ETM since 2011. His core research focus is on causal theory in financial market pricing. His experience set is chiefly derived from cross-country trend and structural analysis into the major DM and EM countries, using the macroeconomic as well as financial market data. In addition to his role as a financial market analyst, where he contributes to the body of thematic research ETM conducts in its normal course of business, Michael heads up the product development team at ETM that focusses on innovative and bespoke model development.