Financial Advisor Economic Update February 2026
Recorded live Tuesday, Feb 17, 2026, 4 p.m. ET
Last updated February 19, 2026
NASAA approved Products & Practice IAR CE ID C80944. Approved by CFP Board for CFP CE, IWI for CIMA CE, and by NASBA for CPA CPE.
Every month since March 2011, independent economist Fritz Meyer has led a class for professionals.
This month’s class marks the completion of 15 years of the course, which has long set the standard for excellence in professional education of advisors. Economic data and analysis lessons, in the order they are discussed, include:
Fritz Meyer's classes explain emergent issues by applying fundamental financial economic concepts, guiding IARs through changing times and data.
An independent economist, Fritz has no product affiliations. His classes are solely member sponsored.
Monthly course situates current metrics within their long-term historical context, helping advisors formulate an informed outlook based on timely, data-driven analysis of U.S. economy and global capital markets.
Fritz balances current conditions with timeless investing principles to offer incisive analysis of Federal Reserve actions and forecasts, employment trends, consumer spending and savings, corporate earnings, and key fundamentals IARs must know.
The learning objectives (LOs) for every class are based on the latest economic data releases and updated the day of the live class. This is a recording of the live class, edited to remove ums and uhs, stutters, and gaps of silence.
Fritz Meyer's monthly classes averaged a rating of at least 9.7 (out of 10) for any 12-month period since he began teaching on Advisors4Advisors in March 2011. Fritz previously was senior strategist at Invesco, one of the world's largest investment companies for over a decade.
| Organization | Status | Course ID |
|---|---|---|
| CFP Board | Approved | 346224 |
| IWI / CIMA | Approved | 26A4AI004 |
| NASAA | Approved |
C80944 |
| NASBA | Approved |
To earn credit for this on-demand course, participants must pass a 10-question assessment quiz with a score of at least 70% and complete three ungraded review questions.
IARs, CFP® professionals, EAs, CFAs, CPA financial planners, CPA/PFSs, CIMAs, CLUs, ChFCs, and other professionals seeking a deeper understanding of how economic conditions influence investment decisions and disciplined portfolio strategies.
Free to Advisors4Advisors members ($60/quarter)
Credit Hours: 1 hour
Field of Study: Economics
Course Level: Overview
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Group Internet-Based (Live webinar and on-demand replay)