The Big Idea

Michael Anderson hosts a panel discussion with 3 media leaders in Ventura County discussing 2018, 2019 and beyond.

Our 3 questions for the panel:

Michael Anderson talks with Dr. Dial about services that make sense for our aging population.

Dr. Lanyard K. Dial has been a leader in Family Medicine and Geriatric Medical Education.  He served as Director of the Family Practice Residency at the Ventura County Medical Center from 1987 – 2002. Since 1998, Dr. Dial has been a national leader in Geriatric Continuing Medical Education (CME) with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). He was Chairman of the Geriatric Review Course, developed, and taught the Geriatric section of the AAFPs Family Practice Board Exam Review Course. He has been a frequent lecturer for a number of other courses including many state chapters of the AAFP and at the annual AAFP national meeting.

Dr. Dial provides CMEs to local physicians at all Ventura County hospitals and has presented many educational seminars for citizens. He has served on the Physician Advisory Board of the Ventura County Alzheimer’s Association. In 1986, Dr. Dial became the Medical Director of Livingston Visiting Nurse Association and in 1986 he created Ventura County’s first Medicare Certified Hospice. In July of 2007, Dr. Dial became Livingston’s CEO/President and Medical Director and continues to serve in that capacity.

As a long-time Ventura County resident, he works to improve the quality of medical services for the elderly, homebound, and terminally ill. His goal is to ensure that patients in Ventura County have access to quality home health, compassionate hospice care, and vital in-home assistance.

Dr. Dial received his Medical Degree from Washington University School of Medicine in 1981. His academic honors include election to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha societies. He is a Diplomat with the American Board of Family Practice (1984) and holds Certificates of Added Qualifications in both Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. His faculty appointment is as a UCLA Associate Professor of Family Medicine.

How does a divided community heal?  Michael Anderson and Dr. Charles Weis discuss current realities and issues with Ventura and America. 

Michael Anderson speaks with Jim Welsh about his investment newsletter Macro Tides and Weekly Technical Review.

Jim has published a monthly investment letter since 1985 that focuses on Federal Reserve monetary policy, the economy, and the financial markets. He has managed a mutual fund, worked for a major wire-house, and has been widely interviewed and published in financial media. Jim was Forward Funds ($5.5 billion) Macro Tactical strategist for a number of years, and provides high quality economic and technical market analysis for advisors and investors as a guide to portfolio allocation and tactical portfolio changes.

Jim’s investment approach is more holistic than most economists and financial advisors who rely almost exclusively on fundamental analysis. Jim’s analysis includes a heavy focus on Monetary policy, traditional Economic analysis, a broad array of Technical momentum indicators including his proprietary Major Trend Indicator, Contrary Opinion including numerous Sentiment measures for various markets, Positioning in the primary futures markets, and basic Charting analysis to quantify the trends in the Dollar and Euro, Treasury bonds, Gold and Gold stocks, Emerging Markets, and U.S stocks.

Learn more by contacting Jim Welsh via email or online: [email protected]  Twitter: @JimWelshMacro