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Gregor Macdonald – Keynote Presentation. Coal World: Will Energy Transition Deliver Us to a World of Green Energy, or Return us to a World of Coal?

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:34 PM on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 4:00 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our afternoon keynote presentation for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Gregor Macdonald, an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives, brings us a great change of pace by evaluating whether a shift to renewable energy is actually feasible – OR – as he states whether “the risk of a return to coal is much higher than most anticipate“.

On its face, I think most of us assume we’re on our way to an all renewable world. Gregor shows us 100 trillion reasons why that may not be the case in his excellent presentation titled “Coal World: Will Energy Transition Deliver Us to a World of Green Energy, or Return us to a World of Coal?”.

I don’t think anybody worked harder on their presentation than Gregor, who chose a topic that is not generally discussed at this level of depth within investment or energy circles.  As such, he dug down deep to conduct some great research and then generate extremely thought provoking conclusions.  We’re extremely thankful for his efforts and highly encourage everyone to sit back, grab a coffee and watch some great insights.  After all, if he’s written for the Financial Times of London, cited in the New York Times, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, and the Oil And Gas Journal – you can bet he’s got great things to say.

Please click on the image below to launch the presentation in a new browser window. The presentation will not launch prior to 3:30 PM EST. Upon completion of the interview, close the window and return here to post your questions and comments. To do so, please click on the “Comments” button at the bottom of this post.

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Gregor - Opening Slide

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PROFILE

Gregor Macdonald is an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives. He has written for the Financial Times of London and been cited in the New York Times, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, and the Oil And Gas Journal.

In addition, he recently appeared on MSNBC in the United States and BNN in Canada.

Gregor produces two newsletters: a big picture take on global energy and economics available from this site, Gregor.us Monthly, and a new global macro and model portfolio service via the StockTwits financial network, Gregor Weekly

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

Regards,
George

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Eric Coffin – Keynote Presentation: Interest Rates and Currencies Driving Metals Markets

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 1:00 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our lunch hour keynote presentation for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Eric Coffin, Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst Publications, delivers a fantastic presentation titled “Interest Rates and Currencies Driving Metals Markets”.  During his presentation, Eric efficiently covers the reasons behind our global economic issues but – more importantly – spends most of his time answering the biggest question on all our minds … “so now what?”.

His methodical, detailed yet layman appealing presentation illustrates exactly why Coffin and his brother were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis in 2007.

Please click on the image below to launch the presentation in a new browser window. The presentation will not launch prior to 1:00 PM EST. Upon completion of the interview, close the window and return here to post your questions and comments. To do so, please click on the “Comments” button at the bottom of this post.

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Eric Coffin - Opening Slide

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PROFILE

Responsible for the “financial analysis” side of HRA, Eric has a degree in Corporate and Investment Finance. He has extensive experience in merger and acquisitions and small company financing and promotion. For many years he tracked the financial performance and funding of all exchange listed Canadian mining companies and has helped with the formation of several successful exploration ventures.

Eric Coffin is one of the most respected resource market commentators in the industry. Eric and his brother David produce the Hard Rock Analyst publications, newsletters that focus on metals explorers, developers and producers as well as metals and equity markets in general.

Eric reviews data from hundreds of companies seeking strong management and finance teams in undiscovered companies for HRA’s readers. In 2007, they were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis.

Eric has been interviewed on CBC Television’s Business News, as well as, national and local radio throughout North America for his opinions on resource trends. He is a frequent contributor to several third party publications and a number of resource, gold, metals and market related Internet sites.

He regularly speaks at a number of North American gold and resource conferences. He was one of the first analysts to point out the disastrous effects of gold hedging and gold loan capital financing (1997) and to predict the start of the current secular bull market in commodities based on the movement of the US Dollar (2001) and the acceleration of growth in Asia and India.

Regards,
George

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Welcome To The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference!

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:05 AM on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 10:00 AM EST.

Please find enclosed my welcome message for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. This is truly a ground breaking event that could not be possible without the vision of our presenting companies, keynote presenters and YOU – the investor.  I’ve got some great things to say on this but don’t want to type them here, so kindly listen to the welcome message below.

The most important point I want to get across is for investors to take advantage of this new online conference, listen to 4-5 company webcasts (or more!), interact with management of these companies by asking great questions and find your next great investments.  Finally, take advantage of the incredible keynote speakers wethen sit back to absorb

Though I also thank them in my welcome message, I do want to write my special thanks to my entire team for making this possible.  Al, Franklin, Andreas, Bart, Rody, Jeff, Paul, Kathy and Scott – you’re awesome.

