Macro trends to watch: IMCA Conference

Macro matters for investors. Here’s what one finance professor is keeping an eye on.

By Staff | June 13, 2016 | Last updated on June 13, 2016
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IMCA is holding its 2016 Advanced Investment Strategist Institute Conference today and Tuesday in Toronto.

Today’s first two presentations were given by Michael Gallmeyer, professor in the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. He spoke on macro trends and their impact on portfolios. See below for our live tweets of his first presentation.

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