Columnists

Addison Wiggin:   Editorial director of The Daily Reckoning, Addison Wiggin is also the author, with Bill Bonner, of the international bestseller Financial Reckoning Day and a frequent guest on national US radio and television programs. Look for the sequel to Financial Reckoning Day, Empire of Debt (John Wiley & Sons) in October, 2005.

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Adrian Ash:   City correspondent for The Daily Reckoning in London and formerly head of editorial at Fleet Street Publications Ltd, Adrian Ash has been studying and writing about the investment markets for the last 9 years. He is now head of research at BullionVault - giving you direct access to investment gold, vaulted in Zurich, on US$3 spreads and 0.8% dealing fees.

Al Robinson:   Born & bred in the very heart of the Victorian gold fields, Allan Robinson was born with gold in his blood. A specialist in Australian mining & resource stocks, Al pens the Australian resource investing publication Diggers & Drillers. He is also a contributing editor to the Australian small cap newsletter The Australian Small Cap Investigator. Al graduated from The Univeristy of Melbourne with a specialisation in finance.

Axel Merk:   Axel Merk is manager of the Merk Hard Currency Fund, a US mutual fund that invests in a basket of hard currencies from countries with strong monetary policies assembled to protect against the depreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies.

Bill Bonner:   Best-selling investment author Bill Bonner is the founder and president of Agora Publishing, one of the world's most successful consumer newsletter companies. Owner of both Fleet Street Publications and MoneyWeek magazine in the UK, he is also author of the free daily e-mail The Daily Reckoning.

Brian Durrant:   Brian Durrant has a Masters degree in economics from Cambridge University, followed by nearly 25 years' experience in the City. In the 1980s Brian worked with Tim Congdon in the economics department of stockbrokers, L. Messel & Co. And in the 1990s he was Head of Research at GNI, the leading futures and options broker, specialising in exotic options strategies in foreign exchange markets.

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Byron King:   Byron King currently serves as an attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1981 and is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Byron is also co-editor of Outstanding Investments.

Charles Sizemore:   Charles Sizemore is an analyst for HS Dent Investment Management and a contributor to the HS Dent Forecast, Harry Dent's monthly newsletter. Prior to joining the HS Dent research team, Charles covered the markets as a freelance journalist while earning his master's degree in finance and accounting at the London School of Economics.

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Chris Hancock:   Christopher Hancock has spent the last two years doing investment research primarily focused on emerging markets, specifically China and Hong Kong. After working with Citigroup in Hong Kong on the challenges and opportunities associated with the forthcoming RBM flotation reform, Christopher left many of his friends behind and decided to return to the States to pursue a career in equity research. Christopher's desire to work for an independent firm led him to Agora Financial, where he now is the editor of Free Market Investor. Christopher travels extensively and utilizes his contacts across the globe to recommend the best international investments in the world right now for his subscribers.

Chris Mayer:   Chris Mayer is a veteran of the banking industry, specifically in the area of corporate lending. A financial writer since 1998, Mr. Mayer's essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications, from the Mises.org Daily Article series to here in The Daily Reckoning. He is the editor of Mayer's Special Situations and Capital and Crisis - formerly the Fleet Street Letter.

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Chuck Butler:   Chuck Butler, is the author of The Daily Pfennig, which is republished here at The Daily Reckoning. His respected analysis is frequently quoted in or referenced by: the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, CBS Market Watch, USA Today, CNNfn, the Chicago Tribune and many other publications.

Craig Walters:   For all your Greater Victoria real estate needs, Craig Walters and his group of professionals has the knowledge, insight and experience to help you reach your goals. He has built his reputation on matching people’s tastes, interests and lifestyles to the ideal properties to meet their needs. Real Estate sellers benefit as well from Craig's shrewd expertise and innovative marketing techniques that specifically position a home to appeal to the appropriate target market. This ensures that the homes he represents sell quickly and for top value.

Dan Amoss:   Dan Amoss, CFA is managing editor for Strategic Investment and a contributing editor for Whiskey & Gunpowder. Dan joined Agora Financial from Investment Counselors of Maryland, investment advisor for one of the top small-cap value mutual funds over the past 15 years.

Dan Denning:   Dan Denning is the author of 2005's best-selling The Bull Hunter (John Wiley & Sons). A specialist in small-cap stocks, Dan draws on his network of global contacts from his base in Melbourne, Australia and pens the small cap newsletter, The Australian Small Cap Investigator. He is also a contributing editor to the Australian resource investing publication Diggers & Drillers.

David Galland:   David Galland is the Chairman of Casey Research, publishers of BIG GOLD, an inexpensive monthly advisory dedicated to providing unbiased and actionable research on simple, effective and cautious ways to participate in rising gold markets.

