Panelists
Jesse Amarillas
Salomon Smith Barney
633 W. 5th St., 34th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Jesse Amarillas is a financial consultant for Salomon Smith Barney. His current focus is on international markets.
He holds a bachelor’s in biology and economics from UCLA.
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Louis Barajas
Louis Barajas & Associates
200 Citadel Drive, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Louis Barajas is the founder of Louis Barajas & Associates, a financial planning and investment management firm.
He is also founder and partner in Barajas & Torres, an accounting, consulting and tax firm.
He is a certified financial planner and an enrolled agent with the IRS.
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Linda Barlow
Certified Financial Planner
2700 N. Main St., Suite 210
Santa Ana, CA 92701
A fee-only certified financial planner, Linda Barlow has been in the financial services industry for more than 30 years.
She is also a registered investment advisor and certified tax preparer.
Barlow holds a master’s in financial planning from Southern States University.
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Robert W. Bissell
Wells Capital Management
333 S. Grand Ave., Suite 850
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Robert W. Bissell assumed responsibility for Wells Capital’s institutional investment business in November 1996, prior to the establishment of the multibillion-dollar asset manager as an independent subsidiary of Wells Fargo.
An investment professional for more than 25 years, he was previously vice president and investment counselor with M.H. Edie Investment Counseling in Los Angeles.
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James B. Bittman
Options Institute
400 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60605
James Bittman is senior instructor for the Options Institute, where he teaches courses for public and institutional investors.
Bittman began his trading career as an equity options market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1980.
He is the author of two books, “Options for the Stock Investor” (Irwin Professional, 1995) and “Trading Index Options” (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
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John T. Blankinship Jr.
Blankinship & Foster
2775 Via de la Valle
Del Mar, CA 92014
John T. Blankinship Jr. is founder of Blankinship & Foster, a registered investment advisor.
He began his practice as a financial planner in 1974.
He is co-author of “The Six Cups: How to Manage Your Money” and served on the board of governors of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards from 1988 to 1995.
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John Bogle Sr.
Vanguard Group
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
John Bogle Sr. is senior chairman of Vanguard Group and each of the Vanguard mutual funds. He founded Vanguard in 1974 and was associated with a predecessor company beginning in 1951.
Vanguard is one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world. The firm is responsible for more than 90 mutual fund portfolios with assets totaling more than $450 billion.
Bogle’s latest book is “Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor” (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).
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John Bollinger
Bollinger Capital Management
111 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 315
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
John Bollinger is president of Bollinger Capital Management and editor of the Capital Growth Letter.
Previously, he was chief market analyst for Financial News Network. He continues to present weekly market analysis and commentary for FNN’s successor, CNBC.
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David G. Booth
Dimensional Fund Advisors
1299 Ocean Ave., 11th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
David G. Booth is chairman and chief executive of Dimensional Fund Advisors, a registered investment advisor with more than $25 billion under management.
A leading proponent of index fund investing, he has written numerous articles on investment management and market returns.
Booth holds an MBA from University of Chicago.
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Pamela P. Brannen
Bank of America
600 Peachtree St. N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Pamela P. Brannen is senior vice president and director of alternative investment strategies for Bank of America Investment Management. She is responsible for alternative assets, diversification strategies, product development and investment management services for the affluent market.
She most recently served as regional chief investment officer for the bank’s Southeast division. Previously, she was an economics professor at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Nicholas Bratt
Scudder Kemper Investments
345 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10154
Nicholas Bratt, a managing director of Scudder Kemper Investments, is head of the firm’s global equity group, responsible for the strategic direction of equity management.
Bratt serves as a member of the portfolio teams for more than 20 international Scudder mutual funds.
He holds a bachelor’s from Oxford University and a master’s as a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University.
