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It’s Not As Bad As You Think
(January 21, 2010)

On Registered Rep.’s next Coffee Break, we will be talking with Brian Wesbury, author of, It’s Not as Bad as Think. Sure, the market has been rallying , so it’s easy to say that. But Wesbury, ranked as one of the top economic forecasters by the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, published this book in November of 2009—meaning he was writing this when the market was in a tail spin and the economy looked bleak.

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Arbitration and Regulatory Trends — and You
(December 17, 2009)

As one of the premier securities attorneys representing brokers and their clients in disputes with major Wall Street firms, and a sought-after commentator on Wall Street legal matters, Jacob H. Zamansky will discuss trends in investor disputes and potential regulatory changes affecting registered representatives. Mr. Zamansky will discuss legal risks, liability and how many brokers themselves may have been victimized by the push to sell structured products to retail investors. He will answer your questions about the securities arbitration process, regulations, and provide general information about dispute resolution.

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Thinking Big About Banks, Markets and Bailouts
(November 12, 2009)

Barry Ritholtz, CEO of FusionIQ and author of Bailout Nation, is a frequent commentator on CNBC, and a weekly guest on Kudlow & Company. He has guest-hosted Squawk Box on numerous occasions, and also appears regularly on Bloomberg, Fox, and PBS. Mr. Ritholtz was profiled in the Wall Street Journal’s Quite Contrary column (August 3, 2004; Page C3). His market perspectives are quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, Fortune, and other print media. He is deeply honored to be the dedicatee of The 2007 Stock Trader's Almanac's 40th Anniversary edition.

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Investing in the Age of Enormous Government Deficits
(October 15, 2009)

John Mauldin is the president of Millennium Wave Advisors, a registered investment advisory, and Millennium Wave Securities, a broker/dealer and CTA, based in Fort Worth, TX. Mauldin is well known for his newsletters and books on various investment topics. He writes the Accredited Investor E-letter and Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly Newsletter. Mauldin is a thought-provoking investment analyst and an expert in absolute return strategies.

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The Next Bubble, and How to Protect Your Clients from It
(September 17, 2009)

Six years ago newsletter editor Addison Wiggin cautioned anyone who would listen that the stock market bubble of the 1990s would mutate into a housing, credit and general consumption bubble that would result in increased joblessness and falling housing values. His book, Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century, which reached number one on the New York Times’ Bestseller list, offers a matter-of-fact account of economic history and details the world’s speculative manias, bubbles, booms and busts with an eye to what investors can do to protect themselves in the coming bubble, the government debt bubble.

Addison Wiggin, co-author of Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression and I.O.U.S.A and Empire of Debt, said we may be facing deflationary pressures now, inflation will be a long-term problem.

"I would avoid U.S. stocks in favor of commodities, gold, gold producers and BRIC mutual funds and ETFs."

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How to Avoid the Next Bear Market(August 13, 2009)

Mebane Faber, a portfolio manager for Cambria Investment Management. Faber, author of The Ivy Portfolio, shows investors how to build a portfolio mimicking Ivy League endowments and strategies to protect the portfolios from savage bear markets. Before joining Cambria, Faber served as a quantitative research analyst and trader at the VTrader Group, a San Francisco based futures broker/dealer. Prior to this, Mr. Faber worked as an equity analyst at The Genomics Fund.

“How many clients can accept 45% drawdowns on a buy-and-hold portfolio? Diversification works—until it doesn’t.”Mebane Faber on why tactical asset allocation—market timing—is essential to protecting clients from punishing market drops.

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Strategies for Growth in a Post-American Global Economy
(July 16, 2009)

Peter Schiff, President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, a full service NASD-registered broker dealer that specializes in foreign securities. Schiff is a recognized expert in the foreign securities markets as well as the currency and gold markets.

"The current bubble in the U.S. financial system is in U.S. Treasury bonds. Investors have bid up Treasury prices through a combination of fear and a misplaced belief in the government’s ability to finance its debt. When the Treasury bubble bursts, the resulting spike in interest rates will push the housing market and the U.S. economy over a cliff." -- Peter Schiff, President and Chief Global Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital.

Get the slides from this session. For more on Peter Schiff, see David Geracioti’s “Gurus” column, “Dusk in America?” in the May 2007 issue of Registered Rep. magazine.

Trends in Financial Advisor Recruiting
(June 11, 2009)

Mindy Diamond - President, Diamond Consultants (Chester, NJ). Specialty: Financial advisor head hunter. Recruiter and RR columnist Mindy Diamond will describe recruiting and advisory deal trends.

Mindy Diamond, a head hunter specializing in placing financial advisors, noted that increasingly, wirehouse FAs are finding registered investment advisories more attractive than ever. In 2008, for example, the top three RIA custodians enjoyed $214 billion in net new assets; the top four wirehouses saw an inflow of just $168 billion.

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Looking for Yield and Safety in The Recession: The Case for Corporates
(May 28, 2009)

Tom Ricketts - CEO, Incapital (Chicago). Specialty: CEO of largest underwriter of corporate bond for retail investors to discuss fixed income trends.

"Corporate bonds offer relative value in the current market environment." From "Looking for Yield and Safety in The Recession: The Case for Corporates".

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Using Economics to Safely Raise Your Clients' Living Standards
(May 14, 2009)

Professor Larry Kotlikoff - Professor of Economics at Boston University (Boston). Specialty: Retirement savings expert to describe economics-based financial planning, including "consumption smoothing".

"Getting the savings rate right is important," Kotlikoff says, because, by saving too much, "you can squander your youth just as you can squander your money." From "Economics-Based, Life-Cycle Retirement Planning".

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The Power of "Bullish Thinking"
(April 30, 2009)

Dr. Alden Cass - Performance coach, licensed clinical psychologist; president of Competitive Streak Consulting (NYC). Specialty: Clinical psychologist specializing in unique problems facing FAs.

"Advisors must show clients that they understand their hopes and aspirations. Advisors must emphasize the role they can play in their clients' lives. You will need to be an armchair therapist, in some ways. If you can adopt this role, you will be able to increase referrals in the long run." - Dr. Alden Cass, "The Power of "Bullish Thinking".

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