WHO: P. Brett Hammond, managing director and chief investment strategist for TIAA-CREF Asset Management, which maintains a system of 27,000 retirement plans and $363 million in assets for 3.6 million active and retired employees (18,000 of them in the Chicago-area) in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields nationally

WHAT: Will discuss how investors can weather the current economic downturn and volatile market. He’ll share his perspectives on questions that include:

• What are the possible outcomes of the government stimulus and what other plans does the Obama administration have to address current economic challenges?
• How long and deep is this recession likely to be?
• How did the global financial markets get into this state?
• How does market performance depend on and affect economic conditions?
• What can investors do?

WHERE: The DePaul Club, 11th floor, DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago

WHEN: THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Editor’s Note: This is an invitation-only event for DePaul faculty and staff, but it is open for media coverage. Reporters interested in attending should contact Robin Florzak, DePaul Media Relations, at (312) 362-8592 or rflorzak@depaul.edu.

DePaul faculty and staff interested in attending: click here to RSVP.