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Walter Kunisch
Senior Commodities Market Strategist

Areas of Focus

  • Global agriculture commodities including: cereal/feed grains, oil seeds, and edible oils
  • Cotton and livestock
  • Energy commodities including: crude oil, natural gas, refined products, and renewables
  • Industrial and precious metals
  • Global economics
  • Foreign exchange

 

About Walter Kunisch

 

Walter Kunisch joined HilltopSecurities in 2021 as the Senior Strategist for the commodities business group. Kunisch works in a collaborative capacity with the wealth management platform and various investment banking teams where he provides internal and external clients quantitative and qualitative expertise on a diverse range of global commodity related topics. Prior to joining HilltopSecurities, Kunisch worked in analytical, trading, and portfolio management roles.  He has a unique 360 degree view of the global commodity sector that includes working at hedge funds, multi-national commodity merchants, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) where he analyzed biofuels and renewable energy. Kunisch holds master’s degrees in Economics, with a focus in Quantitative Finance, and in International Political Economy with a concentration in Emerging Market Economics/Finance from Fordham University.

Get to Know Walter

2
children and one demanding Cavalier King Charles
20
years in financial services
8
hours spent at youth soccer each week
“Character is the architect of achievements.”
Mark Twain
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