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Strategic investment planning for the new year

By Mike Switzer

Published October 16, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Paul Schwager, dean of the School of Business at the College of Charleston, host of the 10th Annual College of Charleston Strategic Investment Symposium

As we approach the end of another year, many people begin to evaluate their investment strategies for the new year. For the past ten years, our next guest’s Lowcountry institution has been holding a conference to help with this process. Mike Switzer interviews Paul Schwager, dean of the School of Business at the College of Charleston, host of the 10th Annual College of Charleston Strategic Investment Symposium.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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