Welcome to the University of Minnesota Duluth Financial Markets Program. I invite you to learn about all that this exciting program has to offer, and to contact me with any questions or comments that you may have.

My knowledge and understanding of the financial markets is deep and diverse. I began my career as a runner on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1987, and am privileged to have gained a "ground-up" understanding of the markets. I have over twelve years of hands on experience in many different areas of portfolio management, back office through portfolio manager, and have worked in three major money centers of the world; Chicago, New York and London.

During two years of teaching at New York University, I conducted a lecture series that examined how the financial markets work. We explored some of the basic theories of sound financial market analysis focusing mainly on techniques market professionals use to make more informed investment decisions; fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading techniques, risk management, risk-return profiling and risk budgeting.

The University of Minnesota Duluth Financial Markets Program is a unique, forward thinking program which utilizes strategic alliances with local members of the business community, and provides our students with an education they can use today, and can continue to use tomorrow.

-Joseph K. Artim,
UMD Financial Markets Program Director