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Bill Bonner
As the president and founder of Agora Inc., Bill Bonner is well known for speaking his mind. His Daily Reckoning goes out to over 350,000 subscribers each day. And the two books he's co-authored, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt, have both landed on the New York Times best-seller list.
Mr. Bonner brings a unique perspective to the Symposium - since he's been observing development in the United States from his home in France.
Watch Bill Bonner’s opening presentation from the 2007 symposium >>
Rick Rule
Rick Rule has the inside scoop on the things that keep the world running. As the founder of Global Resource Investments Ltd., he specializes in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture.
Mr. Rule began his career in the securities business in 1974 and has been principally involved in natural resource security investments ever since. His research and brokerage capabilities are frequently recommended by distinguished financial newsletter writers - including several of the people speaking at the Symposium.
Watch Rick Rule discuss natural resource investing at the 2007 symposium >>
James Howard Kunstler
Author of The Long Emergency, The Geography of Nowhere, Home From Nowhere (Simon & Schuster), and The City in Mind (Free Press), James Kunstler has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, and many other colleges, and has appeared before many professional organizations such as the AIA, ASLA, the APA, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
His latest book, The Long Emergency, published by the Atlantic Monthly Press in 2005, describes the critical problems faced by industrial societies in the waning of the petroleum age. An excerpt ran in Rolling Stone magazine.
Mr. Kunstler is also the author if nine previous novels including The Halloween Ball, An Embarrassment of Riches, and Maggie Darling. He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and Op-Ed page, where he has written on environmental and economic issues.
Doug Casey
Doug Casey's mile-long resume lets him bring a lot of experience to the table in a wide range of fields. Over his long career, he's earned reputations as a successful businessman... talented market analyst... unabashed technology buff... commodity and resource pundit... confirmed anarchist... and connoisseur of the finer things in life...
The truth is, we have no idea which hat Mr. Casey will wear to the Symposium. But we can almost promise that his speech will be something you'll be talking about long after the Symposium is over.
Watch Doug Cassey discuss the plight of America at the 2007 symposium >>
Frank Holmes
Frank Holmes is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc. The company is a registered investment adviser that manages approximately $4.8 billion in 13 no-load mutual funds and for other advisory clients. Mr. Holmes, a Toronto native, bought a controlling interest in U.S. Global Investors in 1989 after an accomplished career in Canada's capital markets.
His specialized knowledge gives him expertise in resource-based industries and money management.
U.S. Global Investors' funds have received numerous awards and honors during Mr. Holmes' tenure.
The company's Global Resources Fund (PSPFX) is the 2005 and 2006 Lipper Fund Award winner in the natural resources category. U.S. Global's World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX) and China Region Opportunity Fund (USCOX) also won Lipper recognition in their categories in 2006.
The Global Resources Fund is also Morningstar's top performer among all domestic stock funds in the 5-year period ending December 31, 2006.
Also, the World Precious Minerals Fund is Morningstar's top performer among all international stock funds for the 5-year period ending December 31, 2006.
Mr. Holmes is a sought-after speaker at national and international investment conferences. He is also a regular commentator on the financial television networks CNBC and Bloomberg, and has been profiled by Fortune, Barron's, The Financial Times and other publications.
Dr. Mark Skousen
Known as the "maverick" of economics for his contrarian and optimistic views, and his sometimes-outrageous statements and predictions, Mark Skousen is a college professor, prolific author and world-renowned speaker. He's made his unique sense of market and investment trends known and respected in the financial world. With a Ph.D. in economics and a focus on the principles of free-market capitalism and "Austrian" economics, Mark Skousen has often gone contrary to the crowd in his investment choices and economic predictions -- and has often been proved right.
Mark Skousen has built a reputation for not only accurately identifying the right economic and political trends, but also the right investments for the times.
