Cooperhall Press designs and delivers in-class training programs about the securities and futures markets. Financial services companies, brokerage firms, banks, regulatory authorities, and vendors to the investment markets offer Cooperhall Press' courses to their employees to help them perform their jobs with greater understanding and success. The course development and delivery services are the result of more than twenty-five years of Alvin Hall's experience. In addition to having written many books and articles about the financial markets and personal finance, he has conducted training classes for domestic and international financial services firms, banks, insurance companies, regulatory organizations, and firms that provide technical and information services to the financial industry. Professionals that Hall has met during these years provide advice and counsel about current trends and training needs in the industry. These individuals also help conduct needs analysis, assist in the development of courses materials, and teach courses in their area expertise and experience. The goal of all courses conducted by Cooperhall Press is to give attendees a greater understanding of the workings of Wall Street, both past and present, which will help them perform their jobs with greater insight, understanding, and success. Alvin Hall is owner and president of Cooperhall Press, Inc. His company designs and conducts courses about the U.S. securities and futures industry. For over two decades, he has taught courses at most major NYSE- and NASD-member firms, banks securities regulatory organizations, and for key technology vendors to the financial services industry. In the international arena, he has taught or designed training programs for companies and regulatory authorities in Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Egypt, United Kingdom, and Indonesia. He has been the host of several award-winning series for both television and radio on the BBC, including "Your Money or Your Life" (which ran for five years on BBC 2) "Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom" (BBC Radio 4) and most recently, "The Crash: Alvin Hall's Wall Street Walk" (BBC Radio 4). He writes articles and columns about investing and personal finance for various publications, including Reveal, MSN-Money, The Scotsman, EMP magazine, BBC Home magazine, and The Belfast Telegraph. Before establishing his own company, Mr. Hall served as executive director of the New York Institute of Finance (1987-1990), director of marketing for Longman Financial Services Institute (now Dearborn Financial Publishing) in Chicago (1986-87) and director of course development at Leo Fleur, Inc./ Wall Street Training International (1982-86). He is on the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College (from which he received his BA degree). Alvin Hall was recently appointed to the NYSE Financial Literacy Advisory Committee assisting in the development of NYSE Euronext’s Financial Literacy programs. He collects contemporary art and is on the Acquisitions Committee of the Studio Museum of Harlem.