The Big Talker 1210 AM Financial Literacy Series: “Your Fiscal Wake Up Call” was held on
Thursday, March 26th at the Union League of Philadelphia. Big Money host Steve Cordasco
welcomed economist Joe Naroff, President of Naroff Economic Advisors and Chief Economist for
TD Bank along with special guest Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter who spoke on the current
economic conditions in our region and what impact the Obama Stimulus Plan will have on
Philadelphia. Our keynote speaker was former U.S. Comptroller General, David Walker, who
discussed the current economic conditions, the perils of our growing national debt and will
featured portions of the film I.O.U.S.A.
PART 1: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN: Opening Remarks: Steve Cordasco and Joel Naroff, president and founder of
Naroff Economic Advisors and Chief Economist for TD Bank. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaks about the economic stimulus and how it effects American cities including Philadelphia.
PART 2: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN:
Keynote: David Walker and Your Fiscal Wake Up Call
PART 3: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN:
Live Radio Show and town hall discussion with Steve Cordsaco, David Walker and Joel Naroff
Steve Cordasco: Big Money really talks and so does Steve Cordasco Saturday and Sunday mornings on The Big Talker, 1210AM. Cordasco provides long-term financial strategies for today's investor. Steve's practical, straightforward advice on big money matters propels listener calls and questions. He understands that his listeners are individuals and have different financial situations and investment needs. Steve is up to date with current economic and financial markets information and understands what will serve an investor for the long-term. Steve has been helping investors achieve their financial goals since 1990 and has been with RBC Wealth Management since 2003.
A graduate of Temple University, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in finance and real estate. In addition to hosting the show, he speaks at stations sponsored events, and is often a keynote speaker for various seminars held in and around the Philadelphia area. Steve has also been a guest columnist with The Philadelphia Inquirer, guest host on The Wall Street Journal Radio Network and has appeared on Comcast Cable’s CN8 Money Matters Today program. In 2008 Steve was named one of the Philadelphia area’s top 25 wealth advisors by the Winner Circle, an independent consulting company identifying top performing wealth advisors and advocating for best practices in the investment industry
Joel L. Naroff: President and founder of Naroff Economic Advisors, a strategic economic consulting firm. He advises companies across the country on the risks and opportunities that economic developments may have on the organization's operating environment. On a consulting basis, Joel serves as Chief Economist for TD Bank in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Portland, Maine. He is the economic consultant for Cumberland Advisors, a personal service, money management firm headquartered in New Jersey and an economic advisor to Trefoil Properties and Spectrum Alliance. He consults with banks on asset/liability, corporations on economic risk and opportunities and is an economic and financial advisor to state and local governments.
A nationally recognized economic forecasting expert, Joel has received numerous honors. In 2008 he was awarded the Lawrence Klein Award for Blue Chip forecasting excellence and was the Bloomberg Business News 2008 top economic forecaster. In 2007, he received the National Association of Business Economists Outlook Award as the top economic forecaster. In 2006, he was named the top economic forecaster by MSNBC. He was the first independent economist to win the CBS MarketWatch Economist of the Month award.
Michael Nutter: was sworn-in as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia on January 7th,
2008. Mayor Nutter is a native Philadelphian with an accomplished career in public
service, business and financial administration. He served as a Philadelphia City Councilman for nearly 15 years representing the city’s Fourth District encompassing the communities of Wynnefield, Overbrook, Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls, Mt. Airy, and parts of North and West Philadelphia.
During his time in Council, Michael Nutter engineered groundbreaking ethics reform legislation and led successful efforts to pass a citywide smoking ban. He worked to lower taxes for Philadelphians and to reform the city’s tax structure, to increase the number of Philadelphia police officers patrolling the streets and to create a Police Advisory Board to provide a forum for discussion between citizens and the Police Department.
David M. Walker: President and CEO of the Peterson Foundation, the Hon. David M. Walker is charged with leading the Foundation’s efforts to: enhance public understanding of the nature and urgency of selected key sustainability challenges that threaten America’s future; propose sensible and workable solutions to address these challenges; and build public and political will to do something about them. This includes efforts in connection with fiscal, entitlement, health care, energy, education, and non-proliferation issues.
Prior to joining the Peterson Foundation, Mr. Walker served over nine years as the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). During his tenure as Comptroller General, he led a major transformation effort at the GAO and within the accountability profession both domestically and internationally. As Comptroller General, Walker was also an outspoken and non-partisan advocate for addressing the major fiscal and other national sustainability and government transformation challenges facing the United States.
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