An almost idealistic proponent of liberty and political freedom, Mark Skousen is actively involved in some of the most prestigious free-market and liberty think tanks in the world. He frequently speaks and writes articles for organizations such as the Cato Institute, the Foundation for Economic Education, the Libertarian Party, the Council for National Policy and the Mt. Pelerin Society.
Michael Checkan
Michael Checkan is President of Asset Strategies International, Inc. (ASI). ASI is a Maryland corporation established in 1982. ASI is a boutique operation working in the areas of precious metals, foreign currencies, and overseas wealth protection.
Michael has been an outside advisor to The Oxford Club since 1992.
Michael and his business partner, Glen O. Kirsch, are the two principals in the firm that specializes in helping individuals globalize assets utilizing the international precious metal and foreign currency markets. ASI buys and sells precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium) in coins, bars and certificates; plus, numismatics for delivery in various parts of the world. Also, it deals in foreign currencies from more than 100 different countries in cash bank notes, travel checks and payments abroad.
Michael was Senior Vice President of the Deak-Perera Group (1967 to 1982); at the time the nation's oldest and largest foreign currency and precious metal investment firm. Earlier, Michael was one of the first foreign exchange traders in the international department of one of Washington, D.C.'s largest bank.
Michael and Glen are editors of their own newsletter, Information Line (IL). IL is sent 6 times per year to 16,500 readers throughout the world. Financial newsletter editors oftentimes quote Michael about his views on methods of diversifying assets globally. He travels extensively speaking at numerous domestic and international investment conferences, seminars, and workshops.
Dan Denning
Dan Denning started his financial career the old-fashioned way - on the ground floor. He founded and edited a private financial newsletter on small-capitalization stocks in 1998, leading over 35,000 subscribers to profits in dynamic new American companies during the height of the bull market.
In 2000, he became the editor of Strategic Investment, the flagship publication of internationally known Agora Publishing. His high-level macroeconomic and stock market forecasts were read by more than 35,000 high-dollar investors and fund managers in over 70 countries. His reporting and analysis for The Daily Reckoning is read by more than 350,000 people regularly. Denning has direct access to the top financial and economic minds in Europe and the United States and is uniquely positioned to provide insightful market analysis worldwide.
Denning received his undergraduate degree in literature from the prestigious American University in Washington, D.C., in 1995. He earned a master's degree in liberal arts from St. John's College. Denning spent a year observing U.S. markets from Paris before relocating to the London offices of Fleet Street Publications. He currently resides in Australia.
Watch Dan Denning discuss resource and energy stocks at the 2007 symposium >>
Alexander Green
Alexander Green is the investment director of The Oxford Club. A Wall Street veteran, he has over 20 years experience as a research analyst, investment adviser and professional portfolio manager. Mr. Green is also considered one of the most talented financial writers in the business. He's been featured on “The O'Reilly Factor”, been profiled by Forbes and MarketWatch and written for Louis Rukeyser and several leading financial publications.
He currently writes and directs The Oxford Club Communiqué, The Oxford Insight e-letter and three elite trading advisory services: The Momentum Alert, The Insider Alert and The International Trader Alert. He also co-edits The Oxford Short Alert with Louis Bass.
Mr. Green will walk you through his favorite investment recommendations right now — the kind of exclusive opportunities you'll want to add to your portfolio right away.
Richard Daughty
The Mogambo Guru is general partner and COO for Smith Consultant Group, serving the financial and medical communities, and the writer/publisher of The Mogambo Guru economic newsletter, an avocational exercise to better heap disrespect on those who desperately deserve it. The Mogambo Guru is quoted frequently in Barron's, The Daily Reckoning, and other fine publications.
Horacio Marquez
For the latest on investment opportunities in Latin America, count on Horacio Marquez. With over 20 years of market experience, he was head of emerging markets research for Merrill Lynch Asset Management's fixed-income funds, director and head of economic and financial research for Latin America for Swiss Bank and head of credit and research for ADP Capital Management. Among the successes he's racked up were predicting - and taking large advantage of - the Argentine fiscal crisis of 1994, the Mexican maxi-devaluation later that year, the Asian crisis of 1997 and the Russian crisis of 1998.
