About the Author

Kel Kelly has spent over 13 years as a Wall Street trader, a corporate finance analyst, and a research director for a Fortune 500 management consulting firm. Results of his financial analyses have been presented on CNBC Europe, and the online editions of CNN, Forbes, BusinessWeek and the Wall Street Journal.

Kelly holds a degree in Economics from the University of Tennessee, an MBA from the University of Hartford, and an MS in Economics from Florida State University. He has devoted many years to the study of economic thought, focusing on business cycles, financial markets, and monetary policy.

He lives in Atlanta and is a doting, adoptive parent of two greyhounds, Octavia and Daphne.