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#147

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Tue Dec 5, 2006 2:11 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting, Sat. 12/9/2006

melmaid44

http://www.friedberginvestments.com

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, June 10, 2006 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Meeting 11:00 am "Long Term Investing with a Twist"

Jeffrey L. Friedberg, Friedberg Investment Management

Jeff Friedberg will be the featured speaker this month. He will review a list of his preferred stocks, explaining why he chose them while showing the performance graphs of each. Many of these stocks will likely be in his model portfolio for 2007. He will also comment on how he thinks the next six months or so will unfold

Summary results from the other portfolios will be presented by Alan Robison and Joe Landry.

About Speaker

Jeffrey L. Friedberg was raised in a small coal-mining town in eastern Pennsylvania. He graduated first in his high school class, earned Dean's List while at MIT and was awarded a graduate Fellowship at Caltech. Although his degrees were in Geology and Geophysics, Friedberg became actively involved in the stock market while pursuing a rewarding career in Geophysics. In 1979, Friedberg decided to become registered and licensed as an Investment Advisor in order to invest other people's money as he was investing his own. He thus founded FIM, in effect transforming an enjoyable sideline into a successful business endeavor.

HIA’s December 9, 2006 Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Al Robison will lead a discussion of the current state of the market. Any and all suggestions about how we can make some money in this market will be appreciated, so please bring your best ideas to share with the group.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams will discuss “How to repair a bad trade. No cost strategies to get you even”

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will continue with steps to becoming a proficient Trader. Special: After 6yrs of development John and Ron have decided to share their highly proprietary trend following signal with the group.

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situations SIG: Gregor Riesser will discuss examining Special Situations in Stocks, Closed End Funds and Mergers. As always, audience participation and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

Mutual Fund SIG: Jimmy Hixson’s topic will be “Current Market & Outlook for 2007.”

-- 10:45 AM -- Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Jeff Friedberg will be the featured speaker this month. He will review a list of his preferred stocks, explaining why he chose them while showing the performance graphs of each. Many of these stocks will likely be in his model portfolio for 2007. He will also comment on how he thinks the next six months or so will unfold.

-- 12:30 PM -- Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet will be the session leader. Topic to be announced.

-- 1:45 PM – Internet SIG: Does not meet this month.

Profitable Investing and have a very Merry holiday season.

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

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#148

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Sun Jan 7, 2007 8:21 pm
Subject: Time for HIA presentation?

melmaid44

What time do I put in the HIA notice for the speakers special 2 hour presentation?

9:30 – 11:30? 10 – 12? Or what?

I’ve added info about the door prize as follows:

The January door prize will be:
"Getting Started in Chart Patterns" book given by author
Tom Bulkowski see http://ThePatternSite.com for more information about the book.

Need more info about the discount:

The Amibroker Annual Conference will be held in Houston February 17 and 18. A discount of XXXX is available for HIA members. See XXXX for details.

17th 18th.

You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven....

Mel Babb

713-981-5641

#149

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Mon Jan 8, 2007 3:26 pm
Subject: Houston Investors (HIA) Meeting Sat. January 13, 2007

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. Welcome to the first meeting of 2007.

NOTE: Main talk from 10-12. It will be a special 2 hour presentation. The 9:30 SIGs will not meet.

Club business meeting 9:45-10:00

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

SPECIAL INFORMATION for HIA Members

The January door prize will be:
"Getting Started in Chart Patterns" book given by author
Tom Bulkowski see http://ThePatternSite.com for more information about the book.

The Amibroker Annual Workshops and Conference will be held in Houston in February with workshops February 14-16, conference February 17 and 18. The early registration discount of $100 will be extended for HIA members until January 13, 2007. The early bird discount applies to the workshops also. See http://www.ftmonitor.com for details of the conference and registration. Send an email to, Richard Boroff rboroff@... when you early register and mention that you are a member of HIA.

Main Presentation: 10-noon. TimingCube and the newer offerings - TradeGuru and World Index Ranking

Frank Minssieux and Dr. Serge Dacic, the founders of TimingCube will be the featured speakers at the January meeting. Mr. Minsssieux and Dr. Dacic will be joined by Garrett Beauvais, Market Trend Advisors

Who are the founders?
Frank Minssieux is president and co-founder -- Frank is responsible for the overall strategy and operations of the company as well as research on the timing Model
Dr. Serge Dacic is executive vice president and co-founder -- Serge is responsible for strategy and the day-to-day operations of the company as well as its information technology infrastructure.

What are their backgrounds?
Frank and Serge are computer scientists who met and formed a business in Austin, Texas.

