New Business Paradigms: Conscious Commentary on Business and Society

Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco will be joined by Howard Smith, a Wealth Advisor and Estate Planning Consultant. They will discuss:

•Concrete steps people can take to reform the financial system, including how small shareholders can use their proxy ballots to make their voices heard in corporate boardrooms—and why such steps are critical to counter the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing unlimited corporate political expenditures; and

•The debate over whether China is keeping its currency artificially low to gain a competitive advantage— and how this and other political debates are cloaking the real challenges in rebuilding the U.S. and global economies.

Rinaldo and Howard will also do a "Lightning Round," a series of quick insights and comments on major asset classes, covering matters such as bonds, the dollar, energy, and real estate.