About the Author
Mario Ismailanji is a Senior Analyst on SoFi’s Investment Strategy team. In this role, he analyzes the macro environment and its implications on asset allocation. Mario hopes to make the complicated world of investing easier for people to understand, and in doing so help them become more confident in their own investing journey. Before joining SoFi, Mario was a Senior Economic Analyst at IBISWorld and the lead of the Forecasting and Risk team, where he focused on tracking portfolio risks associated with industry concentration and economic developments. Mario has a BA in both Economics and Philosophy from Hunter College at the City University of New York, and is a CFA Charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of New York.