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Brian Hicks
Brian Hicks is the managing editor and chief investment analyst of the $20 Trillion Report, a weekly investment advisory that covers the energy sector. Since its inception in 2004, the $20 Trillion Report (TTR) portfolio has returned an average gain of 37% per annum.
In addition to running the TTR, Brian also contributes to Wealth Daily and Energy & Capital, two investment dailies that are free to the public.
Prior to launching the $20 Trillion Report in 2004, Mr. Hicks worked for Agora Publishing for 10 years, an investment and fiercely free market publishing firm whose publications are translated in over 100 countries. A former member of the Market Technicians Association, Brian has managed several investment letters specializing in microcaps, biotechnology, high tech, and energy and trading.
Brian is also credited with creating the Volume Spike Indicator (VSI).
Brian's investment philosophy can be best described as the "Bruce Lee" approach. Whereas Bruce Lee successfully invented a new form of martial arts by combining the best elements of other combat systems, Brian believes that you can do the same in investing.
According to Brian...
"You don't have to pigeon-hole yourself to any one investment style. Market environments are constantly changing... and you have to be flexible enough to change when new assets classes turn bullish. In the 1990s it was Internets... between 2001 and 2006 it was real estate... today it's commodities, especially gold and energy. To make money in this global economy you have to be a gold bug, a growth investor, a Warren Buffett disciple, observe Dow Theory and at times, be a wild speculator."
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Brian attended the University of Baltimore where he graduated in 1992 with honors in Political Science. He taught school for one year... and attended the University of Maryland and Loyola College studying Political Theory, Public Policy and Modern Studies.
In 1997 he was accepted into the Market Technicians Association where he studied stock market technical analysis.
Mr. Hicks has been a keynote speaker at countless national and international investment conferences as well as a guest commentator on the financial television networks CNBC, CNNfn, Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. Brian has also been quoted and profiled in many financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal... and recently published a book titled Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Opportunity of the Century.
Recent Articles by Brian Hicks
Natural Gas ETF - 2009-06-24The Easiest Way To Play the Natural Gas Comeback
No Recovery without a Bottom in Housing - 2009-06-19
A Decades-long Bear Market in Housing?
Oil Economics - 2009-06-10
The Return of Peak Oil?
Classic Government Investment - 2009-06-03
Profiting from Wasteful Spending
Blame the Federal Reserve - 2009-05-27
How the Fed Helped Cause the Financial Crisis
The Pure Asset Trader - 2009-05-09
Introducing Ian Cooper's Latest Profit Advisory
Stock Market Panic - 2009-04-28
Buy the Rumor, Sell the News
Investing in Biotechnology Stocks - 2009-04-22
Searching for the Next Mini Black Swan
Options Investing Newsletter - 2009-04-20
Case Study: How 338% Is Made in Just 6 Days
Options Investing Newsletter - 2009-04-15
Case Study: How 338% Is Made in Just 6 Days
There Is No Free Market in America - 2009-04-09
The Road to Hell is Paved with Cheap Money
The Best Investment Research Today - 2009-04-08
Don't Confuse Brains with a Bull Market
Mark to Market Accounting - 2009-04-06
Peter Schiff Points out the Market's Real Value Problem
There Is No Free Market in America - 2009-04-01
The Road to Hell is Paved with Cheap Money
The Obama Stimulus Plan - 2009-03-25
How to Protect Your Assets from the White House "Amateur Hour"
The Obama Portfolio - 2009-03-18
3 Stocks to Profit from the Stimulus Plan
2009 Stock Market Outlook - 2008-12-28
The Year of the Ox
3 Rules for Today's Markets - 2008-11-28
My Personal Investment Decisions
This Is When Fortunes Are Made - 2008-09-25
How To Make Money in Good Times and Bad
Stock Market Meltdown - 2008-09-15
The Downward Spiral
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