Behind-the-scenes with Edgar Perez: The 11th-Hour Deal Obama Agreed to End the Go ernment !

hutdown o" October #$1% Edgar Perez, Celebrated Book Author of The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street, Presents The 11th !our "eal, Behind Washington#s Closed doors "uring the 1$ da% &o'ernment Shutdo(n of )*tober +,1-. &ew 'or() &') *nited !tates) +arch 1$) #$1, -- Edgar Perez, the celebrated author of The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New igh!"re#uenc$ Trading Pheno%enon That is Transfor%ing the In&esting 'orld (http)**thespeedtraders+co%,, and -night%are on 'all Street, The .ise and "all of -night /apital and the 0iggest .isk for "inancial 1arkets (http)**knight%areonwallstreet+co%,, is presenting his newest book, The 22th! our 3eal, 0ehind 'ashington4s /losed!doors 3uring the 25!da$ 6o&ern%ent Shutdown of 7ctober 892: (http)**The22th our3eal+co%,, the behind!the! scenes stor$ of the dra%atic da$s between 7ctober 2st and 25th+ The 22th! our 3eal will pro&ide a co%prehensi&e da$!b$!da$ account of what happened behind closed doors in 'ashington when the political class negotiated in fits and starts reopening of the go&ern%ent and raising the debt ceiling to ulti%atel$ arri&e to an agree%ent at the 22th!hour+ 7n 7ctober 2;, 892:, <ust %inutes into the da$, President 0arack 7ba%a signed the bill that ended a 25!da$ partial go&ern%ent shutdown and raised the debt ceiling, after weeks of negotiations that ga&e wa$ to a frenzied 'ednesda$ night in 'ashington as /ongress finall$ passed the bill that would pre&ent the countr$ fro% crashing into the debt ceiling+ 1e%bers of both the Senate and ouse of .epresentati&es had worked dangerousl$ close to the %idnight debt ceiling deadline a%id warnings the go&ern%ent of the =nited States of A%erica could run out of %one$ to pa$ its bills if /ongress didn't raise the debt ceiling+ The .epublican!led ouse had gi&en the final sta%p of appro&al &oting 8>? to 2@@ for the bill brokered b$ the 3e%ocratic!led Senate, which had &oted on 'ednesda$ e&ening, >2 to 2>+ The proposal had been ha%%ered out b$ the cha%ber4s .epublican and 3e%ocratic leaders after continued resolutions appro&ed b$ the ouse that defunded 7ba%acare, President 0arack 7ba%a4s signature healthcare initiati&e, went nowhere+ The debt cushion was eAtended through "ebruar$ ;, with current spending le&els being authorized through Banuar$ 2?+ The 25 da$s of the partial go&ern%ent shutdown had co%e at a steep cost+ Standard and Poor's esti%ated it took C8@ billion out of the econo%$D "itch .atings had put the =+S+ AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade+ The possibilit$ of a debt default spooked in&estors on 'all Street and hiked interest rates+ "urther%ore, it i%pacted A%erican4s top!notch financial and business global pree%inenceD /hina, A%erica4s largest foreign debt holder with C2+8> trillion of =+S+ bonds, was alread$ calling for considering building a de!A%ericanized world+ Perez (http)**www+1rEdgarPerez+co%, is widel$ regarded as the pree%inent global eApert in in&esting and high!fre#uenc$ trading+ Perez has been inter&iewed on Sina "inance, /N0/ S#uawk 7n The Street, 0loo%berg TE4s 1arket 1akers, /NN en EspaFol4s 3inero, "7G 0usiness4s /ountdown to the /losing 0ell, /N0/ 'orldwide EAchange, /N0/ /ash "low, /N0/ S#uawk 0oA, 0NN 0usiness 3a$, //TE /hina, 0ankier+pl, TheStreet+co%, Leaderono%ics, 6P' 1edia, /hannel NewsAsia 0usiness Tonight and /ents H Sensibilities+ In addition, Perez has been globall$ featured on "G"actor, /olu%bia 0usiness, 7pen1arkets, Sohu, News+Sina+co%, Iicai, east%one$, /ai<ing, ET">>+co%, :59doc, A .adio, /N"7L+co%, /ITI/S "utures, TongAin Securities, Jhi/heng+co%, /0Nweek+co%, /aiAin, "utures 3ail$, Ginhua, /0N Newswire, /hinese "inancial News, ifeng+co%, International "inance News, heAun+co%,

"inance+KK+co%, "inance+Sina+co%, The -orea Ti%es, The -orea erald, The Star, The 1ala$sian Insider, 01" >L+L, i1one$ ong -ong, /N0/, 0loo%berg edge "und 0rief, The 'all Street Bournal, The New Iork Ti%es, 3allas 1orning News, Ealor EconM%ico, "IG6lobal Trading, T73AI 7nline, 7riental 3ail$ News and 0usiness Ti%es+ Perez has been engaged to present at the /ouncil on "oreign .elations, Ead$% et%an -$i& National Econo%ic =ni&ersit$ (-ie&,, Kuant In&est%ent H "T Su%%it APA/ 8928 (Shanghai,, =+S+ Securities and EAchange /o%%ission ('ashington 3/,, /"A Singapore, ong -ong Securities Institute, /ourant Institute of 1athe%atical Sciences at New Iork =ni&ersit$, =ni&ersit$ of International 0usiness and Econo%ics (0ei<ing,, ult International 0usiness School (London and Shanghai, and Pace =ni&ersit$ (New Iork,, a%ong other public and pri&ate institutions+ Perez (http)**twitter+co%, has spoken at a nu%ber of global conferences, including E%erging 1arkets In&est%ents Su%%it 892: ('arsaw,, /1E 6roupNs 6lobal "inancial Leadership /onference 8928 (Naples 0each,, ar&ard 0usiness School4s Eenture /apital H Pri&ate E#uit$ /onference (0oston,, igh!"re#uenc$ Trading Leaders "oru% (New Iork, /hicago, London,, 1IT Sloan In&est%ent 1anage%ent /onference (/a%bridge,, Institutional In&estor4s 6lobal 6rowth 1arkets "oru% (London,, Technical Anal$sis Societ$ (Singapore,, TradeTech Asia (Singapore,, "IG6lobal "ace8"ace (Seoul, and Pri&ate E#uit$ /on&ention .ussia, /IS H Eurasia (London,+ Perez was a &ice president at /itigroup, a senior consultant at I01, and a strateg$ consultant at 1c-inse$ H /o+ in New Iork /it$+ Perez has an undergraduate degree fro% =ni&ersidad Nacional de IngenierOa, Li%a, Peru (2LL@,, a 1aster of Ad%inistration fro% =ni&ersidad ESAN, Li%a, Peru (2LL;, and a 1aster of 0usiness Ad%inistration fro% /olu%bia 0usiness School, New Iork, with a dual %a<or in "inance and 1anage%ent (8998,+ e belongs to the 0eta 6a%%a Sig%a honor societ$+ Perez resides in the New Iork /it$ area and is an acco%plished salsa and hustle dancer+ -ontact: Bulia Petro&a Edgar Perez, Inc+ 8?9 Eese$ St+, New Iork, NI, 298>2 @2@!:5;!>5;9 <petro&aPthespeedtradersworkshop+co% http)**www+%redgarperez+co%