Frank has more than 19 years of software engineering and software business experience at Fortune 500 corporations. He spent over 15 years with IBM, where he held various technical and managerial positions, both in Europe and the U.S. He has an M.S. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France

Serge has more than 14 years of software engineering and software business experience at Fortune 500 corporations. He spent nine years with Schlumberger, where he was a senior executive. Over the past four years, he has served as the CTO of two mid-size startup firms, in which time he has developed an intimate understanding of Internet security technology and online collaboration. He has a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Paris XI University, France

Garrett Gervais Garrett joined MARKETTREND Advisors in July 2005 and became a partner in August 2006. Garrett serves as portfolio manager for many blended accounts, conducts stock and ETF research, and assists in the development of new portfolio strategies. Previously, Garrett was with Advanced Micro Devices performing a variety of roles in Corporate Strategy and Marketing in both the U.S. and Europe. In his most recent role, Garrett managed AMD’s $200+ million global marketing budget for their microprocessor division. Prior to joining Advanced Micro Devices, Garrett facilitated North America market planning and venture investments for Kyocera Corporation and was responsible for Kyocera’s first presence on the World Wide Web.

Garrett holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.
Garrett’s desire to help individual investors began as a teaching assistant for Personal Family Finance at the University of Texas at Austin where he taught undergraduate lessons in investing, personal tax preparation, and Texas Family Law.
Garrett holds a Series 65 license and is a Registered Investment Advisor with the S.E.C. and the Texas State Securities Board.

HIA’s January 13, 2007 Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Al Robison will lead a discussion of the present state of the market, which currently looks quite bad. Jeff Friedberg’s picks for the first half of 2007 will be discussed.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: James McWilliams will discuss “Getting Started with the Basics.”

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will conclude Level One: Novice Trader and continue Level Two: The Advanced Beginner. They will look at both the trading techniques & psychology

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situations SIG: Will not be held this month.

Mutual Fund SIG: Will not be held this month.

Fixed Income SIG: New Fixed Income SIG will be coming in February.

-- 9:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

Main Meeting: "Trend timing withTimingCube, Trading Guru and World Index Ranking " Frank Minssieux and Dr. Serge Dacic

-- 12:30 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet will be the discussion leader. Topic to be announced.

-- 1:45 PM –

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet will be the discussion leader. Topic to be announced.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

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#150

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Sat Feb 3, 2007 8:00 pm
Subject: Houston Investors (HIA) Meeting Sat., 2/10/07

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/ Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon: David J. Serbin "Construction of General Market and Fund Specific Timing Signals Using Lagging Indicators"

Dave Serbin, well known to the FastTrack and TRADE users groups as the author of FUBAR as well as many other timing signals, will travel from Cleveland to speak to us about his most productive signals and his methods of finding these signals.

Dave, currently the president and founder of a money management firm WIJOPA, has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Law. He is a licensed investment advisor and registered in Ohio. He continues to practice law and is the co-inventor of four patents.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#151

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Tue Mar 6, 2007 6:04 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Meeting Sat. 3/10/07

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, March 10, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for any changes to SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/ Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page, and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon: Mr. Shephi Philips, President, Watchtower Capital Management

Shephi Philips is owner of Watchtower Capital Management-- a trading firm that provides traders the opportunity to exchange ideas with others on a daily basis, and take advantage of quick market moves. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and has been trading since 1998. Prior to that, Shephi was a financial advisor at Olde Brokerage and later at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. For additional info. on his trading firm contact. -- sphilips@... and see http://www.wcmtrading.com.

SIG Meetings

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Jeff Friedberg will lead the discussion on March 10th. It's not clear that the market will have hit a bottom by then or not, but Jeff will probably have some words of wisdom for us either way.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: James McWilliams and Steve Johnson topic to be announced at the meeting.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will discuss Bill Williams Book #1 Trading Chaos. They will look at point "0" thru Trade #1 and #2. Charts will be shown.

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situations SIG: Will not be held this month.

Mutual Fund SIG: Jimmy Hixson’s topic will be Four Year Cycle (Kiss) and the latest update on where we are.

Fixed Income SIG: Jon Vaughan’s topic will be “Introduction to Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.”

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Mr. Shephi Philips, President, Watchtower Capital Management.

-- 12:30 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced at the meeting.

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced at the meeting.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

#152

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Sun Apr 8, 2007 9:22 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting Sat. 4/14/07

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, June 10, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

April 14, 2007 Featured Speaker - Room 150
Ms. Lorraine Decker,
President, Decker Consulting

Decker Consulting is an internationally and award winning firm specializing in objective corporate-sponsored financial education and individual financial planning. Decker was founded in Houston in 1978 and has been providing clients with objective financial counseling, motivating and educational workshops, and innovative financial planning software.

http://www.deckerusa.com/

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#153

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Thu May 10, 2007 3:28 pm
Subject: Houston Investors meet Sat May 12 2007

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, May 12, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM “Trading Measurements” Vince Rowe, Online Trading Academy

Vince is originally from California and now resides in Irving, Texas. He has three children; Brandon, Spencer and Sydney 12, 7 and 4 respectively. He is a decorated Desert Storm veteran and an ex-Army Ranger.
Vince’s experience in education started as an Instructor and finished as COO for companies such as New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Sylvan Learning Centers, and Fujitsu. As a leader in their Human Capital Management divisions and training support functions, he was responsible for groups of 450 employees and facilitated two large scale mergers.
Next, he bought and sold several businesses with his venture capital partners and continues to hold majority ownership positions in small incubator companies.
After retiring at 38, he was a professional trader in 2003 and 2004. Combining his education and trading experience, he started Online Trading Academy - Texas in 2005.

