WORLD-CLASS ECONOMIC &
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New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Political Risk Expert, CNBC Contributor, The Bear Traps Report Creator
Named one of the Top Influencers in the World in Fixed Income by RightRelevance.com

New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Political Risk Expert, CNBC Contributor, The Bear Traps Report Creator
Named one of the Top Influencers in the World in Fixed Income by RightRelevance.com

New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Political Risk Expert, CNBC Contributor, The Bear Traps Report Creator
Named one of the Top Influencers in the World in Fixed Income by RightRelevance.com

"Larry's presentation is a treasure chest full of Business Ethics, Sustainability and Risk Management Lessons."
- Harvard Business School
















Larry McDonald head of Macro-economics at ACG-Analytics, NY Times Best Selling Author of "The Colossal Failure of Common Sense - The Inside Story of the collapse of Lehamn Brothers", a regular contributor to CNBC's Trading Nation, Contributor to Forbes online, Creator of The Bear Traps Report, an independent Investment Newsletter oriented and servicing in macro trade, trade alerts, political risk management, tells his story.

Larry McDonald head of Macro-economics at ACG-Analytics, NY Times Best Selling Author of "The Colossal Failure of Common Sense - The Inside Story of the collapse of Lehamn Brothers", a regular contributor to CNBC's Trading Nation, Contributor to Forbes online, Creator of The Bear Traps Report, an independent Investment Newsletter oriented and servicing in macro trade, trade alerts, political risk management, tells his story.

Larry McDonald head of Macro-economics at ACG-Analytics, NY Times Best Selling Author of "The Colossal Failure of Common Sense - The Inside Story of the collapse of Lehamn Brothers", a regular contributor to CNBC's Trading Nation, Contributor to Forbes online, Creator of The Bear Traps Report, an independent Investment Newsletter oriented and servicing in macro trade, trade alerts, political risk management, tells his story.

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Legendary insider, thought-provoking and always timely Larry McDonald presents his captivating views on the Trump Administration, U.S. Financial Crisis, European Sovereign Debt, and China’s Economic Meltdown - spiced with Actionable Risk Indicators, Risk Management Lessons, and sprinkled with humor.

New York Times Bestselling Author, Political Risk Expert with Unlimited Access to Global Thought Leaders. Larry McDonald’s own risk indicators and risk management lessons are designed for Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Multi-Family Offices, and any investment group hoping to avoid the dangerous pitfalls in the post-Lehman markets.

About Lawrence McDonald

New York Times Bestselling Author, Political Risk Expert
Larry’s speaking clients include: IBM, Franklin Templeton Funds, Hartford Funds, Fidelity, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Calamos Funds and more.
Unlimited Access to Global Thought Leaders

Larry McDonald is a New York Times bestselling author, CNBC contributor, and Political Risk Expert.

He is the creator of "The Bear Traps Report", a weekly independent Macro Research Platform focusing on global political and systemic risk with actionable trade ideas.

In 2016, Larry McDonald joined ACG Analytics in Washington D.C., as a partner with a unique skill set, as one of today’s leading political policy risk consultants and strategists.

From 2011 – 2016, he was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Macro Strategy at Société Générale.

In 2009, he wrote the international bestseller: A Colossal Failure Of Common Sense, The Inside Story Of The Collapse Of Lehman Brothers – translated into 12 languages, selling over 400,000 copies.

He warned in 2006 about the subprime mortgage crisis and the lasting implications on global financial markets when working as Vice President at Lehman Brothers. From 2007-2008, McDonald led his team into betting against the subprime mortgage market profiting the firm over $2 billion before it’s demise.

Prior working at Lehman, he was the co-founder of Convertbond.com, a website that provided convertible securities information with news, valuation, terms and analysis tools for convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks, and other convertible securities. Convertbond was acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1999.

Larry McDonald's Topics

CNBC: Bear Traps Report: Uncertainty surrounding inflation expectations behind surge in precious metals – July 27th, 2020

Larry McDonald, editor of the Bear Traps Report, talks silver, precious metals and U.S. equities.

Larry provides rare insight into topics such as:

  • Trump Presidency – Political Risk in 2020: An analysis of the Market Impact
  • Global Systemic Risk: A perspective on Trade and NAFTA Re-negotiations
  • U.S. Global Economic Outlook: Market Impact of the Tax Reform from Washington D.C.
  • China: The Epicenter of Risk and Unimaginable Debt
  • The Rise and Fall of Emerging Market Economies
  • Our 21 Lehman Systemic Risk Indicators
  • Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve Policy, and their side-effects

  • EVENTS


    APRIL 24-25TH - INVESTOR ROUNDTABLE

    We invited leaders from across global-macro and political finance to bring the latest in a wide variety of topics from BREXIT to Cannabis and much more.

    UK's Nigel Farage, NY Times Best Selling Author Larry McDonald, CNBC’s Jon Najarian, Cannabis Guru Todd Harrison and The "Big Short"'s Danny Moses Joined us in Miami at our April Event.


    Keynote Speaker

    Larry has delivered over 175 keynote speeches worldwide. He details the complexities of the political policy implications of the Trump Administration and their relationship with Congress.


    He adds the Lehman factor to his speeches, “why it was allowed to fail”, and above all – valuable risk indicators which help investors avoid the aftershocks that continue to rock the global economy until today. His presentations are thought-provoking and captivating.


    *Financial and trading expert Lawrence McDonald is one of the most in-demand keynote speakers for high-powered banking audiences. His expertise and ability to teach audiences about the dangers in the modern markets makes him an ideal choice for a large conference, or a private client event. His institutional bond trading experience, political risk research, and deep understanding of Systemic Risk has made him an indispensable consultant to some of the largest financial institutions in the world.*



    What our friends said...

    New York Times Bestselling Author, Political Risk Expert, with Unlimited Access to Global Thought Leaders, McDonald has access to some of the world’s most talented leaders and is provided with privileged information. Among them are White House Advisors, Congressmen, Senators, Hedge Fund Managers and Fortune 500 Executives. He was featured in the Academy Award winning documentary, Inside Job and also featured in National Geographic’s award winning documentary: The 2000’s. He is a regular contributor on Bloomberg TV and Radio, CNBC and Fox Business.