Teacher/Instructor: Tad Trantum

Topic:  Three Critical Market Observations

Observations from a lifelong Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) who will:

            Explain how our economy works;

            Present an unappreciated and/or unknown economic risk; and

            Present unappreciated and/or unknown economic opportunity.

Thomas A. Trantum (Tad) CFA

            Born and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey

            Wife Lynda Ann celebrating our 4^th month of post 50-years of marriage

            Four sons: Matthew, Joshua, Andrew, and Luke all living in Nashville

            Education: Ridgewood High School, College of Wooster, New York University

            Achievements:

• Registrar, United States Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Security Analyst: H.C. Wainwright and L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin
• Investment Banker: L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin
• Presidential Appointment: Commissioner, Interstate Commerce Commission
• Substantially influenced the successful deregulation of: Airlines, Railroads, Trucking
• All day briefing to Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate on Airline Deregulation
• All day briefing to United Airlines senior management on the merits of deregulation with Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Jr
• President and CEO of Gulf & Mississippi Railroad
• Partner, Senior Security Analyst, J. C. Bradford & Co
• President and Senior Operating Officer, Mastrapasqua Asset Management
• President and CEO Trantum Asset Management Company
• Financial Advisor, Waddell & Reed Company
• Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial
• Adjunct Professor Belmont University
• Member Sertoma (Service to Mankind) operate and maintain concession stand at Hendersonville High School