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Keith Fitz-Gerald

Keith Fitz-Gerald is Chief Investment Strategist of the Money Map Press LLC, Money Map Press as well as for Money Morning, a daily global investing news service with more than 500,000 daily readers in 30 countries.  He is one of the world’s leading experts on global investing, particularly when it comes to Asia’s emergence as a global powerhouse. Fitz-Gerald’s specialized investment research services – The Money Map Report, the New China Trader, The Geiger Index and The Time Trader Pro – lead the way in financial analysis and investing recommendations for the new economy. Fitz-Gerald is a former professional trade advisor and licensed CTA who advised institutions and qualified individuals on global futures trading and hedging. He is a Fellow of the Kenos Circle, a think tank based in Vienna, Austria, that’s dedicated to the identification of economic and financial trends using the science of complexity. Fitz-Gerald, his wife and two children split their time between the United States and Japan. Fitz-Gerald routinely travels the world in search of investment opportunities others don’t yet see or understand. Keith is also the author of Fiscal Hangover: Protect Your Money and Profit in the Global Economy, published by John Wiley & Sons, November 2009.

Shah Gilani

Shah Gilani has toiled in the trading pits in Chicago, run trading desks in New York, operated as a broker/dealer and managed everything from hedge funds to currency accounts. In his new column, “Inside Wall Street,” Gilani vows to take readers on a journey through the “shadowy back alleys” of the U.S. capital markets – and to conduct us past the “velvet rope” that guards Wall Street’s most-valuable secrets – in an ongoing search for the investment ideas with the biggest profit potential.

Martin Hutchinson

Martin O. Hutchinson is a Contributing Editor to both the Money Map Report and Money Morning. An investment banker with more than 25 years’ experience, Hutchinson has worked on both Wall Street and Fleet Street and is a leading expert on the international financial markets

At Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Hutchinson was a Senior Vice President in charge of the institution’s derivative operations, one of the most challenging units to run. He also served as a director of Gestion Integral de Negocios, a Spanish private-equity firm, and as an advisor to the Korean conglomerate, Sunkyong Corp.

But it was Hutchinson’s work in Bulgaria, Croatia and Macedonia that solidified his reputation as a true "hands-on" expert on the developing economies. As the U.S. Treasury Advisor to Croatia in 1996, he helped the country establish its own T-bill program, launch its first government bond issue, and start a forward currency market.

In February 2000, as part of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, Hutchinson became an advisor to the Republic of Macedonia, working directly with Minister of Finance Nikola Gruevski (now that country’s Prime Minister). The nation had been staggered by the breakup of Yugoslavia – in which 800,000 Macedonians lost their life savings – and then the Kosovo War. Under Hutchinson’s guidance, the country issued 12-year bonds, and created a market for the bonds to trade. The bottom line: Macedonians were able to sell their bonds for cash, and many recouped more than three-quarters of what they’d lost – to the tune of about $1 billion.

Hutchinson returned to the United States, was named Business and Economics Editor at United Press International, and was able to jump-start the financial-news operation of that historic wire service. In October 2000, Hutchinson began writing "The Bear’s Lair," a weekly investment column that appears on the Prudent Bear Web site.

Hutchinson earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, and an MBA from Harvard University. He lives near Washington, D.C.

Martin Hutchinson currently launched his Permanent Wealth Investor service that shows you how to collect a guaranteed $4,201 by June 4th – or any higher or lower amount you choose – in his simple 3 step Permanent Wealth building program.

Horacio Marquez

Horacio R. Marquez is Emerging Market Specialist and Editor of the Money Map Report, and the Money Map VIP Trader.

A native of Argentina, Marquez has more than 20 years’ experience as an investment banker, and is a recognized expert on both banking and investing strategies, as well as on the emerging markets of Latin America. He is also recognized as one of the investment industry’s most-talented research analysts.

In fact, it was two stunning and well-publicized predictions he made in 1994 – while serving as a vice president of the Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Fixed Income Group – that cemented Marquez’s reputation as one of Wall Street’s foremost experts on emerging-markets finance.

In the fall of 1994, at a time when Argentina was viewed as a highly favorable investment, Marquez correctly reasoned that a recent change in the country’s tax policy made a debt default inevitable. After making that controversial prediction public, Marquez reasoned that Mexico was on a similar path, and predicted the same outcome for that market. Both countries had major currency crises by the end of that year.

During his 25-year career, Marquez has held positions in such well-known financial firms as Touche Ross & Co., Barclay’s Bank, Swiss Bank, First National Bank of Boston and ADP Capital Management. He has also worked as a consultant, and as an institutional investment manager.

These experiences have allowed Marquez to develop and then refine a financial-analysis approach that has enabled him to repeatedly predict major market reversals, while also identifying top investment opportunities in both stocks and bonds.

Marquez earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration, and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Administration from Pittsburgh’s prestigious Carnegie-Mellon University. He currently lives in Princeton.

Peter Krauth

Peter Krauth is a highly regarded market analyst and expert in metals and mining stocks, with a special expertise in energy and resource-related investments. Using the contacts and connections amassed during years of covering commodities investments, Krauth scours the globe to research all commodity sectors, including precious metals, base metals, fossil fuels, alternative energies and agriculture. A one-time portfolio advisor having earned an MBA in finance from McGill University, Krauth is headquartered in resource-rich Canada, where he now focuses exclusively on his research.