State of Play III - Economic Update

The NIRI ORANGE COUNTY Chapter and NIRI SAN DIEGO Chapter are pleased to co-host this ZOOM event for an interesting and entertaining assessment of what happened in 2022 and what could lie ahead for the US economy in 2023.

Our speaker is Christopher Schwarz, Professor of Finance - University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. Tune in to hear his views on the economic outlook and the potential impact of various factors on the markets.

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Our speaker has kindly donated his services. Prof. Schwarz asks that those who benefit from his lecture donate to his favorite program: The Pacific Life LIFEvest Financial Literacy Program is run through the Paul Merage School of Business at UCI, and UCI’s Center for Investment and Wealth Management. The Pacific Life LIFEvest Financial Literacy Program is now in its 11th year and has benefited over 500 teens. Over 85% of students who attend the program are accepted and attend college .

NIRI OC and SD Chapters will make a donation in support of this program. For those participants who have matching gift programs and/or financial literacy giving targets at their organizations and would like to donate themselves, this can be done though: bit.ly/ciwmgive (scroll down to Selected Designations and select Center for Investment and Wealth Management) You can read more about the program here: https://merage.uci.edu/ciwm-events/LIFEvest.html

Christopher Schwarz is a Professor of Finance at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. During his time at UCI, he has been published in all leading academic and practitioner finance journals. His research has also been cited by the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times and provided a number of economic forecasts in the community. Prior to arriving at UCI, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Yale University’s International Center of Finance. He received his B.S. from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.