Laslow Birinyi

Founder and President of Birinyi Associates, Inc.

January 26,2006

"WALL STREET OUTLOOK FOR 2006”

On January 26 th , Laszlo Birinyi, Jr., President of Birinyi Associates, Inc., a stock market research and money management firm based in Westport, will speak at the weekly meeting of the Y's Men of Westport/Weston, about a most timely subject, “The Wall Street Outlook for 2006” The meeting, held at the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East, will begin at 10 AM

Mr. Birinyi is the founder and president of Birinyi Associates, Inc. His investment career began as a trader and culminated in the development of the trading calendar and eventually one of the premier books on stock market trading, The Equity Desk .

In 1976 Mr. Birinyi joined Salomon Brothers where he focused on equity research and market analysis. While at Salomon Brothers, he was the head of Equity Market Analysis and developed the firm's weekly commentary, Stock Week, as well as a variety of studies on market topics including volatility, flow of funds, market structure, and perhaps his best-known tool, Money Flows, which received widespread recognition. In addition, he was the architect of the Salomon-Russell International Index.

In 1989, Mr. Birinyi left Salomon Brothers to form Birinyi Associates. While at Birinyi Associates, Mr. Birinyi served as Global Trading Strategist for Deutsche Bank Securities from 1998-2002. He is a columnist for Forbes, was a panelist for Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street, and a frequent guest on CNBC. In 1999, Mr. Birinyi was inducted into the Wall Street Week Hall of Fame. Mr. Birinyi graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from the New York University Graduate School of Business .