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2024: Pivots, Elections and Inflation Renaissance

Please join us for a Speaker Luncheon as CFA Society Virginia presents Lee Ferridge, Senior Managing Director & North American Head of MultiAssett Strategy for State Street Global Markets. The second half of 2024 looks set to be a pivotal time for markets. The Fed is likely to have started its long flagged easing cycle but, a number of key questions remain. How far will they be able to ease, what is the post-Covid neutral level of rates, have the Fed pivoted too soon, risking rising inflation in 2025? Lee Ferridge will address all of these questions and give his views about what these and, of course, the November election mean for asset market over the remainder of this year and into 2025 . Lee Ferridge is a Senior Managing Director and the North American head of MultiAsset Strategy for State Street Global Markets. Mr. Ferridge and his team formulate foreign exchange, fixed income, and equity market views for State Street's range of clients using unique proprietary flow indicators. Originally from the UK, Ferridge is now based permanently in Boston. Ferridge joined State Street in February 2008 and in addition to more than 15 years of experience as a macro strategist; he has also worked as a proprietary trader. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics & Business Economics, and, in 2008, completed a Master’s in Quantitative Finance. He is a frequent commentator in the financial press — both written and TV — and has written articles for numerous industry publications.