Jason Schenker Speaking Topics

• The Economic and Financial Market Outlook in a Time of Uncertainty

  Join economist and financial futurist Jason Schenker to explore the challenges and risks facing the economy, including inflation, the labor market, the strong dollar, rising interest rates, and recession. Jason will also discuss critical geopolitical issues stemming from Cold War Two and its impact on global energy politics, supply chain risks, and other global financial market risks. Innovation and futurist topics will be discussed for impact and relevance like NFTs, the metaverse, and sustainability.

• The Economic and Financial Future After COVID

  This presentation focuses on the economic, financial, and business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion includes forecasts for the economy, recession risks, and financial markets, as well as the outlooks for fiscal policy, Fed monetary policy, commodity markets, domestic manufacturing, global trade, real estate, employment and jobs, energy, finance and FinTech, food and agriculture, healthcare, national security, international relations, and travel. Topics in this talk come from Jason Schenker's recent book "The Future After COVID: Futurist Expectations for Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities After the COVID-19 Pandemic."

The Future

This presentation can offer a futurist lens on a variety of topics, including: work, education, energy, finance, monetary policy, fiscal policy, real estate, agriculture, supply chain, media, international relations, national security, politics, leadership, travel and leisure, ESG and sustainability, startups and the recession.

Economic and Financial Outlook for 2020 and Beyond

Top-ranked financial market forecaster Jason Schenker will discuss the most important dynamics for the economy and financial markets in the year ahead. The talk will include a discussion of Fed policy and interest rates, global trade and growth, jobs, the dollar, and commodities. There will even be a discussion of various risks, the impact of technology, and how the 2020 presidential election could impact the economic outlook.

The Current Economic and Financial Outlook

The economy and financial markets are constantly shifting. This presentation will offer an integrated view of the state of the key major world economies, with a particular focus on the United States. There will also be a significant discussion of current and near-term Fed and foreign central bank policies, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the dollar, oil prices and precious metals prices. Hear market expectations and near-term forecasts from one of the most accurate forecasters in the world, according to Bloomberg News. The presentation will also discuss long-term trends and threats that will become increasingly important in years to come.

Audiences will learn about:

• Current economic and financial market conditions and forecasts from one of the top-ranked, most accurate forecasters in the world
• Factors that pose near-term upside risks to the economic outlook
• Factors that pose near-term and long-term downside risks to the outlook

Risk Management in the Face of Economic and Financial Market Uncertainty

Economic and financial market dynamics pose risk—and even more so as technicals become increasingly important alongside fundamental economic data. This presentation includes a discussion of financial market risk management from an expert who worked as a risk specialist at McKinsey before founding Prestige Economics, a research firm that has consistently performed risk management consulting projects for some of the largest companies in the world. Market-specific risks will be discussed within the context of the economic outlook, including interest rates, foreign exchange and commodities. In addition to a discussion of managing market risks, there will be a discussion of financial market trading dynamics, where the definition of long term has become increasingly shorter. This presentation includes a discussion of expectations for the future of market volatility and investing, as technicals become increasingly more important.

Audiences will learn about:

• Current economic and financial market conditions and forecasts from one of the top-ranked forecasters in the world
• Implementing risk management strategies to help them better manage their risks
• The trend toward shorter-term trading and what it means for financial market volatility