Investment Conference
Introduction
Hotel and Travel Information
2010 Sponsors
and Exhibitors
Exhibitor Information
2009 Audio Recordings
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Thursday, May 28
7:00a – 8:00a Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00a – 5:00p User Forum Training Lab Open
8:00a – 9:00a General Session
9:10a – 10:00a Breakout Session 1A
9:00a – 11:00p Exhibit Hall Open
10:00a – 10:45a Break in Exhibit Hall
11:00a – 11:50p Breakout Session 1B
12:00p – 1:30p Luncheon & Keynote Presentation
1:40p – 2:30p Breakout Session 2A
2:30p – 4:30p Exhibit Hall Open
2:40p – 3:30p Breakout Session 2B
3:30p – 4:30p Break in Exhibit Hall
4:30p – 5:30p General Session
5:30p – 7:00p Cocktail Reception in Exhibit Hall
Let’s Talk Stocks
Wally Weitz, Weitz Funds Bruce Berkowitz, Fairholme Capital Management
Tom Marsico, Marsico Capital Management

Three great stock-pickers swap ideas. Wally Weitz and Bruce Berkowitz are from the Buffett mold, and Tom Marsico is a legendary growth investor who blends top-down and bottom-up analysis.
Opening General Session

Investing 501: Where Are We Headed from Here?
Jeremy Grantham, GMO, LLC

Jeremy Grantham’s predictions were right on the money. Grantham shares his forecast for the next 7 years.
Breakout Sessions 1A, 1B

Two Sides of the Coin
Chuck Bath, Diamond Hill Investments
Steve Romick, First Pacific Advisors

Join two seasoned managers for a discussion of the best and worst investments the market has to offer.
Breakout Sessions 1A, 1B

Three Takes on Value
Meggan Walsh, Invesco Aim
Bill Nygren, Oakmark Funds
Marty Whitman, Third Avenue Funds

Listen to three different takes on value investing from three outstanding managers.
Breakout Sessions 1A, 1B

New Approaches for Asset Allocation
Vineer Bhansali, PIMCO
Mark Balasa, Balasa, Dinverno, Fotz and Hoffman
Tom Idzorek, Ibbotson Associates – A Morningstar Co.

The markets have made mincemeat of asset-allocation theories. Hear three students of asset allocation offer new approaches for the 21st century.
Breakout Sessions 1A, 1B

Luncheon and Keynote Presentation
Bill Gross, PIMCO

The Deal of the Century?
Kent Gasaway, Buffalo Funds
Eric Fischman, MFS
Glenn Fogle, American Century Investments

These three managers have managed to survive in an awful decade for growth stocks. Imagine what they could do if growth actually rallied.
Breakout Session 2A, 2B

Is It Safe to Get Back Into Munis?
Phil Condon, DWS Investments
Christine Thompson, Fidelity Investments
Hugh McGuirk, T. Rowe Price

Three of the best municipal-bond investors will tell us what the heck happened and whether munis are on the road to recovery
Breakout Session 2A, 2B

Can MPT Take the Heat of a Meltdown?
Steven Fox, Russell Investments
Michael Falk, ProManage LLC

A debate on the usefulness of Modern Portfolio Theory in light of the current and past market crises.
Breakout Session 2A, 2B

Our Favorite ETFs
Scott Burns, Morningstar
Paul Justice, Morningstar
John Gabriel, Morningstar
Bradley Kay, Morningstar

Our Morningstar ETF experts will tell you about their favorite and least favorite exchange-traded funds.
Breakout Session 2A, 2B

A Conversation with John Bogle, Vanguard
Moderated by Don Phillips
General Session

2010 Morningstar Investment Conference, June 23–25
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