Luis D. Alvarado

Luis D. Alvarado is a Global Fixed Income Strategist for Global Investment Strategy (GIS) for Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII), a subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank N.A., which is focused on delivering the highest quality investment expertise and advice to help investors manage risk and succeed financially. WFII serves Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management (WIM), a division of Wells Fargo & Company.

In his role, Luis researches and analyzes economic and market trends for GIS. He also focuses on fixed-income strategy and guidance and the interest rate outlook. In addition, he contributes to several WFII publications and is frequently featured in media including Bloomberg, CNBC, MarketWatch, Fortune, and Yahoo! Finance.

Luis has more than 17 years of experience in financial services. Prior to his current position he served in a variety of roles including investment analyst, client service associate, supporting the sales and trading functions for brokerage clients, and a personal banker.

Luis earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the Universidad de Costa Rica and a Master of Science in financial analysis from the University of San Francisco. He is located in San Francisco, California.

Global Investment Strategy is a division of Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. (WFII). WFII is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.

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