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Peter Atwater

President of Financial Insyghts LLC & Adjunct Professor at the College of William & Mary

Peter Atwater
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Peter Atwater Biography

Peter Atwater is the President of Financial Insyghts and a researcher of confidence-driven decision making.

Through his firm, Financial Insyghts, Peter advises institutional investors, corporations, and public policy makers on how social mood affects decision making and the markets. Atwater demonstrates, no matter your field, understanding how changes in confidence naturally impact consumer preferences is critical to success. Atwater enables people to see how mood impacts decision making at both an individual and a group level.

In his 2014 Ted Talk, well before the rise of Donald Trump, Atwater identified chronic “underconfidence” as a major cause for concern, because now voters have naturally-divergent, mood-driven preferences. To Atwater, it is not the economic and political differences that are worrisome, but the extreme confidence divide in America. Professor Atwater’s research on the connection of social mood and market behavior served as base for his book, Moods and Markets, which provides specific practical insights for investors on how changes in confidence drive the capital markets.

Peter had a successful career on Wall Street, including thirteen years with JPMorgan building the firm’s asset-backed securities. He then became the Treasurer of Bank One at age 35,and later served as the Chief Operating Officer of the bank’s asset management business. As CEO of Bank One Private Clients Services, Atwater oversaw a $850 million business with 2,400 employees across more than 100 offices. Peter then went on to serve as Chief Financial Officer of start-up credit card company, Juniper Financial, helping in the sale of the business to Barclays PLC.

Atwater can be seen regularly on Bloomberg Television and he is quoted frequently by the financial media. Peter’s research has been profiled by Gillian Tett in the Financial Times and Rana Foroohar in Time Magazine.

Serves as an adjunct professor of at the College of William and Mary and University of Delaware. Atwater holds a BA in Economics from the College of William and Mary.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/30/2024.

Peter Atwater Speaking Topics

  • Booms, Bubbles And Busts

    From the dot.com and housing bubbles to Bitcoin, the past 20 years have provided many examples of extreme overconfidence followed by a dramatic collapse. In his presentation, Peter explores the individual and group psychology of bubbles, the impact of extreme confidence on how we think, and why busts inevitably follow collective overconfidence.

  • The American Confidence Divide

    When economists talk about the “haves” and “have nots,” their measuring stick is wealth or income. As Peter explains in his presentation, our economic well-being doesn’t drive our decision making as much as our confidence level – and today, in America, there is a historic divide between the chronically overconfident and the chronically underconfident. It is not just that the middle class is shrinking; there is no moderately-confident middle to America any more.

  • The Role of Chronic Underconfidence in The Rise of Donald Trump

    Race, gender, religiosity, geography, education level and demographics have all been used to explain the rise of Donald Trump. While this single-factor approach may satisfy some, Peter thinks it misses the larger connective issue – chronic underconfidence. In his presentation, Peter explains the role that voter confidence played in the 2016 Presidential Election and how it continues to frame the Trump immigration and trade agendas.

  • Extreme Underconfidence: The Unseen Trigger of Political and Social Movements

    Occupy Wall Street, The Arab Spring and the Tea Party and # MeToo Movements seemed to come out of nowhere. They didn’t. All have their roots in extreme low confidence. In his presentation, Peter explains how and why we naturally rise up when confronted with perceptions of hopelessness.

  • Confidence: The “invisible hand” in economic and financial decision-making

    In his book “The Wealth of Nations,” Adam Smith labeled the unobservable market force that drives the demand and supply of goods “the invisible hand.” In his presentation, Peter takes the concept further and shows that not only does our level of confidence drive economic and financial decision making, but it does so with very consistent and predictable patterns of behavior.

  • Confidence and Decision-Making

    We act as we feel, and in his presentation, Peter clearly explains how and why. Linking cognitive and social science with real time examples pulled from the headlines, Peter demonstrates that our decisions aren’t irrational as much as they are rationalized by how we feel. After listening to Peter, audience members will see their own actions and the behavior of those around them in a whole new light.

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  • Confidence-driven decision-making: Peter Atwater at TEDxWilmington
    Confidence-driven decision-making: Peter Atwater at TEDxWilmington
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Peter Atwater is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Booms, Bubbles And Busts, The American Confidence Divide, The Role of Chronic Underconfidence in The Rise of Donald Trump, Extreme Underconfidence: The Unseen Trigger of Political and Social Movements, Confidence: The “invisible hand” in economic and financial decision-making and Confidence and Decision-Making. The estimated speaking fee range to book Peter Atwater for your event is available upon request. Peter Atwater generally travels from Williamsburg, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Changpeng Zhao, Shally Venugopal, Jerry Nemorin, Bandi Mbubi and Dr. Joel Selanikio. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Peter Atwater for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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