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Gail Bronson
InternetAssist Ventures
182 Sand Hill Road, No. 208
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Gail Bronson is a Silicon Valley start-up specialist with InternetAssist Ventures. She also is senior analyst and chief commentator for IPO Monitor, a leading Internet-based financial news resource on initial public offerings.
Previously, she was vice president of business development at RedCreek Communications, a security technology company.
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Eric Bruck
Bruck & Caine Advisory
6101 W. Centinela Ave., No. 335
Culver City, CA 90230
Eric Bruck is co-founder and principal of Bruck & Caine Advisory, an investment management and planning firm.
Bruck has provided investment management and financial planning services with an emphasis on “second half’ life transition planning and management since 1984.
He holds a bachelor’s from UCLA.
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Steven Buchsbaum
Financial West Group
19519 Ventura Blvd., No. 211
Tarzana, CA 91356
Steven Buchsbaum is a financial consultant/general securities principal with Financial West Group. His practice focuses on building stock, bond and mutual fund portfolios for small businesses and corporations, with a special interest in pension plans and 401(k) plans.
He is host of a weekly talk show, “Financial Talk,” in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Buchsbaum holds an MBA in finance from University of San Francisco.
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Bill Burnham
Credit Suisse First Boston
201 Spear St., 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Bill Burnham is a vice president and the senior research analyst covering the electronic commerce industry for Credit Suisse First Boston’s technology group.
Previously, he was the senior research analyst for electronic commerce at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and Piper Jaffray.
Burnham is the author of “How to Invest in Electronic Commerce Stocks” (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
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Shannon Callan
Trust Co. of the West
865 South Figueroa St., Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Shannon Callan is managing director for TCW’s Latin America equity fund and Emerging Markets funds.
Callan holds a bachelor’s in Latin American studies and political science from University of Wisconsin and a master’s in economics from Boston University.
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Jim Callinan
Robertson Stephens Investment Management
3888 Market St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Jim Callinan is managing director and portfolio manager of the RS Emerging Growth fund and also manages private accounts.
Prior to joining RSIM, he was a portfolio manager for the Putnam Funds.
Callinan holds a bachelor’s in economics from Harvard University, a master’s in accounting from New York University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Marilyn Cohen
Envision Capital Management
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Marilyn Cohen founded Envision Capital Management in 1995, specializing in fixed-income management.
Prior to that she was a broker at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Cohen is a columnist for Forbes magazine and also writes a syndicated financial column, MoneyWise.
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Luke M. Collins
KPMG Investment Consulting Group
850 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60607-3088
Luke M. Collins is the Midwest-area managing director of the KPMG Investment Management Consulting practice. He provides strategic, marketing and operational consulting to providers of investment management services.
Collins began his career in corporate finance with Harris Trust and Security Pacific.
He holds an MBA from University of Chicago.
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Victoria Collins
Keller Collins Hakopian & Leisure
18300 Von Karman Ave., Suite 600
Irvine, CA 92612-1051
Victoria Collins is a financial planner and partner at Keller, Collins, Hakopian & Leisure.
She is the founder of the Investment Strategies Conference for Women in Orange County.
For the last three years she has been listed by Worth magazine as one of the country’s top financial advisors.
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Laurence Connors
Tradehard.com
611 W. 6th St., Suite 2870
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Laurence Connors is founder and chief executive of Tradehard.com, a Web site for active traders. He also has a money management firm, Connors, Bassett & Associates.
Connors became a full-time trader after careers with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Merrill Lynch. He is the author of three books and numerous magazine articles.
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Tony Cook
Quicken.com
2550 Garcia Ave., MS 2475
Mountain View, CA 94043
Tony Cook joined Intuit in February 1998 as managing editor for Quicken.com.
Previously, he was the money and investing editor at Excite and wrote a monthly column for Quicken users on Web attractions.
Cook earned a bachelor’s from Johns Hopkins University and attended the London School of Economics.
