MDGFOA Pension Affinity Group - 2025 Market Outlook: Where do we go from here?

The next meeting of our pension affinity group is planned for Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 10AM to 11:30AM, and is to be held virtually via Zoom.During this session, we will review the current state of stock and bond markets with special attention to opportunities and challenges in each.  The analysis will address forecasts for interest rates, inflation, equity markets and possible beneficiaries associated with the election outcome The speaker will be James Meek of The J.K. Meek Group at Graystone Consulting. 

Mr. Meek joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 after spending 16 years at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. Mr. Meek is a Graystone Institutional Consulting Director, one of approximately 100 nationwide. He leads a group of professionals that has been recognized by Barron's as one of the Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams (2021-2024) in the country. Mr. Meek is recognized by both Barron’s Top 1,000 Advisors (2010-2013) and Top 1,200 (2014-15, 2018-2024), as one of the nation’s top advisors, and Forbes’ Best-in-State Wealth Advisors (2018-2024).

Mr. Meek earned the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation awarded by the Investments & Wealth Institute (formerly IMCA), in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. He earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland and his M.B.A from the University of Baltimore.

Mr. Meek is a Board member of Baltimore SquashWise, a non-profit that partners with Baltimore youth and families to advance equity in squash, education, and personal development opportunities. As an advisor to the non-profit community, he has authored several investment articles for regional and national publications and has been heard on AM talk radio as the co-host of “Investment Insights” and on Fox Morning News as a guest Financial Analyst. he is a member of the National Business Officers Association (NBOA), the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).