John B. Guerard, JR., Co-Director of Research, Pacific Spirit Investments, LLC,Dimitrios Thomakos, Head of Department, Professor, Department of Business Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Foteini Kyriazi, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Quantitative Methods, Agricultural University of Athens John B. Guerard, Jr. is an independent financial researcher living in Bluffton, South Carolina. Dimitrios Thomakos is Professor in Applied Econometrics and Director of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Foteini Kyriazi is Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Mathematical Methods in the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management at the Agricultural University of Athens.