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2. Introduction Hawktrade goals Market performance recap Future upcoming events Where is market going?

3.  New Leadership  Weekly Meeting Room  Membership Dues  T-shirts  Website

4.  Overall Learning Environment  Membership retention  Hawktrade portfolio  Discussion atmosphere, member involvement  Volunteering efforts  Continuing pursuit of success

5.  Overall, markets up near all time highs, but some questions as to how “real” this market is.  Low trading volume, high unemployment remain.  Housing still flat  Bond prices at historic lows.

6.  Presidential Election  Unemployment, tax code, general direction of economy.  U.S. Fiscal Cliff  Will Bush tax cuts run out?  Fed QE3?  Europe Debt Crisis  Will Eurozone fall apart  China hard landing?

8. Nonfarm Payrolls - M/M change 163,000 141,000 125,000 70,000 to 177,000 96,000 Unemployment Rate - Level 8.3 % 8.2 % to 8.4 %8.1 % Average Hourly Earnings - M/M change 0.1 % 0.2 %0.1 % to 0.3 %0.0 % Av Workweek - All Employees 34.5 hrs34.4 hrs34.5 hrs34.5 hrs to 34.5 hrs34.4 hrs Private Payrolls - M/M change 172,000 162,000 134,000 80,000 to 177,000 103,000 Prior Prior Revised Consensus Consensus Range Actual

11.  Bush tax cuts expire  Automatic, across the board spending cuts of 1 trillion dollars.  Set to take effect Jan 1 st  CBO projects unemployment will jump to 9% and GDP will slow.5%

12.  Monetary policy used by Central Bank (Fed) to help stimulate the economy

14. BERNANKE SPEAKS AT JACKSON HOLE FRIDAY Initial decline from Bernanke indecision Markets rally after he indicates QE3 could be on the way

17. -2.20% +0.51%

20. Still many Economic “shoes” to Drop  Sept 12 th - FOMC meeting- Is QE3 starting?  Further ECB Bond Buying New  China Details

21. Bullish  FAS (3X fin.)  ULG (2x Gold)  UST ( 7-10 yr bonds)  UPRO ( S&P 500 2X) Bearish  FAZ (3x Fin.)  GLL (2x Gold)  TYO ( 7-10 yr. bonds)  SPXU (S&P 500 3X)