For the past fourteen years, Brian Hicks has shown investors how to profit from America’s new information-based economy. A former member of the Market Technicians Association, Mr. Hicks has managed several investment letters specializing in micro-caps, biotechnology, high tech, and energy and trading. He is also credited with creating the Volume Spike Indicator (VSI). Mr. Hicks has been a keynote speaker at countless national and international investment conferences as well as a guest commentator on the financial television networks CNBC, CNNfn, Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. Brian has also been quoted and profiled in many financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal, and recently published a book titled Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Opportunity of the Century. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Hicks attended the University of Baltimore where he graduated in 1992 with honors in Political Science.