As Associate Market Strategist at Confluence, Thomas Wash performs quantitative research and analysis as part of the firm’s macroeconomic team, with a focus on monetary policy, global economic trends, and financial market fluctuations. Thomas is also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee, which is responsible for setting and implementing policy for the firm’s cyclical Asset Allocation ETF strategies, and he serves as an advisor to the International Equity team.

Thomas co-authors the firm’s Daily Comment and contributes to several other publications, including the Bi-Weekly Geopolitical Report and Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly. He also publishes a monthly report on the business cycle.

Before joining Confluence, Thomas was an economic research intern at the St. Louis Regional Chamber of Commerce and a Statistician at the United States Department of Agriculture.

Thomas earned a Master of Science in applied financial economics and a Bachelor of Science in communications and economics from Saint Louis University. He has received the Certified Business Economist™ (CBE) designation from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE).