USF Sarasota-Manatee to host ‘Financial Markets and the Economy: Financial Literacy Day III’

This Thursday, USF Sarasota-Manatee, Cumberland Advisors and the Global Interdependence Center will partner to host “Financial Markets and the Economy: Financial Literacy Day III,” a daylong economic and financial forum with renowned experts, including senior investigative reporter Gretchen Morgenson of The Wall Street Journal and Susan Harper, Canada’s consul general in Miami.

The event is set for 8 a.m. at the Selby Auditorium at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. It’s open to the public and explores a broad range of financial topics.

They include:

• The outlook for U.S. stocks/global economic outlook
• Special session: Health, Hunger and Philanthropy
• Surveying the global economic/geopolitical landscape
• Keynote Speaker: Gretchen Morgenson, senior writer, Investigations Unit, The Wall Street Journal
• A conversation with Susan Harper, Canada’s consul general in Miami and former economic minister