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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

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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

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      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

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      Gregor Macdonald To Provide Keynote Presentation At AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference This Week

      Posted by AGORACOM at 6:51 PM on Sunday, November 29th, 2009

      I am very proud to announce that Gregor Macdonald, an oil analyst and energy sector investor who also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives, is a keynote speaker at this week’s AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference, this December 3rd and 4th We’re not going to let the cat out of the bag just yet but we can tell you that Gregor is working hard and “feeling quite good about my presentation, which will concentrate on Coal, and Energy Transition (with some internal nods to failed monetary policy and scarce resources)”.

      Gregor’s thoughts on the energy sector and alternatives are sought after by investors around the world, as evidenced by the fact he has written for the Financial Times of London and  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 has also made a major impact on the real-time financial discussion stream via the StockTwits Financial Network, where more than 3,000 investors follow his commentary and watch is weekly 1-hour show every Sunday night. As such, his keynote will provide tremendous value to investors that are seeing direction in the energy markets during this volatile time.  Please check our schedule to tune into Gregor’s presentation.  The conference is free for investors and does not even require registration unless you plan to interact with companies, presenters and fellow investors.

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

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

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

      See you at the conference!

      Regards,
      George

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      Over 3,850 Investors From 54 Countries Visit AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference, Which Begins December 3rd, 2009

      Posted by AGORACOM at 6:18 PM on Friday, November 27th, 2009

      With 1 week remaining before the start of The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference, investor interest in the conference continues to ramp up.

      TRAFFIC HIGHLIGHTS

      • Analytics (tracked by Google) are for the period November 5 – 26
      • 3,853 investors visited the conference site
      • They spent an average of 4:53 on the conference site
      • These stats do not include investor engagement once they clicked through to company HUB.
      • They came from 54 different countries
      • Top 10 countries in order of top to bottom …. Canada, United States, India, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Ireland (replaces Colombia from last week), Switzerland, Malta (replaces Argentina from last week)
      • Visitors from the top 10 countries represent the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America

      MARKETING PHASE SET TO BEGIN

      The encouraging part about our progress to date is the fact that we are launching the intense segment of our marketing on Monday.  This will include 8 TV ads per day on BNN, 25 -30 press releases issued by participating companies, announcements by our keynote and workshop speakers, our own press release, blog posts and tweets.  Here is one YouTube version of the television ad we’ll be running on BNN from Monday – Thursday.  The other version, which lists our speakers in a different order (Grandich and Coffin first) will be up on Monday.

      Feel free to grab the embed code and post it to your site, or simply forward the link to fellow investors.

      A BRAND NEW AUDIENCE OF INVESTORS

      I am especially pleased with the depth of international visits, which I cited as a primary reason for taking conferences online. For the first time ever, investors from anywhere in the world will be able to fully participate in a conference that is not reserved for investors that live close to a “conference city” or can afford to travel to one (New York, San Fran, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Vancouver, New Orleans, Las Vegas).

      Specifically, for the first time ever, international investors can now watch company presentations and listen to valuable insights from keynote speakers at the same time as everybody else. International investors will no longer feel alienated and out of the loop. By opening our doors to them and welcoming them on an equal footing, we open up the lines of communication that will flow for as long as we have the web.

      As I say this, I also don’t want to forget the massive audience of North American investors that simply don’t have the time to fly to conferences due to work and family obligations. Think about it, how many people have the luxury of taking 3 days off to fly to different conferences?

      Ultimately, this level of engagement with a brand new audience – both local and international – will lead to tremendous benefits for the entire industry. The important thing to remember is that we will need to continue these efforts from here on out. Companies that embrace the concept of a borderless online investor community will be the biggest winners in the next decade.

