What's New
2nd Annual MTAEF/MTA Library Fund-Raising Event
When: November 10, 2010
Where: Newman Library @ Baruch College, New York City
Guest Speakers: Challenges for 2011
Steven Einhorn, Partner, Omega Advisors; Jeff Applegate, Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Maury Harris, Managing Director & Chief Economist, UBS Securities; Timothy Hayes, CMT, Chief Investment Strategist & Managing Director, Ned Davis Research; Hank Pruden, PhD, Professor of Business Administration, Golden Gate University
Moderator: Ron Insana, Reporter, Market Score Board Report with Ron Insana
Details on the event. Complete information will be available by September 2010.
University of Maine at Fort Kent – Web-Based Technical Analysis Course
University of Maine at Fort Kent is offering a web-based, credit course on technical analysis. The project has been jointly developed with the MTAEF under the direction of University of Maine professor, Leo Trudel, PhD and the Foundation's Charlie Kirkpatrick, CMT. It available at a college-credit level to anyone who has access to a computer.
Promotional information in pdf format is available for download. The same information is available in a printed two-sided card and can be ordered from info@mtaef.org
The course is offered three times a year. [Read more]
Announcing the Ian S. Notley Memorial Award on Cycle Research
In partnership with the MTA Educational Foundation (MTAEF), Jonathan Arter of Taniscott Capital announces the formation of The Ian S. Notley Memorial Award which will present a $2,500 prize awarded to that student who writes the winning paper addressing market and business cycles and the oscillations present in capital markets on a secular and cyclic basis. It is expected that first award will be in December 2010.
Jonathan will underwrite the first year’s award and will campaign to build a fund that will keep the prize endowed. The MTAEF qualifies as a charitable organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3), and contributions are tax deductible. Taniscott business manager, Bonnie Nakashian, will gladly assist you with questions as to how to participate, bonnie@taniscott.com For additional information, please download the Notley Award article in pdf format.
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER NEWS
John Bollinger, CFA, CMT was once again one of the 150 speakers at the XI edition of the IT Forum in Rimini, Italy, May 13-14. Details of the Forum (in Italian) can be found at www.itforum.it
Mike Carr, CMT recently taught at local colleges in Cheyenne, WY and frequently speaks to groups of individual investors. In the March/April 2010 issue of Traders.com, he has written three articles: The Dollar And The Risk on page 31, Dollar Heading Higher? on page 32 and Time to Buy Grains? on page 43. The articles may be read by downloading the issue at traders.com
Julie Dahlquist, Ph.D. presented “The Apple-A-Day System: A Case for Teaching Trading System Design” (with C. Kirkpatrick and R. Bauer) at the Financial Education Association meeting, Bermuda; lectured to MBA students at St. Mary’s University and St. Mary’s Student Managed Fund, San Antonio, TX; article “Risk and Return: Lessons from Extreme Portfolios,” (with Richard Bauer and Dom Cho) published in the Southwest Business Administration Journal.
Bruce Kamich, CMT Bruce was the subject of an article on teaching technical analysis at Baruch College in the June 2009 issue Bloomberg Markets magazine - pages 158-160.
Charlie Kirkpatrick's, CMT latest book, Beat the Market: Invest by Knowing What Stocks to Buy and What Stocks to Sell was released by FT Press. Charlie taught a technical analysis mini-course at Brandeis International Graduate School of Business, in conjunction with Professor Carol Osler. He represented the Foundation (in conjunction with the online course at the University of Maine at Fort Kent) at the RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) 10th annual conference at the University of Dayton in March.
Phil Roth, CMT Phil participated in a conference in at the Taj President Hotel in Mumbai, India in 2009. He was also a guest speaker at the CFA South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg also in 2009 - his presentation was webcast to South Africa from New York. He was a guest speaker at the October 2009 meeting of the New Orleans CFA society. Phil will be a guest speaker at the NTAA Annual General Meeting in June 2010 in Tokyo.
Jasmina Hasanhodzic, Ph.D The book she co-authored with Andrew Lo The Heretics of Finance: Conversations with the Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis has been released by Bloomberg Press. She was mentioned in an interview with Andrew Lo by Stocks & Commodities magazine; the article, in PDF format, can be downloaded by clicking here. The book was also reviewed in the latest edition of the IFTA Journal, page 99. Jasmina moderated panels at the IMN conference in San Diego about new benchmarks for hedge funds and 130/30 funds and she spoke at the Argyle Investment Forum (130/30 funds) and at the New York Society of Security Analysts on technical analysis.
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ADVISORY PANEL NEWS
Robert Prechter, CMT and his market forecast were the subject of the July 4, 2010 article in the business section of The New York Times, A Market Forecast That Says 'Take Cover' by Jeff Sommer. Advisory Panel member Ralph Acampora, CMT and Board of Directors member Larry Berman, CFA, CMT were also quoted. The article, in PDF format is available for download.
Hank Pruden, Ph.D. Hank was a speaker at the October 2009 IFTA conference in Chicago. His speech was on his favorite subject - The Wyckoff Method Applied in 2009: A case study of the US stock market. He also wrote a moving tribute to our colleague, Mike Epstein, in the 2010 issue of the IFTA Journal, page 5. Hank will be a guest speaker at the Foundation's 2nd Annual Library Event in November.
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