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Gold continues to trade range bound as the global recovery potentially faces new headwinds as we end the year. Can gold continue to shine? Join George Milling-Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist, State Street Global Advisors, Maxwell Gold CFA, Head of Gold Strategy, State Street Global Advisors, and Ryan O’Carroll CIMA®, Vice President, Independent Wealth Management, State Street Global Advisors, as they discuss their outlook for the Q4 gold market and provide insights on:
Rising valuations in risk assets with potential for volatility returning
Elevated inflation levels and global liquidity
Recovery in jewelry demand following record weak year in 2020
Speakers:
George Milling-StanleyChief Gold StrategistState Street Global Advisors
George Milling-Stanley is Chief Gold Strategist with State Street Global Advisors. He joined SSGA as a Vice President and Head of Gold Strategy in November 2014. Before joining SSGA, George ran the independent consultancy George Milling-Stanley on Gold, LLC. He retired from the World Gold Council in 2011 after a 15-year career there. Most recently he had been responsible for all programs involving central banks, governments, and regulatory authorities. Before that, he was a key member of the small team that pioneered the development of gold-backed Exchange Traded Funds. His earlier career included six years on the precious metals trading desk of Lehman Brothers. Previously he worked for Consolidated Gold Fields in London, and before that spent 10 years as a reporter and columnist with the Financial Times. An acknowledged authority on all aspects of the gold business, George Milling-Stanley is a regular speaker at international conferences.
Maxwell Gold, CFAHead of Gold StrategyState Street Global Advisors
Maxwell Gold is the Head of Gold Strategy within the SPDR ETF business at State Street Global Advisors.
Before joining SSGA in July 2019, he served as the Director of Investment Strategy at Aberdeen Standard Investments, heading macroeconomic and commodity thought leadership for its $3B U.S. ETF business. Prior to this he has also held roles within the Investment Research team at the World Gold Council, as an Investment Strategist with the Chief Investment Office at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and with the Global Portfolio Construction team within JP Morgan Private Bank’s Chief Investment Office.
Maxwell holds an M.S. in finance from the Simon Business School and a B.A. in economics from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA charterholder and holds the series 7 and 63 registrations.
Ryan O’Carroll, CIMA®Vice President, Independent Wealth ManagementState Street Global Advisors
Ryan is a Vice President and the Western Divisional Sales Manager for the Independent Wealth Management channel of State Street Global Advisors. In this capacity, he is responsible for consulting with financial advisors on the ETF industry, building portfolios, as well as offering insights on practice management and operational efficiencies.
He joined State Street from OppenheimerFunds where he was a Factor & Smart Beta Specialist working with institutional, bank, and RIA clients. Prior to that, Ryan sold custody at Fidelity Institutional and helped Broker/Dealer advisors craft long-term legacies by launching their own RIAs from scratch and utilizing Fidelity as a custodian. He started in the ETF industry in 2008 when he joined Barclays Global Investors’ iShares business and stayed on after the BlackRock acquisition until 2013.
Ryan has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the College of New Jersey. He lives in Carlsbad, CA with his wife Emily and their two sons, Connor and Brandon. In his downtime, he enjoys playing video games with his kids, skiing, and playing la crosse.
