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  • 11 fabulous days for two aboard the six-star luxury liner, the Crystal Symphony
  • Free business class airfare for PS-PH categories and coach class airfare for A-E categories from select gateway cities
  • 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 advisors as well as like-minded investors
  • Pre-paid gratuities for housekeeping, bar, and dining staff 
  • Seminar registration fee

Breakfast with Steve Forbes

With Presidential elections only a few months away, political maneuvering in Washington reigns supreme. How much will that affect the economy now? What impact will these posturings have on stocks and bonds? Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor-in-chief, Forbes, will make some surprising observations, share his candid views, 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 with Mr. Forbes.

 

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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.

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.

Barry Ritholtz
Barry Ritholtz is CEO and director of equity research at Fusion IQ, an online quantitative research firm. He is the author of Bailout Nation, published by Wiley & Co., in May 2009, and also authors "The Big Picture," a top-ranked financial Weblog. Mr. Ritholtz is a frequent commentator on business television shows, including Fast Money, Kudlow & Company, and Power Lunch, and has guest-hosted Squawk Box on numerous occasions. His market perspectives are quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, Fortune, and other print media.

John Bollinger
John Bollinger is the president and founder of Bollinger Capital Management, Inc., an investment management company that provides technically driven money management services and develops proprietary research for institutions and individuals. He is a regular contributor on CNBC and is a speaker at financial seminars worldwide. Mr. Bollinger is probably best known for his Bollinger Bands, which he developed in the mid 1980s. Over the past two decades, investors and traders worldwide have come to view Bollinger Bands as a most reliable tool for assessing expected price action, and the bands are featured on most financial charting software and Web sites. His book Bollinger on Bollinger Bands was published by McGraw-Hill in 2001 and has been translated into seven languages. Mr. Bollinger has also developed several financial Web sites: www.BollingerBands.com, www.BollingerOnBollingerBands.com, www.EquityTrader.com, www.GroupPower.com, www.FundsTrader.com, www.MarketTechnician.com, and www.PatternPower.com. His newest Web site www.BBForex.com provides Bollinger Band analytics for the forex markets.

Hilary Kramer
Hilary Kramer is the editor of GameChangers, Breakout Stocks Under $10, and High Octane Stocks, published by InvestorPlace Media. She is also a weekly commentator on Nightly Business Report, and author of The Little Book of Big Profits from Small Stocks. She has 25 years of investing experience, first as an analyst, then as a portfolio manager, investment banker, and hedge fund manager, and has managed more than $5 billion in global private equity and publicly traded investments. She received an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and within a decade was recognized as one of the best equity investors on Wall Street.

John McIntyre
John McIntyre is the president and CEO of RealClear Holdings, LLC, parent company of RealClearPolitics.com. He co-founded the site in 2000 with Princeton University classmate, Tom Brevan. Before launching RealClearPolitics, Mr. McIntyre worked as an independent trader on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). He previously worked at Steve Fossett's commodities trading company as a market-maker on the floor of the CBOE. Prior to working in Chicago, Mr. McIntyre worked in Sydney, Australia, selling managed futures funds for Ord Minnett and in Santiago, Chile, for America Economia. He has appeared on numerous networks and programs including CNBC, FOX News, MSNBC, C-Span, CNN, Reuters, BBC, The O'Reilly Factor, The Kudlow Report, and Special Report.

Ric Gregoria
Ric Gregoria is board certified in wills, trusts, and estates. His practice concentrates on these areas and estate business planning and succession. In July 2002, Mr. Gregoria was named a "Trendsetter" by Florida Trend magazine. Mr. Gregoria was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009. He graduated first in his class in the accounting program at the business school at Florida State University where he was Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. Mr. Gregoria was the 1983 recipient of the DuPont Scholarship for academic excellence and the 1984 recipient of the John E. Champion Scholarship for accounting excellence. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law where he served as managing editor of the Tax Review. Mr. Gregoria is a Certified Public Accountant, and previously practiced with the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse and the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.