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WHAT:
Join Canadian and U.S. Chief Investment Officers from BMO Harris Private Banking and Harris Private Bank as they discuss their economic outlook and investment strategies.

Topics that CIOs Paul Taylor and Jack Ablin will discuss include:

• Investment strategies for 2010.
• The key factors that currently support an optimistic outlook and how any shift in the trends of those factors might change the shape of the recovery.
• The importance - and challenges - of a globally synchronized economic recovery, and its implications for commodities and currencies.
• The potential impact of President Obama's recent State of the Union address for both the U.S. and Canada.
• An outlook on emerging market equities - the next economic growth engine?

WHO:
Paul Taylor, Chief Investment Officer, BMO Harris Private Banking, Toronto

Jack Ablin, Chief Investment Officer, Harris Private Bank, Chicago

WHEN:
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2:00 p.m. EST

Media are invited to participate through conference call:
416-695-7806 / 888-789-9572 Participant Passcode: 3325044

The call will be archived at www.bmoharrisprivatebanking.com until February 12.