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Walter W. Cruttenden III
EOffering
4600 Campus Drive, No. 110
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Walter W. Cruttenden III is chief executive of EOffering, a new online investment banking firm partly owned by brokerage E-Trade.
He has been involved in more than 200 private and public offerings and merger transactions.
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Mark Denning
Capital Research/American Funds
333 S. Hope St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Mark Denning is a portfolio counselor for several mutual funds and emerging markets accounts for Capital Research and American Funds.
Prior to joining Capital in 1982, he worked in the operations department of J&F; Martell in France.
He holds a bachelor’s from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Columbia University.
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Mario D. DeRose
Edward Jones
201 Progress Parkway
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Mario D. DeRose is fixed-income strategist at brokerage Edward Jones, where he monitors economic trends and tracks fixed-income markets.
He began his career at the firm as a trader in the corporate bond department and became a limited partner in 1986.
DeRose holds an MBA from University of Missouri.
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Roger Engemann
Roger Engemann & Associates
565 N. Rosemead Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
Roger Engemann is founder and president of $5.2-billion-asset Roger Engemann & Associates, now part of the Phoenix Funds group.
He entered the investment field in 1966 as a portfolio manager for Bank of America.
Engemann holds a master’s in economics from UCLA.
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Jose Fernandez
Merrill Lynch
Jose Fernandez is a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch.
He formerly was with brokerage Kennedy Cabot.
He holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School.
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Alina Gomez Forster
Merrill Lynch
1851 E. 1st St., Suite 1500
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Alina Gomez Forster is a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch.
She serves on the board of directors of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Orange County and the Cuban-American Scholarship Fund and is president of Hispanic Business Women.
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Joel Framson
Glowacki Framson Financial Advisors
11601 Wilshire Blvd., No. 2330
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Joel Framson is a partner at Glowacki Framson Financial Advisors.
A CPA for more than 25 years, he is a member of the California Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.
He holds a master’s in business taxation from USC.
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Tom Gardner
The Motley Fool
123 N. Pitt St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tom Gardner and his brother David founded the Motley Fool, an online investment service, in 1994.
They also co-authored “The Motley Fool Investment Guide” (Fireside, 1997) and two follow-up books.
The Gardners also produce a syndicated column that appears in 110 newspapers, including The Times.
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C. Kim Goodwin
American Century Funds
4500 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
C. Kim Goodwin is senior vice president and portfolio manager for American Century Investments, where she leads the investment team overseeing the American Century Growth fund.
Previously, she was a senior vice president with Putnam Investments, where she served as co-manager of the $5-billion Putnam Vista Fund.
Goodwin holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University and master’s degrees in public affairs and business administration from University of Texas.
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Pamela Gray
O’Melveny & Myers
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Pamela Gray is a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, where she concentrates on international tax planning for foreign companies and individuals investing in the U.S.
She has practiced extensively in the areas of income, estate and gift tax planning, and trust and estate administration.
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Michael Green
Landmark Securities
1460 4th St., Suite 306
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Michael Green is a principal of Landmark Securities and is the owner of Landmark’s Santa Monica office, which specializes in day-trading techniques.
Green is a graduate of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in finance and entrepreneurship.
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Joan M. Gruber
Joan M. Gruber Advisors
5952 Royal Lane, Suite 202
Dallas, TX 75230
Joan M. Gruber, a financial advisor for 14 years, is an authority on financial concerns of aging adults and their adult children.
She has written several articles and books, including, “Your Money: It’s a Family Affair” (Odenwald Books, 1996).
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Allen Gutierrez
Aetna Investment Services
16530 Ventura Blvd., No. 600
Encino, CA 91436
Allen Gutierrez is regional director for Aetna Retirement Services in the emerging markets division, focusing on the Latino marketplace in Southern California.
Previously, he was an account manager for Great West Life & Annuity.
He is a graduate of USC.
