Donald Broughton
Top Financial Analyst, Managing Director
Avondale Partners
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s Avondale’s chief market strategist,
Donald Broughton dissects the U.S.
economy and financial markets.
His stock-picking performance has been
recognized by “The Wall Street Journal,” which
has repeatedly named him in its “Best on the
Street” survey for his stock picks in both the
cargo and railroad industry groups. “Forbes”
has highlighted his performance in its “When
Picky Analysts Pick” series. He has been ranked
by Zacks Investment Research and Starmine
as a 5-Star Analyst (their highest ranking)
based on the historical performance of his
recommendations. He is a frequent guest on
CNBC, “Nightly Business Report,” CNN, Fox,
NPR, and is regularly quoted in the national
financial press.
His keen ability to predict the financial
markets has been evidenced in published
reports dating back to 2006, where he warned
of an impending economic slowdown and later
explained why a recession was coming. In 2010
and 2011, his reports explained why fears of a
double dip were severely overblown and why
the market would have a significant rally by
year’s end. Since his downgrade of the Railroad
group to Market Underperform in early 2015,
the stocks have fallen by over 35 percent.
Prior to joining Avondale Partners in 2008,
Donald spent 12 years at A.G. Edwards, where
in addition to being the senior transportation
analyst, he was the group leader of the
industrial analysts and served on the firm’s
Investment Strategy Committee. Prior to going
to Wall Street, he spent eight years in various
distribution and operations management roles
in the beverage industry, including corporate
manager of distribution for Dr. Pepper and
Seven-Up companies.
In his spare time, he enjoys bike riding, playing
squash and gardening – his urban garden at his
Ladue home boasts quite a harvest.
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