Peter Ricchiuti is the assistant dean at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business, and his insight and humor have twice made him the School's top professor. After a successful career on Wall Street, Ricchiuti served for five years as the assistant state treasurer and chief investment officer for the State of Louisiana. There he skillfully managed the State's $3 billion-dollar investment portfolio and served on boards overseeing another $8 billion in retirement funds.

In 1993, Ricchiuti founded the Burkenroad Reports investment research program. The program involves his leading of a team of more than 130 Tulane business students as they seek out the investment "skinny" on undervalued stocks in four southern states. He and his program have been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and on CNN and CNBC.

• Uncertainty Brings Opportunity - Business speaker Peter Ricchiuti instructs audiences on what to look for while stock hunting. He elaborates on the criteria and methodology he uses in his own investment research program, which is driven by more than 130 university business students who search for investment opportunities among undervalued stocks.
  
  
• Market Signals: What the Financial Markets Are Telling Us Now - "If the majority of people were right, the majority of people would be rich...and they're not!" Following the herd has rarely produced superior long-term results. Tulane University's Peter Ricchiuti will share his informative and entertaining perspective on financial markets, the importance of proper diversification, and the cyclical nature of both stocks and investment sectors. He will also tell us about the unusual securities research program he heads up with his students.