Richard Hastings is the Consumer Strategist for investment bank, Global Hunter Securities. Richard provides strategic insights into the consumer sector of the economy and the retailing industry, in addition to his work on housing and construction, labor and employment, marketing and media, forex, trade and capital markets. Richard brings more than 20 years industry experience and is noted for his work on credit and the housing market that anticipated the crisis of 2007. Richard is a frequent guest on CNBC and appears as a speaker at industry conferences internationally.