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2010 Speakers
DAVID BENSIMON
David Bensimon graduated in 1988 with multiple national awards and top of his class in the Bachelor of Commerce program at the University of British Columbia. He has since had 20 years of experience with interbank, exchange-floor, and proprietary trading and investing across foreign exchange, interest rate, equity index, and commodity markets. His institutional career at top-tier investment banks in Europe over the course of a decade included positions of chief dealer, head of trading, and chief of staff, and he also spent a year on the floor of a major Asian futures exchange. For the past decade Mr. Bensimon has published his forecasts of global markets with well-documented precision via his Australian-based consulting firm, Polar Pacific. The Special Edition of his book, Polar Perspectives, has won two gold medals at international competitions. His monthly series, PolarView, has correctly predicted key turning points for major markets, including the volatile movements for stocks and commodities in 2008. A sought-after speaker at conferences and seminars around the world for his compelling analysis and dynamic delivery, Mr. Bensimon is also frequently invited to share his views in the financial media. His latest project, Polarcap Prosperity, is a Singapore-registered investment fund. DON VIALOUX
• Past President and current director of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA). MARTIN MURENBEELD
Martin Murenbeeld is president of DundeeWealth Economics He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972 with a Ph.D. in international finance. He joined the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Toronto to develop the international business curriculum in the MBA program. He left the Faculty in 1978 to start M. Murenbeeld & Associates Inc. The company moved from Toronto to Victoria in 1989. The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of DundeeWealth Inc. in 2004 and Martin Murenbeeld was appointed chief economist of the DundeeWealth Inc. Group of Companies. Martin Murenbeeld edits all corporate publications. Martin Murenbeeld speaks often at international foreign exchange and gold seminars. Over the years, he has spoken at conferences hosted by The London Bullion Market Association, The Gold and Silver Institutes, The International Precious Metals Institute, The Denver Gold Group, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the Australian Gold Council, The National Association of Business Economists (U.S.), The Conference Board of Canada, The Canadian Council of Financial Analysts, The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, and The Canadian Institute of Mining, to name a few. His publications and quotes have appeared in a numerous journals, newspapers and newswire services, including The Columbia Journal of World Business, Canadian Business Review, The Toronto Stock Exchange Review, The Wall Street Journal, The London Financial Times, Investors Business Daily, Fortune, The National Post, The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, The Northern Miner, Dow Jones, Bloomberg and Reuters. Outside of his corporate responsibilities, Martin Murenbeeld is an Adjunct Professor of international finance in the MBA program at the University of Victoria. JOSEF SCHACHTER
The Schachter Asset Management Inc. team provides energy investment research to Maison Placements - an institutional investment firm - and their institutional clients. The research package includes overview and commodity analyses and forecasts as well as research coverage on Canadian domiciled domestic and international focused oil and gas companies. SAMI also provides energy industry presentations to various other industry related business groups. The principal of Schachter Asset Management Inc., Josef Schachter, CFA, CMA, has over 35 years of experience in oil and gas investment management. Previously, from 1991 to 1996 Mr. Schachter was with Richardson Greenshields where he was a Director, Chief Market Strategist and a member of its investment policy committee. Josef is a regular commentator on BNN TV as well as various radio shows. GREGORY WELDON
Gregory T. Weldon is CEO of Weldon Financial and editor of Weldon’s Money Monitor, Commodity & Currency Monitor and Metal Monitor, well-respected newsletters providing authoritative research to fund managers and other professionals in the investment arena. The publications offer a macro perspective covering fundamentals, technical, inter-market and psychological insights. Weldon had a successful career as a trader, working for Lehman Brothers, Prudential, Moore Capital Management and Commodity Corporation. Please visit www.weldononline.com for more information. RYAN IRVINE
Keystone Financial Publishing Corp. - www.keystocks.com Ryan Irvine is President of KeyStone Financial Publishing Corp., a registered financial adviser. KeyStone publishes independent research and information on Canadian and U.S. mid, small, and micro-cap stocks. KeyStone specializes in uncovering, before the broader market, under followed small to mid-sized companies that are financially sound and producing solid growth in both revenues and earnings. Mr. Irvine obtained his BBA from Simon Fraser University. Mr. Irvine is frequently quoted in respected publications, including the National Post, Calgary Herald, Toronto Metro, Investor's Digest of Canada, and Canadian Money Saver, and makes regular appearances on CKNW's Money Talks with Michael Campbell, CBC Radio, ROBTV, as well as headline speaking engagements at several national conferences. OZZIE JUROCK
