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title: Headed to Commonwealth’s National Conference!
description: Commonwealth CIO Brad McMillan is headed to Commonwealth's 2018 National Conference in Austin, Texas.
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# [Headed to Commonwealth’s National Conference!](https://blog.commonwealth.com/independent-market-observer/headed-to-commonwealths-national-conference)

 Written by [Brad McMillan, CFA®, CFP®](https://blog.commonwealth.com/independent-market-observer/author/brad-mcmillan-cfa-caia-mai) | Nov 1, 2018, 6:24:11 PM

Next week is Commonwealth’s National Conference—an annual event where as many Commonwealth advisors as can make it gather together to learn, to network, and, most important, to have a good time together. This year, we are down in Austin again, a wonderful town. I am very much looking forward to it!

Unfortunately, it also requires a lot of work ahead of time, which is what I am doing right now. As such, this will be a very short post. Tomorrow, we will post the monthly Market Thoughts video with a look back at October. It was a scary month, for a number of reasons, but there are also reasons to believe November might be better. So far, that looks likely to be the case. Let’s hope it stays that way.

I will be weighing in from the conference next week. Until then, have a great weekend!

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