2026 Economic Update
Live Webinar
FREE for OCCABA members.
Non-OCCABA member may register for $30.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Pacific Time)
The program information will be updated shortly.
Presenting at this event will be:
Christopher Schwarz
Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management
Christopher Schwarz is a Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. His research interests include the management, disclosure, and operational risk of the investment fund industry, the impact of manager incentives and structure on investment fund performance, and the behavior of retail investors and retail market structure. His research has been published in such leading academic journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. It has been cited by the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Barron’s as well as appeared on CNBC and included in testimony before the U.S. Congress House Financial Services Committee.
Chris also provides a number of economic and financial forecasts in the community as well as to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to arriving at UCI, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Yale University’s International Center of Finance. He received his B.S. from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.
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