Summary

• Senior Editor, Investing and Trading Product Reviews
• 20 years of mutual fund, macro market research, institutional trading desk, and trading education experience
• Chartered member and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the industry-leading Chartered Market Technicians (CMT) Association

Experience

Michael began his Wall Street career as a portfolio assistant for a $3 billion mutual fund at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in New York City, where he learned the art of asset allocation and position sizing.  Michael then joined Stone & McCarthy Research Associates (acquired by Oxford Economics in 2016) in Princeton, New Jersey, where he published research based on the interaction between economic, monetary, and macro market forces for the firm’s sophisticated client base of central bank representatives, economists, hedge fund managers, and traders.Michael then became a member of Cantor Fitzgerald’s Debt Capital Markets Derivatives Sales Team, performing quantitative technical analysis for the firm’s proprietary trading desk located in Greenwich, Connecticut.   Michael left Cantor Fitzgerald to form Extract Analytics LLC, a boutique research and consulting firm that produced data-driven research and content for an institutional client base and created an educational curriculum for retail traders.Michael became Senior Editor of Investing and Trading Product Reviews at Investopedia and The Balance in June 2021, where he leads the company’s online broker, robo-advisor, cryptocurrency wallets, and forex exchange reviews. 

Education

Michael received his Bachelor's of Science degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine. 

Quote from Michael Sacchitello

“The market doesn't owe you anything and it loves to confound. If you are going to play a contrarian’s game and fight the trend, you better be a sound sleeper.”