Joseph M. Terranova

When everything is at risk, how do you make calm and cool decisions? When Joseph Terranova worked as Director of Trading for one of New York’s largest mercantile firms, he was not only responsible for 300 people but in charge of trading decisions worth millions of dollars. Over his 18 year tenure, he had to face several crises head on. In this no-punches-pulled talk, Joe shares the wisdom gained from the trading floor and the techniques he used to lead his company to stellar results in turbulent times.

What happens in the White House affects your house. How will changes to taxes, tariffs, trade, bills, and regulations affect you and your business? Whether it’s an international crisis, a natural disaster, or just a new party in power there can be social and economic consequences in your life. While the social can affect your well being, the economic can trouble your wallet. In this blunt and fun talk, Joseph Terranova shares how the current political and social environment will impact you and your business and how to separate the social from the economic consequences.

How much time and energy do you put into big money decisions? When you research a new car purchase, for example, do you consult a few car review websites, ask your close friends, and take several test rides before you buy or do you buy what someone says is a “sure thing”? If you’re like most people you don’t impulse buy a car, but you do impulse buy with investments.

If you want to see better market results, you have to learn to invest like an institution. You need to understand how to handle unpredictable events, like crises, and how to plan for predictable calendar events, such as economic reports. In this enlightening talk, Joseph Terranova shares how the average investor can act more like an institution when investing and see better returns.

How do you set yourself up for success in the morning? Do you roll out of bed or jump out? How you start your day determines the results the rest of your day. Roll out and you’ll have an ordinary day. Put in the extra effort and you’ll an extraordinary day. In this engaging talk, Joseph Terranova shares how choosing the right morning routine can help set the stage for extraordinary results.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to investing. While buy-and-hold and value investing strategies are still viable styles for many retail investors, these traditional strategies must adapt to the current age of investing where information is more readily available. There are also new styles to consider, such as momentum investing, which could prove useful to savvy investors. What is the best approach for you? Based on his investing book Buy High, Sell Higher, Joseph Terranova breaks down the different investment styles, strategies, and disciplines in everyday language that all investors can understand.

How would you handle your investments in a time of an economic crisis? Even though economic crises cannot be predicted, they happen often enough that there are predictable lessons to learn from them. While working for one of the top New York mercantile firms, Joseph Terranova was able to not only survive the Asian crisis, dotcom crash, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the housing meltdown but also to come out on top. In this upbeat talk, Joe shares true-life lessons learned from working on Wall Street during times of crises. Audiences will leave with takeaways on how you can find opportunity in calamity and when to leap in when everyone is leaping out.

When it comes to risk it’s not about how much you can gain but how much you don’t lose. It doesn’t matter if you’re considering new investments, starting a business, or making a career decision, wise people know success comes from learning how to mitigate your risk. As a Director of Trading for one of the top New York mercantile firms, Joseph Terranova made his bones by knowing when to cut his losses. In this eye-opening talk, Joseph Terranova shares stories of how he evaluates risk in the market, business, and life.