Ozzie Jurock (FRI) is the author of "What, when, where and how to buy Real Estate in Canada". Several thousand subscribers have receive his monthly and/or weekly real estate newsletters for 6 years. Ozzie is the only Canadian real estate advisor featured in Donald Trump's new book: Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever
Received: 100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul says: Ozzie Jurock served as: Ozzie Jurock is known as one of Canada's leading business motivators and his investor outlook conferences attract audiences of over 700 attendees every time. There is only one reason: Ozzie Jurock delivers more than he promises. JACK CROOKS
Jack Crooks is founder and president of Black Swan Capital, a currency advisory and management firm. 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 was 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. DUNNERY BEST
For more than 30 years Dunnery has enjoyed a front-row seat observing and participating in Canada's evolving capital markets, working as a financial analyst, strategist, writer and media commentator before moving to Victoria with his family in mid-2003. He is now Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor with CIBC Wood Gundy. On a volunteer basis, Mr. Best serves as Treasurer of the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children in Victoria, and Chairs the Investment/Audit/Finance Committee. Mr. Best is also a regular commentator on financial markets for the CBC, BNB and other national and regional media. TYLER BOLLHORN
Founder of Stockscores.com Tyler Bollhorn is a professional stock trader who has been active in the stock markets for over 19 years. In 1999 he founded Stockscores Analytics which provides the Stockscores.com web site research tool. Today, Canadian investors use the analytical tools of Stockscores to aid them in their investment decisions. Mr Bollhorn is also an educator and has taught thousands of Canadians how to analyze and trade stocks. His simple approach to stock market analysis has been studied and applied by sophisticated professional investors, individual investors managing their retirement portfolios and those just beginning their market education. He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, Barrons, The Globe and Mail and others. MARK LEIBOVIT
Mark Leibovit, CIMA, is Chief Market Strategist for VRTrader.Com. His technical expertise is in overall market timing and stock selection based upon his proprietary VOLUME REVERSAL (tm) methodology and Annual Forecast Model. In tracking his positive and negative Volume Reversal (tm) signals, Mr. Leibovit has been able to develop buy and sell signals on the markets and profitably exploit the momentum and volatility of short-term moves in a stock or index. His trading strategy provides clearly defined risk-management guidelines based on his technical volume indicators. You may have recognized Mark Leibovit as one of the ten "Elves" on Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week television program where he served as a weekly consultant for 7 years through 1996. Mark Leibovit also appears as a regular Market Monitor guest with Paul Kangas on PBS' The Nightly Business Report. He is a frequent guest on several other radio and television financial programs around the U.S. and has appeared on both CNBC and CNN, Bloomberg and CBS in Chicago. In addition, he has been interviewd by Barrons, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CBS.Marketwatch.com, DTN Wall Street, Jagnotes.com, Marketviews.tv with Ike Iossif, Michael Campbell (Vancouver), Damon Vickers, Financial Sense online with Jim Puplava, and Gabriel Wisdom to name only a few. His Annual Forecast Model (available at VRTrader.com) has gained increasing notoriety on Wall Street as a predictor of future market movement. Released each year in early February, it has accurately pinpointed market highs and lows. It's claim to fame began back in 1987 when it predicted the ominous stock market crash nine months in advance. It also forecast the 2000 bear market - the report released February 1, 2000 entitled: 'It Looks Like An Honest to Goodness Bear Market'. Mr. Leibovit has just been named the #1 U.S. Market Timer for 2006 and was previously ranked the #1 Intermediate Market Timer in the U.S. for the ten year period ending December 31, 2007. He was also previously ranked the #3 Gold Timer in the U.S. by that same publication. Mr. Leibovit was a member of Midwest Options Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange where he became a market maker in 1976. In 1979, after consulting with several regional brokerage firms, he left the floor and began publishing his newsletter The Volume Reversal Survey, now VRTrader.com. He holds a CIMA and AIF designation and is a member of the Market Technicians Association (MTA) and the CFA Institute. For Separately Managed Accounts incorporating VR methodology contact Mark Leibovit at mark@vrstrategicadvisors.com. Our Host
MICHAEL CAMPBELL
Michael Campbell is British Columbia's most respected business analyst. he is best known as the host of Canada's top rated business show - Money Talks - heard nationally across the Corus Radio network. Each week Michael and his guests track financial trends to help listeners to find ways to maximize their investments. Michael is also Senior Business Analyst for BCTV on Global and a frequent contributor to the national Canada Tonight broadcast. VICTOR ADAIR
Victor began trading financial markets over 30 years ago and has held a number of senior positions during his long career as a commodity and stockbroker. He provides daily market commentary on CKNW AM 980 radio Vancouver and is nationally syndicated on Mike Campbell's weekly Moneytalks radio show. Victor's trading focus is primarily on the currency, precious metal, interest rate and stock index markets and his clients are high net worth individuals and corporations.
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