Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gerald Celente Trends

Gerald Celente Trends



Gerald Celente we have the skills and the inventive capacity to start a renaissance , Quality is going to be the keyword

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 05:53 PM PST


Gerald Celente on Engineer.netwe can still become the strong and productive nation that we were in the past


Smart is going to be the keyword says Gerald Celente talking with the engineers at www.engineer.net , necessity is the mother of invention , we do not need stadiums that collapse bridges that last 50 years , engineering in this country has gone low quality with so many other things ...This is a new era only the greatest are going to be able to make it , quality is going to rise to the top , people are going to be forced to be using their brains rather than thinking about the bottom line , this is going to be a glorious future a renaissance 'Alla Roma Antica '


Gerald Celente is a respected media commentator on business and consumer trends in the US, and publisher of The Trends Journal. His presentation aims to help exporters understand the key global niche markets they should be designing new products and services for, and signal what the key business and consumer trends will be. The Trends Research Institute is on record as accurately forecasting many major social, economic and political trends. such as the dot.com crash, the rise of gourmet coffees and organic foods. They are currently predicting a rise in 'simplicity hip' for the average US family with downsizing in cars,houses and extravagances but a strong requirement for quality products that reflect personal styles and which are simple, reliable and can be repaired – not trashed – when broken.
Trends Expert Gerald Celente is also known as Dr Doom and the Nostradamus of Modern Times , Gerald Celente is regarded as one of the foremost trend predictors in the world. This author of Trends 2000 and Trend Tracking, and publisher of The Trends Journal, is frequently a guest on television news and talk show programs. The New York Post said "if Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente." Subscribe to the Trends Journal >>>

Following are Gerald Celente's Forecasts for 2010: · The Crash of 2010: The Bailout Bubble is about to burst. Be prepared for the onset of the Greatest Depression. · Depression Uplift: The pursuit of elegance and affordable sophistication will raise spirits and profits. · Terrorism 2010: Years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq ­ and now Pakistan ­ have intensified anti-American sentiment. 2010 will be the year of the lone-wolf, self-radicalized gunman. · Neo-Survivalism: A new breed of survivalist is devising ingenious stratagems to beat the crumbling system. And, they're not all heading for the hills with AK-47's and pork & beans. · Not Welcome Here: Fueled by fear and resentment, a global anti-immigration trend will gather force and serve as a major plank in building a new political party in the US. · TB or Not TB: With two-thirds of Americans Too Big (TB) for their own good (and everyone else's), 2010 will mark the outbreak of a "War on Fat," providing a ton of business opportunities. · Mothers of Invention: Taking off with the speed of the Internet revolution, "Technology for the Poor" will be a major trend in 2010, providing products and services for newly downscaled Western consumers and impoverished consumers everywhere. · Not Made In China: A "Buy Local," "My Country First" protectionist backlash will deliver a big "No" to unrestrained globalism and open solid niches for local and domestic manufacturers. · The Next Big Thing: Just as the traditional print media (newspapers/magazines) were scooped by Internet competition, so too will new communication technologies herald the end of the TV networks as we know them.

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Wall Street Outraged
Over New "Direct IRAs"

They sidestep overpriced brokers and
blow away conventional retirement plans
with returns of 2,300% or more...

"Want to make your broker mad? Want to buy stocks without paying a commission? Want to make money in your spare time? Consider ["Direct IRAs"]."

-- CNNMoney



Dear Reader,

If everyone in America knew what I'm about to tell you, money-hungry brokers and crooked investment banks would be out of business by the end of the month.

Those greedy fat cats would be trading in their Bentleys for bus passes...

Moving from their McMansions to studio apartments...

Canceling their steakhouse reservations and heating up a Cup o' Noodles instead.

Why?

Because the new "Direct IRAs" I'm about to reveal to you allow an exclusive segment of American investors to cut these glorified middlemen completely out of the picture...

And if you give me just five minutes of your time right now, I'll make YOU part of the small fraction of Americans who know how to use "Direct IRAs" to potentially build retirement fortunes flat-out faster and better than ever before.

I'm talking about amounts like $300, $400, even $500,000 or more added to your retirement portfolio with relative ease.

