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Al Thomas - EzineArticles Expert Author

Al Thomas

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Albert W. Thomas has spent most of his life in the field of finance. In 1965 he founded an insurance holding company, Security Dynamics Investment Corporation, after having been an agent and General Agent for several life insurance companies. In 1970 he became cofounder and president of Real Life Estate, Inc., that marketed a unique real estate and life insurance package.

After he became interested in commodities he bought a seat for his personal trading on the Chicago Open Board of Trade, which is now known as the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange. Later he became a full time trader and also acted as a commodity broker for a few select clients. By fellow floor traders Al is considered to be an excellent technical analyst much of which is outlined in his book IF IT DOESN'T GO UP, DON'T BUY IT! It became a best seller on Amazon.

In 1981 he sold his membership on the Exchange and with his wife, Carolyn, lived full time aboard their 41' ketch, the Aumakua (which means guardian angel in Hawaiian). They sailed in Florida and the Bahamas for two years.

He founded World Trading Group in 1984 that grew to the seventh largest introducing commodity brokerage firm in the U.S. with 35 offices from coast to coast, Alaska and Canada. It was sold in 1992.

Al is a graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. degree in Commerce and is a member of MENSA. He is now president of Williamsburg Investment Company that syndicates his weekly financial column since 1999 to more than 300 newspapers and writes a financial market letter called Over My Shoulder that is quoted in Barron’s and many other publications. A 3-month trial subscription is available on his web site. He is a regular guest on several financial radio talk shows.

His favorite pastime is fishing.

Mr. Thomas is available for speaking engagements. Please call 321-453-5300 for more information.

Author Links
Business URL:   http://www.mutualfundmagic.com/, http://www.mutualfundstrategy.com, http://www.etfmagic.com
Personal URL:   http://www.mutualfundmagic.com/
Ezine URL:   The Alchemist
Recommended Paperbacks
If It Doesn't Go Up, Don't Buy It, revised and updated

If It Doesn't Go Up, Don't Buy It, revised and updated
Author: Al Thomas
ISBN: 0967155312


