Claus Vogt (Germany) boasts a financial market career spanning two decades—first as a financial consultant with the London division of Merrill Lynch, and more recently as the Research  Director and strategist for an independent German bank, which, thanks largely to Mr. Vogt, was one of the few to make money for its clients during the financial crisis. Mr. Vogt is editor of Sicheres Geld, one of Germany’s largest circulation investment newsletters and also writes a regular weekly column in Money and Markets, reaching over a half million U.S. and international readers. He graduated with a degree in business and economics from the University of Frankfurt am Main.

Roland Leuschel (Germany) who began his career over a half century ago, has been one of the most highly respected stock market analysts in Europe for over thirty years, known both for his strongly bullish arguments prior to major rising markets and his equally strong crash warnings before major bear markets, earning him the title of “Crash Prophet.” Mr. Leuschel is a regular columnist for Börse Online, Germany’s leading stock market publication. His prior books include not only Das Greenspan Dossier, but also the 1984 European edition of The American Idea—Growth is Our Future, co-authored with former Congressman Jack Kemp. He holds two bachelor’s degrees—one in engineering economics from Karlsruhe University and the other in economics from the Free University of Berlin.