I received undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics and finance from the University of California, Los Angeles, 1968. My professional expertise is in macro-economics; currency and trade strategies; interest rates and yield curve analysis and fixed income strategies.For the past two decades I advised an independent brokerage firm on capital markets, and yield curve analysis and portfolio management.Prior to that, I worked as senior consultant, with Peat Marwick and Partners.( PMP) and A.R.A Consultants, responsible for projects in infrastructure, industrial strategy and public finance .From 1972 to 1980 , I was Director of Research, C.D. Howe ,Institute, overseeing research in Canada-US trade, currency developments and Canadian monetary policies .