Professor Elam

Friday April 2, 2010

FORTUCAST CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS: MAY 21-23, 2010

(3/31) FORTUCAST is pleased to announce a “Fortucast Financial Visions into the Future Conference: Practical Tools for Outsmarting the Markets in a Changing World.” The conference will have 6 key speakers and 4 (2.25 hour) workshops and will be held adjacent to Best Western Inn of Sedona, May 21-24. Sedona is one of the major destination vacation sites around the world with amazing red mountain ranges. We are arranging special packages for coming early or staying late for tours of the Grand Canyon (2.5 hours north) as well as other local tours and golfing. Key speakers include Mark Leibovit, Barry Rosen, Marc Berkowitz, Barbara Rockefeller, John Miller, Dennis Elam, and Larry Acker and other major members from our staff and affiliate programs. See photos of Sedona atwww.sedona.net. Details are available on our web site. Early bird registration cost is $495.00 by May 1, which includes most meals plus an additional $195 for workshops with special packages available. Registration by phone available now; online registration available in 1 week. Call 1-929-284-5737 for registration and more information. See website at www.fortucast.com for more detail

I will be presenting a paper on the bond markets world wide. The presentation will trace bond prices from their inflationary peak in 1980-81 to today's single digit returns.  The eighteen year cycle that predominates in markets will be presented.  We will detail what has happened in previous government managed bond rallies. An examination will be made of bond prices in the 1930s as well as the similarity with today and 1987. An examination is made of the precarious municipal bond market, possibly the most dangerous place to be at this time. 

Dennis Elam CPA has served as a Department of Justice Bankruptcy Trustee and will also look at which cities, states, and nations are the most exposed as to long term liabilities.  The conclusion will be what to avoid and what to embrace for the turbulence we expect.