Recent Events
We have just launched a new section on the Home page of our website, SPG in the News. This new addition features quotes from interviews of our editors that appear in newspaper and broadcast media locally and around the country. It amplifies and offers timely updates on our written articles and presentations.
Morris Segall and Anirban Basu of SPG Trend Advisors are excited to announce the addition of a blog to complement the newsletter you currently are subscribed to.
SPG Trend Advisors provides deep insights into trends, forecasts, and global macro/micro analysis. With fifty years combined experience between the principals, and through its website, SPG Trend Advisors provides insightful analysis and forecasting to prepare senior executives for tomorrow’s trends. Creating a blog is a part of the natural evolution of fortifying SPG Trend Advisors as industry leaders.
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Previous Events
February 25th and 26th, 2009---Anirban Basu and Morris Segall made presentations at the Harkins Builders Winter Training Seminars in Ellicott City, Maryland.
February 26th, 2009---Anirban Basu addressed the Carroll County Economic Development Council in Westminster, Maryland.
February 24th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the Chesapeake Chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services in Towson, Maryland. His presentation is available upon request.
February 19th, 2009---Morris R. Segall made an economic and business strategy presentation to a group of senior financial and human resources executives in Baltimore, Maryland. His presentation is on our Presentations page.
February 19th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the Wisconsin chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors in Madison, Wisconsin. His presentation is available upon request.
February 18th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the Pennsylvania chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His presentation is available upon request.
January 29th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to Florida East Coast Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Association in Davie, Florida. His presentation is available upon request.
January 29th, 2009---Morris R. Segall was the keynote speaker at the Student and Youth Travel Association Summit Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His economic presentation is on our Presentations page.
January 15th, 2009---Morris R. Segall made an economic presentation a Vistage International Executive group in Austin, Texas. His presentation is on our Presentations page.
January 9th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the Maryland Bankers Association Annual Economic Forecast Forum in Baltimore, Maryland. His presentation is available upon request.
January 9th, 2009---Morris R. Segall made a joint economic presentation with Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot to members and guests of the Executive Dialogue Group sponsored by the Offit-Kurman law firm. The presentation was made in Owings Mills, Maryland and is on our Presentations page.
January 6th, 2009---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the Direct Marketing Association of Washington in Washington, DC. His presentation is available upon request.
January 5th, 2009---Morris R. Segall made an economic presentation to the 2009 CEO Summit Conference of the Print Services and Distribution Association in Naples, Florida. His presentation is on our Presentations page.
December 16th---Morris R. Segall made a presentation on unemployment trends and issues to the Unemployment Insurance Oversight Committee of the Maryland General Assembly. His presentation dealt with the current economic recession and its current and prospective impact on unemployment insurance payments both near and longer term.
December 11, 2008---Anirban Basu made an economic presentation to the New Hampshire chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Association in Manchester, New Hampshire. His presentation is available upon request.
December 4th ---Morris R. Segall along with other economists and industry experts participated in a live panel webcast to members of the Construction Financial Management Association in Washington, DC. The panel discussed various aspects of the current non-residential construction cycle and the outlook for this sector over the next year and longer term.
November 20th---Morris R. Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed another group of business leaders and owners in the continuing Executive Dialogue Series sponsored by the law firm of Offit-Kurman. This address was in Towson, Maryland. He updated the executives on the national and local economic conditions with an emphasis on the impact on the Maryland economy. He further stressed the steps we recommend in surviving and even expanding in the current recession and pointed out the economic areas we believe present longer term business growth opportunities. He also recounted our economic forecasts for the next two years and our longer term economic outlook for the U.S. His presentation is on our Presentations page.
November 19th---Morris R. Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed a Vistage International Executive group in Memphis, Tennessee. His presentation included an update on the current economic conditions in the economy and our firm’s economic forecast for the next two years. Importantly, he also counseled the CEO’s and COO’s attending the meeting on steps they could and should undertake to survive and even succeed in the current recessionary environment. He also pointed out areas of longer term economic opportunities for growth and gave our longer term economic outlook post the current recessionary cycle. His presentation to this group is on our Presentations page.
November 3, 2008--- Anirban Basu moderated and made a presentation to the Greater Baltimore Committee’s major fall symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, focusing on the Presidential election and its impact on taxes and business. His presentation is available upon request.
October 27---Morris R. Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed the Partners retreat of Beard Miller Co. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His presentation included an update on the current economic recession and our firm’s outlook and forecast for the next two years and longer term. He also gave advice to the partners on helping their clients in navigating through the current economic recession. His presentation is on our Presentations Page.
October 15th and 16th---On two successive days, Morris Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed two separate Vistage International Executive groups in Washington, DC. Mr. Segall made economic presentations updating key executives on the current economic conditions, advising them on coping with the current recession and outlining opportunities to benefit their businesses longer term. His presentation to these groups is on our Presentations Page.
September 25, 2008--- Anirban Basu and Morris Segall addressed the Municipal Bond Club of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. They reviewed the global, national and local economies and recent developments and outlook for the municipal bond markets. Their presentation is on our Presentations Page.
September 16th---Morris Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed a group of business leaders and owners in another of the Offit-Kurman Executive Dialogue series. This address was in Towson, Maryland and focused on updating executives on the national and local economic cycles, advice on helping them get through the recession and shorter and longer term growth opportunities. His presentation to this group is on our Presentations Page.
September 9, 2008---Morris R. Segall, President of SPG Trend Advisors, addressed the Annual Leaders Conference of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling held in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Segall spoke on the current national and international economic conditions and their outlooks over the next two years and longer term. He also had recommendations for the counseling group on helping their clients successfully get through the current consumer financial dilemma. You can view his presentation to the Conference on our Presentations Page, The Maryland Association of Realtors in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Basu spoke on national and regional economic trends and our economic outlooks with particular emphasis on the national and regional real estate markets. His presentation is available upon request.
September 6, 2008---We have published an article on the Federal government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government sponsored mortgage entities. We comment and analyze the government’s actions and their implications for the current credit crisis. We also comment on the current state of the economy and the worsening trends we see below the headlines. We also update our outlooks for the economy and the implications on the capital markets near and longer term. Lastly and very importantly we outline our concerns about the cost of the Federal government’s forced rescue of the mortgage and banking industries and its impact on the long term perception of the U.S. as an attractive credit risk.
