Brian Sozzi

Brian Sozzi is Chief Equities Analyst for NBG Productions. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing independant, and actionable stock recommendations (includes ratings/price targets) for an institutional and retail investor base, as well as corporate partners. In addition, Sozzi is the Editor in Chief of the “Decoding Wall St.” online investor education platform. www.decodingwallst.com Sozzi was previously a senior equity research analyst specializing in the apparel and hard goods sectors of the retail industry for Wall Street Strategies Inc., where he managed a client book that included leading financial institutions. He also contributed to his firm's twice-daily stock market commentary and trading services, and monthly newsletter. Sozzi became recognized by StarMine as a top-ranked equity research analyst for stocks under coverage in such categories as EPS Estimate Accuracy and Industry Excess Return. Sozzi was then awarded the 2011 FT | StarMine Analyst Award for No. 3 Earnings Estimator in the Textiles Apparel and Luxury Goods Industry. Routinely sought after as a trusted point of reference for opinions and insight on the global economy and stock evaluation, Sozzi was a frequent on-air guest on CNBC, and more recently has appeared on Bloomberg, the Fox Business Network, and PBS, and is cited regularly by online/print publications that include CNBC.com, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Reuters, The Associated Press, Barron's, Financial Times and Kiplinger's. He graduated summa cum laude from Dowling College.