Please click on the image below to launch the presentation in a new browser window. The presentation will not launch prior to 10:00 AM EST. Upon completion of the interview, close the window and return here to post your questions and comments. To do so, please click on the “Comments” button at the bottom of this post.

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George Tsiolis - Welcome Slide

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Peter Grandich – Keynote Presentation: The End Game. How The $USD, Interest Rates and Gold Will All Play Out

Posted by AGORACOM at 6:45 AM on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 10:30 AM EST.

Please find enclosed the opening keynote presentation for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.  Peter Grandich, Chief Commentator of AGORACOM, goes in-depth in an interview with me to discuss The End Game – How the $USD, Interest Rates and Gold Will Play Out.  It is the question on everybody’s mind.  We all now know how we got here – but the more important question is “where are we going?”

Grandich, as always, doesn’t pull any punches and doesn’t sit on the fence.  In fact, he publicly announces a specific prediction about the markets for the very first time.

Please click on the image below to launch the presentation in a new browser window.  The presentation will not launch prior to 10:30 AM EST.  Upon completion of the interview, close the window and return here to post your questions and comments.  To do so, please click on the “Comments” button at the bottom of this post..  Peter is traveling today, so responses will be sporadic.

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Peter Grandich - Opening Slide

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PROFILE

Peter Grandich, Chief Commentator of AGORACOM.com, is an internationally-acclaimed financial expert who has made a 25-plus-year career out of his knack for uncannily-accurate market predictions. Labeled the “Wall Street Whiz Kid” by Good Morning America, Grandich gained national notoriety by being among the very few who not only forecasted the 1987 stock market crash just weeks before it happened, but on the very next day he predicted that within two years the market would reach a new all-time high – which it did.

Proving his market calls are no fluke, The Wall Street Journal recently included Peter in an article about the few analysts that picked the March 2009 lows. What his readers know is that Peter also called the October 2007 stock market high on his blog and went short on the entire market.

His ability to analyze and forecast financial happenings has resulted in hundreds of media interviews including GMA, Neil Cavuto’s Your World on Fox News, The Kudlow Report on CNBC, and every major financial media outlet including Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Financial Post, Globe and Mail, US News & World Report, New York Times, MarketWatch, Business News Network and dozens more. He has spoken at investment conferences around the globe and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost market strategists. He has edited and published four widely-read investment newsletters and contributed to numerous national publications.

Peter is also the founder of Trinity Financial Sports & Entertainment Management a firm with a Christian perspective which he started in 2001 with Lee Rouson, former NY Giant and two-time Super Bowl champion. The firm offers services to celebrities, athletes and average folks.

He was also the founder and managing member of Grandich Publications, which was acquired by AGORACOM in 2009. In his first full year with AGORACOM, over 190,000 investors visited Peter’s blog 1.1 million times. Grandich also provides a variety of services to publicly-held corporations on a compensation basis.

Peter Grandich is a member of the National Association of Christian Financial Consultants, and a long-standing member of The New York Society of Security Analysts and The Society of Quantitative Analysts.

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

Regards,
George

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Eric Coffin To Deliver Keynote Presentation At AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:19 AM on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Coffin

It gives me great pleasure to announce that one of the most respected analysts in the junior resources space, Eric Coffin, will be delivering a keynote presentation titled “Interest Rates and Currencies Driving Metals Markets” at The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.  I took a sneak peek at his presentation slides and I guarantee it is going to be one of the best ways you’ve ever spent 30 minutes of your investing life.  Why?  Eric efficiently covers the reasons behind our global economic issues but – more importantly – spends most of his time answering the biggest question on all our minds … “so now what?”.

I have not had the good fortune of getting to know Eric on a deeper personal basis yet – but two things tell me all I need to know about him.  First, on a personal basis, my good friend Peter Grandich speaks very highly of Eric. If Peter thinks he’s aces, good enough for me.  Second, on a professional basis, both he and his brother were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis in 2007.

Great topic, great guy, great analyst.  Anybody not want to tune in to his speech?  Thursday, December 3rd @ 1:00 PM EST.  For a direct link to his presentation, please view our conference schedule.

PROFILE

Responsible for the “financial analysis” side of HRA, Eric has a degree in Corporate and Investment Finance. He has extensive experience in merger and acquisitions and small company financing and promotion. For many years he tracked the financial performance and funding of all exchange listed Canadian mining companies and has helped with the formation of several successful exploration ventures.

Eric Coffin is one of the most respected resource market commentators in the industry. Eric and his brother David produce the Hard Rock Analyst publications, newsletters that focus on metals explorers, developers and producers as well as metals and equity markets in general.

