Kristian Kerr

Head of Macro Strategy

Kristian Kerr profile photo

Kristian Kerr is the Head of Macro Strategy at LPL Financial, responsible for driving the perspectives from all investing disciplines (e.g., stocks, bonds, alternatives, etc.) into one united view. In this role, he leads the day-to-day operations of the Strategic & Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) to ensure this united perspective is integrated and communicated into LPL Research’s publications and platforms.

 

"Combining my data-driven and process-centric approach with the entrepreneurial focus of a well-established company like LPL is exciting. When you can keep that mindset, the sky is the limit on what Research can deliver to our partners.”

Before joining LPL Financial

Kristian was the Western Region Head of Foreign Exchange and Macro at Citi Private Bank. Before the role at Citi, Kristian spent seven years as a multi-asset portfolio manager in New York for a large global macro hedge fund. Kristian has also held various strategy and trading roles at other global financial institutions over the course of his career.

Education & Achievements

BBA in International Business, Schiller International University

Read Kristian Kerr's Latest Posts

Viewing 22 Results

Newest

Newest

Oldest

NVIDIA’s Super-Sized Importance

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research examines the importance of NVIDIA ahead of the chipmaking behemoth’s third quarter earnings report.

Weekly Market Performance — November 15, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of November 11, 2024, highlights the waning post-election rally, key inflation data, and rising Treasury yields.

Weekly Market Performance — November 1, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of October 28, 2024, highlights Mag Seven earnings, key economic data, and a continued rise in Treasury yields.

Weekly Market Performance — October 18, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of October 14, 2024, highlights key bank earnings, the ECB rate cut, and the latest economic stimulus in China.

Weekly Market Performance — October 4, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of September 30, 2024, highlights U.S. jobs data, escalating tensions in the Middle East, and rising oil prices.

Weekly Market Performance — September 13, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of September 9, 2024, highlights the U.S. stock rebound, technology leading gains, and falling Treasury yields.

Weekly Market Performance — August 30, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of August 26, 2024, highlights key tech earnings, high-profile economic data, and shrinking Treasury yield spreads.

Weekly Market Performance — August 16, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of August 12, 2024, highlights key economic data, high-profile earnings, and falling oil prices.

Weekly Market Performance — August 2, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 29, 2024, highlights central bank decisions, Mag Seven earnings, and soft jobs data.

Weekly Market Performance — July 26, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 22, 2024, highlights a surging yen, cooling economy, and disappointing big tech earnings.

Weekly Market Performance — July 19, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 15, 2024, highlights S&P 500 volatility, a broad market rotation, and a global cyber outage.

Midyear Outlook 2024: Still Waiting for the Turn

| Kristian Kerr

Navigate markets through year end with LPL Research’s 2024 Midyear Outlook, providing insights on stocks, bonds, the U.S. election, economy, and more.

Weekly Market Performance — June 28, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 24, 2024, highlights key economic data, inflation, and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar.

Weekly Market Performance — June 21, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 17, 2024, highlights more new index highs, volatility in the bond markets, and rising oil prices.

The Texas Stock Exchange Aims to Buck Wall Street

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research discusses newly announced plans for the Texas Stock Exchange.

Weekly Market Performance — May 31, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 27, 2024, highlights tepid demand for Treasuries and the end of the S&P 500s five-week win streak.

Weekly Market Performance — May 17, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 13, 2024, highlights new record highs, a decline in consumer inflation data, and tech strength.

Weekly Market Performance — May 10, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research's Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 6, 2024, highlights another market winning streak, a utilities rally, and Treasury auctions.

Can Pre-Election Market Trends Survive Attention?

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research explores election year seasonality and whether the current pattern can survive all the attention. 

Weekly Market Performance — March 15, 2024

| Kristian Kerr

LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 11, 2024, highlights a new S&P 500 record close, earnings growth, and the energy sector outperforming.

Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again?

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research explores the parallels between the current stock market environment and that of the Nifty Fifty in the early 1970s.

How Could the Markets Surprise Us in 2024?

| Kristian Kerr

LPL Research looks at five ways the markets might surprise us in 2024.

  • Search Suggestions:
  • Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
  • Try different keywords.
  • Try more general keywords.
  • Make sure no special characters are added.