Alan Hao-Tien Shih

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Forex Capital Markets LLC provides foreign exchange trading services. The firm offers services for institutional and individual investors. The company was founded in July 1999 by Ken Grossman, David Sakhai, Drew Niv, Michael J. Romersa, William Ahdout, and Eduard Yusupov and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hennion & Walsh, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Parsippany, New Jersey. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Hennion & Walsh focuses on investment-quality, tax-free municipal bonds.