View Monthly Retirement Income Chart

You see, once you're freed from the needless junk fees and transaction restrictions that plague corrupt mainstream investing, you could end up with more money in your pocket -- so you can keep living the good life longer.

The money-grubbing suits up and down Wall Street will do anything they can to keep YOU from finding out about "Direct IRAs."

So far, they've been successful in keeping it under wraps from nine out of 10 American investors...

According to Moneypaper, "Direct IRAs" are (for the moment)...

"... The best-kept secret on Wall Street"

All thanks to one government regulation that lobbyists for the investment banking industry no doubt cooked up to bury this secret moneymaker from the public:

Currently, the SEC actually forbids companies from advertising their participation in "Direct IRAs" to anyone besides their shareholders.

Why do you think that is?

MarketWatch explains it best:

"Most people haven't heard about them for one simple reason... Because brokers and fund managers can't sock you with big fees and commissions... So they won't tell you the 'best-kept secret' and they've made sure Congress and the SEC keep it a secret too."

And they're doing a great job of it. Believe it or not, it's estimated that out of the 45 million Americans who invest in today's markets, only 5 million actually are aware that "Direct IRAs" even exist.

That means 89% of the investing public is losing huge chunks of their retirement savings to insanely inflated bank fees and commissions simply because they don't know any better...

But it doesn't have to be that way.

The "Direct IRAs" I'm going to tell you about have been proven to deliver gains of as much as 2,300% or more... far outpacing the average returns of conventional Roth IRAs or 401(k) plans... straight from blue chip companies themselves.

And the best part about them is -- their returns, which could top $500,000 or more, can start with as little as $60.

"Direct IRAs" are simply:

  • Easier to use...
  • Quicker to deliver...
  • And far more effective in helping ordinary people just like you retire sooner and better off than they ever dreamed possible.

Take people like Carol and Charlie Urban, for instance.

Charlie, a retired school bus mechanic, was watching his retirement account flip-flop back and forth for decades. Carol stayed home taking care of their five kids.

On the surface, life was good...

But Charlie knew that simply funneling a portion of his paycheck into a stagnant retirement plan every two weeks wasn't going to cut it if the two of them wanted to eventually live comfortably in their golden years.

Not to mention, the valuable funds he was losing to the unending fees his money manager was charging him...

"[Direct IRAs] over time can substantially boost returns."

-- Forbes

Then one day, one of Charlie's co-workers mentioned the success he was having with a "Direct IRA."

Never having heard of "Direct IRAs," Charlie was naturally skeptical. But going off his friend's advice, he decided to take $100 of his hard-earned money and start one of his own.

Today, his "Direct IRA" is worth around $334,000... and counting.

And he didn't have to shell out one cent upfront beyond that initial $100, PLUS he doesn't pay one red cent to any "professional" retirement planner either.

This isn't an isolated incident. Millions of Americans -- once they find out about "Direct IRAs" -- are dropping their old-fashioned retirement plans...

And rest assured, these people who are building their retirement fortunes faster and higher than they ever thought possible are NOT risking their nest eggs on some shady fly-by-night outfits either.

Quite the contrary. "Direct IRAs" are available through rock-solid blue chips like Coca-Cola, Home Depot, BP, Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart and more.

Meaning your risk is utterly minimal -- but your potential reward is off the charts.

Let me show you what I mean...

America's Best-Kept
Retirement Secret -- Revealed

If you've got a moment, sit down, call your broker and ask if he can set you up with a "Direct IRA."

Chances are they'll either play dumb, have another (more important) call come in, or just flat-out hang up on you.

That's because they don't want to risk a cent of their "hard-earned" commissions by telling you how to build your retirement by buying stock directly from companies themselves, rather than through him.

It's the same reason the SEC won't allow those companies to tell you about "Direct IRAs" either.

You really think they're going to risk ticking off the big investment houses by advertising a way for you to avoid putting more money in their pockets?

The usual suspects down on Wall Street are all keeping this news under wraps... and that's a shame, because:

"[Direct IRAs] are a great way to invest dollars... create a long-term savings plan and build a retirement portfolio of solid blue chips," according to The Wall Street Journal.

