Thursday, October 9, 2014

You have better odds playing Russian Roulette

Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:51 PM
Subject: You have better odds playing Russian Roulette



 
 
 
 
For those growing up with music from the 60s, 70s and 80s, today’s popular music scene certainly looks bleak. 
 
The few corporations which control the radio waves deliver plain vanilla, soulless sound that can hardly pass as music anymore.
 
But the truth is, music is not dead. You just have to search harder for quality. It’s no longer mainstream. 
 
The same goes for investing. There’s no more quality in the mainstream.
 
In fact, in the world of mainstream investment options, just about anything you can do right now is a dangerous, terrible option.
 
If you buy stocks in most markets around the world right now, you’re buying at perilous ALL-TIME HIGHS. History doesn’t hold this strategy in particularly high regard.
 
If you buy Western government bonds, you’re loaning money to the greatest debtors that have ever existed in the history of the world at pitiful rates that don’t even keep up with inflation.
 
Loaning money to the bankrupt government of France for an incredible TEN YEARS will fetch you a laughable 1.26%.
 
In the Land of the Free, the US government is paying just 2.3% on its ten-year debt. Adjusted for both taxes and inflation, bondholders are losing money. 
 
Germany probably has the best deal. Right now if you buy 2-year German debt, you actually have to PAY THEM! Yields in Germany are negative. It’s insane.
  
Even if you buy junk debt, i.e. you loan money to companies that have a strong change of going OUT OF BUSINESS, you can only get 5%.
 
And if you do nothing more than hold your cash in a bank or money market account, on a tax-adjusted, inflation-adjusted basis, you are GUARANTEED to LOSE money.
 
You have better odds playing Russian Roulette.
 
In other words, if you do nothing, you lose. And if you do just about anything, you’re taking huge risks… and you’ll likely lose too.
 
What happened to the days when you could get a reasonable amount of return for taking LIMITED RISK?
 
What happened to risk vs. reward? Now it’s all risk, no reward.
 
This isn’t an investment environment. It’s a slaughterhouse. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
 
So what’s the average investor going to do?
 
Just like with music, you have to dig deeper to find quality… look where no one else is looking.
 
After all, following the herd is never a winning, long-term investment strategy.
 
But doing this is hard. And seriously time consuming. 
 
This is why people often hire investment advisors—someone who will live and breathe this stuff… who will spend every waking hour searching for the best possible investment options and analyzing every possible risk.
 
Problem is, this can be expensive. Plus in many cases your investment advisor might not share your worldview.
 
In my mind, simple, safe, quality investment wisdom that you can actually TAKE ACTION on shouldn’t cost a fortune.
 
And I’ve spent the last year trying to solve this problem.
 
I’m pleased to say that I’ve finally accomplished my goal.
 
Today we’re formally launching a new monthly publication we call Price Value International.
 
To head up this new service, I’ve recruited my colleague and top wealth manager from the City of London, Tim Price.
 
You hear from Tim regularly in these daily columns, and I can honestly say he is one of the few professionals in finance who actually gets it.
 
Tim sees the world for what it is. He knows these governments are bankrupt and have no hope of paying their debts.
 
He knows that central bankers have destroyed the risk/reward curve with the wall of money they’ve printed.
 
Yet he has the knowledge, professional experience, network, and round-the-clock dedication to navigate successfully through extraordinarily risky waters.
 
Plus he’s one of the most honest people I know. Tim manages funds and makes investment recommendations as if it were his own mother’s money.
 
He takes tremendous care and personal responsibility for his every action.
 
I remember him telling me over drinks in London one evening that “shepherding people’s life savings through a financial crisis is ***ing stressful.”
 
Bottom line, this is somebody that you want on your team. I can’t stress that enough. And that’s why I wanted to launch Price Value International.
 
Each month, Tim will deliver crucial intelligence, education, actionable investment recommendations… plus his often hilarious stories with trademark English wit.
 
You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions-- to directly access Tim’s keen investment mind.
 
Our goal? Help you achieve a healthy rate of return without having to take on outsized risks.
 
And this is exactly what he has done already in the first issue of Price Value International.
 
There are still pockets of value to be found around the world that enable you to invest profitably while avoiding an exorbitant amount of risk.
 
Price Value International is focused on finding these hidden gems and delivering them to you so that you can successfully divorce yourself from the consequences of corrupt policies of heavily indebted governments and central bankers.
 
I told you that high quality, safe investment advice shouldn’t cost a fortune. We’re making it available at an absolutely ridiculous price, at least for our limited inaugural offer.
 
In fact I’m quite certain you probably tipped your Starbucks barista more last week than it takes to access Tim’s extraordinary investment wisdom.
 
Sign up right away before you miss out on the inaugural offer. Click here to get started.
 
 
 
To your freedom,
Simon Black
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