About the Author

LARRY D. SPEARS is an editorial consultant based in Amarillo, Texas. A former editor with The San Jose Mer-cury and The Los Angeles Times, Mr. Spears now special-izes in the production of financial and investment reports. An active investor and an options trader since 1978, he is the author of Commodity Options: Spectacular Profits With Limited Risk. He is also the co-creator and editor of Hume Group Inc.’s SuperInvestor Files series; co-author of Money Magazine’s “100 Steps to Wealth” series; editor of several stock market advisory letters and author of numerous other investment publications and articles.