Earlier today, we proudly announced the launch of our online conference initiative. We’re starting off that initiative with a bang via our first ever official online conference – The AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference. Given the price of gold, oil and other commodities, our timing could not be better.
REASONS TO ATTEND
1. Participate in a high-quality conference in which you get to watch presentations, interact with CEO’s / IRO’s and listen to great keynote speakers from home.
2. Unbelievable keynote speakers (see below)
3. That’s it ….
4. … and it’s free (Register here)
PRESENTING COMPANIES
The conference will focus on emerging small and mid-cap resource companies who will present by invitation only and are required to have demonstrated excellence through a combination of one or more of the following:
- Experienced management
- Proven reserves via 43-101
- Strong prospective projects via publicly announced drill results
- Balance sheet strength
- Imminent or actual production.
We are limiting the total number of presenting companies to 50. Currently, over 25 companies have committed to the conference, leaving approximately 25 spots available. Presenting companies will be active in industries that include precious metals, base metals, rare metals, oil & gas and clean energy technologies.
REASONS TO PRESENT
1. A built in audience. Last year, AGORACOM attracted over 1.3 million investors, 7.9 million visits and generated just under 100 million page views. (Full Story).
2. AGORACOM content partners include GlobeInvestor, AOL, Yahoo Finance and every Blackberry device on the planet. (Full Details).
3. Conference presentations will be posted and tagged on the biggest finance and social media sites on the web.
4. Present to a global audience, not a local audience.
5. Our keynote speaker lineup is a killer. See below.
6. The price. Contact Us. You will love it.
7. Your investment. No travel, hotels and other hard expenses.
8. Your time. No time away from work or home.
9. Your online strategy. You need an online strategy that extends beyond a basic web page. (Top 10 Reasons Online IR Will Surpass Traditional IR)
10. Fill in the blank. I am sure you have at least one great reason.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
A conference is not complete without investors having an opportunity to hear the views of great keynote speakers. I can tell you that I am simply blown away by the quality of our speakers and so proud they have elected to speak without any form of compensation. They Our line-up of speakers already includes:
- Peter Grandich – Chief Commentator, AGORACOM.com
- Eric Coffin – Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst
- Barry Ritholtz (Ranked #1 Financial Blogger In The World)
- Paul Kedrosky (Ranked #2 Financial Blogger In The World)
- Gregor Macdonald – A Rising Energy Analyst And Investor
For complete bio’s and links to their work, please visit our keynote speakers page.
That’s all for now folks. Look for a lot more information over the next 30 days. Otherwise, save the date and see you there!
Regards,
George
We must be very close to the peak in both gold and commodities. Once they say it’s the perfect time to do something like this it’s getting very close to the time to sell.
Casey had a conference in Las Vegas on Uranium, and if you sold your uranium stocks when he held the conference you would have sold at the peak.
Sprott brought out his Moly fund, if you sold your moly stocks when it was introduced you would have sold at the peak.
This is a great contrarian indicator, mark my words.
Superstar
I think this is a great idea, especially for those of us who don’t live close to major center where the conferences usually are held.
Superstar,
Good thought; but maybe we aren’t quite there yet since it’s not in Vegas???
Roger
Jon Stewart’s Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/dailyshow_video
Funny video…
GREAT IDEA!! Will this also be live somewhere or do the speakers participate online as well?
Re Army’s posting two above (Glenn Beck parody)
In Canada, the clip is at the Comedy Network website:
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip230565
@ Superstar. Interesting comment and good to see we are up there with Sprott and Casey
. To clarify, the bigger initiative for us is the concept of online conferences. We just started with Gold and Commodities for obvious reasons but we’ll move into tech and other sectors next year.
@ John2. Geographical hurdles was one of the biggest reasons for launching the online conference. It just isn’t practical for most investors to travel long distances, stay in hotels and miss work/family. Now, everyone is invited and included.
@ Roger. Perhaps we can add an online casino for the evening
@ Jim. The entire conference is online. Speakers don’t have to travel either, so its a win-win for everybody.
@ Phil. Thanks for the Jon Stewart link, I was going to look for it but you saved me some time.
Keep the questions and comments coming folks.
Regards,
George
Army,
John Stewart’s Glen Beck parody was absolutely hilarious. I think even Glen Beck may be laughing.
As previously discussed on this blog, OMG, Jon Nadler is such an idiot. “Gold is not in a bull market”! Check out his latest misguided thoughts in yesterday’s BNN interview (7 minutes) at http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip232431
would it be possible to have an espn’s “around the horn” format where the commentators are on screen so that we can see each contributor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_U7mpjrYI
@ John. We’re already looking into and testing something along this scale. I would say look for it in Q1 10.
Yes, I viewed the John Nadler commentary and even gold charts that
were brought up….he does live in a seperate reality but does provide
thin support for his continuing escapade…..the fact that India has
just made a massive purchase doesn’t even ring a bell with this guy.
One thing I can say…he has lying eyes and would fit right in with
the politicians in Quebec…or Canada for that matter.
George…
For your information (to update with BNN,) I was just on the BNN site looking at past guest’s picks, and Peter was listed as being with The Grandich Letter. BNN announced his AGORACOM affiliation correctly on the show, but they must not have updated certain data files.
Cheers.
A cut and paste from a recent article from Chuck Cohen, a NYC-based financial consultant who specializes in gold-related investments, regarding John Paulson:
Paulson Barometer
The John Paulson Barometer: This is not a classical indicator, but I’ll go along with the world’s best speculator (up 590% in 2007 and 40% last year). Paulson expects a huge commodity inflation down the pike (below) and I wouldn’t wager against him. Here’s a report on Paulson from Porter Stansberry, whose stunning prediction of the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was featured in Rick’s Picks well ahead of the event. “World’s richest and most successful speculator warns of great inflation,” is how Porter headlined the feature:
“At a recent breakfast, John Paulson, the most successful speculator of the last 20 years, explained exactly how the great inflation will come to pass. Says Paulson: The banks will resume regular lending – thereby releasing all of the excess money supply into the system – within six to 24 months. Two or three years after that, we will see 12% annual inflation.
“Paulson is recommending investing in gold. He’s already placed more than $4 billion of his firm’s assets in the metal. Why is Paulson building his position so early if he doesn’t expect inflation to kick in for four years? In a word: Scarcity. Paulson notes, of the $200 trillion of investable assets in the world, only $800 billion is gold. You won’t be able to get much of that $200 trillion into gold at any reasonable price. But that won’t stop people from trying.
100% Invested
“Here’s the part that sent a chill down my spine. At this breakfast, Paulson also gave a rare insight into what he’s doing with his personal money. Apparently, his fund offers a special option whereby you can invest using gold. According to someone at the breakfast table, you convert your cash into gold and buy into the fund using bullion. When you cash out, you are paid in gold at the value it is worth that day. Paulson is 100% invested in this style.
“When the world’s most successful speculator would rather be invested in his own fund via bullion instead of dollars… you gotta wonder why you’re still carrying greenbacks in your wallet.”
Thanks NAKTOTENBUCKS
@ Randy. Thanks for the heads up. I will contact them.
George