Leading Value Investors to Offer Insights at 5th Annual New York Value Investing Congress

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - Schwartz-Tilson Information, Inc. today
announced the speaker lineup for the 5th Annual New York Value Investing
Congress, which will take place on October 19 and 20, 2009, at the
Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The speakers, including Bill Ackman,
David Einhorn, and Julian Robertson, will share their best strategies and
market outlook with attendees. As investors continue to face daunting
challenges in today's tumultuous environment, insight from the investing
world's best minds is a rarity that can benefit even the savviest attendee.

"Our speakers will share with attendees the strategies that outperform in
any environment," said Whitney Tilson, co-founder of the Value Investing
Congress, founder of hedge fund T2 Partners, and co-author of "More
Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times." "There are
terrific opportunities in the market, but investors have to know where to
look. That's where the Congress comes in."

The Value Investing Congress is recognized as one of the premier events for
value investors around the world. Among past Congress highlights are Bill
Ackman's prescient warnings about MBIA and Ambac, David Einhorn's bearish
view of Lehman Brothers, Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue's analysis of the
housing market, and Jeff Matthews' evaluation of GE. With the opportunity
to ask questions directly of every speaker, conference attendees will
acquire expert strategies and profitable investment ideas specifically
geared toward today's -- and tomorrow's -- investing challenges.

"These are uncertain times for investors, which is why we've worked to
assemble a lineup of speakers who have long experience and truly know what
works and what doesn't," said Value Investing Congress co-founder John L.
Schwartz, M.D. "Our goal is to ensure that every attendee leaves with new
ideas, new contacts, and a better understanding of the strategies that beat
the market."

The complete speaker lineup
for the 5th Annual New York Value Investing Congress includes:

-- Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management
-- Zeke Ashton, Centaur Capital Partners
-- Sean Dobson, Amherst Securities
-- David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital
-- Kian Ghazi, Hawkshaw Capital Management
-- Lloyd Khaner, Khaner Capital
-- David Nierenberg, D3 Family Funds
-- Julian Robertson, Tiger Management
-- Alexander Roepers, Atlantic Investment Management
-- Eric Sprott, Sprott Asset Management
-- Patrick Degorce, Theleme Fund
-- Jason A. Stock, M3 Funds
-- Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners
-- Glenn H. Tongue, T2 Partners
-- William C. Waller, M3 Funds

On October 18, 2009, investors will have the opportunity to participate in
a pre-Congress workshop focusing on strategies that will enable them to
become more successful at analyzing companies and identifying promising
value opportunities. Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue of T2 Partners will
teach "An Advanced Seminar on Value
Investing: How to Decipher Financial Statements, Avoid Value Traps and Pick
Investment Winners." Past participants have enthusiastically endorsed
this in-depth workshop, describing it as "an investment that pays for
itself" with information and stock ideas that can be "immediately put to
use."

About the Value Investing Congress

Whitney Tilson and John L. Schwartz established the Value Investing Congress in 2004 so that
passionate value investors -- disciples of Graham, Dodd, Buffett and Munger
-- can meet and learn from one another and achieve even greater investment
success. Tilson is one of the country's best-known value investors and is
the co-founder of Value Investor Insight and co-author of "More Mortgage
Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times." Schwartz is the founder
and former CEO of Continuing Medical Education, Inc., the highly successful
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More information on the upcoming 5th Annual New York Value Investing
Congress is available at ValueInvestingCongress.com. Sponsors of the
Value Investing Congress include Capital IQ, Wiley, Columbia Business
School, NYSSA, and Value Investor Insight. Supporting organizations and
media partners include The Value Investors Club, Kiplinger's Personal
Finance, Seeking Alpha, Morningstar, Total Alternatives, International
Business Times, and Hedge Fund Alert.