Best-selling author, world-renowned speculator, and libertarian philosopher Doug Casey has garnered a well-earned reputation for his erudite (and often controversial) insights into politics, economics, and investment markets. Doug has visited about 160 countries and lived in ten. Doug wrote the book on profiting from periods of economic turmoil: his book Crisis Investing spent many weeks... Read More

Grant Williams, much to his dismay, has logged over 35 years in finance. During that time, he’s lived and worked in seven major financial centres from London to Sydney, building the kind of network that many others can only dream about. He began his career in the Japanese equity market in the mid-1980s, before a... Read More

Steven Hochberg is the co-editor of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, a monthly financial newsletter, as well as editor of The Short Term Update, a three times a week online market forecasting service. Mr. Hochberg is a sought-after speaker and has been widely quoted in various media outlets such as USA Today, The Los Angeles... Read More

Rich Checkan graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer. He then served tours of duty at Fort Benning in Georgia, Schofield Barracks in Hawaii and in the... Read More

Robert R. Prechter is editor of The Elliott Wave Theorist, which applies technical analysis to forecasting the stock market, precious metals and interest rates. His latest book is Last Chance to Conquer the Crash, which gives careful instructions on how to protect yourself against a financial meltdown by accessing resources such as safe investments, a... Read More

Tavi is Partner and Macro Strategist at Crescat Capital and has been with the firm since 2013. He is responsible for developing Crescat’s macro models as part of our thematic investment process. His research has been featured in financial publications such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Real Vision, and others. Tavi... Read More

David Collum received a BS in biology from Cornell in 1977 and an MA, MS, and PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 1980. Dave currently is the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. While at Cornell Dave has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, associate chairman, and... Read More

Russell Gray is a second-generation entrepreneur, seasoned financial talk show host, author, and business mentor. He’s the founder of The Raising Capitalists Project, which supports nurturing young entrepreneurs and investors. An economics and history buff, Russ champions Constitutional liberty as the foundation for true prosperity. He hosts the Main Street Capitalist Show, where he and... Read More

It glistened like only real gold can, that shiny nugget in the bottom of the pan, stirring the prospector in Jeff’s late father. And that love for gold and silver—or rather, discovering gold and silver—quickly transferred to Jeff. At one point the family owned mining claims in California, Arizona, and Nevada, and his Dad became... Read More