SMPR Team
Chris Temple
Vice President, Creative and Media Advisor
For well over 40 years now, Chris has distinguished himself as one of the most provocative and accurate broad market pundits among his peers, and an especially prescient advisor who has called pretty much every significant market turn of the last four decades. This ability, he is quick to point out, is not “rocket science” but instead, a unique understanding of the nature of our monetary and economic system.
Reading or listening to Chris in all manner of venues, conferences and interviews reveals why The National Investor’s motto is “You can get information anywhere, but here you get knowledge.”
Chris excels and takes pride in imparting that knowledge: an unrivaled, understandable and useful take on the “Big Picture” of the markets—stocks, metals, interest rates, commodities and MORE—and a talent for guiding his Members to notable winners among stocks in numerous industries. (NOTE: Chris continues to edit and publish The National Investor, owned solely by him via a separate entity apart from S.M.P.R.)
His vocation also includes guiding investors, other financial professionals and his fellow consumers/citizens to a broader understanding of our evolving world. Few have been out in front as has Chris of the epochal changes unfolding in our world that everyone else is seeing in their news headlines on a daily basis now.
His superior communication skills have been a benefit to all manner of public and even private companies more so in recent years. Even as an interviewer, Chris has demonstrated the skill to help companies he has covered tell their stories. Far from dry, clinical and detached “interviews” that many company C.E.O.’s sit through, Chris’ are conversational, engaged and demonstrate that he is a knowledgeable and evangelical part of the company!
An avid reader and history buff who for many years worked in more conventional party politics, Chris is just as much sought after in our rapidly-changing world these days as an expert who is non-partisan and simply calls all things as he sees them. A well-respected journalist even outside of simply the investment sphere, Chris is a member of the National Press Club.
In his (precious little!) spare time, Chris enjoys local and travel activities alike with his wife (part of that travel being spending the summer in northern climes with his 17 grandchildren, with one more on the way!) He still manages to engage in numerous sporting activities and volunteers with and supports St. Augustine, Florida-centric cultural and environmental causes.
