Brien Lundin is president of Jefferson Financial, executive editor of Gold Newsletter, and host of the famed New Orleans Investment Conference. He draws on 40 years of experience in investment analysis and publishing to deliver uniquely profitable advice to his readers. For over four decades, Gold Newsletter has provided serious investors with a behind-the-scenes view into the precious metals and resource stock markets, and consistently led its readers to profits of a degree rarely found elsewhere.

Stephen Moore, who formerly wrote on the economy and public policy for The Wall Street Journal, is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Project for Economic Growth, at The Heritage Foundation. Mr. Moore, who also was a member of The Journal's editorial board, returned to Heritage in January 2014—about 25 years after his tenure as the leading conservative think tank's Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs from 1984 to 1987. He is the founder and former president of the Club for Growth, which raises money for political candidates that favor free-market economic policies. Mr. Moore has served as a senior economist on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and as a senior economic fellow at the Cato Institute, where he published dozens of studies on federal and state tax and budget policy. He is the author of five books, including Bullish on Bush: How the Ownership Society Is Making America Richer. Mr. Moore graduated from the University of Illinois and holds a Master's degree in economics from George Mason University.

Rick Rule founded Global Resource Investments, Inc., which provides investment advice and brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals, institutional investors, and corporate entities worldwide. Global Resource Investments, Inc., is now part of the Sprott, Inc., group of companies, a public company, focused on investment management in the natural resources sector. The company manages or administers in excess of CAD$8 billion in resource and commodity assets. Mr. Rule has been active in natural resource investing for 35 years and is a well-recognized analyst in mining, energy, water, forest products, infrastructure, and agriculture sectors. A popular public speaker, he is a featured presenter at investment and industry forums and conferences around the world. Mr. Rule is particularly active in private placement markets, having originated and participated in hundreds of debt and equity transactions with private, pre-public, and public companies.