Market Forecast: The Economy and Markets at the Crossroads
The stock market rally that began in early March sparked hope that
the global economy has seen the worst of the recession. Yield spreads
have moved closer to normal and credit has begun to flow with greater
regularity. Yet, there remains significant doubt among many investors
that the rise in stocks and the return to some semblance of normality in
the credit markets is justified by the current and future state of the
economy. Additionally, a high and rising level of concern of many
investors is the degree of government activism exhibited by the Obama
administration and the Democrats in Congress.
Questions that this event will address include:
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Will the global economy match the recent optimism emanating from
the financial markets?
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How robust and sustainable will the economic recovery be?
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When does governmental activism become too intrusive?
Join us for a spirited and insightful discussion on these and other
key investment topics.
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
—Yogi Berra
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DATE:
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
TIME:
11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
NYSSA
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor
(between 45th and 46th Streets), NYC (Directions)
Photo ID required for access to the building.
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MODERATOR:
Vinny Catalano, President & Chief Investment
Strategist, Blue Marble Research
SPEAKERS:
Mary Ann Bartels, Chief U.S. Market Analyst and Head of U.S.
Technical and Market Analysis, Merrill Lynch
Todd Harrison, Founder and CEO, Minyanville
Brad Hintz, Financial Services Industry Analyst,
Sanford Bernstein
Donald J. Rissmiller, Partner and Chief Economist,
Strategas Research Partners, LLC
FEES:
Before July 30, 2009
Member $75 | Nonmember $115
After July 30, 2009
Member $100 | Nonmember $140
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Monday, August 3, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
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Media Partner
Speaker Bio
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Mary Ann Bartels is chief U.S. market analyst and
head of the U.S. Technical and Market Analysis team within the
Investment Strategy Group. She brings over 20 years of investment
experience to this role and is well known by clients and business
partners for developing various proprietary models for equity pairs
trading and for her sector, industry and stock selection. Bartels is
also known for her extensive work on hedge funds. She is the lead
analyst on research publications such as Market Analysis Comment,
Hedge Fund Monitor and Monthly Chart Portfolio of Global
Markets. She has been voted to the Institutional Investor
All-American Research team for the past three years and was awarded
second place in 2008. She appears on CNBC and Bloomberg and is often
quoted in various publications including The Wall Street Journal
and the Financial Times. Bartels earned BS and MA degrees in
economics from Fordham University.
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Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville, has
seventeen years of experience on Wall Street. After graduating from
Syracuse University with honors (1991), he spent seven years on the
worldwide equity derivative desk at Morgan Stanley (vice president). In
1997, he became a managing director of derivatives at The Galleon Group.
Three years later, he joined Cramer, Berkowitz as partner (head of
trading) and was president from January 2001 until January 2003. From
July 2000 through September 2001, Harrison was the featured columnist on
TheStreet.com’s Realmoney.com financial website. He has been
featured in BusinessWeek, Worth, Fortune, The
New York Times, and more. He has lectured at numerous universities
including Harvard, Syracuse, Northern Kentucky, NYU and the Wharton
School of Finance. In December 2008, Harrison received an Emmy Award
from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role
as executive producer of Minyanville's World In Review,
the first (and only) animated business news show.
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Brad Hintz is the equity research analyst covering
the securities and asset management industries at Sanford Bernstein
& Co. since 2001. For the last six years he has been nationally
ranked by Institutional Investor magazine and by Greenwich
Research Associates. Prior to joining Bernstein, Hintz spent thirteen
years on Wall Street serving for three years as the chief financial
officer and managing director of Lehman Brothers Holdings (NYSE: LEH)
and for ten years at Morgan Stanley Group (NYSE: MS) as a partner of
that firm and its treasurer. Formerly, Hintz was vice president and
treasurer of Anderson Clayton & Co (formerly NYSE: AYL). He also was
group vice president at The Northern Trust Company (NYSE: NTRS) and
served in various financial positions at Standard Oil of California
(NYSE: CVX). He holds a BS degree from Purdue University, an MS degree
from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the Wharton
School.
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Donald J. Rissmiller is a partner at Strategas
Research Partners and the firm’s chief economist, directing its
macroeconomic research effort. He oversees Strategas’
high-frequency econometric forecasting. Rissmiller’s research has
been recognized by Institutional Investor magazine in their
annual survey for the past two years, and he was voted their Best Up
& Coming economist in 2008. Prior to co-founding Strategas in
2006, he was an economist and managing director at International
Strategy & Investment (ISI) Group. Before joining ISI,
Rissmiller worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, where he focused on the analysis of U.S. macroeconomic data and
price/wage forecasting models. Rissmiller earned his AB in economics
magna cum laude from Harvard University.
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