About

Shah Gilani
Chief Investment Strategist

Wall Street superstar and former hedge fund manager Shah Gilani is the Chief Investment Strategist of Manward Press and at the helm of the Manward Money Report newsletter and the Launch Investor and Alpha Money Flow trading services. He’s a sought-after market commentator and has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. He’s also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he’s had columns published in Forbes.

In 1982, he launched his first hedge fund from his seat on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He worked in the pit as a market maker when options on the S&P 100 Index first began trading… and was part of a handful of traders who laid the technical groundwork for what would eventually become the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). He also ran the futures and options division at the largest retail bank in Britain. Shah gained notoriety for calling the implosion of U.S. financial markets (all the way back in February 2008) AND the mega bull run that followed.

Now at the helm of Manward, Shah is focused tightly on one goal: To do his part to make subscribers wealthier, happier and more free.

Joel Salatin
Contributor

Joel Salatin calls himself a “Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.” Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don’t like him call him a bioterrorist, Typhoid Mary, a charlatan and a starvation advocate.

With a room full of debate trophies from high school and college days, 12 published books and a thriving multigenerational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. He’s as comfortable moving cows in a pasture as he is addressing CEOs in a Wall Street business conference.

In addition to penning an exclusive column for Manward Digest, Joel is the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, granddaddy catalyst for the grass farming movement. He also writes numerous guest articles for ACRES U.S.A. and other publications.

A frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts targeting preppers, homesteaders and foodies, Joel’s practical, can-do solutions tied to passionate soliloquies for sustainability offer everyone food for thought and plans for action.

Alpesh Patel
Quantitative Investing Specialist

Alpesh Patel is an award-winning hedge fund and private equity fund manager, international bestselling author, entrepreneur, and Dealmaker.

He is the Founder and CEO of Praefinium Partners and a Financial Times Top FTSE 100 forecaster, beating leading fund managers, analysts and journalists.

He has penned more than 200 columns for the Financial Times and has written 18 books on investing – which have been translated into six languages – including The Mind of a Trader and 7 Simple Strategies of Highly Effective Traders. (One of his books was even a top five bestseller on Amazon – right behind Harry Potter.) A frequent guest on financial news shows, Alpesh has also hosted his own shows on Bloomberg TV, CNBC and Sky TV.

He’s a sought-after speaker, having presented at more than 500 conferences around the globe, including for Rothschilds, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and the London Business School.

A University of Oxford alumnus and former Visiting Fellow in Business, Alpesh interned for U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel and was appointed to a U.K. advisory position by former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

As one of the senior-most Dealmakers in the U.K.’s Department for International Trade, he is part of a team that has helped deliver $1 billion in investments to the U.K. since 2005. He’s also a former Council Member of the 100-year-old Chatham House, the foreign-affairs think tank, whose patron is Queen Elizabeth II. For his services to the U.K. economy, Alpesh received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from the queen in 2020.

As a recognized authority on fintech, online trading and venture capital, his list of past and current clients includes American Express, Merrill Lynch HSBC, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, NYSE Life… and more.
Alpesh is also known for his philanthropic efforts. He co-founded the U.K. chapter of the largest entrepreneur-mentorship organization in the world (TIE.org) and is co-chair of the Loomba Foundation, which supports widows and orphans.

Investor Magazine calls him “the U.K.’s most respected stock picker.” The Independent says he is “an expert in his field.” And Channel 4 TV called him the “U.K.’s best-known online trader.”

Alpesh writes an elite weekly column for Total Wealth… and brings his hedge fund secrets to everyday investors with GVI Investor.

Robert Ross
Speculative Assets Specialist

Robert Ross’s unique style of clear and direct stock research helped him build a massive following in the investment research industry, starting his career at investment research company Mauldin Economics and quickly rising through the ranks to become one of the youngest chief analysts in the industry.

Today, over a million investors turn to Ross every month for his take on investing, economics, and personal finance. Between his social media followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Patreon and profiles in Time, Business Insider, MarketWatch, and Daily Mail (London), Ross uses his platform to promote fundamentally sound investing habits for people of all ages.

And now, he shares his unique insights in Total Wealth, Manward Money Report and Breakout Fortunes.