CFA Society Pittsburgh Spotlight Speaker Series

301 Grant Street,Pittsburgh PA 15219

07 September, 2022

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  CFA Society Pittsburgh is pleased to welcome Jim Grant as a featured speaker in our spotlight speaker series Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at the Rivers Club in Downtown Pittsburgh.  Cocktails and networking will begin at 5:30, followed by our fall CFA Charter Awards Ceremony, dinner and Mr. Grant's presentation.  Mr. Grant, a former Navy gunner's mate, is a Phi Beta Kappa alumnus of Indiana University. He earned a master's degree in international relations from Columbia University and began his career in journalism in 1972, at the Baltimore Sun. He joined the staff of Barron’s in 1975 where he originated the “Current Yield” column. He is a trustee of the New York Historical Society. He and his wife, Patricia Kavanagh M.D., live in Brooklyn. They are the parents of four grown children. Among his other books on finance and financial history are Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend (Simon & Schuster, 1983), Money of the Mind (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992), Minding Mr. Market (Farrar, Straus, 1993), The Trouble with Prosperity (Times Books, 1996), and Mr. Market Miscalculates (Axios Press, 2008). He is, in addition, the author of a pair of political biographies: John Adams: Party of One, a life of the second president of the United States (Farrar, Straus, 2005) and Mr. Speaker! The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster (Simon & Schuster, 2011). Mr. Grant’s television appearances include “60 Minutes,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” “CBS Evening News,” and a 10-year stint on “Wall Street Week”. His journalism has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affair. He contributed an essay to the Sixth Edition of Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis (McGraw-Hill, 2009). Tickets are $50 for CFA Society Pittsburgh members/ $75 for non-members and $50 for students.  Please contact our sponsor chair Steve Miller if you are interested in sponsoring. Sponsorship includes table seating for 8 guests. steve.milleratbnymellon.com