Consider this:

If, back in 1985, you had invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 index as part of your retirement plan and not touched it for the next decade, you would have ended up with $29,150 at the end of 1995.

And consider this:

If, back in 1980, you'd bought $10,000 worth of stock in a company that paid you a healthy 6% a year PLUS a nice 3.5% dividend to boot, and simply held that stock in your portfolio for the entire 30 years you would have ended up with $76,764 today.

Not a bad return on your investment... but check out what you could have made if that same company offered a "Direct IRA" program for you to invest your $10,000 in instead.

With the same return and dividend being paid on the stock, but with the "Direct IRA" program in place for you... today you'd instead have a $145,756 cash infusion coming your way.

In other words, the slightest difference in your retirement planning could have meant an extra 89% gain in your pocket!

And that's without having ever added a single cent to your original $10,000 investment!

If you'd continued to add to that investment year after year and held over an even longer period, your $10,000 "Direct IRA" could have transformed into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After all, check out what a contribution of just $100 a month on top of your original 10 grand would end up netting you with several companies' "Direct IRAs":

  • Reynolds American's "Direct IRA" would have accumulated as much as $38,154...

  • AT&T's "Direct IRA" would have handed you retirement savings of as much as $99,324...

  • Pitney Bowes' "Direct IRA" would have padded your retirement account with as much as $122,189...

  • Progress Energy's "Direct IRA" would have built your portfolio up as much as $108,413...

And amazingly enough, if you had just contributed a paltry $1,200 a year ($100 a month) -- less than the amount many Americans waste on brokers' fees annually -- Home Depot's "Direct IRA" would have sent your retirement nest egg skyrocketing as much as $504,411.

Today I'm going to introduce you to three of the absolute BEST "Direct IRA" opportunities in the world today.

These "Direct IRAs" have returned as much as 2,300% to their holders over the years, and they're as strong today as they've ever been.

And in just a moment, I'll tell you how to receive all the information you need to enroll yourself in these untouchable plans.

Hundreds of Thousands
in Retirement Riches...

Despite the intense secrecy Wall Street has worked so hard to veil over "Direct IRAs" in order to save their bottom line, many savvy Americans have been using them for years in order to achieve their retirement dreams.

Take someone like Maxwell Buckley, for instance...

Max works as a pharmacist at a local grocery store in Springfield, IL. He's 45, single, owns a home and makes a decent living.

But he doesn't want to be filling prescriptions until he's 80. And if he'd chosen to stick with a traditional retirement plan, that's almost certainly what he'd have to do.

Fortunately, a person like Max Buckley chose a different route. A route that saves him money, gives him the freedom to pick and choose what companies he builds his retirement with, and ends up outpacing traditional plans by a country mile.

Max started his "Direct IRA" through Wal-Mart, one of America's most successful and rock-solid business titans.

He chose wisely too, because even as the retail sector has suffered over the past few years with people spending less... Max's Wal-Mart "Direct IRA" has still been building his retirement fortune fast and furious.

Contributing only $100 a month over the last 25 years to his "Direct IRA" through Wal-Mart, Max has seen his nest egg grow to $213,000.

And an amazing $183,060 of that amount is PURE PROFIT for him.

That's right, Max was able to add over $183k to his retirement savings by only contributing a paltry $100 a month. Not one cent more.

He didn't have to empty his savings account and start out with a huge initial investment of thousands...

That's the incredible thing about how much money these little-known retirement gold mines can make you... that you pay almost next to nothing out of your pocket to make it happen!

What it all ends up meaning is that Max spends way less time worrying about when and how comfortably he's going to retire...

And instead enjoys his weekends building model fighter planes -- a hobby he'll be able to continue long into his golden years.

But what if Max had NOT chosen Wal-Mart's "Direct IRA" profits -- and instead simply contributed to his employer's 401(k) plan? What kind of return would he have seen instead?

Well, consider this: Even in the best of times, the most common types of 401(k) plans have averaged the following:

  • Money Market Funds: 4% a year
  • Bond Mutual Funds: 8% a year
  • Stock or Equity Mutual Funds: 10% a year

Max's "Direct IRA" has given him a total return of 611% so far...

