Craig Elder

Craig Elder is a Senior Fixed Income Analyst, a role in which he provides fixed income market and investment strategy to Baird's Private Wealth Management Group. He provides credit research support for corporate bonds, municipal bonds and preferred stocks. He is the author of Baird's "Fixed Income Weekly."

Prior to joining Baird, Craig was a Senior Vice President in the Fixed Income Research Department at Morgan Keegan, serving as the senior analyst for the Retail Fixed Income Trading Desk. Formerly, he was also the Controller for the SBA Trading Department at the Planters National Bank in Memphis. He began his career in the financial services industry as an account executive for Dean Witter Reynolds.

Craig holds a BBA in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis and received an MBA from Christian Brothers University in Memphis. He is a member of the Fixed Income Analyst Society, the CFA^® Society of Chicago and the CFA^® Institute.

Commentary from Craig on the bond markets has been featured in national, regional and trade media such as CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Bond Buyer, CFA^® Magazine, and Bloomberg News.