      Regards,
      George

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      Over 2,000 Investors From 49 Countries Visit AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference Home

      Posted by AGORACOM at 8:46 AM on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009


      With more than 2 weeks remaining before the start of The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference, investor interest is already starting to ramp-up – and we haven’t even commenced the marketing phase of our program.  Here are some details:

      TRAFFIC HIGHLIGHTS

      • Analytics are for the period November 5 – 19
      • 2,054 investors visited the site
      • They spent an average of 5:39 on the site
      • They came from 49 different countries
      • Top 10 countries in order of top to bottom …. Canada, United States, India, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Colombia, Switzerland, Argentina
      • Visitors from the top 10 countries represent the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America

      A BRAND NEW AUDIENCE OF INVESTORS

      I am especially pleased with the depth of international visits, which I cited as a primary reason for taking conferences online.  For the first time ever, investors from anywhere in the world will be able to fully participate in a conference that is not reserved for investors that live close to a “conference city” or can afford to travel to one (New York, San Fran, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Vancouver, New Orleans, Las Vegas).

      Specifically, for the first time ever, international investors can now watch company presentations and listen to valuable insights from keynote speakers at the same time as everybody else.  International investors will no longer feel alienated and out of the loop.  By opening our doors to them and welcoming them on an equal footing, we open up the lines of communication that will flow for as long as we have the web.

      As I say this, I also don’t want to forget the massive audience of North American investors that simply don’t have the time to fly to conferences due to work and family obligations.  Think about it, how many people have the luxury of taking 3 days off to fly to different conferences?

      Ultimately, this level of engagement with a brand new audience – both local and international – will lead to tremendous benefits for the entire industry.  The important thing to remember is that we will need to continue these efforts from here on out.  Companies that embrace the concept of a borderless online investor community will be the biggest winners in the next decade.

      Regards,
      George

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      AGORACOM Capital Offers Private Placement Opportunity To Retail Investors

      Posted by AGORACOM at 8:36 AM on Saturday, November 14th, 2009

      I am once again proud to announce that AGORACOM is leading the way towards empowering retail investors by providing our members with the opportunity to participate in a private placement with Candente Gold Corp.

      As always, assume I am horribly conflicted by the fact AGORACOM Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGORACOM Investor Relations, has been retained by Candente Gold Corp. to assist them with their capital raising efforts.

      We choose to make this opportunity available to our AGORACOM member and friends for the following reasons:

      1. As of the time of this blog post, the Gold Spot Price was $1,118.50.00

      2. Our own Chief commentator and Gold Bull, Peter Grandich, has been pounding the table on Gold for some time

      3. Candente Gold Corp. provides a unique opportunity for investors in Mexico and Peru

      Some Highlights of the Candente Gold Corp. story include:

      * Near term focus is on The El Oro Gold-Silver Property Mexico, which is considered one of Mexico’s significant historic gold producers with past production of 8 M oz Au equivalent from two veins .

      * Most Exploration and Development was conducted in only 2 veins of the 20 veins known to date in the Historic Area

      * The Majority of Exploration & Development at El Oro was completed prior to the mid 1900’s – without modern vein concepts

      For those of you interested in learning more about this private placement opportunity with Candente Gold Corp. visit our Private Placement Opportunities.

      I strongly encourage anyone interested in this private placement opportunity to conduct thorough due diligence on the company to ensure that it meets with your investment goals.

      Regards,
      George



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      Press Release – AGORACOM Announces Online Gold and Commodities Conference – December 3 – 4, 2009

      Posted by AGORACOM at 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

      AGORACOM Announces Online Gold and Commodities Conference – December 3 – 4, 2009

      Investors From Over 20 Countries Expected To Attend Inaugural Online Conference That Includes Keynote Speakers Peter Grandich, Barry Ritholtz, Paul Kedrosky, Eric Coffin, and Gregor Macdonald.

      TORONTO, November 12, 2009 – AGORACOM, a leading online financial community focusing on the small-cap and mid-cap markets, today announced the launch of its online investor conference initiative that will begin with the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference on December 3rd and 4th, 2009.

