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Seeing Clearly in Turbulent Times

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The current market crisis has provided a unique opportunity to analyze the best practices of our industry. Starting March 25, access our series of webcasts to gain insight on topics such as the global economic outlook, secular bear markets, the U.S. Business Cycle, and the future of the bond market.

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Webcast			Date
Natural Gas and Oil Markets: Will the Crash in Drilling and OPEC's Footdragging Come Too Late to Balance the Markets? Hear IHS Global Insight experts' latest forecasts of natural gas and oil supply, demand, and prices. This seminar focuses on how the markets are reacting to the tumbling economy, and how the OPEC output cuts and U.S. energy markets (but not policy) will play a role in restoring balance. Simon Wardell, Director of Global Oil Markets and Jim Osten, Principal, North American Energy Markets IHS Global Insight			3/25/2009 Click to view the recording
Prospects for Recovery Canelo elaborates on the Fed's March 19 decision to print $1 trillion, a move which effectively doubles the monetary base. Canelo speaks on what this enormous change could mean for the economy overall, the bond and equity markets, and the long-term value of the dollar. Peter J. Canelo,Chief U.S. Investment Strategist Argus Institutional Partners			4/1/2009 Click to view the recording
The U.S. Business Cycle: Deflation is Here, so Breaking the Back of the Recession is Going to Be Tough Where do we stand in the evolution of the U.S. business cycle? How will the massive policy response from Washington contribute to recovery? When will we see light at the end of the tunnel? Join IHS Global Insight Chief U.S. Financial Economist, Brian Bethune, for a discussion of these essential questions and presentation of the latest financial markets outlook. Brian Bethune, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Financial Economist IHS Global Insight			4/8/2009 Click to view the recording
What Might the Bond Market Look Like? This talk will focus on expected issuance in the bond market for the remainder of 2009. The changes in issuance should have a dramatic impact on the composition of the index, and highlight what strategies are likely to be successful this year. Bill McCoy, Senior Product Manager FactSet Research Systems			4/15/2009 Click to view the recording
Global Trade In Light of Recession: An Updated View of International Trade and Impacts of Recovery Steps Join us for a look at the latest outlook for international trade in light of global recession and discussion of the steps by national governments to stimulate recovery. International trade expert, Paul Bingham will present the import and export forecasts summarizing IHS Global Insight's latest projections for world trade by region drawn from the IHS Global Insight World Trade and World Economic Services. How will patterns of recovery around the world influence the future path of trade growth? Register today for an analysis of this and other important questions. Paul Bingham, Managing Director of World Trade and Transportation Markets IHS Global Insight			4/22/2009 Click to view the recording
REITs in Today's Investment Portfolio: Opportunities, Challenges and Impact of the Credit Crisis This webcast will address the performance of the real estate market by region and country. The presenters will also discuss trends observed through close examination of real estate indices. Michael Grupe, Executive Vice President - Research and Investor Outreach NAREIT (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) Ronnee Ades, Head of Alternatives FTSE Group			4/29/2009 Click to view the recording

Learn more about these speakers.

	Simon Wardell, Director of Global Oil Markets IHS Global Insight Simon Wardell is Director of Global Oil. He heads the company's oil analysis and forecasting and the online energy intelligence service, World Markets Energy, which provides daily analysis of energy industry developments worldwide with an emphasis on political, regulatory, and security issues affecting the upstream industry. He holds a BA in international politics and philosophy and gained an MA in the political economy of the Middle East and Arabic from Exeter University (United Kingdom), where he specialized in oil economics.
	Jim Osten, Principal, North American Energy Markets IHS Global Insight Jim Osten is a Principal in the North American Energy Services, directly responsible for forecasts and publications covering natural gas and LNG. He has extensive experience consulting on natural gas supply including developing supply models for U.S. and Canadian basins and analyzing supply costs and on natural gas demand including the competition between petroleum products and natural gas for energy companies around the world. Osten received his economics degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Boston College.
	Peter J. Canelo, Chief U.S. Investment Strategist Argus Institutional Partners Peter is Chief Investment Strategist at Argus Investment Partners (AIP). At AIP, Peter looks at the market from a top/down perspective and simultaneously evaluates a broad list of companies on the basis of growth, value, quality and momentum. Peter earned his MBA in Finance and Monetary Economics from Columbia University and a BAA in Architecture from the University of Southern California. Peter has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry with five major Wall Street firms. He has previously served as head of the retail strategy team at Dean Witter/Morgan Stanley with responsibility for recommending asset allocation for private taxable accounts. His analytical contributions were consistently among the highest of the top producers in the Morgan Stanley retail system from 1998 through 2001 and with Private Wealth Management System in 1999-2001. Peter was among the highest-rated U.S strategists among European institutional clients in both 2000 and 2001. He continues to be well recognized and discussed in the financial media, including CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and PBS.
	Brian Bethune, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Financial Economist IHS Global Insight Brian A. Bethune is Managing Director and Chief U.S. Financial Economist, responsible for financial economic analysis and forecasting. His areas of expertise include the Federal Reserve; monetary policy, credit markets, the flow of funds, and the financial system; equity, bond, and currency markets; and government policies. He has more than 20 years of experience in industry and commercial banking, including senior positions at the World Trade Organization. He holds a PhD in international economics from the University of Geneva.
	Bill McCoy, Senior Product Manager FactSet Research Systems Bill McCoy is a Senior Product Manager in the Fixed Income group at FactSet. In this role, he actively works in research, client support and sales to help the firm enhance its position as a leading provider for comprehensive analytics for fixed income securities and the derivatives used to hedge them. Prior to FactSet, Mr. McCoy has worked for other fixed income software vendors as well as in fixed income portfolio management. He has written and spoken extensively on fixed income hedging and return attribution. He has a Master's degree in Operations Research from the University of North Carolina, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
	Paul Bingham, Managing Director of World Trade and Transportation Markets IHS Global Insight Paul Bingham is Managing Director of World Trade and Transportation Markets for IHS Global Insight's Trade and Transportation Group. In this role, he is responsible for all international products and consulting capabilities. Bingham has over 25 years of experience managing and performing freight transportation and international trade analyses, and has been a valued member of the Trade and Transportation Group since 1999. In addition, he has also led transportation and infrastructure study projects for a significant number of public- and private-sector clients.
	Michael Grupe, Executive Vice President - Research and Investor Outreach NAREIT Michael R. Grupe is NAREIT’s executive vice president of Research and Investor Outreach. Michael’s primary responsibility is to direct all research-related activities, including collection and distribution of statistics on industry growth and performance, design and implementation of membership surveys, and supervision of all internal and sponsored research activities. Michael joined NAREIT in 1998 from the Federal Reserve Board for which he acted as chief of mortgage and consumer finance in the division of research and statistics. Michael earned his Ph.D. degree in business-statistics from The University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the American Real Estate Society, and the Advisory Board of the Real Estate Research Institute.
	Ronnee Ades, Head of Alternatives FTSE Group Ronnee Ades is Head of the Alternatives Business Unit for FTSE Group. She is responsible for driving index growth within alternative asset classes including real estate, hedge funds, private banking and infrastructure. Ms. Ades is the FTSE representative on the FTSE EPRA/ NAREIT Global Advisory Committee. She also serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Association of Public Employees Retirement Systems. Ronnee Ades comes to FTSE from Dow Jones Indexes where she was most recently Senior Director of Institutional Markets. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and an MBA in finance from Temple University in Philadelphia.