About Us

Author , Lecturer, Publisher, Editor and CEO

James DiGeorgia, the founder of 21st Century Investor and 21st Century Alert and the Gold & Energy Advisor and wunderkind, a self-made millionaire before he turned 21, turning a hobby of coin collecting he began at the age of seven into a multi-million dollar business while still a teenager. Remarkably, James launched his first rare coin business, Gem Coins, in Connecticut in 1976 in Danbury’s North Street shopping complex while he was still a junior in high school.

As the bull market in silver and gold from 1976 though 1980 gained momentum, James was able to generate over a million dollars in profits from less than $25,000 he obtained from his childhood collection. Graduating from the University of Western Connecticut in 1980, completing a BA in Economics in just 2 ½ years, he went to work over the following 10 years for some of the most prestigious rare coin and precious metals dealers in the world.

James DiGeorgia who has extensive experience in precious metals and the energy markets, and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities in both. James is the author of the best selling book “The Global War for Oil” and “The New Bull Market in Gold: $1,000 Gold and the Many Ways to Profit from it".

James is also the author of the "Insider's Guide to Buying Gold, Silver and Rare Coins" and has been frequently quoted as an expert in The New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Money magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and Barron's to name just a few.

James lives in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife, Lisa, and 9 year old twins, Danielle and Alexander, who attend Pine Crest Elementary School. James DiGeorgia & Associates, Inc. employs over 30 people including many of his family members.

Geoff Garbacz is the co-founder and one of two principals in Quantitative Partners, Inc. (QPI).

QPI is responsible for the marketing and support both to institutions and individuals of Phil Erlanger Research and Jefferson Research who produce www.erlangersqueezeplay.com and www.torpedowatch.com. QPI also has worked with 21st Century to develop relationships with Whisper Number, The Madison Letter, Jim Patterson and Blue Hawk Research. Geoff is a frequent contributor to the Technical Section of The Morning Briefing in 21st Century Alert .

Geoff and his team at Quantitative Partners have over 36 years of experience on Wall Street. Prior to the formation of QPI in 1995, Geoff worked for The Robinson Humphrey Company from 1990 to 1995. Before that he worked for Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS) as an institutional sales person covering accounts in New York from 1986 to 1990.

Geoff is a graduate of Gettysburg College with Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Geoff and his wife reside in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Seth Shalov of the Options Advisory Report and the Incremental Return Advisor.

Seth has a long relationship with Quantitative Partners, Inc. first as a client and now as a research producer. Each week, Seth and the team at Quantitative Partners review the ORATS Earnings Move Reports to seek out directional long or short plays as well as volatility trades. (Other catalysts may be employed after earnings season ends.)

Seth has been a Senior Investment Professional and Money Manager who has outperformed market benchmarks for nineteen out of twenty-three years incorporating a fundamental and technical analysis methodology enhanced by derivative hedging strategies, risk management discipline, and trading acumen.

As the former Chief Investment Officer for Bank of Tokyo Trust, Seth managed assets and supervised staff in institutional, hedge fund, trust, proprietary trading desk, and family office settings.

Seth’s key strengths include: asset allocation; risk management; seasoned derivatives market manager; fundamental, technical and quantitative analysis.

Option Research & Technology Services LLC

(“ORATS”) have become leading providers of option volatility research and software. ORATS sprung from dissatisfaction by traders with available methods of observing statistical and implied volatility. To alleviate this dissatisfaction, they have developed patent pending methods that perform the following critical tasks: calculating statistical volatility from tick-by-tick hedging profits and; describing the implied volatility skew by summarizing it with three primary descriptors: at-the-money volatility, slope and derivative (curvature) From these accurate calculations, they develop volatility forecasts for all index and equity options