Andrew Busch

Andy is the Global FX Market Strategist for BMO Capital Markets' Investment Banking Division in Chicago. He is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. Andy accurately called the 2006 Democratic takeover of Congress a full year in advance.

His views appear in his daily newsletter, the Busch Update. Mr. Busch consults with the staffs from the US Treasury, Congress, and the White House on economic and market issues on a regular basis. He met recently with US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Council of Economic Chairman Ed Lazear.

Andy appears every Friday at 4:15 ET on CNBC's The Bell with Maria Bartiromo. On Thursdays, he appears on 1st Business, Canadian BNN's SqueezePlay and on Bloomberg TV. He has appeared on CNN's Money Gang & Moneyline, CNN International, Bloomberg Television & Radio, National Public Radio (NPR), WBBM News radio 780, Reuters Financial TV, and CBS Morning News in Chicago. He is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, on Reuters News Services, Dow Jones News Services, Associate Press, and the Globe and Mail.

Andy writes a weekly column that appears on the Globe and Mail (Canada's leading business paper) website on Fridays and in print on Mondays.

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.