Hogan Center at Holy Cross, Worcester MA
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
Reception and Networking, 5:30 pm; Dinner, 6:30 pm
Jim Paulsen is chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management. An investment management industry professional since 1983, Mr. Paulsen develops investment strategies that assist in the management of separate institutional account assets, as well as mutual and collective investment funds.
In 1997, he joined Norwest Investment Management, Inc., which later combined with Wells Capital Management. Prior to that, Mr. Paulsen was the senior managing director and chief investment strategist for Investors Management Group in Des Moines, Iowa. Earlier, he was president of SCI Capital Management in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mr. Paulsen is nationally recognized for his views on the economy. He frequently appears on several CNBC and Bloomberg television programs, including regular appearances as a guest host on CNBC. BusinessWeek named him Top Economic Forecaster, and BondWeek twice named him Interest Rate Forecaster of the Year. For more than 25 years, Mr. Paulsen has published his own commentary assessing economic and market trends through his newsletter, Economic and Market Perspective, which was named one of “101 Things Every Investor Should Know” by Money magazine. He earned a bachelor’s and a doctoral degree in economics from Iowa State University.