COURSE #: 2019080621

Nonmembers CPAs pay an additional $21.25 per credit hour for CE classes; nonmember CPAs will be held responsible for paying this additional amount.

This presentation will focus on an economic review of the prior year’s critical events, political decisions and stock market reactions, as well as the current year outlook.

Course Objective(s): Participants will

• understand how the political and economic environment impact and/or drive the stock market historically
• differentiate current environment and historical drivers of stock market performance
• understand the current economic fundamentals, as well as what the experts expect in 2019
• explain market trends and expectations in “layman” terms their clients can understand, reducing their clients’ angst during the tumultuous times in the market

Prerequisites: The method of presentation is group-live instruction and the program level is intermediate. There are no prerequisites for this course nor is there any advanced preparation required.

Lunch included

1 CE hour