David Guthrie:   David Guthrie is an investment analyst with specialist interest in commodities, currencies and interest rates.

Doug Hornig:   Doug Hornig is a senior editor for Casey Research, publishers of Doug Casey's International Speculator... for over 27 years providing investors with unbiased and carefully researched recommendations for high-quality gold and other natural resource stocks with the very real opportunity for a 100% or better gain within a 12-month horizon. Hornig also writes the Daily Resource, a daily column that appears on the KitcoCasey and Casey Research web sites.

Dr. Hans Sennholz:   (February 3, 1922 – June 23, 2007) (born in Brambauer, Germany) was an economist from the Austrian school of economics who studied under Ludwig von Mises. He taught economics at Grove City College, 1956–1992, having been hired as department chair upon arrival. After he retired, he became president of the Foundation for Economic Education, 1992–1997.

Dr. Kurt Richebacher:   Dr Richebacher’s articles appear regularly in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The Fleet Street Letter and other respected financial publications. France’s Le Figaro magazine once ran a feature story on him as “the man who predicted the Asian crisis.

Dr. Marc Faber:   Editor of the infamous Gloom, Boom and Doom Report and a major contributor to Strategic Investment. Dr Faber has been headquartered in Hong Kong for nearly 20 years, during which time he has specialised in Asian markets and advised major clients seeking down and out bargains with deep hidden value, unknown to the average investing public.

Dr. Mark Skousen:   Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor, and author of over 20 books. Dr. Skousen has taught economics and finance at Columbia Business School, Barnard College at Columbia University, and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. In April 2005, Grantham University honored Dr. Skousen by renaming its School of Business "The Mark Skousen School of Business." In 2001-02, he was president of the Foundation of Economic Education (FEE) in New York.

Dr. Steve Keen:   Dr. Steve Keen is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Western Sydney. You can find more of his work on line at www.debunkingeconomics.com or at www.debtdeflation.com/blogs

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Frank Shostak:   Frank Shostak is an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute and a frequent contributor to Mises.org. He is chief economist of M.F. Global. Send him mail and see his outstanding Mises.org Daily Articles Archive.

Gabriel Andre:   A former Futures and FX trader/portfolio manager, Gabriel Andre has worked in several hedge funds and asset management firms, both in Europe and Australia. He is a contributing editor to both Diggers & Drillers and the Australian Small Cap Investigator.

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Gary Shilling:   Dr. Shilling is President of A. Gary Shilling & Co., Inc. In addition to his forecasting record, his portfolio management, and his column for Forbes (click for forbes columns) , which he has written since 1983, he is also known for his well-received books concerning economic themes and investment strategies, and for his numerous articles on the business outlook and techniques of economic analysis and forecasting. He is a member of The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan Economic Journal) Board of Economists. He appears frequently on radio and television business shows. Recognized as an effective and dynamic speaker, he often addresses national and international conventions of various business groups, including the Young Presidents' Organization.

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Ian Mathias:   Ian Mathias is the managing editor of the 5 Min. Forecast and Agora Financial’s public relations/media coordinator. In the short time Ian has been working for Agora Financial, his writings have been syndicated in several respected media outlets, including Forbes.com, the Associated Press, Yahoo! and MSN Money.

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James Boric:   James Boric is the editor of Penny Stock Fortunes and the creator of the MST Trader Alert. James began his finance career on Wall Street successfully picking winning stocks. With time and experience, James realized his goal: to figure out how an average, everyday investor with little capital could become wealthy.

James Howard Kunstler:   (born 1948) is an American author, social critic, and blogger who is perhaps best known for his book The Geography of Nowhere, a history of suburbia and urban development in the United States. He is prominently featured in the peak oil documentary, The End of Suburbia, widely circulated on the internet. In his most recent book, The Long Emergency (2005), he argues that declining oil production is likely to result in the end of industrialized society and force Americans to live in localized, agrarian communities.

James Turk:   James Turk has specialized in international banking, finance and investments since graduating in 1969 from George Washington University with a B.A. degree in International Economics. He began his business career with The Chase Manhattan Bank, with whom he worked for eleven years, principally in the International Department, which included assignments in Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Jeff Clark:   Jeff Clark is the editor of BIG GOLD, a Casey Research publication that pinpoints the safest ways to capitalize on the gold bull market. The next issue includes an interview with Doug Casey; learn what made Doug such a spectacularly successful gold investor, and where he sees gold and gold stocks going in the near future.

Jim Nelson:   Jim Nelson is the managing editor of Penny Sleuth, a daily small-cap e-letter with more than 160,000 subscribers. Jim has been playing the stock market since he was 14, always with a preference toward smaller companies.

