Doug Wakefield, President of Best Minds, Inc. has been in the financial industry for 29

years. Doug received his CFP in 1988, his Masters in Estate Planning in 1997. As of

10/31/07 the CFP designation was relinquished. The focus since 2005 has been on

providing investment research and weekly commentary on world markets as well as

specific recommendations on third party trading managers. Broad based financial

planning is not a service of Best Minds Inc.

His industry research paper, Riders on the Storm: Short Selling in Contrary Winds (Jan

06), is one of the few documents written on the topic of short selling. He writes the

monthly research newsletter, The Investor's Mind.

He is married and has 3 sons.