For more info vrowe@... or http://www.vincerowe.com or contact Cindy Mills at 866-343-5170 or email her at cmills@...

Vince and Cindy will give away a door prize.

HIA’s May 12, 2007 Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Fred Richards will be down from Dallas on May 12th and has agreed to lead a discussion of the present state of the stock market. It's already starting to look like we should have sold in May and gone away, but I'm sure Fred will let us know if he thinks there are any stocks still worth buying. If not, maybe we can talk about which ones to short.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Steve Johnson and Jim McWilliams topic to be announced.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will review Trade #1 and #2 and discuss Why we need Trade #1 after #2.

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situations SIG: Gregor Riesser will discuss examining Special Situations in Stocks, Closed End Funds and Mergers. As always, audience participation and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

Mutual Fund SIG: Fred Richards of Strategic Investing topic will be “Economic indicator charts to access the current trends of the market.”

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan, CFA, topic will be Corporate Bonds.

-- 10:45 AM -- Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Featured Speaker Vince Rowe Online Trading Academy

vrowe@... or http://www.vincerowe.com

-- 12:30 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: “Micro Trading Tactics with Oliver Velez.”

-- 1:30 PM --

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet’s topic to be announced at the meeting.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

#154

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2007 1:25 pm
Subject: Free Thurs, 5/24 7 PM Ed Easterling "Wall Street Comes To Main Street"

melmaid44

Ed Easterling, author, will give a presentation "Wall Street Comes To Main Street" at p.m. at the Sheraton Suites, 2400 West Loop South between South Post Oak and Westheimer. It’s free with free parking. He will give away free 200 autographed copies of his book, Unexpected Returns. Ed Easterling from Dallas is featured in John Mauldin’s book “Just One Thing” in one of the chapters because Maudlin thinks he’s one of the brightest and best on Wall Street.

Pat Shinn of the KTRH 740 radio show Money Matters (and former member of HIA) is sponsoring the program. He needs attendance because for the past 3 weeks, he has not been on the radio to promote it, because the Astros have bumped off his time slot.

To register for the event and find out more info go to www.ktrh.com. Type in the search box “wall street” (no quotes). This will take you to a page where you can register. If you have any questions call Pat Shinn directly 281-589-4585.

Mel Babb

Communications

HIA

#155

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Mon Jun 4, 2007 7:39 pm
Subject: Houston Investors meet Sat. June 9, 2007

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM

George Laigle, “How to Protect Your Savings and Investments from the Stealth Tax of Inflation”

Come and hear about strategies for safe storage of accumulated wealth. Learn some precise definitions of words which are commonly misused in economic articles and discussions, such as inflation, currency, legal tender, seigniorage, Greshams Law. Also hear a bit about the history of money in the U.S.A.; Federal Reserve Act of 1913; The Bretton Woods Conference; central banking; and mechanisms of money creations.

George Laigle has studied and read widely on the history of money, banking, the Federal Reserve, and the fundamentals of economics over the last 40 years. He is a retired Mechanical Engineer who worked primarily in the Petrochemical Industry, with niche expertise in pressure measurement. For several years he served as VP, and/or board member at HIA, and led the popular Short Term trading SIG. Now he pursues his interest in rural land investments and horticulture, when he’s not traveling the world with his wife, children and grandchildren. He spends lots of time on the computer trading stocks, options, and commodities.

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Jeff Friedberg will lead the discussion on June 9th. Jeff will have been to a healthcare conference and a utilities conference between now and then, so he might make a few introductory comments based on those conferences, but otherwise it'll just be an open discussion. Please bring plenty of questions as well as your best ideas to share with the group.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Steve Johnson and Jim McWilliams topic to be announced.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill topic will be “Comparison; Laws of Chaos and Trade # 1 & #2.”

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situations SIG: Will not be held this month.

Mutual Fund SIG: Speaker: Jimmy Hixson’s topic will be “Where do Historical Stock market returns come from? Returns of proposed Asset Allocation Models. “

Fixed Income SIG: John P. Bott, II, Chief Economist & Host of “Where Wall Street Meets Main Street” on Biz Radio 1320, will discuss “Economic Overview and the Coming Crash.”

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: George Laigle will address “How to Protect Savings/Investments From The Stealth Tax—Inflation”

-- 12:30 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced at the meeting.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#156

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Sun Jul 8, 2007 5:22 pm
Subject: HIA Houston Investors meeting Sat. July 14, 2007

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, July 14, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM, Sat. July 14th, 2007 Room 150 Eric L. Prentis, Ph.D.