He didn't need to pay a huge fraction of his savings to a broker or bank either. He kept all of it for himself!

And in just a moment, I'll present to you three "Direct IRAs" you can enroll in right now... one of which has returned over 2,300% to its holders over time.

Think about the returns your account is seeing right now, and what a 2,300% gain on your retirement contributions could do for you instead.

That's what someone like Carmen Gioso had to think about back when she started her own interior design business at age 30 in the picturesque town of Collingswood, NJ.

Being a small-business owner, and not having access to a corporate 401(k) plan, Carmen knew it was up to her to decide her own retirement destiny.

That's why in the late '80s she decided to invest in "Direct IRAs," taking advantage of one offered by cleaning giant Clorox...

Carmen's been a bit more aggressive contributing to her "Direct IRA." She takes $150 out of her paycheck every month to put toward it.

But boy, has it paid off. Today, after just over 20 years, with hardly any work, hardly any upfront investment and NO nickel and diming by greedy brokers, her "Direct IRA" account balance sits at $169,461.

Meaning her $150-a-month contributions have produced $130,311 in profits for her!

Carmen is now so confident in her future retirement plans, she's already starting mapping out the next phase of her career -- a small baking business she calls "Carmen's Cakes and Cookies."

But would Carmen or Max be in the enviable positions they are today if they'd gone the traditional route -- and went through a broker or investment bank for their retirement needs?

How Much Money Could You
Save Cutting Out Brokers?

A quick survey of just the online "discount" brokers shows the following trading fees...

  • Scottrade: $7 per trade
  • E*Trade: $8 per trade
  • ShareBuilder: $10 per trade
  • TD Ameritrade: $10 per trade if you do it online by yourself... $45 a trade if you have a broker "assist you"!!!

"After one of the most awful years in the history of the mutual fund industry... you might expect fund companies would give investors a break and lower their fees. But just the opposite is true."

-- CBS MarketWatch

And these are the DISCOUNT brokers!

If you're not comfortable executing these orders on your own, and want some assistance by a "professional," the price absolutely explodes.

Never mind what you'd pay if you go to one of the really prestigious investment banks that require an appointment weeks ahead of time...

That could be in the hundreds of dollars.

In fact, investment research firm Morningstar recently conducted a study that shows over the past year, brokerages have raised fund fees in almost every category.

And that's despite those same investment houses losing money hand over fist for nine out of 10 investors over the last year!

What's wrong with this picture???

Forbes states -- "Costs are the biggest problem with [retirement funds]. These costs eat into your return, and they are the main reason why the majority of funds end up with sub-par performance."

Just take a look at the chart below to see what I'm talking about.

View Broker Fees vs. Broker Free Chart

See the insane amount of money you end up handing right back over to your broker?

An initial $10,000 into a broker-managed fund over 50 years should end up returning $1.1 million, but only paying 2% fees to that broker every year actually results in your LOSING an incredible $700,000 of that return.

In other words, over half of your 50-year retirement savings goes right into your broker's pocket.

The bottom line is this: Depending on how you're building your retirement, you're handing over a significant chunk of it every time you want to move your OWN money around to try to improve your returns.

Doesn't seem like a very productive way to get where you want to go, does it?

With "Direct IRAs," you never have to worry about throwing money away like this.

Unless you've got tons of disposable income lying around that you don't mind handing to a broker in exchange for a two-minute phone call and some pencil pushing, this is your money you've earned -- and you deserve to see it last...

"... critics of the industry say that... fund companies get away with the fees they charge only because the average investor does not understand what he/she is paying for."

-- Forbes

That's what any average Joe who's worked hard his whole life wants.

An average Joe like Freddy McNulty.

Freddy drove a UPS truck around Madison, WI, for 35 years. He always delivered his packages with a smile and never spent less than half his day laughing and telling corny jokes to co-workers and customers.

But underneath that everyman exterior, Freddy was actually a shrewd investor. He knew he couldn't depend on conventional methods to retire the way he'd always dreamed. And he didn't make a good enough living to throw gobs of money away on broker and transaction fees.

So Freddy opened a "Direct IRA" through General Electric.

Now, because money was tight for him, Freddy was only able to put aside $50 a month for his "Direct IRA."

