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This year's stock market volatility will be addressed by a group of investment professionals and finance professors at a University of Colorado at Boulder conference to be held Sept. 21 and Sept. 22 at the Omni Interlocken in Broomfield.
Speakers and panelists will discuss valuation and portfolio strategies in a changing economy, said Steven Manaster, dean of CU-Boulder's College of Business. The conference is sponsored by CU's Burridge Center for Securities Analysis and Valuation.
"The stock market has experienced a great deal of fluctuation this year," Manaster said. "We will discuss the difference between bull and bear markets as well as changes in regulations."
Keynote speakers include Jeff Diermeier, chief investment officer of UBS Asset Management, the world's largest global asset manager; and Charles Lee, a Cornell University professor of accounting and finance and director of the Parker Center for Investment Research at the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Panelists include Mary Beth Lewis, former CFO of Wild Oats Markets and advisory board member of the CU-Boulder Deming Center for Entrepreneurship; and Vic Canto, chairman and founder of La Jolla Economics, an economic consulting firm located in La Jolla, Calif., and former chief investment officer of Calport Asset Management.
The conference also will include several business and finance professors from around the United States.
Conference topics include Regulation Fair Disclosure: Analysts' Forecasts and the Information Environment; Are IPOs Underpriced?; Asset Allocation; Market Reaction to Tangible and Intangible Information; and Measuring Investor Sentiment: Putting Behavioral Finance to Work for Investors.
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