Comprehensive Economic Advice

Analysis for institutional investors

Analysis within a classical business cycle framework. A top-down and bottom-up focus in providing investment advice by leading economist, Michael Cosgrove.

Analysis, strategy & Execution

The Econoclast®, a Dallas based company, provides comprehensive analysis and research reports for institutional investors and corporations within a classical business cycle framework. The Econoclast, Inc., founded in 1979 by Michael Cosgrove, focuses on how trends in the economy, tax rates, dividends, oil prices, money and inflation influence capital markets. Mike won the Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy in 2023 for the prior four-year forecast period. Mike had the smallest error measures for the four-year period. This was the 40th year of the award.
  • Ranked top economist by the WSJ
  • Wall Street Journal Economic Survey Member
  • Won the Lawrence R. Klein Award in 2023

Our Services

Commentaries
Include timely analysis of capital market features. Including institutional economics, capital markets, and asset allocation.
Monthly Research Strategy
Trends is a research report of opportunities in capital markets. Changes in tax rates, technology and monetary policy are believed to be the major determinants of changes in capital markets. Commodity indexes are utilized as longer-term inflation gauges. The focus is secular trends and is top-down.
Advanced Advisory Services
Include phone calls and on-site visits; including availability to speak on macroeconomic and policy issues.
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Includes top-down secular trend studies and timely capital market comments

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Michael Cosgrove

Michael Cosgrove is Principal, The Econoclast®, Inc., the firm he founded in 1979. His op-eds have been featured and he has been quoted in media outlets such as Issues and Insights, The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Barron's, The Hill, and The Christian Science Monitor. Mike won the Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy in 2023 for accuracy over the prior four-year, 2019-2022 forecast period. This was the 40th year of the award. Dr. Cosgrove also publishes articles in academic journals. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal's survey and has been an invited member of Blue Chip Economic Indicators since 1983. Prior to becoming Principal of The Econoclast®, Mike Cosgrove was Director, Strategy Development, at Gulf Oil. His Ph.D. in Economics is from The Ohio State University. Mike Cosgrove's book "The Cost of Winning - Global Development Policies and Broken Social Contracts," is published by Transaction Press/Rutgers University.
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