Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Profile, Disclosure, Compliance and Disclaimer!

Investor Intelligentsia provides financial market commentary drawn upon a wide variety of disciplines. Eric Dubin serves as executive editor. Mr. Dubin is an independent buy-side analyst and portfolio manager based in San Francisco, California. He managed the "Tech Stalker" "Strategy Lab" portfolio for MSN Money for over two years, and served as the lead communications and end markets analyst and managing editor for INFRASTRUCTURE, the first technology-focused financial securities letter published on the internet. He can be reached by sending an email to "Eric" at the internet domain InvestorIntelligentsia.com ("eric" and the domain name are separated here to prevent automated spam email address harvesting - just combine the two when addressing).


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