Ann Duignan, machinery analyst with J.P. Morgan, joins FWEDA at 11 a.m. PST/12 p.m. MST Nov. 11 for a discussion on what dealers can expect from 2020 election results and a potential leadership change in Washington D.C. She also will break down the impact of supply chain disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global trade and manufacturing dynamics. Duignan emphasizes how market signals could indicate a structural shift in the agricultural economy and equipment sales.

Duignan provides unparalleled acumen into the state of the equipment industry. Duignan is a managing director at J.P. Morgan, covering the U.S. machinery sector. She has ranked first and second in the Institutional Investor’s All America Research Team survey and the Greenwich Poll for more than a decade. Duignan joined J.P. Morgan from Bear Stearns, where she was the diversified industrials analyst for five years. She is a managing director at J.P. Morgan, covering the U.S. machinery sector. In her job she is responsible for a rating (Buy, Hold, Sell) on each of the stocks in her coverage to institutional clients.

Ann has been a top ranked analyst by Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team survey and the Greenwich Poll for well over a decade. Ann joined J.P. Morgan from Bear Stearns, where she was the diversified industrials analyst for five years. Prior to that, she worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. as the capital goods analyst. In her five years with Eaton Corporation, she held positions in the Aerospace Controls Division as vice president and general manager, in the Truck Components Division as a business development and strategy director, and at corporate as manager of business development. She also spent two years with management consultant Booz & Company and a number of years in the automotive supply industry including 3 years at a JV with Japanese glass manufacturer Asahi Glass. Ann holds an honors degree in agricultural engineering from University College Dublin Ireland, a higher diploma in mathematical modeling and computer simulation from Trinity College Dublin Ireland, and an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tenn.