Recent Market Updates and Articles... 2011 Fall Investment Perspectives 2011 Interim Outlook. Political Dysfunction, and where we are in the bear market cycle.... click here for the full article 2011 Annual Investment Outlook Strategic initiatives for the year ahead. 2010 was a successful year for our implemented investment strategy. We have continued to outperform the U.S. broad based market indexes.... click here for the full article Two Articles sent to clients on 3/30/2008 and 5/6/2010 The Credit Mess This Article shows how we are able to stay AHEAD OF THE CURVE. An informative article on the credit crunch before the issue imploded the financial markets, and the leverage issues that brought down numerious financial institutions worldwide. click here for part one of the article click here for part two of the article Publications and Press Chief Investment Strategist and Global Arena's founder Michael Cohn is consulted and quoted frequently by the news media and leading investment publications. These are some of the latest informative articles An informative article on Market Volatility titled "Out of the Blue" by Vanessa Drucker An insightful article on the subprime crisis titled "Hit Parade" by Terry Mcwilliams A collection of articles by Jeff Cox, Cindy Perman and others Risk Management : A forgotten discipline Once again, investors have forgotten about risk..... click here for the full article Strategies for Generating Income and Managing Risk Article by Michael D. Cohn published in the April 2007 issue of the Wealth Strategies Journal.com website. In order to manage risk, merely diversifying into investments and asset classes defined as non-correlated is not sufficient as an asset protection strategy. For investors and fiduciaries seeking to add value to a portfolio by either generating additional income or managing investment risk..... click here for the full article Using Options as a Risk Management Tool, Protecting Assets, and Increasing Investment Income Article by Michael D. Cohn published in the Fall 2005 issue of the Journal of Wealth Management. In this article, we start with a brief review of options theory to set the basis for the balance of our discussion which relates to three uses to which one can put these options to work as an important risk management tool. click here for the full article Trading Places: America and Europe in the Middle East By Philip H. Gordon See if this story sounds familiar. A Western Great Power, long responsible for security in the Middle East, gets increasingly impatient with the hardline position taken by nationalist leaders in Iran. Decades of historical baggage weigh heavily on both sides, and the Iranians deeply resent the way the Great Power had supported its corrupt former leaders and exercised influence over their internal affairs... The time and place? No, not America, Iran and Europe today, but the 1951 clash between the United Kingdom and the Mohammad Mosaddeq regime in Iran, with the United States in the role of mediator. click here for the full article