Richard Mogey, one of the world’s foremost authorities on cycles, has been studying cyclic activity in disciplines from natural phenomena to financial markets. He is a direct heir to the philosophy of Edward R. Dewey who founded the Foundation for the Study of Cycles.
From 1988 to 1997 Mr. Mogey was the Research Director, Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Economist for the “Foundation for the Study of Cycles, Inc.”, an international nonprofit research organization. He was the chief statistician and economist at the Foundation from 1989 to 1997. He created and co-authored two magazines for investors, Business and Investment Cycles and Cycles Projections, and was responsible for the editorial content of the popular journal, Cycles Magazine. He has co-developed the Foundation’s cycle analysis software, Techsignal.
From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Mogey was the Chief Voluntary Officer and Research Director of the Foundation in helping lead the Foundation into the 21st Century.
From 1997 after his retirement from the Foundation he served as chief economist for Iris Financial Group in Portland, Oregon.
In 2004 he rejoined the Foundation as Director of Research and Chief Economist, and remained in that position until 2010.
He has lectured at the University of Virginia and Temple University’s Business Schools on economics and the business cycle. He has spoken widely and has presented papers at economic conferences world wide including the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an experienced computer programmer with an extensive background in statistics.
He has a BA in Philosophy and Classics, Magna cum Laude, from the University of California at Irvine.
