We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be Jim Bianco, with Bianco Research.

Jim has deservingly earned a reputation among top strategists for being able to filter out noise and uncover the hidden forces behind market moves that are making an impact. At the CFA NC Outlook Dinner, Jim will connect the dots on macro issues driving markets and bring home the salient points decision makers need to make informed decisions. Between the significant changes in policy from Washington, the power shift at the Federal Reserve, and the impact of AI, practitioners will find Jim’s decades of insight more useful than ever as they try to position for what’s to come.

Speaker:

Jim Bianco, President and Macro Strategist, Bianco Research LLC

Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990, Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades-long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking. In nearly 20 years at Bianco Research, Jim’s wide-ranging commentaries have addressed monetary policy, the intersection of markets and politics, the role of government in the economy, fund flows, and positioning in financial markets. Jim appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, and is often featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Grants Interest Rate Observer, and MarketWatch. Prior to joining Arbor and Bianco Research, Jim was a Market Strategist in equity and fixed income research at UBS Securities and an Equity Technical Analyst at First Boston and Shearson Lehman Brothers. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a member of the Market Technicians Association (MTA). Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Marquette University (1984) and an MBA from Fordham University (1989).