Eric reviews data from hundreds of companies seeking strong management and finance teams in undiscovered companies for HRA’s readers. In 2007, they were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis.

Eric has been interviewed on CBC Television’s Business News, as well as, national and local radio throughout North America for his opinions on resource trends. He is a frequent contributor to several third party publications and a number of resource, gold, metals and market related Internet sites.

He regularly speaks at a number of North American gold and resource conferences. He was one of the first analysts to point out the disastrous effects of gold hedging and gold loan capital financing (1997) and to predict the start of the current secular bull market in commodities based on the movement of the US Dollar (2001) and the acceleration of growth in Asia and India.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Investors interested in watching his presentation should consult our conference schedule, which will provide a direct link on Thursday morning at 1:00 PM EST. The presentation will be hosted right here on this blog, so feel free to subscribe via RSS, Twitter or …. e-mail …. to receive notification

In addition, Eric will be in good company amongst our highly acclaimed line up of keynote speakers that will include:

Regards,
George

Peter Grandich To Deliver Keynote Presentation At AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:31 AM on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Grandich

I am very proud to announce that my great friend, colleague and mentor, Peter Grandich, will be sharing his views on gold, the US Dollar, oil, markets and commodities at The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. He may be AGORACOM’s Chief Commentator but he isn’t getting top billing because of his title.  The fact of the matter is that I don’t know another market commentator who has made more accurate calls on gold, the $USD, oil and the market’s tops and bottoms than Peter Grandich.

Sounds grandiose?  Don’t take my word for it.  The Wall Street Journal cited him and just 3 others for their ability to make those calls.  Moreover, in the ultimate example of PYMWYMI (Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is), Peter’s model portfolio that is used to track his market commentary has been nothing short of en fuego.

You’ll read his bio below but Peter is an absolute must follow if you want a non-fence sitting, tell it like it is and deadly accurate market commentator – especially when it comes to gold that he has been pounding the table on for several hundred dollars now.

PROFILE

Peter Grandich, Chief Commentator of AGORACOM.com, is an internationally-acclaimed financial expert who has made a 25-plus-year career out of his knack for uncannily-accurate market predictions. Labeled the “Wall Street Whiz Kid” by Good Morning America, Grandich gained national notoriety by being among the very few who not only forecasted the 1987 stock market crash just weeks before it happened, but on the very next day he predicted that within two years the market would reach a new all-time high – which it did.

Proving his market calls are no fluke, The Wall Street Journal recently included Peter in an article about the few analysts that picked the March 2009 lows. What his readers know is that Peter also called the October 2007 stock market high on his blog and went short on the entire market.

His ability to analyze and forecast financial happenings has resulted in hundreds of media interviews including GMA, Neil Cavuto’s Your World on Fox News, The Kudlow Report on CNBC, and every major financial media outlet including Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Financial Post, Globe and Mail, US News & World Report, New York Times, MarketWatch, Business News Network and dozens more. He has spoken at investment conferences around the globe and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost market strategists. He has edited and published four widely-read investment newsletters and contributed to numerous national publications.

Peter is also the founder of Trinity Financial Sports & Entertainment Management a firm with a Christian perspective which he started in 2001 with Lee Rouson, former NY Giant and two-time Super Bowl champion. The firm offers services to celebrities, athletes and average folks.

He was also the founder and managing member of Grandich Publications, which was acquired by AGORACOM in 2009. In his first full year with AGORACOM, over 190,000 investors visited Peter’s blog 1.1 million times. Grandich also provides a variety of services to publicly-held corporations on a compensation basis.

Peter Grandich is a member of the National Association of Christian Financial Consultants, and a long-standing member of The New York Society of Security Analysts and The Society of Quantitative Analysts.

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

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Investors interested in watching his presentation should consult our conference schedule, which will provide a direct link on Thursday morning at 10:30 AM EST. The presentation will be hosted right here on this blog, so feel free to subscribe via RSS, Twitter or …. e-mail …. to receive notification

In addition, Grandich will be in good company amongst our highly acclaimed line up of keynote speakers that will include:

Regards,
George

Demo Video – AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:06 AM on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

If you’ve made your way over to this post, then you’re interested in watching a demonstration video about how to navigate the conference and specific company presentations.  Well, you’re in luck because I’ve just produced that very video for you and have embedded it below.  It’s only 5 minutes long and by the end of it you’ll be an expert.

Tip Of The Day:  Click on “Full Screen” for best viewing results.  It’s the button to the right of the volume button.

If you still have any questions after watching the video, please feel free to contact us and a support person will be more than happy to help you.