Eric Prentis, the author of The Astute Investor and The Astute Speculator, performed scientific research to show that the stock market is a discounting mechanism which looks ahead and discounts the news, rather than being efficient and operating like a giant casino. This means that some limited technical analysis and all intelligent fundamental analysis are cost effective and will earn above average returns at a lower risk than a buy and hold portfolio, or said in another way, correct knowledge and proper action results in above average profits in the stock market. Learn whether the stock market is undervalued or overvalued, the long term trend in the market and how to calculate corporate intrinsic values and margin-of-safety multiples like Warren Buffett. Questions, during and after the talk, are welcome.

Experience

Since 1988, Dr. Prentis has dedicated full time to stock trading, investing, and stock market research to complement his trading knowledge. He is a stock market investing expert who has experience in good stock markets and bad. The Astute Investor and The Astute Speculator are a culmination of Dr. Prentis’ practical stock market experience and understanding of investor’s needs through work as a Registered Investment Adviser and academic training.

Education And Teaching

Eric L. Prentis received a B.S.I.E. degree from Northeastern University, an M.B.A. degree from Boston University, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Houston. Eric L. Prentis, Ph.D., previously on the faculty of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, taught in the MBA program. For more information see http://www.theastuteinvestor.net/index.html

The SIG topics schedule is not available yet. Check on the website later this week. Thanks.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#157

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Sun Aug 5, 2007 6:42 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting, Sat 8/11/07

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, August 11, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM Sat. August 11, 2007 Room 150
Steve Meizinger, International Securities Exchange

Steve Meizinger is a Director of Education at the International Securities Exchange with twenty years of Equity Options trading experience. Steve has worked at three different U.S. options exchanges, facilitating trades between professional traders and customers and has been an Equity Options Specialist on the trading floor. Through those roles, Steve learned how to adapt to changing trading environments and implemented many different options strategies, which he now shares with the rest of the options-trading community.

Steve has written articles for the Options Industry Council and travels throughout North America teaching options strategies. Steve earned his Series 7, 55 and 63 certifications, and serves as a top-rated instructor for ISE and the Options Industry Council.

Steve has a B.S degree in Finance from Rider University in Lawrenceville N.J.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming Special Interest Group (SIG) topics.http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in. Or Check the flip chart posted outside Room 150 at the meeting for the topics.

Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings Meeting Room

8:30 AM

Stock Market SIG Room 150

Derivatives SIG Room 110

Trading 101 SIG Room 112

9:30 AM

Mutual Fund SIG Room 110

Fixed Income SIG Room 112

Special Situations SIG Room 150

10:30 AM

Club Business Room 150

10:45AM

Main Meeting Room 150

12:30 PM

Technical Analysis SIG Room 112

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

#158

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Mon Sep 3, 2007 10:32 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting Sat. 9/8/2007

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM, September 8th, 2007 Featured Speaker - Room 150
Steve Bigalow, Candlestick Forum, LLC, http://www.candlestickforum.com Houston, TX 77079, 866-251-4015, 713-465-4510
See Steve's free Webinars each Thursday evening at 7pm Central Time. Instructions on signing in are at Stock Chat

‘Introduction to Advanced Candlestick Patterns’.

Overview for advanced pattern recognition and execution.

Breakout Patterns – Knowing when to get on board and when to take profits
Cradle & Belt Hold Patterns – Easy-to-identify and foretells of a dramatic change about to take place
Fry Pan Bottom – the pent-up power created in this signal can produce very compelling profits.
Trading Gaps – Gaps represent enthusiasm to get into a position to the point that investors will pay prices away from any of the previous day’s trading range. Great for identifying panic selling at the bottom and exuberant buying at the top.
J-Hook Pattern – How to differentiate between profit taking and a full-scale reversal.

Stephen Bigalow possesses over twenty-five years of investment experience, including eight years as a stockbroker with major Wall Street firms: Kidder, Peabody & Company; Cowen & Company; and Oppenheimer & Company. He holds a Business and Economics Degree from Cornell University, and has lectured at Cornell and many other private educational investment functions over the past twenty years.

Mr. Bigalow has advised professional traders, money managers, mutual funds and hedge funds, and is recognized by many in the trading community as the ‘professional’s professional.’ He is an affiliate of the "Market Technicians Association." ( A non-profit association of professional technical analysts)

His first book, Profitable Candlestick Trading: Pinpointing Market Opportunities to Maximize Profits, published by John Wiley & Sons, hit the market in January 2002. The book is directed towards the new investor all the way up to the most sophisticated professionals. In addition to developing many educational training products, he has written articles for Stocks and Commodities, and Futures Magazines.

High Profit Candlestick Patterns, his recent book, was released in December 2005. This book takes candlestick investing to the next level and illustrates how to use candlestick signals with other technical patterns for increased profitability of trades.

He is the owner of the Candlestick Forum, LLC an educational website developed to teach individual investors how to trade by utilizing the candlestick technical signals. (www.candlestickforum.com) His commitment is apparent through his continued support and instruction provided through private chat rooms, and live online web events.

SIGs (Special Interest Groups run concurrently).

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Al Robison topic to be announced.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams will be doing the SIG this meeting. His topic will be announced later.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill topic will be “Trading in a non-linear environment, long term trend analysis, and applying some concepts from Eric Prentis.”