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Meloni M. Hallock
Ernst & Young
725 S. Figueroa St., 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Meloni M. Hallock, a partner with Ernst & Young, has been named one of the country’s top financial advisors by Worth magazine.
A CPA, she specializes in asset allocation, investment planning and executive compensation.
Hallock holds a bachelor’s from College of William and Mary and an MBA from University of Missouri at St. Louis.
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Stan Harley
Harley Capital Management
1605 Ridgewood Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012
Stan Harley is president of equity management firm Harley Capital Management. He is also editor and publisher of the Harley Market Letter, which was rated “1998 Market Timer of the Year” by Timer Digest.
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Alan Harris
Munder NetNet Fund
480 Pierce St.
Birmingham, MI 48009
Alan Harris is a member of the team responsible for managing the Munder NetNet Fund, a mutual fund focused on Internet-related investments. He specializes in the telecommunications industry.
Before joining Munder Capital Management, Harris was a senior equity fund manager for Woodbridge Capital Management.
He holds a bachelor’s in economics and an MBA from University of Michigan.
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Philip J. Holthouse
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1177
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Philip J. Holthouse is a partner with Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt. A CPA, he specializes in tax planning and consulting for real estate entities, closely held companies and individuals.
He was previously a manager at Peat Marwick Mitchell in Washington.
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Vickie Intriago
Equitable Financial Group
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Vickie Intriago is an associate with Equitable Financial Group.
Before joining Equitable she was a retirement specialist at T. Rowe Price and an assistant vice president at Union Bank of California.
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Javier Jimenez
Wedbush Morgan Securities
1000 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Javier Jimenez is an investment executive with Wedbush Morgan Securities.
He previously served as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
Jimenez holds a bachelor’s in economics from Chico State University.
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Martin “Duke” Johnson
La Jolla Institute for Wealth Management
7946 Ivanhoe Ave., Suite 216
La Jolla, CA 92037
Duke Johnson is chief executive of the La Jolla Institute for Wealth Management, a financial planning firm.
Previously, he co-founded Professional Planning Counsel and was national product manager of E.F. Hutton’s fee-only personal financial management division.
Johnson holds a law degree from University of Connecticut and an MBA from Golden Gate University.
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Judith A. Jones
Key Asset Management
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114-1306
Judith A. Jones is a consulting money manager to Key Asset Management. She recently retired as manager of the firm’s Victory Value stock fund, which she had directed since 1993. She managed its predecessor trust from 1977 to 1993.
In 1964, Jones became the first woman to earn an MBA from Kent State University. She also is a chartered financial analyst and certified financial planner.
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Nancy Langdon Jones
Certified Financial Planner
2485 Mesa Terrace
Upland, CA 91784
Nancy Langdon Jones has been a certified financial planner since 1985 and has her own fee-only financial planning practice in Upland. She is an accredited tax advisor, with a master’s in financial planning and extensive background in retirement and tax issues.
She hosts the retirement boards for Quicken.com Money and Investing Financial Forum on the Internet.
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Richard Kayne
Kayne Anderson Investment Management
1800 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Richard Kayne is chief executive and founder of Kayne Anderson Investment Management.
He founded the firm in 1984 with John E. Anderson, a lawyer-entrepreneur for whom the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA is named.
He holds a bachelor’s in statistics from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA.
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Brent Kessel
Abacus Wealth Management
1535 6th St., Suite 204
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Brent Kessel is a fee-only financial advisor. His firm, Abacus Wealth Management, is a registered investment advisor to wealthy families, individuals and charitable foundations.
He currently leads workshops on emotional money maturity and on communication about sensitive financial issues for families.
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Robert Klapper
Charles Schwab
101 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Robert Klapper is vice president of retail marketing at Charles Schwab, where he is responsible for the Schwab AdvisorSource referral service business.
Previously, he was vice president of segment marketing, where he developed the strategic and tactical plans for Schwab’s personal trust business.
He holds an MBA from University of Virginia.
