 Asia Pacific Markets
Arjuna Mahendran, chief economist
and strategist, Asia Pacific, at Credit
Suisse, is responsible for driving research
and providing in-depth analysis of
markets in the Asia Pacific region. He also leads the
analytics team in interpreting market economics
and developing investment strategies. An industry
veteran, his career spans 20 years in both private
companies and public sector organizations,
including a stint with the World Bank.
 Capital Markets
Marilyn Cohen is president and
founder of Envision Capital
Management, Inc., and one of the
nation’s leading experts on making
bond investing accessible to individual investors.
She is the author of The Bond Bible, an easy-to-read
book that explains bond market mysteries to nonprofessional
investors. Ms. Cohen’s column on
bond investing in Forbes magazine guides
individuals on timely bond investments and issues
driving the bond market.
 Value Investing
John Buckingham, known as one of
America’s top stock pickers, is portfolio
manager of the Al Frank Fund and
actively follows more than 1,000 stocks.
His stock selection process has given his subscribers
a whopping 20.87% average annualized return for
over 28 years, and an unmatched Hulbert Financial
Digest rating as #1 newsletter for the past ten, 15,
and 25 years (through May 2007).
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 Digital Rules
Rich Karlgaard is publisher of Forbes and writes about technology,
entrepreneurship, regional economic
development, and the future of
business and work in his column. He co-founded
two magazines, the 2,500-member Churchill Club,
for which he received a Northern California
Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and is the author of Life 2.0.
 Portfolio Strategy
Ken Fisher is best known for his
prestigious portfolio strategy column in Forbes, where his 23-year tenure of
high-profile calls now makes him the
fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes‘ 90-year
history. Mr. Fisher is the founder, chairman, and
CEO of Fisher Investments, Inc., a $42+-billion- sized
multi-product money management firm serving
large corporate and public pension plans, as well as
endowments, foundations, and high-net-worth
individuals.
 Economic Update
Brian Wesbury is chief economist at
First Trust Portfolios, LP. The Wall Street
Journal ranked him the nation’s #1 US
economic forecaster in 2001, and USA
Today ranked him as one of the nation’s Top 10
Forecasters in 2004. Mr. Wesbury is a member of the
Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago, and he has served as chief
economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the
US Congress.
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Town Hall Meeting with
Steve Forbes
To make money in any market you
need information from experts who
aren’t afraid to tell it like it is. Don’t
miss this live version of the popular
weekend program, Forbes on Fox, and
enjoy this fast-paced roundtable with
your distinguished speakers, who will
debate the issues that are going to
affect your money and your life.
A popular feature of Forbes cruises,
these roundtable discussions/question-and-answer sessions allow
you to explore the issues in greater
depth with your favorite speakers.
After you’ve heard them speak, this
is your chance to “pick their brains”
and hone the strategies that can
help keep you on top of today’s markets. Where are interest
rates headed? What sectors offer the very best profit potential?
Which stocks will prosper in the year ahead? Their answers
could help you formulate your election-year investment strategy.
The elections will be here before we
know it. There will be winners and
there will be losers—and they won’t
be all just candidates for office. No
matter who wins the elections in
November, you want to be prepared
for the potential impact that
politics—and the Presidential
election results—will have on your
portfolio. This panel will discuss the state of Wall Street,
Washington, and what to expect under the new
Administration.
From the Asia-Pacific region to Latin
America, and from Eastern Europe to the
United States, hear the panelists detail their
forecasts for the region that will become the
next market leader—and for the specific
investments that are poised to benefit from
that leadership. Discover the technological
advances, demographic changes, elections,
and alliances that they believe may portend
the next great investing environment.