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Session 27: Financial Markets and Economic Information in Real Time
How have advances in information technology been reflected in the development and processing of economic information? In what ways have lower costs of communications altered how information is disseminated?
Presentations
Maury Harris: US Economic and Financial Outlook
Links of Interest
Speakers
Warren A. Johnson, CFA;
Principal,
Johnson Portfolio Group;
Executive in Residence, Babson College
Past President, Boston Security Analysts Society
Charles Gabriel
Senior Vice President, Equities Research
Prudential Securities
Maury Harris
Managing Director/U.S. Chief Economist
UBS
Maury is a Managing Director and Chief Economist for the Americas at UBS Investment Bank. He has been named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team on 15 separate occasions. In 2005 his team ranked first in the economics category for the Fixed Income group for the second straight year. The team was recently cited by Dow Jones Market Watch as having the most accurate monthly indicator forecasts among their peers for two consecutive months-February and March of 2006. Prior to joining UBS, Dr. Harris was the chief economist for PaineWebber. Before that Dr. Harris worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements. Maury holds both an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and a B.A. in economics from University of Texas, where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Maury is married with two children.
Lynn Reaser
Chief Economist & Managing Director
Bank of America Investment Strategies Group
Lynn Reaser, Ph.D., is chief economist and managing director for the Investment Strategies Group at Bank of America. This group currently manages investments of around $440 billion on behalf of individual and institutional clients of the Wealth and Investment Management Group.
In her current role, Dr. Reaser is responsible for tracking and forecasting economic trends and evaluating their effects on financial markets. She follows international, national, and regional developments, and plays a key role in helping shape the bank’s investment strategy. She is thus an advisor to both the Private Bank, which offers a full range of financial services to high-net-worth individuals and families, and other units of Wealth Investment Management, which furnishes retail brokerage services throughout the country.
Dr. Reaser conducts about 500 interviews a year with newspapers, magazines, radio, and television stations located in the United States and other parts of the world. She also has served in a number of government advisory positions. In addition, she has consulted with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and the Board of Governors in her role as chair of the American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Council.
Dr. Reaser, who was born in Los Angeles, holds a doctorate, a master's and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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