Asset Strategies International, Inc. (ASI) is unmatched in the crucial niche it continues to dominate, namely, assisting clients in globalizing assets for wealth protection using ASI's areas of expertise. ASI has three primary areas of expertise: precious metals (including numismatics), foreign currencies, and overseas asset protection. ASI's internationally admired proficiency is the result of the complementary skills and experience of its principals: Michael Checkan and Glen O. Kirsch. Between them, they have over a half–century's experience in ASI's areas of concentration. They generously share that expertise in their newsletter, Information Line.

ASI's services have been retained by such notable organizations as the Perth Mint, Perth, Australia; the Guardian Trust Company, Toronto, Canada; Ruffco, Inc., Provo, Utah; and Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware in the areas of precious metals sales, marketing, storage, research, and product development.

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Michael Checkan is President of Asset Strategies International, Inc. (ASI). ASI is a Maryland corporation established in 1982. ASI is a boutique operation working in the areas of precious metals, foreign currencies, and overseas wealth protection.

Michael and his business partner, Glen O. Kirsch, are the two principals in the firm that specializes in helping individuals globalize assets utilizing the international precious metal and foreign currency markets. ASI buys and sells precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium) in coins, bars and certificates; plus, numismatics for delivery in various parts of the world. Also, it deals in foreign currencies from more than 100 different countries in cash bank notes, travel checks and payments abroad.

Michael was Senior Vice President of the Deak-Perera Group (1967 to 1982); at the time the nation's oldest and largest foreign currency and precious metal investment firm. Earlier, Michael was one of the first foreign exchange traders in the international department of one of Washington, D.C.'s largest bank.

Michael and Glen are editors of their own newsletter, Information Line (IL). IL is sent 6 times per year to 16,500 readers throughout the world. Financial newsletter editors oftentimes quote Michael about his views on methods of diversifying assets globally. He travels extensively speaking at numerous domestic and international investment conferences, seminars, and workshops.

E-mail: assetsi@assetstrategies.com

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One of the most highly regarded experts in precious metals, foreign currencies and the global diversification of assets, Glen Kirsch's expertise and insights are based on a distinguished career in the international marketplace. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Deak-Perera (Washington), Inc. where he served from 1974–1982. During his tenure at Deak-Perera, he was instrumental in the creation, development, and refinement of one of the first Precious Metals Certificate Programs in the United States. Under his direction, the company pioneered the marketing of platinum and palladium as an investment medium to the general public. In 1975, at the request of the U.S. State Department, Mr. Kirsch supervised the purchase of precious metals and foreign currencies from Vietnamese refugees at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Mr. Kirsch was the innovator of many of the commodity future trading and hedging procedures developed by Deak-Perera. These techniques, generating sales volumes in the hundreds of millions of Dollars, elevated Deak-Perera to the number one retailer of precious metals in the United States.

He has over 30 years experience in the precious metals and foreign currency industry. He is also an acknowledged authority in the area of the globalization of self-directed retirement funds.

A graduate of Penn State University, Mr. Kirsch is a numismatist with over 45 years experience and a member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the International Numismatic Society (INS). As a licensed commodities futures broker, he is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA). He is also a past member of the International Association of Financial Planners (IAFP) and was a licensed Maryland real estate agent.

In 1982, Mr. Kirsch, along with Michael Checkan, formed International Financial Consultants (IFC)—now known as Asset Strategies International (ASI)—a Maryland Corporation, which specializes in precious metals, foreign exchange, and overseas asset protection.

E-mail: gkirsch@assetstrategies.com

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Rich Checkan graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army as an Infantry Officer. He served tours of duty at Fort Benning, Georgia, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and on the Demilitarized Zone in the Republic of South Korea. He held various leadership and staff positions at every level from platoon through battalion sized organizations. He left military service in 1993 at the rank of Captain.

After a brief stint of direct sales in Macon and Atlanta, Georgia with telecommunications and multinational service corporations, Rich joined ASI (then, International Financial Consultants, Inc.) in the spring of 1996. Rich has experience in every facet of ASI's operations, and is ready to service all of your globalization needs.

E-mail: rcheckan@assetstrategies.com

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