-- 09:30 AM --

Getting Started SIG: Leigh Anderson will present his first session on "The Secret Life of the Price/Earnings Ratio", a discussion of various aspects and uses of P/E.

Mutual Fund SIG: Jimmy Hixson’s topic will be "Market Review, Sub Prime Problem, Who’s to Blame and Possible Solutions."

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan, CFA, Partner, Tri-Star Financial will discuss “Agency CMO’s, An Island of Safety in an Ocean of Risk.”

Special Situation SIG: Will not be held this month.

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Stephen Bigalow. – Introduction to Advanced Candlestick Patterns.

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced.

-- 1:45 PM --

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet will lead a general discussion.

Mel Babb

Communications HIA

#159

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:55 pm
Subject: Houston Investors meeting Sat., 10/13

melmaid44

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, October13, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM Sat. October 13, 2007 Room 150

Don Beasley, Principal
Prior to co-founding Athens Capital Management, LLC, Don Beasley began his professional money management career in 1988. In 1991 he co-founded PMFM, Inc., providing asset management services to a wide range of clients including individuals, corporations, qualified plans and trust accounts. Don Beasley is also a co-founder of 401kToolbox.com, a national innovator of 401(k) portfolio management services. He has been a featured speaker on topics including technical market analysis and quantitative criteria for mutual fund selection and management. Don received his Bachelor of Science degrees in Math and Physical Education, and his Masters in Administration from Northwestern Louisiana.

Special Interest Group (SIG) Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Al Robison will lead a discussion of the present state of the market, which at the time of this writing is looking good for a disciplined CANSLIM approach. Please bring your best ideas to share with the group.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams will be doing the SIG this meeting. His topic will be announced later.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will look at the market from a long term and intermediate term utilizing Bill Williams’ and Eric Prentice’s work.

-- 09:30 AM --

Getting Started SIG: Will not be held this month.

Mutual Fund SIG: Don Beasley will lead an open discussion during the Mutual Fund Session.

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan, CFA topic will be “Interest Rates: Where We are Now and How You Will Profit.”

Special Situation SIG: Gregor Riesser will discuss examining Special Situations in Stocks, Closed End Funds and Mergers. As always, audience participation and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Don Beasley – WALL STREET / MY STREET

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced.

Have Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

Communications

#160

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Wed Nov 7, 2007 2:55 am
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting Sat, 11/10/07

melmaid44

http://www.raymondjames.com/josephshemenski/Services.aspx

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

11:00 AM Main Presentation, Room 150

" THE BIG PICTURE" Joseph Shemenski Educator, CFP, VP for investments with Raymond James & Associates.

An overview of life, death, taxes and things that may impact you, gleaned from 30 years of teaching, investing and life experiences.

In addition to being a certified planner and licensed investment broker with Raymond James, Joe's been teaching evening investment classes at Rice and now Leisure Learning University since moving to Houston in 1987. He will share with us some of his experiences.

HIA’s November 10, 2007 SIG Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Jeff Friedberg will lead a general discussion of the stock market.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams will be doing the SIG this meeting. His topic will be announced later.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill will analyze and prepare the monthly and weekly data pages for the S&P. Bring your calculators.

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situation SIG: Gregor Riesser will discuss examining Special Situations in Stocks, Closed End Funds and Mergers. As always, audience participation and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

Getting Started SIG: Leigh Anderson’s topic will be : "Real men (and women) want dividends – The role of dividends in long-term investment success."

Abstract: Dividends play a surprisingly large role in long-term investments, ultimately providing more return than capital gains. We take a look at the historical record, the benefits of a dividend investing strategy, and a simple but effective way of evaluating dividend investing opportunities.

Mutual Fund SIG: Jimmy Hixson’s topic will be "Can the Stock Market Survive the Housing Collapse?"

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan, CFA, Partner, Tri-Star Financial will discuss “Derivatives: A 3,000 lb Boot Yet to Drop?”

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Joseph Shemenski Educator, CFP,
VP for investments with Raymond James & Associates.

" THE BIG PICTURE"

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced.

Ralph will not be available for the Technical Analysis SIG in December. If someone would like to hold the SIG in December, please let him know.

-- 1:45 PM --

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet will lead an Open Group Discussion.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#161

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Wed Nov 7, 2007 3:00 am
Subject: Request from President of Houston Investors

melmaid44

"HIA Member,

I am requesting that members give consideration to stand for election to an office in HIA for 2008. The election of officers will be at our November meeting. All of our officer positions are listed on our web site under "contacts".

HIA needs new ideas and energy. New officers could invigorate not only the board but the entire HIA organization.

If interested in becoming an officer of HIA, contact me before Saturday at clevefontenot@comcast.net or 713-956-6755.