But that didn't matter one bit. Because he kept steadily adding to it over his entire career, Freddy ended up with a small fortune.

His GE "Direct IRA" is now worth a whopping $397,081.

That means his simple $50 a month ended up netting him $373,131 over the long haul!

Today, Freddy is 61, and lives in Mesa, AZ -- where every spring he heads out to see each and every one of his beloved Chicago Cubs' spring training games.

Just like he always dreamed of...

And it's all possible thanks to his decision to open a "Direct IRA."

But it doesn't always take the span of an entire career to start seeing results with "Direct IRAs."

In fact, you can start early, at a young age, and begin to see the cash start to pile up almost immediately.

Younger professionals across the country can avoid the crisis that's gripping America right now -- and begin planning early retirements with a "Direct IRA."

Young people like Byron Charles, for example.

Byron is a high school basketball coach and history teacher. He's at an age where retirement is still a long way off...

But thanks to some good advice in his 20s, Byron started preparing early.

While playing ball in college, a business professor of Byron's told him about "Direct IRAs" and the advice stuck.

A few years later, when he started receiving his first steady string of paychecks, Byron headed straight for the safety and profitability of these "alternative" retirement plans.

But even though he was making a passable living, Byron still didn't have wads of money to be setting aside for retirement.

So with just $75 a month -- the price of dinner for two at a casual restaurant -- Byron started his "Direct IRA" with a company called Illinois Tool Works.

And after only a few years, he's already seen his retirement savings grow to $55,771.

And $38,596 of that total has come right from his "Direct IRA" returns... NOT from his pocket!

Today, Byron doesn't worry much about the future, because he knows he started early and started smart. In fact, his biggest concern these days is the marathon he's training for this summer!

And while Illinois Tool Works might not be a household name, it's still providing Byron with outsized returns for his future retirement.

That's the beautiful thing about "Direct IRAs." You can participate in them through household name companies like Coca-Cola or Wal-Mart -- or through little-known rock-solid businesses like Illinois Tool Works.

But while I've clued you into some of the companies you can set up a "Direct IRA" through, there are still some that are better than others.

And I've set aside three such companies I think you'll want to start with immediately once you choose to open a "Direct IRA" for yourself.

Here's a brief preview of each one...

The Three Best "Direct IRAs"
for You Right Now

"Direct IRA" Company #1: This global energy corporation has its hands in one of the most lucrative sectors of them all -- oil. And even though oil rises and falls quite often, its "Direct IRA" maintains a massive return throughout.

Over the last 30 years, $80 a month filtered into its "Direct IRA" program would have ended up today handing you a retirement windfall of $298,321... $268,641 of which is straight-up profits...

What other retirement plan allows you to turn $29,680 into $298,321???

"Direct IRA" Company #2: This company is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world, but what most don't recognize is its immeasurable potential to help you secure a lavish retirement.

Starting with as little as $60 this company's "Direct IRA" could have accumulated $564,852 over the last 32 years for those who knew about it.

And remember, that number could go much, MUCH higher if you choose to be more aggressive and up your monthly contribution. The rate at which your "Direct IRA" inflates your retirement account is totally up to you!

"Direct IRA" Company #3: This industry leading health & beauty company will no doubt be familiar to you once you hear it, but thanks to years of Wall Street cover-ups, very few know it offers one of the best "Direct IRA" opportunities on the market today.

In fact, if you had opened up a "Direct IRA" with it 35 years ago and contributed just $100 a month to it over that time, today you'd be sitting on a retirement fortune of $1,090,444!

That's a 2,330% return on your contributions!

Try finding a Roth IRA or 401(k) that'll hand you that...

There's really no point in looking. It doesn't exist. Only a "Direct IRA" can offer you the kind of pure profit power you're reading about today.

And in just a moment, I'm going to tell you exactly how to receive the names of these three companies, plus complete instructions on how to set up a "Direct IRA" with one or all three of them, WITHOUT the help of a broker...

But first, let me take a moment to introduce myself...

A Safe Haven for Your Money Equals
a Retirement That's Second to None...

My name is Kent Lucas.

I'm a proud Harvard graduate with a master's from Stanford.

