Silver Association Founder and FMNN News Correspondent Launches Newsletter February 1, 2008 Chris Mack, a Silver Association founder and former News Correspondent for the Free Market News Network has launched an investment Newsletter, entitled the Mack Report, which focuses on the energy, gold, silver, agriculture and emerging markets. Mack commented, "Given today's challenging market conditions, it's important for investors to consider both macro-economic trends and specific company research. My goal is to create value by enabling readers to find investment opportunities." Mack sees enormous opportunities in commodities and emerging markets over the next decade even though he expects that they will succumb to some large corrections in a much larger bull market. In 2005, Mack became a founding member of the grassroots Silver Association that fought for the launching of the first silver ETF in the US known as the iShares Silver Trust (SLV). More than 2000 investors signed a petition that was presented to the SEC, and the silver trust was later launched in 2006. Early in his career, Mack worked with Nobel laureate Herbert Simon at Carnegie Mellon University, where he conducted research in artificial neural networks that predict time series of stock market patterns. He was greatly influenced by Mr. Simon's views on behavioral economics and cognitive psychology in decision-making. Mack looks for the patterns that he studied in order to better understand economics, human behavior, technology and other fields. After receiving a degree in economics and artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University, Mack worked as a software engineer and consultant to a number of different organizations ranging from startup companies to large corporations such as IBM and Lockheed Martin. Mack joined FMNN as a news correspondent in 2004. Since then, he has also worked for several large investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase. Click here to read the February 1st Mack Report for Free.