Best regards,

Cleve Fontenot

HIA President"

#162

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:25 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Meeting Sat. 12/8/2007

melmaid44

http://www.adrich.com/Corp/ffrvitae.htm

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, December 8 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

Check the website after Wed. evening for the upcoming SIG topics. http://houstoninvestors.com/

Click on Agenda to see the topics, go back a page and click on Room Schedule to see which room the SIG is in.

Main Presentation 11:00 AM Featured Speaker - Room 150

" Using CANSLIM with Daily Graphs Online" Fred Richards A long time user of Investors Business Daily's CANSLIM approach, a friend of William O'Neil and a farmer.

For almost 50 years , Fred has been a successful investor. Since 1952, he has had a relationship with William J. O'Neil, the developer of The CAN SLIM^® Investment System. The Strategic Investing methodology incorporates many CAN SLIM^® principles as well as the Investor's Business Daily^® (IBD^®) stock screening and rating systems. He was trained as a fundamental security analyst and trader at 40 Wall Street during the 1960s. Listed in "Who's Who in the World" since 1965 and many other reference sources, his insights and observations on domestic and world economic affairs were fist published in 1972 in his monthly newsletter. "Tis Only My Opinion!" For more information on Fred use this link.

Profitable Investing

Mel Babb

HIA Communications

melbabb@...

#163

From: "Mel Babb" <melbabb@...>
Date: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:45 pm
Subject: We want Program Ideas for HIA

melmaid44

The Program Committee of HIA appeciates your membership and your support for our speakers by your attendance. Now we are looking for suggestions on speakers or topics for the coming year. Please, send an email to Joe Landry jelandry@... with any comments you have about programs. With your help we hope to continue to provide programs of interest to the membership.

Thank you.

Mel Babb, Membership

Houston Investors Association

#164

From: "Leigh Anderson" <leigh@...>
Date: Sat Dec 8, 2007 1:29 am
Subject: Houston Investors Association Meeting Reminder

leigh1948

http://www.adrich.com/Corp/ffrvitae.htm

Houston Investors Association Meeting Reminder

The Houston Investors Association monthly meeting will take place Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

The main presentation is

" Using CANSLIM with Daily Graphs Online"

Fred Richards
A long time user of Investors Business Daily's CANSLIM approach, a friend of William O'Neil and a farmer.

For almost 50 years , Mr. Richards has been a successful investor. He was trained as a fundamental security analyst and trader at 40 Wall Street during the 1960s. Listed in "Who's Who in the World" since 1965 and many other reference sources, his insights and observations on domestic and world economic affairs were fist published in 1972 in his monthly news letter. "Tis Only My Opinion!". For Fred's complete CV use this link.

HIA's December 8, 2007 Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG : Al Robison will lead a discussion of the current state of the market. If anyone has any ideas about how we can make money in this market, please bring your ideas to share with the group.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams will lead a general discussion.

Trading 101 SIG : John Godell and Ron Stockstill will compile the monthly worksheets, using the chaos attractors. Please complete the next monthly lines on your spreadsheet: Future EPS & Fair Value of S&P. Bring your analysis of the yield curve & bring your calculator. You will be asked to give your summary observations of the market, direction of the trend and if it will continue.

-- 09:30 AM --

Getting Started SIG: Leigh Anderson's topic will be "So What Do You Expect?"

Abstract: What is the outlook for stock & bond market returns over the next 5 or 10 years? We look at academic and historical research that suggests it may be less than many expect. Come see if the Grinch steals Christmas this year.

Mutual Fund SIG: Fred Richards of Strategic Investing will discuss "Economic Indicators and Marker Overview."

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan's topic will be " 7.00% FDIC Insured cds: How Do They Work?"

Special Situation SIG: Will not be held this month .

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Fred Richards � Using Can Slim � with Daily Graphs Online"

Fred is a long-time user of CAN SLIM, friend of William J O'Neil and currently a farmer. His bio is located at http://www.adrich.com/Corp/ffrvitae.htm

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Will not be held this month.

#165

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Tue Jan 1, 2008 7:19 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Monthly Meeting Notice

hia_moderator

The Houston Investors Association, founded in 1981, is a non-profit association of active investors with a wide range of investment experience and interests. Members meet monthly to exchange investment knowledge and ideas in an informal and friendly environment.

Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

This month our featured speaker is Jeff Friedberg of Friedberg Investment Management, who will present his Outlook for 2008

The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the website Thursday prior to the meeting for the SIG topics and meeting room schedules.

Help Houston Investors Association grow!

If you have benefited from the information and sharing at the HIA meetings, let your friends know about us. Invite a guest to join you at one of our monthly meetings. The first visit for guests is free; and let us know so we can make them feel at home.

Want to Get More Involved?

Houston Investors Association is a volunteer organization, and we can't survive without your help. Let us know whether you can just donate a couple of hours a year to assist at the meetings, or take a leadership role. Get involved and enjoy the satisfaction of helping your fellow Houstonians achieve secure financial futures.

Leigh Anderson
HIA Communications
hia@...

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#166

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:00 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Monthly Meeting 12 January

hia_moderator

Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

This month our featured speaker is Jeff Friedberg who will present his Outlook for 2008

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, 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

The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the website Thursday prior to the meeting for the SIG topics and meeting room schedules.

