When the Tech-Dot-Com bubble burst in 2000 and 9/11 traumatized the world economy, we were reminded of the peril as well as profit in today’s new economy. David L. Smith saw trouble coming long before it hit. As the millennium approached and sunshine pundits saw nothing but blue sky ahead, Smith clearly warned his audiences of approaching “clouds in the silver lining,” that could rain on the economy. He also provided strategies to avoid the dangers of crashing stock markets, international crises, a sagging economy and “sticky” long-term interest rates.

His contrarian resource allocation strategies-- recommending a 3-year exit from the stock market beginning January 4, 2000 and ending in April 2003 -- proved to be the most valuable information his audiences could use and the most expensive advice to ignore. Long before Chairman Bernanke uttered the “R” word in April 2008, Smith warned of the dangers of the “D” word, potentially another Great Depression caused by “cascading defaults” stemming from a meltdown in U.S. housing and recommended winning investment strategies.

Today, with singular independence of mind and uncanny insight, Smith explains what is going on in the global economy and financial markets—the good, the bad and the ugly. He discusses current and projected economic conditions; monetary and fiscal policy; international trade; currency, energy, financial and investment markets.

Recognizing the ancient Chinese wisdom in the definition of “Crisis,” namely “Danger” and “Opportunity,” Smith always finds the “Upside of the Downside,” clearly establishing a blueprint for profit in times of financial peril. Learn how to avoid surprises and deploy business and personal resources to avoid losses and capture profits in volatile times.

If you want “conventional wisdom” try the punditocracy. However, if you want to know what is really going on and how to profit from it personally and professionally, listen to David L. Smith.

“THE PANIC OF 2008”
Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Long before the Panic of 2008 hit, David L. Smith saw it coming and warned his audiences and Cyclical Investing subscribers of the dangers an impending housing market meltdown and “cascading defaults” posed to the U.S. and world financial markets and economies. He also told them how to protect their assets and position themselves to profit from the approaching financial turmoil. Now that his predictions have materialized, Smith is uniquely positioned to:

• Explain the causes of the crisis on Wall Street and Main Street
• Evaluate the measures taken and proposed by the U.S. Government and Federal Reserve Bank to restore confidence, liquidity, solvency and functionality to the U.S. financial system and vitality to the U.S. and global economies
• Anticipate the effects of market and economic forces unleashed by the Panic and
• Present a blueprint for the eventual resolution of the crisis, with recommendations for policymakers.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

• “Main Street 2009: Mr. Obama, meet Mr. Keynes”
• “The Third Oil Shock: Causes, consequences.”
• “Megacycles: Transformations of the Human Enterprise – Economic, Financial and Social Consequences” “The Egyptian Solution: Banishing unemployment and war”
• “The Asian Caper: How Asia could wind up with all the marbles”
• “The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ – The Crusades Redux?”
• “Lessons from the British Mesopotamia Campaign 1914-1918”
• “The Contrarian Mindset: Key to success”
• “Prohibition’s Hangover: The Income Tax and why a Graduated National Sales Tax is Better”
• “U.S. Monetary Policy: The Volker, Greenspan, Bernanke years”