Merv Burak

Senior Market Strategist
  • B.Sc. Degree in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering in 1963 in California
  • Took courses and seminars in stock market technical analysis in Chicago and Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Also in the late 1960s took investment courses at the graduate level from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

  • Completed the Canadian Securities Course in late 1960s.

  • 35+ years of technical market research and analysis.

  • Received his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) certification from the Market Technician's Association (U.S.A.) in 1992. There is thought to be only one other CMT in Quebec and less than a dozen total in Canada.

  • Is a Member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts.

  • Assisted in the organization of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) conference at Montebello, Quebec in 1987, attended by members representing technical associations from 18 countries.

  • Formerly President of Wil-Arm Inc., publishers of technical market publications from 1987 to 2004.
    • Weekly Technically Speaking with Wil-Arm
    • Monthly Talking Gold with Wil-Arm
    • Registered with Quebec and Ontario Securities Commissions as a Securities Adviser, the only such registration in Canada which was based upon technical discipline expertise rather than fundamental discipline expertise.

  • Developer of various market technical indicators.

  • Developer of various market timing techniques.

  • Developer of a variety of technical courses and seminars