Macro update: Soft landing vs. hard truths – FS Investments – 11.6.23

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Title: Macro update: Soft landing vs. hard truths
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour

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While the economy continues to surprise to the upside, the impacts of lingering inflation, policy uncertainty, geopolitical turmoil, and shadow tightening pose mounting headwinds. With equity valuations still elevated and correlation between stocks and bonds at historic levels, investors will likely need to look outside of traditional markets to meet investment goals.

Join FS Investments’ Chief U.S. Economist Lara Rhame and Director, Investment Research Andrew Korz as they discuss the economy, the path forward for rates and alternative ways to navigate markets in the coming year.

Speakers:
Andrew Korz Andrew Korz Director, Investment Research FS Investments

Andrew is a Director on the Investment Research team at FS Investments, where he leads research efforts on the equities market and the U.S. commercial real estate market. He also assists in the development of the firm’s long-term views on the economy and the impacts on the investing environment. Andrew holds a BBA in Finance and Economics from Villanova University and has prior experience with structuring and pricing interest rate derivatives.
Lara Rhame Lara Rhame Chief U.S. Economist FS Investments

Lara Rhame is a Managing Director in the Investment Research group and serves as Chief U.S. Economist at FS Investments, where she focuses on macroeconomic financial market analysis to inform and develop the company’s long-term views on the economy, investment trends and issues facing investors.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rhame served as a Senior Economist at Credit Suisse, where she met with institutional and private clients around the globe to discuss market events and the global economy. She began her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has since worked at other Wall Street institutions, including Brown Brothers Harriman and Lehman Brothers. Her analysis has garnered attention across financial and economic news outlets, including Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and CNN.

Ms. Rhame holds a BA in Economics from Bates College and performed post-graduate macroeconomic studies at New York University. She has guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University and Long Island University.

Ms. Rhame serves on the boards of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Hyperion Bank and Starr Garden Park, and is a former President of the Forecasters Club of New York. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and in 2018 received the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Women of Distinction Award and Money Management Executive’s Top Women in Asset Management Award.
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