Mr. Mutascio manages the High-Dividend Portfolio and Equity Risk Management Strategy. He joined EquityCompass in May 2018 from Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, where his most recent role was Associate Director of Stifel’s U.S. Equity Research department. Prior to his position with Stifel Equity Research, Chris was a senior bank analyst with KBW and a director of large cap traditional bank research for Credit Suisse. Previously he spent seven years with Legg Mason, where he was a managing director and the company’s senior bank analyst. He began his career as a federal bank regulator with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he worked for six years, rising to the level of national bank examiner.

Chris has an M.B.A. from Loyola University Maryland and an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College.