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Justice Litle:   co-editor of Outstanding Investments, has a unique background that has served him well in the markets. In college, Justice studied literature and philosophy in places as diverse as Oxford University (Oxford, England), Pulacki University (Olomouc, Czech Republic) and Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). Originally pursuing a PhD and a life in academia, his career path changed forever after discovering “The Investment Biker,” Jim Rogers’ chronicle of macro investing by way of motorcycle.

Kate Incontrera:   Kate Incontrera is the managing editor of The Daily Reckoning. She is also the author of The Daily Reckoning's Weekend Edition, a weekly wrap-up of contrarian investment analysis.

Kevin Kerr:   Kevin Kerr’s unparalleled expertise in futures and commodities has made him a regular contributor to news outlets like CNN fn, CNBC and CBS Marketwatch, where he’s been quoted in over 500 articles. Now, as a contributing editor to Outstanding Investments, he uses his extensive knowledge and connections to uncover blockbuster natural resource investments.

Kris Sayce:   Kris Sayce began his financial career in the City of London as a broker specializing in small cap stocks listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). At Ord Minnett in Australia, Kris was a fully accredited adviser in Shares, Options and Warrants, and Foreign Exchange. Kris was instrumental in helping to establish the Australian version of the Daily Reckoning e-newsletter in 2005. In late 2006, he joined the Melbourne team of the leading CFD provider in Australia.

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Lew Rockwell:   Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. is founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, editor of LewRockwell.com, and author of Speaking of Liberty. Get your copy here.

Marc Faber:   Dr. Marc Faber is the editor of The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report and author of Tomorrow's Gold, one of the best investment books on the market. Headquartered in Hong Kong for 20 years and now based in northern Thailand, Dr. Faber has long specialized in Asian markets and advised major clients seeking bargains with hidden value, unknown to the average investing public.

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Mark OByrne:   Mark O'Byrne is a director of Gold and Silver Investments Limited. For further information on how to buy and hold physical gold coins and bullion you can log onto the company's website.

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Mike Shedlock:   Michael Shedlock (Mish) worked in the financial services industry for 20 years at some of the top institutions in the country including Harris Bank, the Bank of Montreal, Bank One, First National Bank of Chicago, and First Data Corp. Mish is currently doing economic and investment research for a number of clients and is the co-editor of The Survival Report. In addition, Mish runs one of the more popular stock boards on the Motley Fool, Investment Analysis Clubs/Mishedlo and one of the more popular boards on Silicon Investor as well, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mogambo Guru:   Richard Daughty is general partner and COO for Smith Consultant Group, serving the financial and medical communities, and the editor of The Mogambo Guru economic newsletter - an avocational exercise to heap disrespect on those who desperately deserve it.

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Nathan Lewis:   Nathan Lewis is the author of Gold: the Once and Future Money, published by Agora Publishing and J. Wiley. He runs an investment fund in Westport, Connecticut.

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Puru Saxena:   Puru Saxena publishes Money Matters, a monthly economic report, which highlights extraordinary investment opportunities in all major markets. In addition to the monthly report, subscribers also receive "Weekly Updates" covering the recent market action. Puru Saxena is the founder of Puru Saxena Limited, his Hong Kong based firm which manages investment portfolios for individuals and corporate clients. He is a highly showcased investment manager and a regular guest on CNN, BBC World, CNBC, Bloomberg, NDTV and various radio programs.

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United States Congressman Ron Paul:   Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas and perhaps the only voice in Washington still advocating "limited" government in the Jeffersonian tradition. He delivered several stunning addresses before Congress in the year 2003, including: "Sorry, Mr. Franklin, We Are All Democrats Now" and "We've Been 'Neo-Conned'!".

Steve Belmont:   Steve Belmont is a partner in the RMB Group, an options firm based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Susan Walker:   Susan C. Walker writes for Elliott Wave International, a market forecasting and technical analysis company. A graduate of Stanford University, she has been an associate editor with Inc. magazine, a
newspaper writer and editor, an investor relations executive and a speechwriter at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Tom Au:   

The Daily Reckoning:   The Daily Reckoning offers an independent and critical perspective on the Australian and global investment markets. Slightly offbeat and far from institutional, The Daily Reckoning delivers you straight-forward, humorous, and useful investment insights from a world wide network of analysts, contrarians, and successful investors. Founded in 1999, The Daily Reckoning is published in 7 countries with a worldwide readership of almost 1 million people.

William Rees-Mogg:   Leading political editor William Rees-Mogg is former editor-in-chief for The Times and a member of the House of Lords. He has been credited with accurately forecasting glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall – as well as the 1987 crash. His political commentary appears in The Times every Monday. His financial insights can only be found in the Fleet Street Letter, the UK's longest-running investment newsletter.


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