Jim Rickards
Jim Rickards is a celebrated investment banker, lawyer, and economist with over 40 years of experience working in capital markets. Rickards is an advisor on capital markets to the U.S. intelligence community and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His clients include institutional investors and government directorates. He is also a global commentator on finance, risk and geopolitics, known for his views on financial markets, international monetary systems, and economic policy. Previously, he has held senior positions at Citibank, Long Term Capital Management, and Caxton Associates. Today, he serves as the editor of Strategic Intelligence, Project Prophesy, Crash Speculator, and Gold Speculator — four premium financial newsletters. He is also Chief Global Strategist at the West Shore Funds and Director of The James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics and global capital.
Jim Rickards Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Editor and Publisher
Academic History
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LL.M., Taxation
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J.D.
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M.A., International Economics
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B.A., With Honors
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
He is probably most well known for being the principal negotiator of the rescue of Long Term Capital Management by the US Federal Reserve in 1998.
He has also advised on financial threats at the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, where he facilitated the first financial war game simulation.
He has served as General Counsel at several alternative asset management companies and a stock exchange facility.
He was one of the few who predicted that Donald Trump would win the 2016 US Presidential Election.
ACADEMIA
He is a visiting lecturer in globalization at Northwestern University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He has also lectured at Georgetown University, Trinity College Dublin, and The Kellogg School.
He has delivered papers on risk at Singularity University, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Rickards is an accomplished author who has published numerous books and newsletters.
He is an op-ed contributor to the Financial Times, Evening Standard, New York Times, and Washington Post.
He has been interviewed on BBC, CNN, NPR, C- SPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, and The Wall Street Journal.