I've spent 20 years in the finance industry, including seven years managing portfolios for a leading investment firm -- during which I actively oversaw roughly $1 billion worth of assets for some very powerful and influential clients.

I don't tell you this to brag, believe me. That's not my style.

The only reason I'm bringing it up at all is to prove this point...

After two decades of researching the markets for a living -- it takes quite a bit to surprise me.

And I'm utterly shocked at how well Wall Street has kept "Direct IRAs" a secret.

What doesn't surprise me, however, is that they'd be so hell-bent on doing it.

After all, this is their livelihood we're talking about. A livelihood built on charging billions upon billions of dollars in needless junk fees to hard-working folks who are just trying to retire comfortably.

So it's no wonder they're seething mad every time somebody pulls their money out of their hands and moves it over to a much cheaper, much more potentially profitable "Direct IRA."

But guess what? That's not your problem. Not anymore.

Because if you choose, I'll immediately e-mail you a copy of a FREE report I've just completed, titled "'Direct IRAs': The Retirement Secret Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know."

Inside it, you'll discover:

  • How to start investing in broker-free "Direct IRAs" with as little as $60

  • Complete details on how you can use "Direct IRAs" to build the retirement of your dreams

  • All the information you need on how to get started with the three "Direct IRA" companies I previewed for you

  • How you could begin accumulating accelerated retirement savings through these three "Direct IRAs" starting as soon as tomorrow morning

It's simple, hassle-free and above all keeps your money in YOUR pocket, rather than in some slick, fast-talking Wall Street resident's.

But look, put all that business aside for a moment. Take the brokers out of the equation and boil it down to the most important thing we're talking about here:

Your future.

You control your own destiny. How do you want to spend your retirement years?

Traveling... spending time with family... relaxing with friends... catching up on all the things you've wanted to do, but never had the time?

Or spending sleepless nights worrying about having enough to pay for groceries and the electric bill... having to go back to work at Wal-Mart or McDonald's... never being able to enjoy the fruits of your working years the way you deserve?

I hope you don't think I'm being melodramatic by asking that.

Because these scenarios are playing out every day in America... and sadly, many retirees are experiencing the latter.

But with a little smart planning, and the help of a "Direct IRA," this most definitely doesn't have to be you. Today you can make the choice -- no matter how close you are to retirement -- to start preparing for a potentially richer one, sooner, with "Direct IRAs."

Here's exactly how to make it happen...

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It's been a rough couple of years for investors. That's no secret.

But now things finally seem to be turning back around -- slowly but surely.

That's probably why people are constantly asking me how to make money in such a crazy market... how to avoid losing money... and even how to read the market for the biggest gains out there.

More people than I can even begin to respond to...

Of course, there are tons of people out there who are willing to share a piece of their minds about money and investing.

Not so lucky for you, however, is the fact that most of those people have no idea what they're talking about.

And many of the ones that do... the brokers, money managers, retirement planners... I can assure you that a great deal of them DON'T have your best interests at heart.

If they did, why would they be keeping "Direct IRAs" a secret from you?

They do it for the same reasons you scrimp and save and invest so diligently: For THEIR retirements...

That doesn't sound like someone whose mission is to ensure you retire safely, securely and -- above all -- happily, does it?

So the dilemma you're left with is: Whom can you trust?

Who can offer you sound, intelligent research and analysis without the ulterior motive of milking every last cent out of you in return?

That question is exactly why I decided to go to work as the executive editor of Taipan's Safe Haven Investor, an independent financial research service headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

After years of watching people lose money thanks to bad advice from friends and so-called "experts," I decided that writing a newsletter like Taipan's Safe Haven Investor was really what I got into this business for in the first place.

You see, unlike most of the "advice" out there, this newsletter is completely based on helping you keep your hard-earned cash protected in challenging markets like we're experiencing now...

While at the same time giving you the chance to learn about little-known ways to grow your assets far more than what mainstream investors ever get the chance to do...

(And "little known" is exactly the term I'd use to describe a retirement jackpot like "Direct IRAs.")

To me, it all adds up to a very realistic way to grow an investing portfolio AND pocket huge sums of cash along the way.

