Jim Puplava
James Joseph "Jim" Puplava ( born 1950 in Gary, Indiana) is the founder, president and CEO of Puplava Financial Services ( PFS) group, which operates as an investment adviser. He runs next to the web page Financial Sense Newshour. The PFS Group manages more than $ 400 million for about 825 clients (as of December 31, 2012 ).
Puplava 's website on financialsense.com was honored by The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper with the highest circulation as a ' super -site ' for alternative investment ideas.
Origin
Puplava was raised as a child of Czechoslovakian immigrants in Arizona. He grew up as one of 10 children. His mother was a housewife, his father was a carpenter who also accumulated land and home ownership.
Puplava graduated in history and economics at Arizona State University with ' cum laude ' from. Subsequently he reached a Master's Degree in Finance and Accounting at the American Graduate School of International Management and was awarded ' summa cum laude '.
Puplava has a certificate as a Certified Financial Planner of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( FINRA ); Puplava is since 1985 President of Puplava Financial Services, Inc. ( PFS). Previously, he was over 12 years Head of Department at LPL Financial Services, LLC. In 1996, he green RentabilitatChanged Puplava Securities, Inc. (PSI) and is currently chairman of the company.
He worked for various print and television media, writing on financial topics. 1988, Puplava launched alongside his duties as head of the ' Puplava Financial Services ' and the ' Puplava Securities ' the shipment Financial Sense Talk, which was broadcast on various radio stations in San Diego.
Career
Puplava states in his online radio show ' Financial Sense Newshour ' together financial information. Puplava is a clear representative of the Austrian school of economics. He expected future inflation as a result of the current, global fiscal and financial policy. However Puplava offers its guests webcast also a platform who do not share his views. Puplava advises currently on investments in blue chips with high dividend yields. He warns against the negative effects of the current financial repression policy, in particular falling bond prices and therefore discourages Anlieihenfonds from and instead bond portfolio with staggered maturities. Precious metals like gold or silver he sees as a protection against possible future inflation or a collapse of the paper money system. Its online platform offers regularly also very well known guests a platform, for example. Jim Rogers and Marc Faber.
Puplava is a member of the board of Kimber Resources, a Canadian gold and silver exploration company with projects in Mexico.
Peak oil
Puplava believes in the shortages of conventional oil reserves ( peak oil ). The resulting consequences for the financial markets he defines as the current Chairman of the ASPO conference in 2008 dar. He interviewed some advocates of peak oil theory in his radio program about Richard Heinberg, Matt Simmons, Jim Kunstler, Robert L. Hirsch and Oxford University 's Oliver Inderwildi.
Moderation television and television appearances
1991 Puplava was hired as a spokesperson for the latest edition of Business Today for KUSI TV. On 8 November 2007 he interviewed ABC News 's Nightline in a part of the " Sign of the Times " with John Donovan.
PFS Group
The three sons of JIM work with him in the company of the PFS group. His eldest son, Ryan Puplava, Puplava is a technical Analyst for Financial Services and contributes with articles and Tonauftritten to the website of Financial Sense Online at; his second son, Chris Puplava writes, as a financial analyst for Puplava Financial Services on Financial Sense Online; and his youngest son, Adam, took the place as a webmaster of Financial Sense Online, as Puplavas wife Mary withdrew into retirement in 2007.
Private life
Puplava and his wife Mary, who worked as an office management ring and Webmaster 1990-2007, live in Poway, California, near San Diego, California, near Their three sons. Puplava is very interested in history, is an avid reader and loves with his J/124 sloop to sail Jimmy J in the bay of San Diego Bay.
Achievements
- 2009 - selected by Goldline Research, as reported in Forbes magazine, one of the leading asset managers in Southern California in 2009
- 2008 - received the " Five Star Wealth Manager" award after he was nominated as one of the best asset managers in the San Diego Areia, based on nine criteria: customer service, integrity, knowledge / expertise, communication, in return for fees, reaching financial goals, services by product sales, quality of recommendations and overall customer satisfaction. ( As shown in the February 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine. )