Allison is senior tech writer at Investor’s Business Daily, covering the biotech, pharmaceutical and med-tech industries for nearly 11 years. She has also written on high-performance companies in other growth industries. Allison also serves as editor of the weekly New America feature on dynamic companies outperforming in the U.S. stock market. Before joining IBD, Allison reported on public safety at The Salinas Californian and covered business, government and features at El Dorado News-Times in El Dorado, Ark. Allison, a graduate with summa cum laude honors at Arizona State University, resides in the Sacramento area.

Co-panelist David Saito-Chung — Deputy Markets Editor, Investor’s Business Daily. Dave is deputy markets editor at Investor’s Business Daily in Los Angeles, Calif. He joined IBD in 1999 and has written on Wall Street trends, growth stock picking, market timing, stock market analysis, chart reading and company features. He is cohost of the subscription-based 100-minute daily webinar show on Zoom Webinar, “IBD Live.” Dave wrote “Investor’s Business Daily and the Making of Millionaires” (McGraw-Hill) in 2004 to help commemorate the 20th anniversary of Investor’s Business Daily. Dave received a B.A. with cum laude in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Dave worked as a bilingual Japanese-English reporter and translator for Kyodo News Agency in Tokyo from 1994 to 1998 and covered Japanese stocks and the economy at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Dave is an avid golfer and won the LA city 50+ championship, net flight, in October 2024.

The year 2026 has been truly significant for investors. U.S. stock markets have notched new highs. Yet job growth remains quite subdued and inflation continues to rise at a faster rate than U.S. GDP. Consumers are very grumpy. Oil prices have rocketed as the war in the Middle East continues to weigh on public sentiment. Plus, November’s U.S. midterm elections only add to general uncertainty. However, entrepreneurship and innovation in fields including biotechnology, AI and energy infrastructure offer reasons for investors to stay optimistic for the future. AAII Los Angeles’ first-ever talk led by a pair of veteran journalists address these themes with the use of sober facts, unbiased analysis and a cold, hard look at companies’ fundamentals and relative strength in the stock market.

This panel session is co-presented by David Saito-Chung.

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