There's Always a Way to Make Money --
You Just Have to Find It

Throughout my career, I've made it a mission to find the right investment at the right time for my readers.

And it certainly isn't easy.

In fact, it's quite a bit of work. It means two-hour conference calls, sitting in on three-day-long meetings, and sifting through hundreds of financial reports each week...

But all this work pays off. I'm proud that I've been able to steer my readers toward positive returns, no matter what the markets are doing.

Even though the economic climate has been pretty lousy lately, Taipan's Safe Haven Investor readers have still seen some pretty nice gains so far in 2009.

In fact, four of my open recommendations right now have racked up gains of 102%, 117%, 90%, and 118%.

And as I mentioned, those gains are all on current picks -- they still have the chance to go much higher...

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Now don't get me wrong, those are great numbers... and I'm thrilled I've been able to provide them to my readers. But what I'm writing you with today is so much more than that.

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It really is as straightforward as it sounds.

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Now, I bet I know what you're thinking:

"What's the deal here? I'm sure I have to do something to receive this kind of information, right?"

True enough. But if you read on for a moment longer, I'm sure you're going to be surprised at how little I'm asking of you...

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However, not a single duck was shot that weekend.

Instead, this secret alliance changed the world's definition of "money" for the next century.

You see, what came of that meeting was the creation of something you know as the American Federal Reserve -- an institution that's been in power now for more than 95 years.

Today, a similar red herring is on the horizon.

Five men from around the globe will meet -- much like the Jekyll Island Seven -- under the pretense of a routine get-together.

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Why am I offering this information so cheap, when I could easily get 100 times more money for it?

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$50 a Month Made Them $480,000...

When you think about your retirement consider the two roads you could go down.

You could be 75, living in a meager home or apartment, taking the bus to a minimum wage job at McDonald's every morning just so you can afford your basic everyday needs like food, electricity or medicine.

Or you could use "Direct IRAs" on a company like McDonald's to ensure that you never have to live out this nightmare scenario.

That's what retirees like Anna and William Hanson of Cleveland have done.

Over the course of four decades, Anna worked at the cosmetics counter at Macy's, while William walked a city beat as a police officer.

Sure, they had William's pension to fall back on. But civil servants are always the first to feel the pain when times are tough -- and the Hansons knew that pension would never be enough if they wanted to retire in style.

So with the help of a "Direct IRA" from -- you guessed it, McDonald's -- the Hansons made a bold move to make sure they weren't caught watching their retirement dreams turn into nightmares.

With just a miniscule $50 contribution each month, Anna and William began building the foundation of their future.

A foundation that grew bigger and bigger over the years until today -- when their "Direct IRA" is allowing them to live the life they've always wanted.

Today, as I write this, their McDonald's "Direct IRA" is worth an incredible $480,966.

And the best part is -- over $460,000 of that fortune came directly from McDonald's!

Now Anna and William travel regularly to Pennsylvania and North Carolina to visit their grandkids.

They go on a Caribbean cruise once a year, and they're even considering relocating to the more expensive East Coast to be closer to their family.

None of which they'd have been able to do without the help of their "Direct IRA."

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It doesn't get nickel-and-dimed away by some corner office fat-cat broker who'll never even take the time to meet you face to face.

No, because "Direct IRAs" do exactly what their name says. Return the money directly to you.

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Now's the time to make the switch and experience for yourself what Wall Street has been trying so hard to keep you from finding out.

Send for your FREE report today...

Cordially,
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Kent Lucas
Executive Editor
Taipan's Safe Haven Investor
February 2010

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China and Greece Slam Stocks, Marc Faber's Latest Forecast, Strange Lumber Prices and More!

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February 12, 2010

  • Retail sales delight… The 5 suggests a reason that should give Pollyannas pause
  • China and Greece send U.S. stocks tumbling… Why the Greek bailout is looking shaky
  • Forget "the next Greece"… Faber forecast sends CNBC talking heads into frothing frenzy
  • A real-world economic stat that actually looks healthy
  • Readers write: Are the Olympics a boondoggle? Are taxes really going up? Sit back and watch the show…


Bummer. The federal government is back on the job today -- just in time to juice up Wall Street with these retail figures: Retail sales for January rose 0.5% from December -- more than the mainstream consensus expected.