      The online nature of the conference will allow investors, both retail and institutional, to connect with small and mid-cap resource companies faster, better and cheaper than traditional investor conferences thanks to the elimination of all expenses related to travel, lodging, materials and time away from work.

      GLOBAL INVESTORS PARTICIPATING FROM THEIR OFFICES AND HOMES

      Using the AGORACOM Conference platform, presenting companies, attending investors and keynote speakers will all participate from the comfort of their offices and homes.  As a result, the conference will be comprised of a global audience vs. a local audience, which is expected to draw investors from more than 20 countries.

      AGORACOM Founder, George Tsiolis, stated “Having already pioneered online investor relations, it just made complete sense to pioneer online investment conferences for the small and mid-cap space.  Our survey data clearly shows that investors use the web as their primary tool to research and find new investments.  What is really exciting is the fact that investors living outside of the established but small group of North American conference cities will finally have an opportunity to participate and benefit from a Tier-1 investor conference.  With gold trading at all-time highs and other commodities enjoying a bullish market, I expect to have investors from more than 20 countries participating in our inaugural event”.

      PRESENTING COMPANIES

      The conference will focus on emerging small and mid-cap resource companies who are required to have demonstrated excellence through a combination of one or more of the following:

      • Experienced management
      • Proven reserves via 43-101
      • Strong prospective projects via publicly announced drill results
      • Balance sheet strength
      • Imminent or actual production.

      AGORACOM is limiting the total number of presenting companies to 50.  Currently, over 25 companies have committed to the conference, leaving approximately 25 spots available.  Presenting companies will be active in industries that include precious metals, base metals, rare metals, oil & gas and clean energy technologies.

      REASONS TO PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMPANY

      1.   A built in audience.  Last year, AGORACOM attracted over 1.3 million investors, 7.9 million visits and generated just under 100 million page views. (Full Story).

      2.  AGORACOM content partners include GlobeInvestor, AOL Money Canada, Yahoo Finance Canada and every Blackberry device on the planet.  (Full Details).

      3.  Conference presentations will have a shelf-life far beyond the end of the conference due to posting and tagging on the web’s biggest finance and social media sites that will reach new audiences indefinitely.

      4.  Significantly reduced hard costs related to travel and materials, as well as, soft costs related to time management.

      5.  An AGORACOM survey revealed that 59.4% of investors no longer find traditional conferences valuable and obtain all of their information from the web.

      6.  An IR Magazine Think Tank of Canada’s 40 leading IRO’s recently met and concluded that Twitter and Blogs are now the primary information source for analysts and institutional investors.

      REASONS FOR INVESTORS TO ATTEND

      1.   Participate in a high-quality conference in which you get to watch presentations, interact with CEO’s & IRO’s in near real-time and discover new potential investments.

      2.  Watch presentations from a line-up of highly-acclaimed keynote speakers.

      3.  It’s free and investors can participate from anywhere in the world.  Register Here (form is on the right hand side)

      KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

      Keynote presenters at the conference include some of the most accomplished industry speakers and financial bloggers in the world

      • Peter Grandich              Chief Commentator, AGORACOM.com
      • Eric Coffin                    Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst
      • Barry Ritholtz                Author Of The Big Picture, Rated The Web’s #1 Financial Blog
      • Paul Kedrosky              Author Of Infectious Greed, Rated The Web’s #2 Financial Blog
      • Gregor Macdonald         The Top Ranked Energy Analyst On StockTwits Blog Network

      This press release was distributed by MarketWire, the official news wire of AGORACOM.com and the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.

      About AGORACOM – Online Investor Relations Community For Small and Mid-Cap Companies

      AGORACOM is North America’s largest online investor relations community for small-cap and mid-cap companies. We have partnered with the world’s biggest Internet companies to deliver content that connects public companies and investors, including Globe Investor, Yahoo, AOL and Blackberry. Over 250 public companies have used AGORACOM to conduct online investor relations.

      More than just lip service, AGORACOM attracted 1.31 million investors that visited 7.9 million times and read just under 100 million pages of information last year.