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Beth Kobliner
101 W. 79th St., 28th Floor
New York, NY 10024
Beth Kobliner has been writing and speaking on personal finance for more than a decade. She is the author of “Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties” (Fireside, 1996).
Previously, she was a staff writer at Money magazine, contributing cover stories on investing, pensions and taxes, along with a regular column on banking.
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Tim Kochis
Kochis Fitz Tracy Fitzhugh & Gott
450 Sansome St., Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tim Kochis is a financial consultant and partner at Kochis Fitz Tracy Fitzhugh & Gott.
Previously, he was national director of personal financial planning for Deloitte & Touche and, before that, for Bank of America.
Since 1994 he has continuously been listed by Worth magazine as one of the country’s top financial advisors.
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Timothy Krochuk
Fidelity Investments
82 Devonshire St., R26D
Boston, MA 02109
Timothy Krochuk manages the Fidelity TechnoQuant Growth and Fidelity Advisor TechnoQuant Growth funds.
Prior to joining Fidelity as an analyst in 1992, he was president of TAK Programming Group, a computer systems integrator and consulting firm.
He holds a bachelor’s in economics/pre-med from Harvard.
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Kevin Landis
Firsthand Funds
101 Park Center Plaza, Suite 1300
San Jose, CA 95113
Kevin Landis is co-founder of Firsthand Funds, which manages the Technology Value fund and other mutual funds.
A former Dataquest analyst, he specializes in stocks of semiconductor, computer and peripheral-equipment companies.
He holds an MBA from Santa Clara University.
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John W. Lauer
Charles Schwab
101 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
John W. Lauer is director of trading for the active trader unit of Charles Schwab, overseeing 40 traders and managers.
Lauer joined Schwab in 1984 and has held several positions, including branch manager in Chicago.
He holds an economics degree from Occidental College.
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Michael Levy
Bankers Trust
130 Liberty St., MS2355
New York, NY 10006
Michael Levy is managing director and head of international equities for BT Funds Management at Bankers Trust.
He serves as equity strategist/international investment advisory and is chairman of the stock selection committee.
Levy holds a bachelor’s in mathematics and a master’s in geophysics from University of Michigan.
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Zane B. Mann
California Municipal Bond Advisor
1037 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92264
Zane B. Mann is publisher of the California Municipal Bond Advisor, a monthly investment newsletter prepared for individual and professional investors in California muni bonds and muni bond funds.
He has held various executive positions in the investment banking business, with special emphasis on underwriting and distributing tax-exempt securities.
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Judith Martindale
Certified Financial Planner
890 Osos St., Unit A
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Judith Martindale, a certified financial planner, is co-author of “Creating Your Own Future: A Woman’s Guide to Retirement Planning.”
She also is technical editor for “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Complete Retirement.”
Martindale is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio.
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G. Paul Matthews
Matthews International Funds
655 Montgomery St., Suite 1438
San Francisco, CA 94111
G. Paul Matthews is chief investment officer of Matthews International Funds, which specializes in Asian investments.
Prior to founding his firm in 1991, he served as manager of the G.T. Pacific Growth fund from 1982 to 1985.
Matthews holds a master’s in history and law from Cambridge University.
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Dennis McKechnie
Pimco Innovation Fund
33 Maiden Lane, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Dennis McKechnie is a manager at Pimco Equity Advisors and is responsible for the Pimco Innovation fund.
Previously, he was a fund manager with Columbus Circle Investors.
McKechnie holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School.
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David Menlow
IPO Financial Network
10 E. Willow St.
Milburn, NJ 07041
David Menlow founded IPO Financial Network as a new-issue research service in 1990. He has provided analysis on the initial public offering market to fund managers and private investors.
He is a regular guest on major financial networks, including CNBC and CNN.
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William Miller III
Legg Mason Funds
100 Light St.
P.O. Box 1476
Baltimore, MD 21203
William Miller III is president of Legg Mason Fund Adviser and is responsible for investing more than $10 billion in assets.