Enjoy and look forward to seeing you inside the conference!

Regards,
George

Paul Kedrosky To Deliver Keynote Presentation At AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:16 PM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Kedrosky

I am very proud to announce that one of the world’s top business bloggers, Dr. Paul Kedrosky, will be sharing his views on the global economy, markets and commodities at The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.   You’ll read his bio below but I’ll tell you straight up that Paul Kedrosky is one of a hand full of people you have to follow if you truly seek the kind of overall knowledge necessary to make you a better investor.  There are very few people in the world that can provide both information and analysis related to the macro, micro, geo-political, data and charts that affect our financial lives.  It is the very reason I asked him to be a keynote speaker at our inaugural event.

If institutional investors hire him to advise them, you’d be a fool not to follow his blog for free.  If you have any doubt, que the profile most of us can only dream about.

PROFILE

Paul Kedrosky is a sought-after speaker; an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; and the editor of Infectious Greed, a financial blog that was named one of the Top 3 Business Blogs in the world in 2008.

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.

Paul has also been 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.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Investors interested in watching his presentation should consult our conference schedule, which will provide a direct link on Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST.  The presentation will be hosted right here on this blog, so feel free to subscribe via RSS, Twitter or …. e-mail …. to receive notification

In addition, Mr. Kedrosky will be in good company amongst our highly acclaimed line up of keynote speakers that will include:

Regards,
George

Jean-Francois Tardif To Deliver Keynote Presentation At AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:27 AM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

JF

I am very proud to announce that (retired) superstar Hedge Fund Manager, Jean-Francois Tardif, will be taking a break from retirement for 30 minutes to share his views on the global economy, markets and commodities at The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.  “JF”, as he is often referred to by the street, is a sought after market commentator due to his incomparable track record of success.   Specifically, prior to his retirement in June 2009, Jean-François Tardif was the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund LP, Sprott Opportunities RSP Fund and Sprott Opportunities Offshore Fund with combined assets over US$450 million.

In 2007, Mr. Tardif was recognized at the HFM Week’s US Performance Awards Ceremony as the Best Canada-Based Hedge Fund Manager and was nominated for the Best Long/Short Hedge Fund Manager award. In addition, Barron’s ranked his Sprott Opportunities Fund as the #18 Hedge Fund on the planet.

In 2007 and 2008, he won Globe Investor’s My One and Only stock-picking contest in both 2007 and 2008.  For the five year ended April 30, 2009, his Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund posted a blistering average annual return of 21 per cent.

Mr. Tardif has been frequently interviewed and quoted on the AGORACOM Blog where many investors benefited from heeding his advice concerning the effects of global deleveraging.  We are very pleased to have him back for our conference and kicking off our Friday session.

Investors interested in watching his presentation should consult our conference schedule, which will provide a direct link on Friday morning at 8:30 AM EST.  The presentation will be hosted right here on this blog, so feel free to subscribe via RSS, Twitter or …. e-mail …. to receive notification

In addition, Mr. Tardif will be in good company amongst our highly acclaimed line up of keynote speakers that will include:

      Regards,
      George

      AGORACOM Generates 8.5 Million Page Views From 142,000 Investors This Month

      Posted by AGORACOM at 7:27 AM on Monday, November 30th, 2009

      As we head into our first ever Online Gold & Commodities Conference, I’m happy to announce that AGORACOM traffic is gaining significant strength with some huge traffic numbers for the month (October 25 – November 25, 2009).  These numbers are significantly stronger than the last 30 day report I put out, in which we generated 7.9 million pages from 131,500 visitors.  Awesome numbers at the time – but dwarfed by today’s numbers:

      • 141,943 investors visited AGORACOM.  This is the equivalent of selling out 7 NHL/NBA stadiums in 30 days
      • They visited 818,172 times
      • They read 8.56 million pages of information
      • Here is a snapshot of our Google Analytics summary

      AGORACOM - Traffic Nov 25

      BUILT-IN AUDIENCE FOR COMPANIES PRESENTING AT OUR ONLINE CONFERENCES

      Remember, what is especially impressive about these numbers is that fact that we clean 98% of the garbage posts found on other discussion forums.  As such, this is pure investor traffic and a great example of quality over quantity.

      In addition, AGORACOM is highly focused on the small-cap space, making this is a powerful targeted community of investors with substantial appeal to small-cap companies.  This bodes well for our upcoming AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference, as well as, future conferences we are planning for 2010.

      If you are a public company deciding on your conference strategy for 2010, AGORACOM brings a combination of a huge built-in, targeted audience and proven technology that has not been duplicated by other online conference providers.

      Regards,
      George