Michael Pond is a Director and Interest Rate Strategist at Barclays Capital. Based in New York, he is responsible for research and strategy on nominal Treasuries along with TIPS and other inflation products. Mr. Pond joined Barclays Capital in September 2004 from the Hartford Investment Management Company, where he had been responsible for Trading TIPS, Treasuries, Agencies and Derivatives.Prior to HIMCO, Mr. Pond worked as a consultant in the Economic Policy Consulting Group of Price Waterhouse in Washington D.C., conducting economic impact analysis of various tax legislation.Mr. Pond holds a BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut and an MA in Economics from Georgetown University.