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Global market uncertainty and volatility will not go away soon, which means governments must implement new policy management styles to cope with the increased flow of global finance, Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said March 21, 2012, in a live alumni webinar. “The globalization of finance is requiring a different learning of how to manage policy in a country to get real results — real growth and job creation,” Mathis said. “What’s growing is the importance of emerging markets.” He said total exports to advanced economies dropped from 73 percent in 2004 to 64 percent in 2010. “That raises an issue because we know emerging markets are more volatile,” Mathis said. He was joined by Wolfgang Koester, CEO of FiREapps, and Andy Gage, Head of Marketing of FiREapps. | Video: Watch the full webinar (58:42)
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Direct investment, personal income and tax revenue are rising in the United States — staving off a double-dip recession — but don’t make plans to retire just yet. Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., says economic growth of 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent will fall “way below the rate we need to grow to absorb the unemployed in any significant way.” He blames the slow recovery on a weak banking system hampered by persistent mortgage delinquency. “This part of the banking system is not functioning,” says Mathis, director of Thunderbird’s Global Financial Services Office. “That’s a long-term problem.” He says slow growth in the United States and other mature markets will drag down the emerging and developing world. “Financial globalization has linked us extremely tightly together,” Mathis says. “We’re all being drawn into the same close performance levels.” He spoke Sept. 14, 2011, during an alumni webinar that included a live question-and-answer session. Watch the full presentation here. | Video: Why You Can’t Retire (1:03:16)
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Global investors looking for signs of recovery need to pay close attention to U.S. consumers, Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said April 7, 2011, during an interactive alumni webinar. “The U.S. will drive the world’s recovery at this stage,” Mathis said. “I don’t think China or India will be able to sustain such high growth rates unless the U.S. recovers.” Mathis said real consumer income has bounced back in the United States, although employment gains have been slow. He said negative events such as the Middle East uprisings, the Japanese tsunami and the budget deficit debates in Washington, D.C., have created uncertainty and slowed a consumer confidence recovery that started in 2010. | Video: Global Economic Outlook with F. John Mathis (1:03:40)
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A global recession and other setbacks have not quelled public appetite for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), an innovative market tool that BlackRock iShares uses to help investors manage risks, control expenses and reduce tax liabilities. “The ETF market has been robust since 1999,” guest speaker David Kimerling said Feb. 7, 2011, during a financial services workshop organized by Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D. Like the name suggests, ETFs are investment funds traded on stock exchanges. The funds usually track indexes such as the Dow Jones, which means the fund value goes up or down as the index goes up or down. Kimerling, Vice President and Business Development Officer of iShares, said four main advantages set ETFs apart from mutual funds and other investment tools. | Video: Exchange-traded Funds 101 (2:33)
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U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on employment and the economy during his State of the Union address Jan. 25, 2011. But Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., does not expect a quick recovery. “If we look short term, we are not going to see any quick change in the unemployment numbers,” Mathis told ABC 15 News reporter Hatzel Vila in Phoenix. Mathis said the country’s long-term challenge is to fix the education system, so U.S. companies do not have to look overseas for skilled workers. “We are importing the experts we need in various areas because we do not educate enough domestically,” Mathis said. Watch the full ABC 15 report.

Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., and other faculty hosted high-net-worth individuals Oct. 19-22, 2010, at the first Thunderbird Global Wealth Management Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.

Speakers at the event provided global perspectives on financial services issues and shared investment concepts and strategies.

“The timing for this event could not have been better,” said Mathis, director of Thunderbird’s Global Financial Services Center. “We have mounting uncertainty in the global economy and a tense political environment.”

Other T-bird speakers at the event included President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., Professor Ernesto Poza, Thunderbird donors Craig Barrett, Ph.D., and his wife, U.S. Ambassador Barbara Barrett.

The timing could not be better for the first Thunderbird Global Wealth Management Summit Oct. 19-22, 2010, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. “We have mounting uncertainty in the global economy,” said Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., director of Thunderbird’s Global Financial Services Center. Forbes magazine released its list this week of the 400 wealthiest people in the United States, and more than half made gains. But many other high-net-worth individuals have seen their fortunes dip. | Video: Thunderbird Global Wealth Management Summit (2:29)
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The U.S. trade deficit improved by $7 billion from June to July 2010, but Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said that might not be a good thing. “The improvement is actually a negative thing,” Mathis said Sept. 9, 2010, on KFNN 1510 Financial News Radio. “Month to month, what it suggests is that expectations of economic activity in the United States are slowing down, and therefore we are importing fewer goods to the high-powered retail stores because consumers aren’t going to buy those goods.” Mathis reports on the U.S. trade balance each month on “Business for Breakfast,” a Phoenix-based radio news show. Click below to hear his latest report. | Podcast: Monthly report on KFNN 1510 Financial News Radio (6:44)

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Monthly indicators suggest growth in the U.S. economy, Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said Aug. 11, 2010, on KFNN 1510 Financial News Radio. Mathis said U.S. imports are growing, which indicates a recovery. Exports also are growing, but at a slower rate. The result is a larger deficit, year over year. But Mathis said the United States produced an $8 billion deficit turnaround from May to June 2010. Mathis reports on the U.S. trade balance each month on “Business for Breakfast,” a Phoenix-based radio show. His next scheduled appearance will be 6:30 a.m. Sept. 9, 2010. Click below to hear his latest report. | Podcast: Monthly report on KFNN 1510 Financial News Radio (7:20)

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Global companies struggling to navigate the currency crisis spreading from Europe to other regions of the world need at least three things in their survival kits, a panel led by Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said June 9. “The question is not whether European countries such as Greece will default, but how many times they will default,” Mathis said. “This is a long-term issue.” To survive in the new environment, companies need complete data, timely analysis and transparent processes. | Video: Panel discussion (1:00.51)
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