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Friday, March 02, 2007

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Presently Yaser is enrolled as a Finance major at York University, Canada. Yaser's work experience: Sales Associate at RBC Dominion Securities (Canada's biggest FI). Completed Internships at Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Securities (ML & JP Top 5 FIs) & Permal Asset Management (Top 3 Largest FoHF). Other than his financial background, Yaser also has over three years of work experience in Real Estate, IT & Media Industries (2001-2004). Yaser has successfully passed his Canadian Securities Course (Series 7 Equivalent). Featured & Quoted multiples times in The Wall Street Journal (9), FT (3), The Street.com (40+ citations) & Yahoo Finance (& once as a "Most Popular" story). Twice in The New York Times DealBook (as one of the day's headline/top story), written guest pieces for The Price Report by Tim Price (CIO Global Strategies at Union Bancaire Privée- 2nd biggest FoHF, London). Also, once in Globe & Mail, National Post, Canadian Business Magazine & Deal Breaker. Yaser has been trading since 2004 to gain experience, pay for college tuition & during this time he is convinced this is a career he'd want to pursue.
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