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Your Deluxe VIP Package Includes

  • 10 or 17 fabulous days for two aboard the six-star luxury liner, the Crystal Serenity
  • Free fine wines, premium spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages
  • Free dining in specialty restaurants such as Prego and Silk Road
  • The Forbes gala welcome and farewell cocktail receptions and speaker-hosted dinners
  • World-class investment insights from internationally renowned experts
  • Informal "get-togethers" with some of the world's top investment gurus and like-minded investors
  • Pre-paid gratuities for housekeeping, bar, and dining staff 
  • Seminar registration fee

Breakfast with Steve Forbes

The newly elected President will be taking his oath of office during this cruise against the backdrop of a still fragile economic environment. Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief, Forbes Media, will share his candid views on what's in store for the economy and the markets this coming year and answer some of the most pressing questions in investors' minds today. This session will include continental breakfast, Q&A session, and a photo opportunity.


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Speakers

Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes is the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. Since assuming his position in 1990, Forbes has expanded, launching a variety of new publications and businesses including: ForbesLife, the irreverent lifestyle supplement; ForbesWoman, a lifestyle publication providing executive women with content that they value and respect; Forbes.com; Forbes Asia, the magazine's Asian publication; and Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, and Turkish editions of the magazine. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes vigorously campaigned for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. In 1985, President Reagan named him chairman of the bi-partisan Board for International Broadcast, a role in which President Bush reappointed him to until 1993. In this position, Mr. Forbes oversaw the operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under "Fact and Comment" and is the author of several books including Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS, A New Birth of Freedom, and most recently, How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels Between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today. A widely respected economic prognosticator, Mr. Forbes is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times, which was formerly given by U.S. Steel to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate. He serves on the boards of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and holds honorary degrees from numerous universities.

Kenneth Fisher
Ken Fisher is founder, chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, a multi-billion dollar money management firm, serving large pension plans, endowments, foundations, and more than 25,000 high-net-worth individuals across the US, UK, Canada, and Germany. He is best known for over 28 years as Forbes' Portfolio Strategy columnist--the fourth longest running columnist in Forbes history. These columns are reprinted in a 2010 book (John Wiley & Sons), The Making of a Market Guru: Forbes presents 25 Years of Ken Fisher, written by Aaron Anderson. Third-party research firm, CXO Advisory Group's, "Guru Grades," ranks Mr. Fisher as one of the most accurate stock market forecasters over recent years. He has written nine major books, including the 2011 national bestseller Markets Never Forget. Mr. Fisher's 2010 book, Debunkery (John Wiley & Sons), was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. His ninth book, Plan Your Prosperity, is available now. Mr. Fisher has been published, interviewed, and/or been written about in most major American, British, Canadian, German, and Swiss finance or business periodicals. He was ranked #252 on the 2010 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and #736 on Forbes' 2011 World's Billionaire list. In 2010, Mr. Fisher was also recognized in Investment Advisor magazine's prestigious list of the industry's 30 most influential people over the last 30 years (IA-30-30), and was included again in their list of the 25 most influential advisors of 2011 (IA-25). His 1970s theoretical work developed the price-to-sales ratio, now a core part of financial curriculum. A prize-winning researcher, Mr. Fisher's credits span a multitude of professional and scholarly journals--recently including The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Financial Analyst's Journal. In 2009, he was awarded the inaugural annual Tiburon Strategic Advisors "CEO Summit" award for "Challenging Conventional Wisdom."

Rich Karlgaard
Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes, one of the world's most popular business and financial magazines that is read by 4.5 million people per issue. In every issue of Forbes, he writes a column about technology, entrepreneurship, regional and economical development, and the future of business and work called "Innovation Rules." Mr. Karlgaard also lectures on these subjects and is a regular guest on the FOX News Channel's Forbes on Fox. He is the author of Life 2.0 How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness. Mr. Karlgaard joined Forbes in 1992 and started Forbes ASAP, a technology magazine, along with Forbes CEO and editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes, and the futurist and writer, George Gilder. He has co-founded two companies, Garage Technology Ventures and Upside magazine as well as a civic organization called the Churchill Club. For the latter, Mr. Karlgaard was a co-winner of an Ernst & Young "Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year" award. He is also on the board of directors at Forbes.com, Garage Technology Ventures, and Extend America. Mr. Karlgaard is a graduate of Stanford University.

Ned Davis
Ned Davis is the president and senior investment strategist for Ned Davis Research, Inc. (NDR), which he founded in 1980. He has been professionally involved with the stock market for more than 40 years. While arguing that forecasting is impossibly difficult, Mr. Davis espouses a philosophy that he believes can consistently win through a disciplined strategy of following the weight of objective indicator evidence. He also believes flexibility is crucial and his company, Ned Davis Research, Inc., produces many sentiment indicators warning investors to be wary at crowd extremes while helping them to be open-minded about potential trend changes. Mr. Davis also does not ignore another key to winning risk management. Therefore, all of his research is dedicated to avoiding major mistakes, cutting losses short, and letting profits run. NDR is based in Venice, Florida, and has more than 1,050 different institutional clients in over 41 countries. Mr. Davis is the author of Being Right or Making Money and The Triumph of Contrarian Investing.

Louis Navellier
Louis Navellier is one of Wall Street's renowned growth investors. He is the editor of four investing newsletters: Blue Chip Growth, Emerging Growth (formerly known as MPT Review), Quantum Growth, and Global Growth, all of which are published by InvestorPlace Media, LLC. Mr. Navellier's most popular service, Blue Chip Growth, has a track record of beating the market 3:1 over the last 12 years. He uses a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis to identify market-beating stocks. Mr. Navellier has made his proven formula accessible to investors via his free, online stock rating tool, PortfolioGrader.com, and The Little Book That Makes You Rich. Mr. Navellier is also founder and chairman of Navellier & Associates, Inc.

Mary Anne & Pamela Aden
Mary Anne and Pamela Aden are the co-editors and publishers of The Aden Forecast, a monthly investment newsletter now in its 28th year. It specializes in the US stock market, US interest rates and bonds, the international stock and bond markets, and the foreign exchange and precious metals markets. The Aden Forecast is widely known for its unique and original technical research, leading market indicators, market correlations, and cycles and historical market research. Its easy-to-understand format and powerful advice have consistently produced double-digit profits for subscribers in 20 out of the past 23 years. That's an 87% batting average, one of the best and most consistent long-term track records in the business. The Adens are also the directors of Aden Research and professional money managers. They are influential and well-known investment analysts, writers, and lecturers. The Adens have spoken at investment seminars around the world and have authored dozens of reports and articles. Their work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal; Money Magazine; Barron's; The London Financial Times; as well as CNBC business news; CBS Marketwatch; the international television documentary, Women of the World; and financial Web sites like Kitco.

Marilyn Cohen
Marilyn Cohen is one of the country's top bond managers. She began her 34-year financial career as a securities analyst at William O'Neil & Co, moved into bond brokerage at Cantor Fitzgerald, Inc., then founded Envision Capital Management 18 years ago. As Envision's CEO, Ms. Cohen and her company specialize in managing bond portfolios for individuals. During this same 18 years, she has written the bond column appearing in Forbes magazine. Ms. Cohen is the author three books, her latest being Surviving the Bond Bear Market...Bondland's Nuclear Winter (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011), which shows investors how to survive the coming nuclear winter of the bond market and identifies the indicators that will tell you when to make strategic moves. She is a popular guest on CNBC, FOX Business News, PBS, and each of the major broadcast networks. Her comments--stated in plain English--guide individuals through the inner workings of the bond market.