Joseph L. Shaefer

JOSEPH L. SHAEFER is President of Kostech, Inc. and CEO of investment
counselor, Stanford Advisory Group, Ltd. Kostech is the parent company
of the nation’s most highly regarded investor web site, w HYPERLINK
http://www.informedinvestor.  www.informedinvestor.com. Mr. Shaefer is
a retired senior executive of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., the author of
the investment bestseller Bringing Home the Gold and senior editor of
the investment newsletter Investor’s Edge. Diplomat, author and
executive, Mr. Shaefer has been featured in Forbes, Barrons, Financial
World and numerous other publications. He has also been a guest on ABC,
NBC, PBS and CNBC. Mr. Shaefer believes that most investors work too
hard for the returns they get and advocates a more effortless, rational
and profitable way to invest.