About Dr. Bob

Dr. Bob

Robert Dubil, Ph.D. , Chief Strategist for HedgeStreet, has had successful careers both in the financial industry and in academia. In the former, Dr. Dubil’s positions have included director of risk analytics technology and senior strategy consultant for Merrill Lynch; director of U.S. fixed income options trading and quantitative analysis for Union Bank of Switzerland; head of U.S. dollar exotic options for Chase Manhattan Bank; and VP, derivatives trader for Merrill Lynch and for Nomura Securities. The author of An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets as well as numerous scholarly papers, Dr. Dubil is currently Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Utah. He holds a Certificate in EEC Law & Economics from Tilburg University, Netherlands; an MA (ABD) in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School; and an MBA in finance/ statistics and a PhD in finance from the University of Connecticut.