He is a professor of finance at Bryant University specialising in portfolio management, and has contributed to several influential news outlets.

Louton was an avid equestrian in his youth and earned a B.S., an MBA and a PhD from Michigan State University, graduating in 1990.

He has made notable contributions to Forbes,[6] and The Hill[7] and been cited in The Wall Street Journal,[8] Reuters[9] and Yahoo Finance,[10] among other publications.

[15] He is a member of several professional organisations, including the Providence chapter of the CFA Institute and the Market Technicians Association Louton married Marcy McClard in 1979 in Flint, Michigan.

[19] This article is associated with the extended Louton, Hughes, Oster, Rettinger, Ernst and Grams family involved in ministry, business and academia.