Robert Wiedemer is a managing director of Absolute Investment Management, an investment-advisory firm for individuals with more than $80 million under management.

He is the author of The Wall Street Journal best-seller, Aftershock, with more than 200,000 copies sold.

He is a regular contributor to Financial Intelligence Report, the flagship investment newsletter of Newsmax Media.

He predicted the latest downturn in the economy in his landmark 2006 book, America's Bubble Economy, which Kiplinger's chose as one of the best business books of that year.

Mr. Wiedemer has been featured in the major press, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Dow Jones Newswires, The Hedge Fund Journal, Barron's, Reuters, The Associated Press and others. He is a frequent commentator on TV, including on CNBC's Squawk Box and Fox Business News.