Jeannette Showalter, CFA, is a commodities futures and managed futures specialist, working with institutions and individuals. She is an AP with Walsh Asset Management headquartered in Chicago. Previously, Showalter worked as an institutional manager for People's Bank (the bank's account); family wealth office management; and risk arbitrage at Paine Webber. She was the Money and Investing columnist for Florida Weekly ( 2010 -2015). Showalter earned her MBA (Magna Cum Laude) from New York University in 1978, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut in 1974.