December 12, 2007 7:30 AM to 9:00 AMRoyal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta
Format:
In Person
Gary Smith, Ph.D, CFA
Senior Strategist/Economist,
Alberta Investment Management
Financial markets have been exhibiting tremendous volatility over the last several months. Equity markets have been gyrating, certain segments of the credit markets have effectively closed, and the Canadian dollar and other currencies have reached unprecedented levels when measured against the US dollar. What is going on?
Join Gary Smith, the Senior Strategist/Economist with Alberta Investment Management as he provides an overview of why the markets are behaving as they have been lately and explores some detail regarding the magnitude of the problems, and to suggest some consequences of the current market turmoil for economic activity over the next few quarters.