Prior to the sesssions, a wireless survey of the attendees was carried out. Here are the results:
1. What's your main line of business?
- 48% financial
- 32% stocks and bonds
- 9% commercial real estate
- 12% residential real estate
2.What assets do you have under direct supervision?
- 34% <$10m
- 36% 10 - 100
- 16% 100m - 1b
- 14% >$1b
3. Favourite TV information source (business):
- 38% Bloomberg (a sponsor)
- 30% CNBC
- 9% CNN
- 23% Fox Business
4. Favourite Newspaper
- 14% Financial Times
- 8% NY Times
- 45% Wall Street Journal
- 34% Other
5. Over the next 12 months, the US economy will
- 45% continue to recover slowly
- 17% become more robust
- 30% weaken but continue recovery
- 8% go into recession
6. What is your view about economics forecasts by professional economists
- 5% reliable
- 8% way off the mark
- 78% sometimes close to the mark but not always
- 9% so bad I don't look at them.
I wish I had the comparisons with previous years' tallies to see how the trends migh be developing.
My attendance at the summit is supported by several sponsors, including the Department of Economics at The University of Regina.