RICHARD A. ABBEY

• Write daily, compelling opinion pieces on the intersection of geopolitical events—such as the Middle East conflict, Russia-Ukraine war, and Covid-19—with portfolio performance on Wall Street.
• Analyze the impact of central bank policies, including Federal Reserve and European Central Bank rate decisions, on investor behavior and market sentiment.
• Leverage expertise in data analysis and narrative storytelling to illustrate how financial markets adapt to shifting political landscapes, policy moves, and economic disruptions.
• Apply analytical rigor to identify emerging trends, uncover patterns, and connect global political developments with market dynamics.

• Covered Agriculture and Metals in the Americas, corporate finance, and equality and economic data releases.

• Used pandas to analyze the age of board members of 3000 public American companies, with the report published File.
• Analyzed UK’s Home Office data and found disparities in visa application outcomes among Commonwealth countries in sub-Saharan Africa and those located in other parts of the world using interactive visualization. Story File.
• Intern

• Supervised a 7-member newsroom to produce a digital publication start-up published thrice a week at the onset of the pandemic.
• Covered beats such as banking, macro, small businesses, and technology.

• Served as a team lead for a 6-member business news team that produced business news content for online, radio, and TV.
• Beats covered include banking, economy, and fintech.

• Developed growth strategy for the new media department of Ghana’s biggest business news media organization.
• Introduced content such as a 4-minute daily news summary, 2-minute economics explainer videos, and in-depth interviews with business newsmakers.
• Beats covered include banking, economy, capital market, and pensions.

Served as a general reporter writing content for the biggest news media portal, www.myjoyonline.com.