Ed Easterling holds a BBA in business, a BA in psychology, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He is the founder and president of Crestmont Holdings, LLC, an investment management and research firm that publishes its findings on their website. He has over thirty years of investment experience, including financial markets, private equity, and business operations. Mr. Easterling is the author of the best-selling Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles. He is also a contributing author to Just One Thing and coauthor of chapters in Bull's Eye Investing by John Mauldin. Easterling is a Senior Fellow and a board member at the Alternative Asset Management Center at SMU's Cox School of Business in Dallas, and previously served as a member of the adjunct faculty, teaching the course on alternative investments and hedge funds for MBA students.