      CONTACT INFORMATION

      George Tsiolis, LL.B

      Founder

      AGORACOM

      AGORACOM.com

      AGORACOM Contact Us

      AGORACOM Conference Home

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      AGORACOM Generates 7.9 Million Pages From 131,500 Visitors Over Last 30 Days

      Posted by AGORACOM at 7:30 AM on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

      After a slower start to the year for obvious reasons, I’m happy to announce that AGORACOM is stronger than ever with some monster traffic numbers over the last 30 days (October 10 – November 10, 2009).  I can talk about it – but it would be much easier to show you our Google Analytics (sorry for the blurriness but my image capture software isn’t up to snuff lately).  In any event, what is clear are the following statistics:

      • 131,549 investors visited AGORACOM
      • They visited just over 775,000 times
      • They read 7.9 million pages

      AGORACOM - Traffic 1009

      What is especially noteworthy is the fact that this audience is 100% dedicated to small and mid-cap companies.  We don’t talk about general market news and mega cap stocks.  100% small and mid cap, so this represents one sizable set of “niche” investors.  Consequently, this bodes well for our upcoming Online Gold & Commodities Conference which is dedicated to emerging resource companies.  Moreover, it opens the door to conferences for other industries such as tech and China in 2010.

      Thanks to everyone for their continued support and participation on AGORACOM.

      Regards,
      George

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      AGORACOM Announces Online Gold And Commodities Conference, December 3-4, 2009

      Posted by AGORACOM at 3:30 PM on Friday, November 6th, 2009

      Earlier today, we proudly announced the launch of our online conference initiative.  We’re starting off that initiative with a bang via our first ever official online conference – The AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference.  Given the price of gold, oil and other commodities, our timing could not be better.

      PRESENTING COMPANIES

      The conference will focus on emerging small and mid-cap resource companies who will present by invitation only and are required to have demonstrated excellence through a combination of one or more of the following:

      • Experienced management
      • Proven reserves via 43-101
      • Strong prospective projects via publicly announced drill results
      • Balance sheet strength
      • Imminent or actual production.

      We are limiting the total number of presenting companies to 50.  Currently, over 25 companies have committed to the conference, leaving approximately 25 spots available.  Presenting companies will be active in industries that include precious metals, base metals, rare metals, oil & gas and clean energy technologies.

      REASONS TO PRESENT

      1.   A built in audience.  Last year, AGORACOM attracted over 1.3 million investors, 7.9 million visits and generated just under 100 million page views. (Full Story).

      2.  AGORACOM content partners include GlobeInvestor, AOL, Yahoo Finance and every Blackberry device on the planet.  (Full Details).

      3.  Conference presentations will be posted and tagged on the biggest finance and social media sites on the web.

      4.  Present to a global audience, not a local audience.

      5.  Our keynote speaker lineup is a killer.  See below.

      6.  The price.  Contact Us. You will love it.

      7.  Your investment.  No travel, hotels and other hard expenses.

      8.  Your time.  No time away from work or home.

      9.  Your online strategy.  You need an online strategy that extends beyond a basic web page. (Top 10 Reasons Online IR Will Surpass Traditional IR)

      10.  Fill in the blank.  I am sure you have at least one great reason.

      REASONS TO ATTEND

      1.   Participate in a high-quality conference in which you get to watch presentations, interact with CEO’s / IRO’s and listen to great keynote speakers from home.

      2.  That’s it ….

      3.  … and it’s free  (Register here)

      KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

      A conference is not complete without investors having an opportunity to hear the views of great keynote speakers.  I can tell you that I am simply blown away by the quality of our speakers and so proud they have elected to speak without any form of compensation.  They Our line-up of speakers already includes:

      For complete bio’s and links to their work, please visit our keynote speakers page.

      That’s all for now folks.  Look for a lot more information over the next 30 days.  Otherwise, save the date and see you there!

      Take Me To The Conference Home Page

      Regards,
      George

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