Help Houston Investors Association grow!

Want to Get More Involved?

Leigh Anderson
HIA Communications
hia@...

#167

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:32 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Monthly Meeting Notice

hia_moderator

Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

This month our featured speaker is Eric Prentis, Ph.D.

Stock Market Speculating Like A Pro

Speculate in the stock market to earn above market returns in both good economic times and bad. The topics covered in this seminar are short selling, how best to sell or cover common stock and momentum speculating. Additional topics covered in the text include understanding trading volume and turning points, money and risk management, and futures and options trading.

Eric L. Prentis (PhD, UH) is the author of The Astute Speculator, ISBN: 978-0-9759660-2-0. He has taught at USC in the graduate business program and held a position as a registered investment adviser.

The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the website Thursday prior to the meeting for the SIG topics and meeting room schedules.

Help Houston Investors Association grow!

Want to Get More Involved?

Leigh Anderson
HIA Communications
hia@...

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#168

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:52 am
Subject: HIA�s February 9, 2008 Agenda

hia_moderator

http://www.houstoninvestors.com/

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Melcher Hall University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

HIA's February 9, 2008 Agenda

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Al Robison will lead a discussion of the current state of the market, which will probably look better on February 9th than it does at the time of this writing. Please bring your best ideas to share with the group.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams and Steve Johnson will discuss Option cycles.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill request you complete the next monthly lines on your spreadsheet. Future Value and EPS of the S&P. Bring your analysis of the yield curve. We will compile the Weekly worksheet for the chaos attractors. You will be asked to give your summary observations of the market, direction of the trend and if it will continue.

-- 09:30 AM --

Special Situation SIG: Gregor Riesser will discuss examining Special Situations in Stocks, Closed End Funds and Mergers. As always, audience participation and suggestions are strongly encouraged.

Getting Started SIG: Leigh Anderson's topic will be " Making the Last Check Bounce."

Abstract: Exhausting your retirement portfolio before you die can be embarrassing. How much can you safely withdraw each year without running out (or leaving too much to your no-good kids)? The conventional advice from financial planners is more risky than you think. We take a look at the odds in today's markets, and consider strategies to avoid a dog-food diet.

Mutual Fund SIG: Pat Finnegan's topic will be "ETF Investing Timing using Fasttrack and Trade."

Fixed Income SIG: Bill Payne's topic will be "Achieving High Yields in a Low Interest Rate Environment."

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Eric Prentis, Ph.D. whose topic will be "Stock Market Speculating Like A Pro."

Speculate in the stock market to earn above market returns in both good economic times and bad. The topics covered in this meeting will be short selling, how best to sell or cover common stock and momentum speculating. Additional topics covered in the text include understanding trading volume and turning points, money and risk management, and futures and options trading.

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Will not be held this month.

#169

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2008 6:01 pm
Subject: Raffle -- Trading on Target course

hia_moderator

Trading on Target course description

At the HIA meeting Saturday 9 Feb, Joe Landry will raffle the following course on technical trading for the benefit of Houston Investors Association. The linked PDF file has images of the course materials.

RAFFLE

(you don't have to be present to win)

TRADING ON TARGET COURSE (excellent condition )

BENEFIT - HOUSTON INVESTORS ASSOCIATION

TICKET - Donation $5 a chance.

100% of the proceeds go to Houston Investor's Association Treasury.

DONOR - Joe Landry

#170

From: "Leigh Anderson (Houston Investors Association)" <hia@...>
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:09 pm
Subject: Desk Duty at HIA Meeting Sat

hia_moderator

If you attend the Houston Investors Association meeting, say thanks to our HIA Desk Duty Volunteers this Saturday:

Alan Farrington - 8:15 to 9:30
Alan Selbst - 9:30 to 10:45

Thank you, Volunteers !

#171

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Sat Mar 1, 2008 10:35 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Monthly Meeting 8 March

hia_moderator

This email may also be read on the web at
http://tayara.com/hia/archives/71

Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

This month our featured speaker is

Don Wilson
Tango5 Presentation
with emphasis on ETFs

The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the website Thursday prior to the meeting for the SIG topics and meeting room schedules.

Help Houston Investors Association grow!

Want to Get More Involved?

Leigh Anderson
HIA Communications
hia@...

#172

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Tue Mar 4, 2008 11:44 pm
Subject: HIA March 8, 2008 Agenda

hia_moderator

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX.

-- 08:30 AM --

Stock Market SIG: Jeff Friedberg will lead the discussion on March 8th. Jeff always has plenty of things to talk about, but any ideas anyone else in the group wants to bring up will also be welcome.

Derivatives / Advanced Options SIG: Jim McWilliams and Steve Johnson topic will be announced later.

Trading 101 SIG: John Godell & Ron Stockstill request you complete the next monthly lines on your spreadsheet computing the Est fair value of the S&P. Bring your analysis of the yield curve. You will be asked to give your summary observations of the market, direction of the trend, and will it continue?

