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"Good questions outrank easy answers."
Economist, Paul E. Samuelson

Do you have questions about the future of global investment markets and the world's biggest economies? Who doesn't! What if you could ask one of the brightest thinkers in the investment world today your number one question?  What would you ask?

On October 7, 2010, Foster Group will host our Fall 2010 Foster Group Lecture Series event, "Global Markets: Has Everything Changed?" featuring Eduardo Repetto.  Mr. Repetto is Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) and is, literally, a "rocket scientist" (more on this later).

At past Foster Group Lecture Series events, we've asked our distinguished guest speakers to give presentations about topics of particular interest to them with only limited time for client questions at the end. This year, we've decided to allocate the majority of our time with Mr. Repetto to an interview format where we'll be asking him your most compelling questions.

 We need your help! Send us your GOOD, TOUGH, NAGGING questions!

In order to make sure that our clients' most important, compelling and widespread questions are addressed, we need to hear from you.  We'll be collecting your questions and comments over the next three months and building an interview-style presentation with Eduardo and Foster Group partner, Kent Kramer.  By gathering questions in advance, we hope to identify your most common concerns along with related follow-up queries. We'll have conversations with Eduardo in advance of the October event so he has ample time to develop the kinds of answers and supporting material that we hope will make this a truly relevant and informative event.   

 Here's how to "Ask Eduardo"

 As you think of questions you'd like to ask, go to the end of this blog entry and submit your question in the "Responses to Ask Eduardo" fields.

 Did I mention he was a rocket scientist?

If you haven't already listened to our most recent quarterly audio update, you can click here and listen to a short interview that Foster Group partner Ed Green conducted with Eduardo in early July.  In the interview Eduardo shares how his path to the world of finance included aeronautical engineering ("rocket science") first as a student and then as a professor at Cal Tech.

 So, yes, this event really will be rocket science!