Intelligent Investments With
Astor Investment Management and CME Group

Join us on Thursday, May 19 at 1:00 pm CT/ 2:00 pm ET as we sit down with Rob Stein, Former Federal Reserve Analyst (Volcker) and current CEO/Founder of Astor Investment Management), and Erik Norland of the CME Group to discuss the current state of the U.S. Economy, Inflation, and Fed Policy.  Brandon Balazi of Astor Investment Management will also introduce the Astor Macro Alternative Fund (GBLMX - I Share, ASTMX - A Share).

LIVE ECONOMIC UPDATE FROM ASTOR'S CEO, ROB STEIN

Discussion Points Include:

• Unintended, permanent economic outcome from the pandemic

• Labor market issues and outlook

• Inflation: Specifically, what areas we’ll see the highest inflation

• Velocity of Money – issues and the niche places  it is occurring

• Interest Rates – how high they’ll go

• Economic Update

• Outlook for 2022 

ASTOR MACRO ALTERNATIVE FUND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• The Fund is a 2021 Refinitiv Lipper Award Winner. The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are focused on highlighting funds that have provided consistent performance as determined by Lipper metrics. GBLMX received two awards – Best Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund over the 3- & 5- year period (out of 39 and 31 funds, respectively).
• Multi-Strategy Approach: Three independent strategies (Global Asset Allocation, Short-Term Equity Hedge, Futures Trading Strategy).
• How they believe an allocation to GBLMX can help diversify investor’s portfolios.
  
  ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
  Robert Stein: Robert began his career as a project analyst for the Federal Reserve under former Chairman Paul Volcker and later went on to hold senior trading or portfolio management positions with large money-center Wall Street banks. Returning to Chicago in 1994, he formed Astor Financial, Inc., the parent company of Astor Asset Management LLC (“AAM”) a registered investment adviser and the predecessor firm to Astor Investment Management, LLC. Knight Capital Group (NYSE: KCG) acquired AAM in 2010 and Mr. Stein was appointed to the Executive Committee reporting to the Board of Directors and directly to the Chairman.
  
  Brandon Balazi:  Brandon joined Astor in 2013 and is currently the Regional Vice President for the Midwest. In his role, Brandon partners with financial advisors to understand the benefits of combining ETF selection, asset allocation, and the importance of economic fundamentals. As a value-add, he also focuses practice management and helping advisors use social media to help streamline their practice. Before joining Astor, Brandon had sales and distribution experience at a local investment firm. He graduated from DePaul University and is currently a candidate to earn his CIMA® certification.
  
  Erik Norland: Erik is Executive Director and Senior Economist of CME Group. He is responsible for generating economic analysis on global financial markets by identifying emerging trends, evaluating economic factors and forecasting their impact on CME Group and the company’s business strategy, and upon those who trade in its various markets. He is also one of CME Group’s spokespeople on global economic, financial and geopolitical conditions.

VIRTUAL SESSION
All attendees must submit a form to participate in the Zoom session. Simply fill out your contact information on the form, and we’ll see you for our live discussion.

This Lunch and Learn session was sponsored by: