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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 4:30 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our second of two workshop presentations on the last day of The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Victor Goncalvez is a green bull that makes the case for investing in rare earth metals companies – including our long-time former client Avalon Rare Metals.  We’re especially appreciative of the fact Victor prepared 2 separate workshop presentations for the conference, which included the must watch “Gold Bull” yesterday.

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PROFILE

Victor is a Newsletter writer, consultant and speaker that focuses on the green and resource sectors. He is the Editor of The GreenDollarReport.com, whose basic thesis is that green technologies will lead the charge in a new industrial revolution.

Over his past 7 years in the financial markets Victor has developed a keen eye for the resource markets and the green space. Some of his research areas have included the Uranium and Coal Markets, the Oil Industry and OPEC, and Macro Economic Indicators. Victor currently writes for various magazines and websites including Barrons Magazine, Kitco, CIM and Western Standard. He has been featured on BNN, Mining Industry TV and various other TV programs and is invited to speak at many leading industry events and conferences.

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog, Twitter or Website

Regards,
George

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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH @ 1:30 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our anchor leg keynote presentation at the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. The anchor leg of any team is always reserved for the strongest, fastest member.  As such, it is only fitting that Barry Rithlotz, voted the world’s top financial blogger in 2008, takes us home.

I’ve covered Barry extensively on the AGORACOM blog for reasons that are clearly obvious to his global following of investors.  For those of you that haven’t discovered Barry yet, the best way to describe him comes from a line I wrote in December 2008:

Barry Ritholtz is the Will Hunting of Wall Street – a down to earth guy who is “wicked smawt”.

Ironically enough, that was the post in which Barry proclaimed “Gold Has A Date With $1,500 Somewhere In The Future” – and here we are 12 months later with gold sitting at or just below all-time highs.

Today, Barry sits down with me to discuss the critical question on the minds of all investors .. “Where Do We Go From Here?”. To get to that answer, Ritholtz shares his views on the following:

• Why we simply should have said “Fuck You” to insolvent banks
• How Bush started and Obama mistakenly continued the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the planet
• The FDIC and the Swedish model
• 3 big and non-obvious reasons that puts the wind at gold’s back.
• Stock market is up? Who cares! “What the hell do the markets have to do with the economy?” Ask Japan.
• Why oil and other $USD priced commodities are going higher – but foreigners beware of real returns
• Canada – a great place to invest and gain exposure to commodities
• The $USD – encouraging a “race to the bottom” amongst global currencies, counter-trend rally, then another leg down
• US equities – impossible to short stocks in this quantitative easing environment
• The parallels to 1973-74 and the start of the next secular bull market
• Gold – $1,350 and $1,525 targets, then probably goes to its inflation adjusted high

Ritholtz, as always, takes the no nonsense but supremely intelligent approach to economic analysis that we only wish our financial leaders would apply when governing.  Given the fact his firm manages money for some pretty high-net worth individuals and organizations, any opportunity to tap into his brain for free is a golden one.

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PROFILE

A frequent commentator on economic data and financial markets, Barry L. Ritholtz is a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, and C/SPAN. He has appeared on many shows, including Nightline, ABC World News Tonight, Fast Money, Kudlow & Co, and Power Lunch, and has guest-hosted Squawk Box on numerous occasions.

His market perspectives are quoted regularly in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, Smart Money, Kiplingers, and many other print media.

Beyond his commentary and published articles, Mr. Ritholtz also authors The Big Picture a leading financial blog that has quickly amassed over 50 million visitors and was named as one of the Top 3 Business Blogs in the world. Media accolades include the WSJ (“What the In-Crowd Knows“), which it cited his blog as the Economic “Blog Insiders Read to Stay Current;” Business Week noted its “insightful calls on the direction of the stock market” (Blogging For Dollars). CNBC’s Larry Kudlow described it as “very helpful and addictive — the best stock market blog there is.”

In his day job, Mr. Ritholtz is CEO and Director of Equity Research at Fusion IQ, an online quantitative research firm. The firm makes its institutional strength number crunching available to individual traders and investors. This marks the first time an institutional grade quant research product is available to the public at an affordable price.

Mr. Ritholtz is the author of the book Bailout Nation, published by Wiley & Co. summer 2009. It has become the best reviewed book on the bailouts to date. Accolades include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog

Regards,
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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH @ 11:00 AM EST.

Please find enclosed the mid-morning keynote presentation at the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.   Dr. Paul Kedrosky, one of the top financial bloggers on the planet, sits down with me to discuss the critical question on the minds of all investors .. “Where Do We Go From Here?”. To get to that answer, Kedrosky shares his views on the following:

• The current game of currency chicken between China and The United States
• Why he sees gold 15-20% higher in 2010 – if you have the stomach for volatility coming with it
• Why oil goes significantly higher in 2010-11
• Why he is strongly in the deflation camp despite the money presses
• Steer towards commodity and real assets, steer away from US equities
• Sovereign risk and why my Greek mother can no longer sleep
• The tail risks investors need to be most careful about
• Fiat paper system … is it broken?
• Beware of naive contrarianism

Kedrosky, as always, applies the clear logic that has made him a “fan favorite” amongst online investors and one of the most sought after market commentators in the media (see his full profile below).  As such, if you’re serious about investing and in need of top-shelf analysis about critical elements that will determine the future of the global economy, then grab a coffee and hit play.

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PROFILE

Dr. Paul Kedrosky is an investor, writer, and entrepreneur. He is a sought-after speaker; an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best known business blogs that was named as one of the Top 3 Business Blogs in the world.

He is frequently quoted in major publications around the world, including influential columns and articles for the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Harvard Business Review, and others. He has also appeared on many media outlets, including CNN, PBS Newshour, ABC Nightline, and the New York Times.

Dr. Kedrosky is currently a Senior Fellow at the $2 Billion Kauffman Foundation, where he is focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of risk capital. He is also Senior Research Advisor to Ten Asset Management, a southern California institutional money management firm using innovative quantitative techniques in capital markets. He is also a fellow and on the advisory board of the Berkeley Center for Innovative Financial Technology. He is an advisor to various other companies, institutional investors, and venture capital firms.

Dr. Kedrosky has also a professional seed investor, having run an innovative seed capital program based out of the highly-ranked University of California, San Diego. He has also been a venture partner at Ventures West, a large institutional venture capital firm.

He has a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario, an M.B.A. from Queen’s University, and a B. Engineering from Carleton University.

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog or Twitter

Regards,
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