Guests

Alexander Green is the Chief Investment Strategist of Investment U. A Wall Street veteran, he has more than 20 years of experience as a research analyst, investment advisor, financial writer and portfolio manager.

Mr. Green has been featured on The O’Reilly Factor, and has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, S&A Investor Radio, C-SPAN and CNBC among others.

Mr. Green is also the author of three bestsellers “The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy… And Get On With Your Life, The Secret of Shelter Island: Money and What Matters” and “Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life.”

Arthur Berman is a petroleum geologist with 32 years of industry experience. He has been an independent geological consultant since 1999 and worked for Amoco Production Company for 20 years before then. He is an editor of The Oil Drum and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He has published more than 50 articles on petroleum, geology and technology over the past several years. He has made more than 30 presentations to investment and petroleum industry conferences, scientific society meetings, and E&P companies over the past year. He has done television interviews on CNN and BNN, and is widely quoted in the national and world press for his views on the oil and gas industry. He has a BA from Amherst College and an MS from the Colorado School of Mines.

Mr. Cooke is a professional geologist with 30 years experience in the mining industry, specializing in the financing, acquisition, exploration and development of mineral deposits. B.Sc. Geology degree (Honors), Queens University, Kingston ON, 1976. M.Sc. Geology degree, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, 1984. From 1976 to 1982, worked as project geologist managing mineral exploration programs for uranium, base metals and precious metals across Canada with Noranda Mines, Shell Minerals and Chevron Minerals. Between 1983 and 1987, owned and operated Cooke Geological Consultants Ltd., discovering several high grade gold vein deposits for clients in British Columbia. In 1988, Mr. Cooke launched Canarc Resource Corp., a junior gold exploration and mining company focused on exploring and developing prospective gold properties throughout North, Central and South America. Canarc successfully delineated a 1.3 million oz gold resource at its core asset, the New Polaris project in BC. and is currently focused on developing New Polaris into western Canada's next high grade gold mine. In 2003 Brad formed Endeavour Silver Corp. for the express purpose of acquiring advanced high-grade silver projects in Mexico. Within six months of acquiring the Guanacevi Mines project in Durango, Endeavour discovered and developed into production the new high-grade Porvenir silver mine. Today, Endeavour is one of the fastest growing primary producers of silver worldwide. Has successfully raised over CA$200 million in equity and joint venture financings for resource projects since 1988. Involved in several grass roots gold discoveries over the past 20 years. Published several geological/geochemical papers in leading technical journals. Member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the B.C.- Yukon Chamber of Mines, and a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada.

In 1979, after a career managing or consulting on sixteen congressional and senatorial campaigns, with their exacting research and demanding strategic planning, Britt Beemer founded America’s Research Group About ARG, a full-service consumer behavior research and strategic marketing firm.

 

Recognized nationally as a premier marketing strategist, Britt Beemer has gained wide acclaim for his work on how, when and why consumers select their products and services. His client list encompasses many industries, including home furnishings, appliances and electronics, financial services, specialty and mass retailing, healthcare provider institutions, manufacturers, and others.

 

Beemer has spoken on numerous programs for major industry and trade groups and continues to lecture in seminars and workshops. America’s Research Group conducts annual client conferences designed to update its customers on emerging consumer trends. His knowledge of consumer preferences increases monthly as ARG conducts thousands of additional shopper interviews.

 

Britt’s work has been cited in the media including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Investors Business Daily, CNN Business Day, Nightly Business Report, and many others. In addition, Beemer’s work has provided the basis for major stories reporting national studies in industry publications such as Best’s Review, Supermarket News, Chain Store Age Executive, Sporting Goods Dealer, and Automotive News. Hear Britt’s Audio file Audio where he discusses the importance of a focused marketing vision.

 

He is the author of PREDATORY MARKETING , a book on strategic marketing. His second book, IT TAKES A PROPHET TO MAKE A PROFIT, is about emerging trends of the millennium. By identifying the seismic shifts that have occurred in the American marketplace, businesses can stay one-step ahead of coming trends.

 

Britt Beemer’s expertise covers each phase of survey research including questionnaire design, sample construction, and data analysis, but especially interpretation. He serves as the senior director of research at America’s Research Group, where he personally reviews all research and prepares and presents each strategic marketing plan.

 

Many clients hail Britt Beemer as the “brightest marketing mind of this decade”.

 

 

Mr. Morganlander serves as co-portfolio manager and co-founder of Washington Crossing Advisors' portfolio strategies. Mr. Morganlander has been responsible for day-to-day portfolio management across each of the group's investment advisory programs since the group's inception. Mr. Morganlander has held several investment advisory and analyst positions for Stifel and predecessor firms, including Ryan, Beck & Company and Gruntal & Company. Mr. Morganlander began his career in 1992 at Lehman Brothers.

 

Mr. Morganlander graduated from Ramapo College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance and International Business. He brings over 20 years of financial market, investment advisory, and portfolio management experience to the WCA platform.

 

Mr. Morganlander regularly comments for various media outlets, including Bloomberg, CBS radio, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal Radio, and Reuters.

 

Dr. Kacher is coauthor and publisher of www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com. His investment career began in 1995 when he founded one of the first internet-based stock advisory services. In 1996 he joined William O'Neil + Co., Inc. as a research associate before quickly being promoted to senior Research Analyst and senior proprietary Portfolio Manager for the firm in 1997. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Kacher achieved an unaudited return of 2,022% in the O'Neil account. From 1996 to 2002, Dr. Kacher achieved a verified return in his personal account in excess of 18,000%, as verified by KPMG, the Big Four auditor.

 

In 2005, Dr. Kacher launched a private fund in Switzerland designed to help individuals and institutions build their wealth.

 

Dr. Kacher received his B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied under Nobel Laureate Professor Glenn Seaborg, and helped to discover element 110 on the Periodic Table of Elements and confirm element 106, which his group named Seaborgium. He also co-authored the book, Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market, published by John Wiley & Sons in August 2010.

 

In 2009, Chris Kacher released a debut album of his piano compositions Teardrop Rain under a stage name of Christian Casher. He is a certified practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming and hypnosis.

 

Dan Ferris writes Extreme Value, a monthly investment advisory that focuses primarily on great businesses trading at steep discounts. Dan's strategy of safe and cheap stocks has earned him one of the most impressive track records in the industry. Dan also writes The 12% Letter, a high-yield newsletter that promises big returns.

 

David Dreman is a noted investor, who founded and is Chairman of Dreman Value Management, an investment company. The company focuses on the assets of mutual funds, pension, foundation, and endowment funds, as well as high net-worth individuals.

 

Dreman has published many scholarly articles and he has written four books. Dreman also writes a column for Forbes Magazine. Dreman is on the board of directors of the Institute of Behavioral Finance, publisher of the Journal of Behavioral Finance.