Tony Crescenzi is a senior vice president, market strategist and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he was chief bond market strategist at Miller Tabak, where he worked for 23 years. He helped create that firm's asset management division and served as its chairman. Mr. Crescenzi has written three books, including his latest, Investing from the Top Down, which was published in 2008, and a 1,200-page revision to Marcia Stigum's classic, The Money Market. He taught in the executive MBA program at Baruch College from 1999–2009. He has 26 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from St. John's University and an undergraduate degree from the City University of New York.