The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC) will open its 2006-2007 programming year on Wednesday, September 13 with a luncheon held at 12:00 p.m. at Sammy's Metropolitan Ballroom (21st floor of The Huntington Building, East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue). The luncheon will feature a presentation titled, "The Economic Outlook: Top of the 5th Inning OR Bottom of the 9th?" from Dr. Ken Mayland, president of Pepper Pike, Ohio-based ClearView Economics, LLC. Dr. Mayland will also share some of his thoughts on the upcoming November elections and where investors should be allocating their assets. Reservations are required and may be made by contacting the CFASC at 216-696-8066 or via e-mail at cfasc@mjmservices.org. The luncheon is free of charge to CFASC members. Non-members may attend for a fee of $20.
About Dr. Ken Mayland
Dr. Ken Mayland is president of ClearView Economics, LLC, a firm specializing in economic research and forecasting. Dr. Mayland was previously the chief economist of First Pennsylvania Bank and KeyCorp. Graduating with degrees in economics from MIT (B.S.) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. and Ph.D.), he has spent more than thirty years studying the business cycle and providing economic analyses to a variety of constituencies. Dr. Mayland is a member of the Blue Chip Economic Forecasters and Financial Forecasts survey panels, and several wire service and newspaper survey panels. He has been a past member of the Economic Advisory Committee for the State of Ohio under various governors, and he has held several leadership positions with the National Association for Business Economics. Dr. Mayland is frequently quoted in the local and national media and has received multiple awards and commendations for his forecast accuracy from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, Bloomberg Magazine, Fortune, and others.
About CFA Society of Cleveland
The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC), formerly The Cleveland Society of Security Analysts, was founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and services to its Northeast Ohio-based membership. The CFASC has approximately 460 members -- primarily portfolio managers and analysts working throughout the professional investment community. The mission of the CFASC is to promote excellence, education and integrity in the investment management profession. For more information, visit www.cfasc-cfai.org.
The CFASC is a member society of CFA Institute, the global, non-profit professional association that administers the Chartered Financial Analyst(r) (CFA(r)) curriculum and examination program worldwide publishes research, conducts professional-development programs, and sets voluntary, ethics-based professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment industry. CFA Institute has more than 84,000 members in 128 countries and territories, including the world's 69,600 CFA charterholders, as well as 134 affiliated professional societies in 55 countries and territories. CFA Institute is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., USA, with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong, and New York. More information may be found at www.cfainstitute.org.