A Market Update with Sandy Leeds (Jan. 12, 2022)

In this fast-moving webinar, Sandy Leeds discusses current events in the market such as the economy, the stock market, international issues, inflation, interest rates, the labor market, the Fed, and fiscal policy.

Some interesting topics Sandy touches upon include the relationship between the new Omicron variant and rise in household income, subdued spending, increase in personal consumption expenditures, etc. He delves into some current rates such as the 3% job quit rate per month, the 3.9% unemployment rate,  and 4.7% increase in wages. If you want to stay up to date and learn more about the reasonings behind these rates, watch the recording here!

Sandy Leeds is a distinguished senior lecturer in the Finance Department at McCombs and recently finished a thirteen year term as president of The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate level courses, including Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Public Policy (Long-Term Issues in the Markets), Investments, Portfolio Management / Security Analysis, Money and Capital Markets, and Macroeconomics.

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