text: Gregory Weldon founded Weldon Financial in 1997, a firm recognized as one of the top macro-research firms in the world. Mr. Weldon publishes Weldon's Money Monitor, The Metal Monitor, and The ETF Playbook in addition to operating his Managed Futures Account Program as a CTA. He is the author of Gold Trading Boot Camp, How to Master the Basics, and Become a Successful Commodities Investor, released late 2006, in which he predicted the current global credit crisis and discussed the impact on gold from intensified central bank debt monetization.