Christopher Atteo focuses on finances

Throughout his professional career, Christopher Atteo has managed more money than many individuals see in a lifetime. From the New York Stock Exchange floor to personally working with the funds of private persons, Atteo has been entrusted time and time again to trade shares of stock and conduct various investments upwards of $30 million. He has grown immensely from humble beginning of simply taking on a paper route to aid his family in West Islip, New York. Since jobs such as that -- and even acting as a short order cook and a cashier, beginning work at the young age of nine -- Atteo has matured and grown to become an intelligent advisor and trader in the finance industry.

This career path began simply for Christopher Atteo with course work at SUNY Farmingdale in New York. He earned financial licensures, the series 7 and series 63 in early 1995, and began work at a financial firm where he remained for six months. He then continued at additional firms, including Dean Witter Morgan Stanley, later serving on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for three different firms. Earning additional licenses and education, Atteo amassed significant knowledge across the market, become well-versed in allocation, diversification, risk management and more. He now works with a property trading firm.

The Chris Atteo Financial Story

Growing up in West Islip, New York, Christopher Atteo attended Signal Hill Grammar School, and West Hollow Middle School and High School. However, there is a lot more to the story. When he was just nine years of age, his father was diagnosed with MS, which rendered him unable to work, which meant Chris, as the oldest of four children in the Atteo family, had to work to help the family. That work ethic continues to this day.

Following his high school graduation, Chris Atteo took a number of financial courses at State University of New York (SUNY) in Farmingdale. Shortly after that he tested for and received licenses in Series 7 and 63 and he became a broker. At the end of the 1990s, he worked for several smaller-tier financial firms before he moved to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, where he worked for the better part of a year. Then, between 2001 and 2005, Christopher worked for three separate firms on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and also earned both a Series 55 and a Series 24 license.

Over the years, Christopher Atteo has worked with many investment firms and he has also traded for himself. Over that time, he has developed a strong understanding of the global equity markets and derivatives from both a technical and fundamental analysis perspective. Besides drawing on his extensive experience as an investor and trader, Chris also has read hundreds of books and transcripts regarding various investment strategies, economics, risk management, diversification and asset allocation. He has also studied how the greatest fund managers in the world do their jobs so successfully.