{"644050":{"#nid":"644050","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Is a Degree in Economics a Good Investment?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ascfa\/\u0022\u003EAnthony\u0026nbsp;Schmitz\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;earned his M.S. in economics in 2009. He is a Portfolio Manager in Investment Strategy \u0026amp; Risk at CalSTRS, the largest educator-only pension fund in the US. After Georgia Tech, he joined NERA Economic Consulting specializing in power\/gas commodities, infrastructure, and regulatory issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has been managing investment portfolios for the past 7 years primarily in renewable energy infrastructure, ESG\/sustainable investment strategies, and quantitative risk management.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZApdeupqTouH9E5YtVsVcX58HEVgMdayn9C\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZApdeupqTouH9E5YtVsVcX58HEVgMdayn9C\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Anthony Schmitz is a Portfolio Manager in Investment Strategy \u0026 Risk at CalSTRS, the largest educator-only pension fund in the US. He will be discussing the benefits of achieving your degree in economics."}],"uid":"35230","created_gmt":"2021-02-10 09:21:45","changed_gmt":"2021-03-19 20:17:58","author":"schristmas3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-03-30T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-03-30T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-03-30T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-03-30 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-03-30 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-03-30 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"644049":{"id":"644049","type":"image","title":"Anthony Schmitz","body":null,"created":"1612948550","gmt_created":"2021-02-10 09:15:50","changed":"1613081241","gmt_changed":"2021-02-11 22:07:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"244566","name":"Alumni Speaker Series-Anthony.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Alumni%20Speaker%20Series-Anthony_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Alumni%20Speaker%20Series-Anthony_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":375014,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Alumni%20Speaker%20Series-Anthony_0.png?itok=CSipOxhQ"}}},"media_ids":["644049"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186973","name":"schmitz"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"169733","name":"SOE"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ES. Dante Christmas\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAsst to the Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edante.christmas@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}