Brett Manning

Brett contributes to the Briefing Trader product with a focus on top-down, intermarket methods that rely heavily on technical and sentiment analysis. He also manages the ETF Portfolio and publishes frequently in the ETF Daily Notes column. In addition, Brett contributes to the Institutional and Professional products by virtue of his heavy involvement in Briefing.com's strategic market outlook.

Prior to joining Briefing.com in 2005, he came to market analysis from an unconventional path, including a background in evolutionary sciences and analytic philosophy at the University of Florida. He became involved in the markets through the lens of computer programming, creating a number of automated futures trading systems over a period of several years. As a trader, he has experience trading diverse markets, including currencies, equities, and commodities.