Author Statistics
Status: Platinum
Joined: EzineArticles Member since October 22, 2004
Location: United States
Articles: 355 Active articles, resulting in 268,789 views
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Articles by Al Thomas Displaying Articles 1-100 of 355
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Winning Five Words Stocks 11/20/2009 0
Why Buy Gold Personal-Finance 09/24/2009 0
Forget The Consumer Finance 09/14/2009 0
Medical Tourism Travel-and-Leisure 09/13/2009 0
The Business to Be In Now Career-Advice 09/14/2009 0
Congressional Stampede Pure-Opinion 08/11/2009 0
There Is No Such Thing As "Good" Stock Stocks 07/08/2009 0
Can't Stop Asset Deflation While Unemployment Is Rising Personal-Finance 06/30/2009 0
Watch The Market Dive Stocks 06/30/2009 0
What Can A Laid Off Worker Expect? Pure-Opinion 06/03/2009 0
Munis Are NOT Safe Economics 04/24/2009 0
Buy A New Used Car Automotive 04/24/2009 0
Buy Blue Chips and Go Broke Stocks 04/23/2009 0
The Elephant Economics 04/23/2009 0
The Tide Has Changed Personal-Finance 04/23/2009 0
How to Profit in a Bear Market Personal-Finance 04/23/2009 0
Bye, Bye, Baby - Not Buy, Buy, Baby Pure-Opinion 08/11/2009 0
Jobs Vs Making Work Economics 02/18/2009 0
Indentured Slaves of America Pure-Opinion 09/18/2009 0
Who Caused This Mess? Economics 02/17/2009 0
Tariffs - The Next Abomination From Washington Taxes 02/17/2009 0
How to Know Market Direction Stocks 02/17/2009 0
Annual Predictions Personal-Finance 02/17/2009 0
CYA = ETF Personal-Finance 12/17/2008 0
Wall Street's 10 Biggest Lies Investing 12/16/2008 0
The Fallacy of Dividends Investing 12/16/2008 0
Finding a Winning Stock Stocks 12/16/2008 0
Time to Buy - Not Investing 12/16/2008 0
Value Investing Equals Nonsense Investing 12/16/2008 0
How Stop Loss Orders Make Money Stocks 12/16/2008 0
New Cadillac Pure-Opinion 12/16/2008 0
Breathe Deeply - But Hold Your Nose Pure-Opinion 12/16/2008 0
How to Change Brokers and Save Your Funds Stocks 12/16/2008 0
How to Know When the Bear Market is Over Stocks 12/16/2008 0
How to Buy and Sell Stocks 12/16/2008 0
Paddle My Fannie Real-Estate 08/18/2008 0
Cash Is Best Now Investing 09/13/2009 0
Get Rich Quick Trading Courses Personal-Finance 08/18/2008 0
Last Place For Financial Advice Personal-Finance 08/08/2008 0
Don't Buy Anything Stocks 08/08/2008 0
Stagflation Vs Reverse Mortgages Mortgage-Refinance 07/15/2008 0
The 10% Solution Stocks 04/02/2008 0
Mutual Fund Meltdown Mutual-Funds 10/26/2009 0
The Bull Is Dead - Long Live The Bear Investing 03/05/2008 0
Municipal Bonds Explained Personal-Finance 02/28/2008 0
Is Your 401k Safe? IRA-401k 02/25/2008 0
The Hopeful And The Skeptical Investing 02/25/2008 0
Hairbrained Or Harebrained Mortgage-Refinance 02/25/2008 0
Market Tops Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Listen To The Market Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Brainwashing Versus Common Sense Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Pitfalls Of Reverse Mortgages Mortgage-Refinance 02/25/2008 0
Bears Feed On Disappointment Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Best Buys For 2008 Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Buy A Good Stock And Put It Away - Not Stocks 02/25/2008 0
Sell Municipal Bonds Now Personal-Finance 02/25/2008 0
Is Your Bank Savings Account Safe? Personal-Finance 02/25/2008 0
In For The Long Haul - Go Broke Personal-Finance 02/25/2008 0
What Is Valuation? Personal-Finance 02/25/2008 0
The Good 6 Months And The Bad 6 Months Investing 02/25/2008 0
Friday - Wake Up Call Investing 02/25/2008 0
Predicting the Next Market Decline - Not Investing 02/25/2008 0
Globalization - Why The Stock Market Will Go Higher Stocks 09/11/2007 0
Ignorance vs Stupidity Motivation 09/11/2007 0
Finding a Financial Planner Personal-Finance 09/11/2007 0
Wall Street Titanic Investing 09/11/2007 0
A Bridge Too Far Finance 08/16/2007 0
Why Brokers Can't Tell You The Truth Stocks 08/09/2007 0
Magic Bullet To Retirement Wealth-Building 08/09/2007 0
Valuation Reports Personal-Finance 08/09/2007 0
Adding New Positions Personal-Finance 08/09/2007 0
A Bear Reminder Stocks 06/28/2007 0
Review Or Go Broke Investing 06/28/2007 0
Which Way The Market For 2007 Personal-Finance 04/01/2007 0
The Golden Years May Be Tarnished Wealth-Building 03/26/2007 0
Simple Money Management Technique Investing 03/26/2007 0
Real Estate – Location - Stocks – Rotation Stocks 03/26/2007 0
This Is Not 1929 Investing 03/26/2007 0
Make'Em Prove It Investing 03/26/2007 0
What Is Your Money Worth Wealth-Building 03/26/2007 0
Truth About Housing Homes 03/26/2007 0
Alfred E. Neuman, Stock Guru Investing 03/26/2007 0
Lower Interst Rates Will Not Solve The Housing Debacle Homes 03/26/2007 0
Jim Cramer, Pickpocket Investing 03/26/2007 0
Why Housing 1932 Style Is Returning Real-Estate 02/02/2007 0
ETFs - Better Than Mutual Funds Mutual-Funds 11/11/2006 0
Truth About Fund of Funds Stocks 11/11/2006 0
New High in DOW is Meaningless Stocks 11/11/2006 0
Contrarian Trading Works Stocks 11/11/2006 1
Buying A Foreclosure Investing 11/11/2006 0
Finding An Advisory Service Personal-Finance 11/11/2006 0
Bear on a Leash Investing 11/11/2006 0
Market Instability Stocks 11/10/2006 0
My Broker Doesn't Know Investing 11/11/2006 0
Gold is Where yo Find It Investing 11/11/2006 0
Your Broker isn't a Crook - He is Ignorant Personal-Finance 11/11/2006 0
What Have You Done For Me Lately? Investing 07/17/2006 0
Advisory Services Investing 07/09/2006 0
Invest in Real Estate - NOT! Real-Estate 07/03/2006 0
Is Gold Still a Buy? Investing 06/27/2006 0


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