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Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc

Social Security Fund or Fantasy?

March 26, 2011

Boomers Alert! The Incredible Shrinking Social Security Fund -

Howard BruckChief Information OfficerHUDSON VALLEY BANK

Data: Information Technology's Next Greatest Challenge

March 9, 2011

Analysis of:2011 State Of Storage Survey | www.informationweek.com

The amount of data generated continues to grow at 20% or more each year. While new storage hardware can adequately record all this information, we are losing control of the data itself. The current solution of simply adding more storage capacity perpetuates the issue. The better long term answer is to understand and control our information. Some solutions like de-duplication from EMC, Symantec, and Falconstor provide some relief, but not nearly enough to overcome this issue.

Jordan BalkanyManaging DirectorLarkin Capital

Inelasticity of Demand for Gold ETFs

February 23, 2011

Analysis of:WGC's Grubb Says Gold ETP's Are Resilient | www.bloomberg.com

Marcus Grubb, managing director of investment research at the World Gold Council, talks about positive demand for exchange traded products backed by physical gold, despite falling prices. However, recent market data does not completely support his claims.

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc

Madison, Wisconsin -US or Egypt?

February 17, 2011

Madison, Wisconsin -US or Egypt? OK - OK I realize this title can be alarming; but that was really the reason why I used it.

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc

Fault Tolerant (FT) Server Industry

January 25, 2011

Various high-transaction based (Stock Market) and critical (FAA) computer applications require Fault Tolerant (FT) servers. For general theory, see fault-tolerant design.

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc

DOT-COM Bubble Confrmed

January 3, 2011

As we begin the second decade of the second millennia - we face (pardon the pun) the pumping-up of the second dot-com bubble.

Ronald IngramDirector of Product ManagementADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS, INC.

2011 Startup WingCash – The Next Generation of Money?

January 1, 2011

Analysis of:New Digital Currency: Send Coins and Bills on the Internet without Fees | wingcash.com

ProPay Founder, Bradley Wilkes started the WingCash beta in South Carolina December 21, 2010. WingCash is a Salt Lake City, UT based payment technology startup described as “a simple way to send and receive cash on the internet”. WingCash offers merchants a means of accepting electronic currency without risk of charge-backs or interchange costs. Unlike checks and ACH, WingCash is irrevocable.

Kenneth SommerPresident and Chief Executive OfficerPort Fortune Investments

Federal Reserve and Debit Interchange

December 20, 2010

Last week, The Federal Reserve issued their initial rules regarding the Durbin amendment, which was passed by the US Congress as part of the Dodd-Frank bill in July, 2010. There will be an opportunity for public comment with final rules to be issues in late April 2011. The two areas of the Durbin amendment that were the focus of Fed meeting were how debit interchange rates will be set going forward and also how the network routing exclusivity provision of the bill will be implemented.

G. Brent BarkinVice PresidentSHOE STATION, INC.

Response to Frank Voisin's investment analysis of Skechers

December 17, 2010

Analysis of:Investment Analysis: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. | www.gurufocus.com

Mr. Voisin's analysis that Skechers is currently valued correctly by the market is an accurate one and may not even go far enough. I would further suggest that Skechers is poised for even further weakness for three reasons. First, Toning is mainly a fad which is on the way out. Second, Skechers current arrangements with their retailers will harm them in the future. Finally, Skechers inventory is not only heavy but drastically overvalued.For these reasons, Skechers is still a company to avoid.