You Are Cordially Invited to Attend
a Day-Long Workshop in Brooklyn Park, MN

Saturday, January 24, 2009
8 am to 3pm

Join financial author and ICLUBcentral President Doug Gerlach, Founder and Managing Partner of Manifest Investing Mark Robertson, QUANT IX SOFTWARE President Matt Willms, Wenzel Analytics President Lee Wenzel, and your fellow investors for an exciting day of investing education on Saturday, January 24, 2008 in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Held at the at the Grand Rios Ramada Minneapolis Hotel & Resort, 6900 Lakeland Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the workshop will assist new or experienced investors reach success. The workshop consists of:

• 8-8:50 a.m.: Portfolio-Centered Decision Making presented by Mark Robertson, Founder and Managing Partner, Manifest Investing, Inc.
  Dashboards, windshields, and dipsticks: Portfolio design has many similarities to preparing your car for a long journey. Discover answers to the most challenging questions of portfolio management, including when to sell. We'll show you that your portfolio can tell you what it needs.
• 9-9:50 a.m.: Let's Get Technical: What are the Charts Telling Us? presented by Lee Wenzel, President, Wenzel Analytics, Inc.
  Fundamental analysis helps us determine "what" to buy. Technical analysis helps us determine "when" to buy and sell. In this session Lee will identify basic patterns and demonstrate how moving averages can dictate the best time to enter or exit a holding. This class is designed to build your confidence so that you can employ the same techniques at home.
• 10-10:50 a.m.: Secrets of Wall Street Analysts presented by Douglas Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral Inc.
  How much can you trust Wall Street analysts? Get the inside scoop on what really happens at investment banks and brokerage firms when they say buy, sell, or hold. Also, learn the basics of how to build a model to fine-tune your own earnings projections just like analysts do.
• 11-11:50 a.m.: Power Screening: Nicholson's Triple Play presented by Mark Robertson, Founder and Managing Partner, Manifest Investing, Inc.
  In this session, we'll describe NAIC founder George Nicholson's "triple play" - the hunt for stocks with 1. high projected returns; 2. opportunity for increased profitability; and 3. potential for Price Earnings (P/E) expansion. Various screening methods and case studies using the modified Preferred Procedure, or Expected Income Statement, will be demonstrated.
• 12-1 p.m.: Lunch Break
• 1-1:50 p.m.: Introduction to Diversification and Asset Allocation presented by Matt Willms, President QUANT IX SOFTWARE, Inc.
  When constructing a portfolio, decisions about diversification and asset allocation are important to long-term investing success. This session reviews why investors must consider both taxable and non-taxable investments to obtain a true measure of overall portfolio diversification. The session uses QUANT IX SOFTWARE's Investment Account Manager software program to illustrate how to rebalance a portfolio consistent with diversification and allocation goals.
• 2-2:50 p.m.: Dealing with the Dogs of Your Portfolio presented by Douglas Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral Inc.
  Every investor has a stock or two that doesn't live up to their expectations. Should you hold on to these under-performing companies and exercise patience as long-term, buy-and-hold investors are taught? Or should you take action sooner? Learn how to identify problem stocks before they become distressed and discover strategies for knowing when to sell - and when not to sell.
• 3-5 p.m.: Cyber Café and Software Demonstrations
  Please join us for this very social after-event!
  
  • Hobnob with the presenters;
  • See the websites and software used during the presentations;
  • Tap into the local investing scene;
  • Meet like-minded investors

Plan now to attend this informative session which will assist you in making smarter investing decisions. Be sure to notify your friends and club members about this educational event coming to Minnesota. Registration is just $40 if paid in advance, $50 at the door.

SPECIAL FOR ICLUBCENTRAL MEMBERS: Print out this email, write your name and email address on it, and bring it to the event. You'll be entered in a special prize drawing for a fabulous prize!

For more information on this workshop please contact Lynn Ostrem at 1-763-497-5163, or send email to garbagecop@gmail.com.

Be sure to register ASAP in order to reserve your seat and be eligible for the day's door prizes! Pass this message along to all members of your investment club. Don't miss this opportunity to advance your investment knowledge!