Francis D. Schutte graduated (Master in Applied Economic Sciences) in 1972 at the Antwerp UFSIA University. He soon became an active member of the Belgian financial world. Initially, he operated with a Belgian broker, subsequently with a renowned Canadian research house and with an American Bank. ...more

Francis D. Schutte graduated (Master in Applied Economic Sciences) in 1972 at the Antwerp UFSIA University. He soon became an active member of the Belgian financial world. Initially, he operated with a Belgian broker, subsequently with a renowned Canadian research house and with an American Bank. At that time, he became a registered representative with the Montreal and the New York Stock Exchanges. It was only when he was operating with the First Continental Bank of Illinois, that he added technical research to the fundamentals. A couple of years later, he started his own business, became a member of the Belgian Stock exchange and a well know figure in the Belgian financial world. As founder and first President of the BFTA (Belgian Federation of technical analysts and past-vice president of the IFTA (International Federation of Technical Analysts), he managed different Common Investment funds and even ran a successfully an open portfolio in a financial magazine. Weekly, he published his own market letter and his international advice could be read in many financial publications.

He received a Classical, Technical-Industrial and Economic education. He is a Commercial Pilot (fixed wing multi-engine - Instrument Rated) and during the 1990's he flew all the way to Cape Town, hereby crossing Africa. He also crossed 5 times the Atlantic in a Single Engine Aircraft (Mooney). Last but not least, he lived on 3 Continents: Europe, Africa and the America's.

In 1989, he was one of the few predicting the Great Crash of the Japanese stock and real estate markets. He travels all over the world and has a sharp insight of the actual geopolitical and economic situations.less