Feeling bombarded by daily headlines of financial doom and destruction? It's time to rub elbows with the investment giant who has rubbed elbows with corporate heavyweights − and learned the secrets of investing success! In his dynamic talk, Wade Slome CFA, CFP®, President/Founder of Sidoxia Capital Management, and author of How I Managed $20,000,000,000.00 by the Age of 32, shares his expertise plus strategies he's learned from the country's top CEOs. “What a wild ride it's been,” says Slome, who's the go-to resource for USA Today, The New York Times, Dow Jones, Investor’s Business Daily, Bloomberg, Smart Money and other media outlets. “From trading penny stocks in high school stock market competitions to trading billions of dollars while hanging out with Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google), Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon), and John Chambers (CEO of Cisco Systems), I've seen it all.”

You'll learn how to leverage the dramatic potential of today's financial markets and discover new opportunities. "The truth can set you free," says Slome, who shows in-person and Web-based audiences innovative strategies based on risk tolerance that maximize returns and help you increase profits and savings, retire sooner, and achieve your financial dreams.

In this era of economic uncertainty, it's important to master both new and time-tested strategies, and this talk has it all. Join Wade Slome on the wild ride he’s been on since he grabbed his MBA from Cornell University in 1998 and soared to success in the industry, managing assets with some of the sharpest financial minds in the country.

His presentations include:

Investing in Uncertain Times
Apply the four-point “platinum bullet” strategy of investing and avoid the four key investment pitfalls. Put the current financial market events into proper perspective and gain new confidence in facing these challenges.

Identifying Winning Stocks
Explore key strategies and tools, including: fundamental analysis, financial statement analysis, technical analysis, top-down and bottom-up economic analysis, plus industry sector rotation. Review case studies and examples to reinforce the techniques.

Investing from A to Z
Cut through the endless amount of investor options to focus on the necessary products and approaches for financial success, including: stocks, bonds, futures, options, mutual funds, ETFs, index funds, convertibles, hedge funds, annuities, REITS, private equity and venture capital.

Financial Planning: Reaching Your Goals
Achieve a broad, holistic winning solution to your investment needs by exploring the key components of a financial plan, including: tax planning, estate planning, insurance planning, and college planning.

Rise and Fall of Hedge Funds
Review the characteristics and conditions that led to the explosion of this asset class, and discuss the outlook and prospects of various hedge fund strategies.

Making Money in a Tough Economy
Learn cutting-edge strategies from one of America's elite managers and discover how to buy fear and sell greed to reach your financial goals.

Wade Slome holds an MBA from Cornell University with an emphasis on Finance. He earned a B.A. in Economics from UCLA. In addition, he holds the esteemed credentials of CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and CFP (Certified Financial Planner.) With more investment experience than 99% of his peers, Slome managed one of the ten largest growth funds in the country, and currently manages a hedge fund in addition to separate customized accounts for a selective client base. Buying on fear and selling on greed, he reverses the age-old pattern that governs investors’ emotions. Using low-cost, tax-efficient investment vehicles, his investment services are generally one-third to one-half cheaper than other investment advisors.

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