-- 09:30 AM --

Getting Started SIG: Leigh Anderson's topic will be " What Was I Thinking???! How our smart brains make us dumb investors."

Abstract: We investors face no greater challenges than taming our own emotions and avoiding mental errors of our own making. Recent discoveries in Behavioral Economics can help us recognize common decision traps and possibly learn to step around them.

Mutual Fund SIG: Jimmy Hixson's topic will be " Understanding Medicare options."

Basic Medicare

Medicare Supplement Policies

Medicare Advantage Programs (PFFS, Kelseycare, etc)

Because Kelsey-Seybold no longer accepts Medicare and you must join KelseyCare, we will look at some of the specifics with in their 2 programs. Please do some homework in advance if you think you might be interested in KelseyCare. You must live in certain County's or zip codes to be eligible. Go to: http://www.kelseycareadvantage.com/ then click on Cost Savings (click here). Then on the right side click on either:

Summary of Benefits
KelseyCare Advantage
KelseyCare Advantage Standard Option

KelseyCare Advantage is like Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), Part B (Medical Insurance - doctors, outpatient etc),

Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug) all rolled into one HMO type plan.

KelseyCare Advantage Standard Option is like Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), Part B (Medical Insurance - doctors, outpatient etc),

but does NOT contain Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug) coverage. There are other differences within the program.

Fixed Income SIG: Jon C. Vaughan, CFA, Partner, Tri-Star Financial topic will be "Tax Free Municipals � Opportunity or Disaster??"

-- 10:45 AM --

Club Business:

-- 11:00 AM --

Main Meeting: Guest Speaker will be Don Wilson whose presentation will be "Tango5 Presentation with Emphasis on ETFs"

Don Wilson's background has been in large corporations and later in small businesses. He is retired now, but before that he considered myself a businessman. He has successfully owned/bought/sold several small businesses. This has helped him immensely in the investment arena, because you take the same kinds of risk and learn you can't win them all in business. You learn how to control your losses and your risk just as you must do with investing. He started this Tango5 effort to begin teaching his adult children how to invest his way, the Tango way. It just developed from there, now he has some friends and several hundred others around the country, and a few overseas using this process for investing.

He has been investing full time in the financial markets since 1989. Over that period he has tried many types of investments and the one he uses now described as Tango5 and TangoETF works best for him. Tango5 is a packaged semi automatic mechanical Mutual Fund/ETF trading method; all the design and programming is completed for you. All you do is set up the files in the correct directories, download the data, and double click a batch file on your desktop. This runs all the files and outputs a complete report with instructions for "What and When to Buy Sell or Hold". For more visit www.donsfunds.com.

-- 12:15 PM --

Technical Analysis SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced.

-- 1:45 PM --

Internet SIG: Ralph Brunet topic to be announced.

#173

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:01 am
Subject: Getting Started SIG news

hia_moderator

There will be no session of the Getting Started SIG in April. The next session will be May.

Note that all presentations are online at
http://tayara.com/hia/archives/category/presentations

and Flash Video with audio narrations of some of the presentations are online at
http://tayara.com/hia/archives/category/presentations/narrated

If you've enjoyed the SIG, I welcome your suggestions for future topics. I have a number in mind, including the role of annuities in retirement strategies, how to make a million dollars (start with two million and make some common mistakes), styles of investing (value, momentum, growth, etc), bonds, the Ultimate Secret of Investing (that there is no secret), the role of randomness in investing (and in our lives), black swans, what investors should look for in financial statements, a method for value investing, �

Any particular interests will be considered. Email me at hia@...

-- Leigh Anderson

#174

From: "Moderator Houston Investors Association" <hia@...>
Date: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:01 pm
Subject: Houston Investors Association Monthly Meeting 12 April

hia_moderator

If you have trouble reading this in email, please click
http://tayara.com/hia/archives/83

Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. This month our featured speaker is

Byron Haven
"M is for Market"
(as in CANSLIM)

I personally find the Market to be the most ambiguous component of CANSLIM. However, because it is such a critical element of the method, it is essential to determine what phase the market is in before one invests. William O'Neil explains that during market tops �. read more

The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the website Thursday prior to the meeting for the SIG topics and meeting room schedules.

Help Houston Investors Association grow!

Want to Get More Involved?

Leigh Anderson HIA Communications hia@...

#175

From: "Joseph Landry" <jelandry@...>
Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:52 pm
Subject: HIA Benefit Raffle -Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts

rob61roy

At the April Houston Investors Association meeting we will hold a raffle for Tom Bulkowski's newest book, Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts. The raffle is for the benefit of HIA's treasury with the tickets selling for $5 each. Tom is the author of several books on chart patterns, including the Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns. Cleve Fontenot and I have had a chance to review it and it's an excellent book laying out backtested results of the most profitable chart patterns. The street price of the book is $150 and is described in the link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0470182016/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

The drawing will be held on Sat. April 12th at the general meeting. See Tom's site Bulkowski's Watch List