After receiving his economics degree from Washington and Lee University, he served as a military intelligence officer overseas and then pursued graduate studies in the PhD program at Johns Hopkins University.
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Richard P. Moran
Financial Network Investment
1025 W. 190th St., Suite 200
Torrance, CA 90248
Richard P. Moran is a senior advisor with Financial Network Investment. He has been named one of country’s top financial advisors by Worth magazine for the last three years.
Prior to becoming a certified financial planner in 1979, he chaired the National Ethics Committee for the International Assn. for Financial Planning.
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Michael Murphy
California Technology Stock Letter
2830 N. Cabrillo Highway
P.O. Box 308
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Michael Murphy is founder of the California Technology Stock Letter, a newsletter specializing in electronics and medical technology stocks. He is also chief investment officer of Murphy Investment Management.
Murphy is the author of “Every Investor’s Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds” (Broadway Books, 1998).
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Ronald C. Ognar
Strong Capital Management
100 Heritage Reserve
P.O. Box 2936
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Ronald C. Ognar is portfolio manager of the Strong Growth and Strong Growth 20 funds.
Prior to joining Strong, he served as portfolio manager with RCM Capital Management. Before that he was a portfolio manager at Kemper Financial Services.
He holds a bachelor’s in accounting from University of Illinois.
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Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda
North American Integration and Development Center
3250 Public Policy Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda is an assistant professor of international political economics in the school of public policy and social research at UCLA.
Ojeda earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from University of Chicago.
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Francisco Pantoja
FJP Portfolio Management
8700 Warner Ave., Suite 220
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Francisco Pantoja is chief investment officer for FJP Portfolio Management.
Previously, he worked as a broker at Providential and Daehan Securities.
He holds an electrical engineering degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from UCLA.
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Pedro Pulgar
La Opinion
411 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Pedro Pulgar is business editor of La Opinion.
Before joining the newspaper in 1995 as a reporter, he worked as a project coordinator at Mari Hispanic Research.
Pulgar holds a degree in business administration from UCLA.
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Gail D. Reid
American Express Financial Advisors
100 W. Broadway, No. 100
Glendale, CA 91210
Gail D. Reid is a managing principal of American Express Financial Advisors.
Reid, a certified financial planner, specializes in planning for risk protection, taxes, retirement, estate preservation, investments, small businesses and asset allocation.
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Charles Rettig
Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez
9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Charles Rettig, a certified specialist in taxation law, focuses on estate planning, tax and business planning, and federal and state tax controversy matters for Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez in Beverly Hills.
He is a graduate of UCLA and Pepperdine Law School.
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Fritz Reynolds
Reynolds Mutual Funds
80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, CA 94939
Fritz Reynolds is president and portfolio manager of the Reynolds Funds.
Previously, he was partner of Montgomery Securities and a portfolio manager of the American Express mutual funds.
Reynolds holds an MBA and a BBA in finance and investments from University of Wisconsin.
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Tad Rivelle
Metropolitan West Asset Management
11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1580
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tad Rivelle is a co-founder of fixed-income fund manager Metropolitan West Asset Management.
Prior to founding Met West, he was a principal and co-director of fixed income at Hotchkis & Wiley. Rivelle also spent part of his career at Pacific Investment Management.
Rivelle holds a bachelor’s in physics from Yale University and an MBA from UCLA.
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Robert Rodriguez
First Pacific Advisors
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., No. 1200
Los Angeles, CA
Robert Rodriguez is principal, chief investment officer and director of First Pacific Advisors. He also serves as president and chief investment officer of the FPA Capital fund and FPA New Income.
Previously, he was senior vice president at Kaufman & Broad.
Rodriguez holds a bachelor’s and MBA from USC.
