About the Contributors

Gary Alexander is senior writer for Navellier & Associates, with a weekly column at www.Navellier.com. For the previous 30 years, he was senior editor for many leading financial newsletters. He has also served as emcee or moderator at about 100 investment conferences since 1980.

Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor, and author of over 25 books. He has taught economics and finance at Columbia Business University, Barnard College, Mercy College, and Rollins College in Florida. In 2001–2002, he was president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in New York. From 1972 to 1975, Dr. Skousen was an economic analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Since then, he has been a consultant to IBM, Hutchinson Technology, and other Fortune 500 companies. He has been a columnist for Forbes magazine (1997–2001), and has written articles for the Wall Street Journal, Liberty, Reason, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. He has appeared on ABC News, CNBC Power Lunch, CNN, Fox News, and C-SPAN Book TV.

Since 1980, Dr. Skousen has been editor in chief of Forecasts & Strategies, a popular award-winning investment newsletter published by Eagle Publishing in Washington D.C. (www.markskousen.com). He is also editor of his own web site, www.mskousen.com, and three trading services, Skousen Hedge Fund Trade, High Income Alert, and Turnaround Trader.

He earned a PhD in economics and monetary history from George Washington ...

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