Topic
2026 - Ten Predictions
Presentation Summary
In his annual market update presentation, Crossmark CEO/CIO/PM Bob Doll, CFA walks through what’s happening in the economy and markets right now, shares how his annual 10 predictions are tracking, and highlights the themes he’s watching most closely in 2026.
Speaker

Bob Doll, CFA
CEO
Crossmark
Bob joined Crossmark in May 2021 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and assumed the
additional role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2024. Bob provides strategy
for the firm, oversees the management team, guides the investment teams at Crossmark,
and serves as portfolio manager for multiple Crossmark large cap strategies. He uses
his more than 40 years of industry experience and expertise to provide weekly and quarterly investment commentaries as well as annual market predictions. Bob is a regular guest and contributor to multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg TV, Fox Business News, CNBC, and Faith & Finance Live Radio. Prior to arriving at Crossmark, he held the roles of Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Nuveen (2012-21) and Blackrock (2006-12), President and Chief Investment Officer at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (1999-2006), and Chief Investment Officer at Oppenheimer Funds Inc. (1987-99).
Bob graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Economics. He later went on to earn an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation, as well as the FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.
Bob dedicates his free time as choir director at his local church and also serves on a number of boards, including the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Cairn University, Christianity. Today, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Kingdom Advisors, The Lausanne Movement, Movement.org, New Canaan Society, and Word of Life Fellowship.
Bob and his wife, Leslie, currently reside in Princeton, New Jersey, and have three children and three grandchildren.
This presentation is valid for 1.0 PL credits.
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