Houston Investors Association meeting July 10, 2010
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The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. (See Location).
Featured Program
Jeffery L. Friedberg of Friedberg Investment Management
Topic: “Market Outlook”
JEFFREY L. FRIEDBERG founded Friedberg Investment Management, Inc., in April 1979. He was employed by Aero Service Division, Western Geophysical Co., Houston,Texas, initially as an interpreter of aeromagnetic data, eventually as manager of two departments, full time from 1968 to 1979, and part time from 1979 to 1983. He has an MS in Geology (Geophysics) from Caltech and a BS in Earth Science from MIT.
Jeff has been a long time member of HIA and has spoken numerous times to our group. If you’d like to read more about his approach please link to a transcript of his interview with Wall Street Transcript. http://www.friedberginvestments.com/wstrans.pdf
HIA’s July 10, 2010 Agenda
– 08:30 AM –
Stock Market SIG: Speaker: Al Robison
Topic: “Market Discussion”
If anything, the market is looking even worse than it did last month, but Al Robison will lead a discussion of how plain ordinary investors might conceivably make some money in it. Please bring your best ideas, and then we’ll find out at 11:00 whether Jeff agrees with any of them.
Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Speaker: Jim McWilliams
Topic: “Options Volatility”
Trading 101 SIG: Speakers: John Godell & Ron Stockstill
Topics: “Big Picture Review and WiseMen Analysis”
More on the “Big Picture” and Bill Williams Trading Chaos 2nd Edition book concerning Wiseman # 1, 2, & 3 trades.
– 09:30 AM –
Getting Started SIG: Speaker: Leigh Anderson
Topic: “Putting (for) Green?”
Can conservative investors make money with put and call options? We take a look at strategies for writing covered options to provide income and reduce risk in actively managed portfolios.
ETF & Market Outlook SIG: Speaker: Bruce Robinson
The fund SIG will consist of a demo by Bruce Robinson of several unique, custom indicators that are used on TradeCrystal.com. The theory behind these indicators will be summarized. And, several aspects of the current market will be examined with these indicators:
Major market indices and trends
Sectors
Fed rate and Treasury yields
International currencies
Fixed Income SIG: Speaker: John Bott (Tri-Star Financial)
Topic: To be announced.
– 10:30 AM –
Club Business: Speaker: Gus Salinas
– 10:45 AM –
Main Meeting: Featured Speaker: Jeffery L. Friedberg of Friedberg Investment Management
Topic: “Market Outlook”
(See above)
– 12:30 PM –
Future/Commodities SIG: Featured Speaker: Phil Langford
Topic: “The Rudiments of Trading the Futures Market with a look at the 10 minute chart “
Coffee and doughnuts at HIA meetings are generously provided by John Bott of Tri-Star Financial.
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HIA Communications Director
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