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Steven Romick
First Pacific Advisors
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., No. 1200
Los Angeles, CA
Steven Romick is chief investment officer for the UAM-FPA Crescent fund and vice president of Source Capital.
Previously, he was an independent security analyst and consultant to Kaplan Nathan, a New York investment partnership.
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Dianne Sales
John Hancock Funds
101 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02199
Dianne Sales is a vice president of John Hancock Funds and a member of the portfolio management team for several of the firm’s municipal bond funds, including the John Hancock California Tax-Free Income fund.
Prior to joining Hancock in 1989, she was a municipal bond analyst for Bear Stearns.
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George “Gus” Sauter
Vanguard Group
P.O. Box 2600
Valley Forge, PA 19482
Gus Sauter is managing director of Vanguard Group’s quantitative equity department, overseeing $159 billion invested in 25 index funds and $3 billion in four actively managed portfolios.
Before joining Vanguard in 1987 Sauter was a trust investment officer with First National Bank of Ohio.
He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA in finance from University of Chicago.
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Michael Scarborough
Scarborough Group
116 Defense Highway, Conte Bldg.
Suite 201
Annapolis, MD 21401
Michael Scarborough is chief executive of Scarborough Group, a firm specializing in corporate savings plan education and investment management.
He has taught personal finance and economics at Salisbury State University and Johns Hopkins University.
Scarborough is a frequent speaker on CNBC on the topic of 401(k) plans.
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Bernie Schaeffer
Schaeffer’s Investment Research
1259 Kemper Meadow Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45240
Bernie Schaeffer is president of Schaeffer’s Research Institute and senior editor of the Option Advisor and Fund Profit Alert newsletters.
He is the author of “The Option Advisor: Wealth-Building Techniques Using Equity and Index Options” (John Wiley & Sons, 1997).
In 1997 Schaeffer received the “Best of the Best” award from the Market Technician’s Assn.
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John Schroer
Invesco Funds
P.O. Box 173706
Denver, CO 80217-3706
John Schroer joined Invesco Funds Group in 1992 and currently manages the firm’s Health Sciences portfolios. He also manages the Global Health Sciences fund.
He began his investment career as an assistant vice president with Trust Co. of the West.
Schroer holds a bachelor’s and MBA from University of Wisconsin.
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Steve Schullo
Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District
Steve Schullo has been teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 15 years. He has worked to increase the number of no-load mutual funds in the district’s 403(b) retirement savings plan.
Schullo gives workshops educating teachers about personal finance and has written articles for the 40,000-member L.A. teachers union newspaper.
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Jose Luis Sierra
La Opinion
411 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Jose Luis Sierra is the assignment editor for the metro section of La Opinion. He joined the newspaper in 1987 as a reporter. He also served as a foreign correspondent for the Mexican newspaper El Dia and La Red Radio Network.
Previously, he was an assistant producer for “Noticiero Pacifica,” a weekly radio news program at KPFX.
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Joel Silva
American Century Investments
1665 Charleston St.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Joel Silva is a senior portfolio manager for fixed-income investments at American Century Investments.
He holds a bachelor’s from California Polytechnic University and an MBA in corporate finance from Cal State Hayward.
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Aimee Dominguez Silvers
Securities and Exchange Commission
5670 Wilshire Blvd., 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Aimee Dominguez Silvers is trial counsel for the division of enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pacific regional office.
She enforces federal securities law in federal court and administrative proceedings.
She is a graduate of the USC Law Center.
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Laura Tarbox
Tarbox Equity
500 Newport Center Drive, Suite 500
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Laura Tarbox is president and founder of Tarbox Equity, a fee-only financial advisory and investment management service.
She was recently named one of the top financial advisors in the U.S. by Worth magazine. Tarbox has taught financial planning classes for 14 years, currently at UC Irvine.
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Catherine Thomas
USC, Building SAS 340
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Catherine Thomas is associate dean and director of financial aid for USC.
Her department assists students seeking help in paying college costs.
