We're Off to The Money Show

We'll be in Las Vegas for the next couple days to attend The Money Show - the laptop is in tow, but there's no telling what or when something will appear here next.

Never having been to this type of conference before, it's hard to know what to expect. Hopefully it will be only a tiny fraction of the size of Comdex in the 1990s - they really got out of hand there toward the end of the tech bubble.

Ten years ago, they used to charge $250 a night during mid-week for the crappiest casino hotel room in town and companies would happily pay it - the show was so big it felt like it was spilling over into Arizona.


After a quick look at the program guide, there appear to be lots of interesting sessions. Anything involving Peter Schiff and Martin Weiss should be good - this one sounds like it should be fun to watch:

The Perennial Struggle: Should Investors Run with the Bulls or Hibernate with the Bears?

• Howard Gold
• Joe Battipaglia
• Louis Navellier
• Martin Weiss
• Peter D. Schiff

A lot of the goofy personalities from the Fox News weekend business shows will be there too - I hope I don't run into either Tobin Smith or Charles Payne (if I hear Brenda Buttner yelling at Toby, I might just make a quick exit).

If nothing else, it should provide some indication of the general mood of the public regarding investing in natural resources. There are lots of energy companies on the list of exhibitors along with a few gold, silver, and uranium mining companies.

In looking closer at the detailed program information, there are actually quite a few topics that are of interest to me:

Natural Resource Stocks for Diversity and Profit
Tocqueville Asset Management

• Energy Metals Corporation
• Minco Gold Corporation
• U.S. Geothermal, Inc.

John Carter - Trade the Markets, Inc.
Buying and Selling Gold—Trading Stocks, Futures, and Bullion for Both Short-Term Income and Longer-Term Wealth Creation

David Bond - Silver Valley Mining Assn.
Discover Silver's Future within Idaho's "Silver Valley": A Prolific Past and a Flourishing Future

John Netto - One Shot--One Kill Trading
How to Diversify Your Portfolio with Commodities

James Trippon - Trippon & Company
Retired Millionaire's Guide to Not Running Out of Money

John P. Dessauer - John Dessauer's Investor's World
The Shocking Truth About the Dollar, the US Current-Account Deficit, and Corporate Profits

Sean Brodrick - Red-Hot Canadian Small-Caps
Uranium: The White-Hot Metal You Can't Afford Not to Own

To be honest, I have no idea what "One shot, one kill trading" might be about as it relates to investing in commodities - it sounds dangerous (and loud).

This was originally intended as a quick get-away to visit relatives before the big move up north later this month - now it's starting to feel like work.