Welcome to The Gibbs Perspective, a bi-weekly column of commentary, analysis and insight. For those of you who have followed my career, you know you can expect clear and honest investment assessments coupled with ways you can profit in the current market. For those of you who don't know me, you'll soon discover my passion for financial literacy and investor advocacy. This column is designed to educate, inform and provoke thought and discussion.

Every two weeks I will analyze at least one aspect of investing -- the intersection of Wall Street, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, all contained on my Perspective's Page!

Karen, along with her mother, pose with Mr. Louis Rukeyser

Veteran Business Television Anchor and Correspondent, Karen Gibbs, has formed The Gibbs Perspective, a company concerned with and dedicated to the education and advocacy of the individual investor. A noted speaker and moderator, Gibbs most recently was co-anchor of the weekly PBS business program, Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE from 2002 to 2005.

2004 Diversity Best Practice, CEO Panel

Prior to joining Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, Gibbs spent five years as a senior business correspondent for FOX News Channel, contributing and serving as a substitute anchor on Your World With Neil Cavuto and Cavuto on Business where she was also a regular panelist.

One of Karen's first featured articles in a major newspaper

From 1992 to 1997, she was an anchor at CNBC, where she specialized in the credit and futures markets, and hosted such programs as Money Wheel and Minding Your Business.

Prior to joining CNBC, Gibbs spent nearly ten years at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., where she was a Vice President and Senior Futures Strategist.

Karen reading thetickertape on the Chicago Board of Trade

She began her career at the Chicago Board of Trade as aboard marker and left as a member of the Office of Investigations and Audits. She received an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.
Gibbs, currently residing in Maryland, and is represented by Sharon Chang of IMG World Talent Agency.