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Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management

Mayo Center - Events - Economic and Market Outlook

Economic & Market Outlook

Economic & Market Outlook

Darden faculty experts in the economy and markets present their annual economic forecast. Hosted by the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management and the Darden Office of Advancement.
 

2025 Dates:

  • 31 January 2025 - Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 
  • 5 February 2025 - Charlottesville, Virginia:  7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 
  • 7 February 2025 - Darden's Sands Family Grounds, Rosslyn, Virginia: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 
E&MO
Mayo Center Forecast: Economic Expansion Likely But Not Without Risks

The Darden Report | 7 February 2025

Forecasting U.S. economic growth for the year ahead is always an uncertain endeavor. Doing so in 2025, with a new presidential administration, supercharged technological upheaval and ample global instability adds a thick layer of fog to the outlook... but the Mayo Center works to unpack the economic future.

Past Events

  • Feb 2024
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    31 January 2024 - Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 

    2 February 2024 - The Forum Hotel, Socrates Classroom, Charlottesville, Virginia:  7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 

    7 February 2024 - Darden's Sands Family Grounds, Rosslyn, Virginia: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 

  • Feb 2023
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    Speakers

    Alan BeckensteinAlan Beckenstein – Robert D. Landel Distinguished Professor of Business Administration. Alan R. Beckenstein is the coordinator of Darden's Global Economies and Markets area. His research and teaching address antitrust and competition policy. He serves as a consultant to government agencies and international corporations.

     

    Kinda HachemKinda Hachem – Morris Plan Associate Professor of Consumer Credit in Darden's Global Economies and Markets area, research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research's Monetary Economics group and long-term visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. See Presentation

     

    Nicholas SargenNicholas Sargen – Senior Economic Advisor for Fort Washington Investment Advisors. Sargen previously served as Chief Investment Strategist for JP Morgan Private Bank, Chief Investment Officer for Prudential Insurance Company, and Director of Bond Market Research for Salomon Brothers.

     

    Rodney SullivanRodney Sullivan – Executive Director of the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management. Sullivan teaches investing and advises the Darden Executive MBA Fund. He is also editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments, published by CAIA association. Previously, he worked at AQR Capital Management in Greenwich, Connecticut. See Presentation