MARKETPSYCH IS UNIQUE AMONG CONSULTING GROUPS IN THAT ITS CONSULTANTS HAVE ADVANCED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. The broad array of services and diversified expertise of our professionals enable us to offer individual services, comprehensive consulting to retainer clients, or expert counsel and implementation for a broad spectrum of specific projects.
A two member management team leads our consulting practices.
RICHARD L. PETERSON, M.D.
 Dr. Peterson is a managing partner of MarketPsych and an experienced investor and trader. At MarketPsych he specializes in the implementation of both investor training programs and market-beating investment strategies. Previously he developed neural network-based market forecasting software and traded stocks, futures, and options for Intelligent Investments Partners.
Dr.Peterson has a Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.) and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Arts from the University of Texas, all with honors. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry. Dr. Peterson has performed behavioral finance and neuroeconomics research at Stanford University. He has developed financial psychology profiling tools, published in academic journals, and has given presentations to scholars at Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance. His book Inside the Investor's Brain (Wiley, 2007) was called "outstanding" by Barron's.
Dr.Peterson has thirteen years experience in market modeling, investment strategy development, and trading, and he has privately evaluated and trained investors and traders for the past six years. Current projects include the operation of a behavioral finance hedge fund.
His research website: Richard L. Peterson, M.D.
FRANK MURTHA, PhD
 Dr. Murtha is a managing director, consultant, and frequent speaker about investor psychology and behavioral finance. He has consulted for the New York-based consulting firm RHR International Company where he performed corporate and executive evaluations and coaching. His clients there included investment banks, financial services companies, and day trading firms where he has coached portfolio managers in reaching peak performance.
Dr. Murtha received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the State University of New York. His dissertation explored the effect of cognitive errors on gambling behavior. He holds a professorship at New York University and previously lectured at the Smeal College of Business Administration at Penn State.
Currently, Dr. Murtha is focusing on helping brokers cope with the fallout from recent market volatility - ranging from "analysis paralysis" to panic selling - and to build behaviors that will bring their performance and client relationships into "the optimized zone." He has appeared numerous times on CNBC.
Our consultants have memberships in various industry organizations including: Institute of Behavioral Finance
Society for Neuroeconomics
International Association of Financial Engineers
American Psychiatric Association
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