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InvesTech Research is dedicated to bringing sophisticated analysis of the stock market to the average investor.InvesTech began national circulation of its market letter in December of 1982. Today, InvesTech publishes both the InvesTech Market Analyst and InvesTech Portfolio Strategy (formerly the InvesTech Mutual Fund Advisor), which have earned widespread recognition for their time-proven risk allocation strategy, as well as their in-depth analysis of the Federal Reserve. James Stack is president of Stack Financial Management and editor of the InvesTech.

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Tom Au has over twenty years of experience in securities analysis and portfolio management for both equity and fixed income securities. He has worked for Value Line, Cigna Investment Management, and other organizations. Prior to joining R.W. Wentworth, he was an analyst of the "monoline" municipal bond insurance companies. He is the author of A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing (Wiley, 2004).

Ciovacco Capital Management LLC is an independent money management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. CCM helps individual investors protect themselves from inflation while minimizing the probability of investment losses via research, disciplined risk management techniques, and globally diversified investment portfolios. CCM’s risk management and stop-loss disciplines help preserve principal in even the most challenging investment environments. Christopher G. Ciovacco is Chief Investment Officer. His research and writings have recently been recognized by the allocation of a chapter to his work in the soon to be released book Management of Hyperinflation and Deflation.

Zeal LLC was founded in early 2000 as a pro-free market, pro-capitalism, and pro-laissez faire contrarian investing and speculating Information Age financial-services company. Our principals are lifelong contrarian students of the markets who live for studying and trading them. We employ innovative cutting-edge technical analysis as well as deep fundamental analysis to inform and educate our subscribers on how to grow and protect their capital through all market conditions. Zeal is the publisher of Zeal Intelligence monthly newsletter and other publciations.