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Maureen Tsu
Professional Financial Advisors
30240 Rancho Viejo Road, Suite A
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92692
Maureen Tsu is a certified financial planner with Professional Financial Advisors. She concentrates on retirement and pension planning and on assisting women and retirees.
Tsu holds a bachelor’s from UCLA and an MBA in finance and economics from USC.
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Rosalind Tyson
Securities and Exchange Commission
5670 Wilshire Blvd., 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Rosalind Tyson is associate regional director for regulation in the SEC’s Pacific region, where she manages the broker-dealer, investment advisor and investment company inspection programs.
Tyson joined the SEC as an enforcement staff attorney in 1982 after several years in private practice. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School, University of Hawaii and Georgetown University.
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Jeff Van Harte
Transamerica Premier Funds
600 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Jeff Van Harte is a vice president and senior fund manager at Transamerica Investment Services, where he oversees more than $2.5 billion in equity securities, including the Transamerica Premier Equity fund.
He joined Transamerica in 1980 after graduating from Cal State Fullerton.
Garrett Van Wagoner
Van Wagoner Funds
P.O. Box 1628
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Garrett Van Wagoner is president of Van Wagoner Capital Management and manager of Van Wagoner Funds.
Prior to founding his firm in 1995, he managed the Govett Smaller Companies fund for three years.
He is a graduate of Bucknell University.
Ralph Wanger
Wanger Asset Management
227 W. Monroe, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606
Ralph Wanger is chief investment officer of Wanger Asset Management and lead manager of Acorn Fund.
Wanger has appeared on “Wall Street Week” and CNBC and has been featured in numerous publications.
He is the author of “A Zebra in Lion Country: Ralph Wanger’s Investment Survival Guide” (Simon & Schuster, 1997).
Lauren Raab Weissman
Salomon Smith Barney
9665 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Lauren Raab Weissman is a financial consultant at Salomon Smith Barney.
Previously, she practiced business law, specializing in biotechnology, the Internet and telecommunications.
Weissman is a frequent speaker at women’s educational and financial empowerment forums.
Martin Whitman
Third Avenue Funds
767 3rd Ave.
New York, NY 10017
Martin Whitman is chairman and chief investment officer of Third Avenue Funds. A “value” investor, he specializes in the field of bankruptcy.
Whitman is the author of “The Aggressive Conservative Investor” and “Value Investing: A Balanced Approach” (John Wiley & Sons, 1999) and numerous articles on security analysis and investment banking.
Andrea Williams
Volpe Brown Whelan & Co.
One Maritime Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94111
Andrea Williams joined investment banking firm Volpe Brown Whelan in 1994 as one of the first Internet analysts on Wall Street.
She is a regular guest on CNN and CNBC and writes a column for computer network CNet.
Previously, Williams worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. and Theodore Barry & Associates.
Mark Yockey
Artisan International Fund
100 Pine St., No. 2950
San Francisco, CA 94011
Mark Yockey is a managing director of Artisan Partners and portfolio manager of the Artisan International fund.
Previously, he was manager of the United International Growth fund and was vice president of Waddell & Reed from 1990 to 1995.
Yockey holds an MBA in finance from Michigan State University.
Brad Zigler
Pacific Exchange
301 Pine St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Brad Zigler is managing director for options marketing, research and education for the Pacific Exchange in San Francisco.
He also represents the Pacific at the Options Industry Council, the educational consortium for the nation’s option exchanges.
He is a contributing editor of Bridge/CRB Trader, TheStreet.com and Options Blueprint.
Steven Zimmermann
Standard & Poor’s Corp.
One Market
Steuart Tower, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1000
Steven Zimmermann is managing director of Standard & Poor’s Western regional office in San Francisco. He chairs S&P;’s committee for the State of California and related agencies.
Zimmerman holds a bachelor’s and an MBA from Columbia University and an MCP from Harvard University.
