The 41st Forbes Cruise for Investors

Steve Forbes is chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. His newest project is the podcast "What's Ahead," where he engages the world's top newsmakers, politicians, and pioneers in business and economics in honest conversations meant to challenge traditional conventions as well as featuring his signature views on the intersection of society, economy, and policy. Mr. Forbes helped create the highly acclaimed public television documentary, In Money We Trust?, which was produced under the auspices of Maryland Public television. The film was inspired by the book he co-authored, Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do About It. His latest book is Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames and Nathan Lewis. Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by US Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits, and a strong national defense.

Rich Karlgaard is editor-at-large and global futurist at Forbes, one of the most popular business and financial magazines, reaching 80 million people per month. He writes a column about technology, entrepreneurship, regional and economic development, and the future of business and work called Innovation Rules. He is the author of The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success, Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations, and Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement.

Mark Skousen is known as "America's Economist," having recently been named one of the top 20 living economists in the world. Dr. Skousen has taught economics and finance at Columbia Business School and was recently appointed the first Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University in California.  He is the editor of the award-winning investment newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, the author of The Maxims of Wall Street, and has the unique distinction of having worked three careers—working for the government (the CIA), non-profits (president of FEE), and for-profit corporations (consultant to IBM, and producer of FreedomFest).

Kenny Polcari is chief market strategist at SlateStone Wealth. He is a well-known TV personality appearing on Fox Business and CNBC and is often quoted in major print media outlets. Mr. Polcari writes a daily morning thoughts missive that is an informative, engaging, and entertaining look at global markets. He also converts the daily written piece into a daily video piece as an alternative option for subscribers. Prior to that, Mr. Polcari was a managing director at O'Neil Securities/Member NYSE. He built the US equities business at ICAP and ran the NYSE trading floor division on behalf of Salomon Brothers. Mr. Polcari is also an Advisory Board member of The Headstrong Project.