Brookstone Capital's Portfolio Manager & Vice President, Investment Operations, Selected to Make Presentation at Managed Funds Association's Forum 2006.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif. -- Brookstone Capital Inc. is proud to announce that Edward Allen, its portfolio manager and vice president, investment operations, was selected to speak at the Managed Funds Association Forum 2006 Star Search Program on June 21, 2006, at The Fairmont Chicago. Star Search is a presentation of new and developing traders and fund managers. Each fund manager selected to make a presentation presented to MFA See multifactor authentication. a statement as to why they should be selected as well as documents detailing their firm and trading strategy. Allen, one of nine "star" managers selected to participate in the program, gave a presentation of Brookstone Futures LLC's soon-to-launch Brookstone Advantage Fund to Forum 2006 attendees, including investment, hedge fund hedge fund, in finance, a highly speculative, largely unregulated investment device. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher price before repaying the lender) against "long" and fund of funds Fund of Funds A mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds. Notes: For example, an investor would select a general risk profile and the fund-of-funds manager would pick underlying investments from a range of products managed by external managers. managers. The Brookstone Advantage Fund's objective is to generate above-average, absolute returns by employing a series of quantitative technical strategies in the U.S. equity index futures Index Futures A futures contract on a stock or financial index. For each index there may be a different multiple for determining the price of the futures contract. Notes: For example, the S&P 500 index is one of the most widely traded index futures contracts in the U.S. markets. The Brookstone Capital team employs a scientific, collaborative style in the development, testing and execution of its trading strategies. Brookstone Futures LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a unit of Brookstone Capital. Allen joined Brookstone in December 2004 with experience in both the banking and alternative investment side of the financial industry. In May 1996 he was a risk management analyst for Citigroup's foreign exchange options group. In December 1999, Allen began his career in the hedge fund industry as a trader in the relative value options program at Rayner Stonington in Greenwich, Conn. After that Allen worked as a macro fund manager for Standard Bank Asset Management in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . He has presented his analysis of the global markets on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , Fox News Channel and Bloomberg Television. Dr. James DeMers, president of Brookstone Capital, stated, "We are proud and honored that the MFA recognized Brookstone Capital Inc. and selected our Portfolio Manager and Vice President Operations Edward Allen as one of their 'star' managers to make a presentation to the attendees at their Forum 2006." About Managed Funds Association Managed Funds Association is the only U.S.-based association representing professionals in the global alternative investment industry. With more than 1,000 members worldwide, MFA represents professionals in hedge funds, futures and other alternative investments, as well as brokers, exchanges, and all the other services which support the industry. About Brookstone Capital Inc. With offices in Costa Mesa, Brookstone Capital Inc. is a diversified investment company Diversified investment company An investment vehicle such as a mutual fund that invests in an assortment of securities. specializing in unique, alternative investment opportunities focused on biotech venture capital and equity long/short and futures fund management. Through BrookstoneFX LLC, the company specializes in systematic, quantitative money management services for the Global Spot Currency (FOREX) market. Also, through its Brookstone Biotech Ventures Funds, the company is investing in companies engaged in the life sciences including biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, and emerging technologies such as bionanotechnology. |
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