About the Authors

Joseph M. Miller

Joseph M. Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.  In 1965 he became a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and is still a member of the exchange. He was active in the exchange during the time currency futures and interest rate futures were introduced by the exchange, and served on the Board of Governors of the exchange for ten years during the nineteen seventies and eighties.  During his period of time on the CME Board of Governors he was chairman of many important committees, and served on the Executive Committee for many years.  He was Secretary of the Exchange for several years.  He is now retired and watches over his own investments.

Daan Joubert

Daan Joubert studied Physics at the Potchefstroom University, South Africa, during which he spent a year at the SA National Antarctic Expedition base in Antarctica. After receiving his degree, he returned to the Antarctic as leader of the expedition.

On his return he joined Control Data Corporation in South Africa as a software systems engineer and developed operating system software for 5 years before switching to computer education at JCI’s mining support services complex in Randfontein. This was followed by a stint in the management information department of Sentrachem, a large chemical company, after which Daan went on his own in 1982 to develop technical analysis software.

He has developed a number of new methods for technical analysis, including Chart Symmetry, which he uses for his own work as an independent technical analyst and that has earned him a place in national rankings of analysts.  Apart from doing a daily analysis of the SA bond market for a stockbroker, Daan also writes on markets and whatever else is of interest for various places on the internet.

A long term interest in management theory and some breakthrough discoveries, including a formal definition of management, have resulted in a quite original and simple solution for management problems – setting Daan up for another change in career!

He lives in Roodepoort, South Africa, 8 miles from Durban Roodepoort Deep, and his home is just 3 miles from where the first horizontal shaft was sunk in 1886 to exploit the gold lying under the Witwatersrand.  (Ridge of White waters).

Marion Butler

Marion Butler earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree majoring in finance from Florida Atlantic University in 1974, and subsequently obtained a Computer Science degree from Tacoma Technical College in Price, Utah.  After a number of years in retail management and owning a business, he has spent the past two decades in nonprofit management.  His nonprofit background includes credit union, nursing home, science center, and zoo management.   From 1988 to 1999 he served as CFO and Vice President of Finance for a science center in Florida.  This facility expanded in 1995 to become the largest science center in the southeastern U.S.  From 1999 to present, he has served as CFO and Vice President of Finance for a zoo on Florida’s west coast.