Today, as editor of The Money Map Advantage, Mr. Marquez seeks highly profitable opportunities in equities, currencies, bonds, commodities and real estate around the globe. He is also director of Club Oxford en Español; an Oxford Club investment advisory panelist; and a partner in Qinhan Capital Management, a U.S. hedge fund operating out of Shanghai, China.
You couldn't ask for a better guide out of the U.S. dollar into overseas investments. And the Agora Financial Investment Symposium is the best place to hear from him.
Karim Rahemtulla
It's clear that things on Wall Street are about to get quite volatile - and Karim Rahemtulla is just the man to help you profit from it.
An internationally renowned options trader, Mr. Rahemtulla is the founder and chairman of The Mt. Vernon Options Club. He also runs The Income Trader: A Covered Call Strategy, The LEAPS Option Trader and The Smart Options E-Report. And over the past three years, his options strategies have cashed in winners more than 70% of the time.
Whether you're new to options or a seasoned trader, you'll want to hear the strategies Mr. Rahemtulla - who's been dubbed a "market maven" by CNBC - has to offer.
Jack Crooks
Mr. Jack Crooks is the Director of Currency Services for Sovereign Society. He has close to 20 years experience in the currency, equity, and futures arena. Jack is a seasoned investment advisor who has held key positions in brokerage, money management, trading, and research. Jack is also founder and president of Black Swan Capital, a currency advisory and management firm. Jack was also founder of Ross International Asset Management and General Manager of Plexus Trading, a discretionary money management firm, Ross International specialized in global stock, bond, and currency asset management for retail clients. As General Manager and partner of Plexus Trading, he specialized in currency futures and commodities trading. In addition, Mr. Crooks was Chief Currency and Futures Strategist of M2 Futures Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in Chicago. He also held the position of Vice President of Global Strategic Research for an international investment boutique where he was responsible for providing daily advice and global strategy analysis. Prior to entering the investment arena, Jack worked in various corporate finance positions. He has written extensively on the subject of global currencies and international economics, and has been interviewed on CNBC for his insights on the Japanese yen.
Chris Mayer
Chris Mayer
has delighted readers of his Capital & Crisis with wins of 120%, 171%, 156% and more. Those gains are even more amazing when you realize that C&C specializes in value stocks - the kind investors like Ben Graham or even Warren Buffett wouldn't be embarrassed to buy. Meanwhile, Chris has also racked up some speculative wins in his Mayer's Special Situations - looking at positions that are up 49%... 33%... and even 122% in a matter of months. Make sure you're in Vancouver on July 24-27 to discover the latest gems he's found. No matter how you like to invest, Chris should have something for you!
Byron King
Byron King is co-editor of Outstanding Investments, listed as Hulbert Financial Digest's top-performing newsletter of the past five years. Its portfolio contains gems like Silver Standard Resources (up 151%)... Foundation Coal (up 96%)... and Valero (621%). In Vancouver, you'll benefit from Byron's unique experiences as a practicing lawyer, former geologist and general history buff. Expect an in-depth look at how Asia's growth is transforming the natural resource industry - guaranteeing profits to people who buy the right investments early!
Kevin Kerr
“Maniac Trader” Kevin Kerr's unparalleled expertise in futures and commodities has made him a regular contributor to news outlets like CNN, Fox News, the CBS Evening News, Nightly Business Report and many others. But for us, he's best known for his uncanny commodity recommendations in Resource Trader Alert - simple trades that often generate triple-digit gains. In fact, if you had been with us in Vancouver last year, you would have been among the first to hear his strategy for trading orange juice - leading to a play that climbed 355% in under two months for his Resource Trader Alert members. So you can't afford to miss what he has to tell you about commodities this year!
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