Mount Lucas Management, a global macro investment manager, has hired Wall Street economist Robert J. Barbera as chief economist. 

Barbera is accompanied by his long-time associate Jackie Kadre, who has been named economist at the firm.

Barbera has spent the last 28 years as a y respected Wall Street economist, and has gained a wide institutional following. 

He is a frequent guest on CNBC, and is regularly quoted in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. 

Barbera is former managing director and chief economist at Investment Technology Group, a brokerage and investment technology firm, where he was responsible for global economic and financial market forecasts. 

His career includes tenures at Capital Investment International, a New York-based research boutique, where he was co-chairman; Lehman Brothers, where he was chief economist and director of economic research; and E.F. Hutton, where he was chief economist. 

Kadre is an economist with 14 years of experience on Wall Street. A former director and economist at Investment Technology Group, she was responsible for providing research and analysis for global economic and financial market forecasts. Prior to ITG, Kadre worked at PaineWebber and in Congressman Elliot Engel's office. 

"We are extremely pleased that Bob and Jackie have joined Mount Lucas," says president Timothy Rudderow. "Their economic insight, refined over many years on Wall Street, adds even greater depth to the collaborative, discretionary approach that we use in conjunction with our proprietary, quantitative models. Bob and Jackie's keen discernment and analytical expertise will be invaluable resources for Mount Lucas."