Even better, the numbers weren't particularly skewed by rising gasoline prices. Take away gasoline and auto sales and retail sales rose 0.6%.

Looking over these numbers, we recall a little news that flew under the radar last week. A report from TransUnion revealed the percentage of consumers current on their credit cards but delinquent on their mortgages grew to 6.6% in the third quarter of 2009 -- up substantially from 4.3% a year earlier.

That's a lot of people who can maintain -- or even increase -- their standard of living by staying in their homes for free. Their lenders are only too willing to go along because they don't want to book the losses that would come with foreclosure.

Everyone is happy in this fantasy world.


Alas, strong retail numbers aren't enough to perk up traders this morning. The major U.S. indexes opened down 1.4% because…


The China sneeze play is back in action. For the second time in a month, Beijing has jacked up banks' reserve requirements. Big banks now have to keep 16.5% of their deposits on reserve, smaller ones 14%.

Evidently, the last tightening wasn't enough to slow the growth in either loans or property prices. Once again, U.S. traders assume Chinese domestic demand will collapse, and so will the world economic recovery.

Nor is the news from euroland helping matters.


The Greeks have put Wall Street in a headlock for more than 24 hours now. Let's recap…

  • Before market open yesterday: Greek debt deal announced, traders rejoice. Futures up
  • After market open: Traders realize there are no specifics to the deal. Market down
  • By midday: European Council president clarifies -- the EU stands ready to help Greece, but help isn't actually needed right now. Best of all worlds. Market up
  • After market close: German Chancellor Angela Merkel let it be known Athens would have to get its own act together and, in the words of the U.K. Guardian, she "brushed aside all questions of financial support." Bummer.

Is Frau Merkel acting wisely? Behold…


Fourth-quarter German GDP figures just came out… and they're flat. Not good after two consecutive quarters of growth. Year over year, the German economy shrank 1.7%.

French fourth-quarter GDP came in better than expected, up 0.6%. The eurozone as a whole grew barely -- 0.1%.

This news sent the euro to a nine-month low against the dollar, at $1.3533. The dollar index in turn is up to 80.75, a seven-month high. For now, as long as the euro looks shaky, the dollar retains its sheen as a safe haven. For now….


The U.S. Treasury auctioned $16 billion in 30-year bonds yesterday, and it didn't go very well. Before the auction began, yields were 4.68%. Afterward, 4.72%. Clearly, buyers are getting more nervous about the notion of going "long America" for the next three decades. The bid-to-cover ratio looked lousy, at 2.36.

Maybe all this talk of who's going to be "the next Greece" is rather beside the point when debt is weighing everyone down -- including the keeper of the world's reserve currency.


"All governments will eventually default, including the U.S.," says Marc Faber -- except for a handful like Singapore that have their debts more or less under control.

This comment drew gasps, first of horror, then of outrage, from CNBC anchors Sue Herera and Dennis Kneale. You can watch for yourself here -- the moment of truth comes around 2:15.

Still, the guardians of the Temple of the Perpetual Bull gave Faber a chance to explain himself. "In the developed world, we have huge debt to GDP, in terms of government debt to GDP and unfunded liabilities that will come due, and these unfunded liabilities are so huge that eventually these governments will all have to print money before they default."

(An aside: if you type Dennis Kneale's name into Google, the first auto-fill suggestion that pops up is "idiot." Seriously. Heh.)

Dr. Faber was one of the most popular speakers at last year's Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver, and we've just confirmed he'll be back this year as well. There's nothing like seeing and hearing him and his candid assessments in person. Early bird registration is still available. I urge you to book early… make a vacation out of it. Vancouver is very nice in July.


"Like Pandora's box," says our forex maven Bill Jenkins, "what is let out is not so easily put back."

"The widely heralded recovery that we heard about during the closing months of 2009… rising CPI, increases in retail sales, the uptick in home prices and sales, increases in manufacturing, elevations of consumer confidence… it's all completely and fully because of the stimulus that has been delivered -- and it will absolutely require additional and ongoing stimulus in order to continue. However, even with additional doses of money, the outcome is still problematic.

"If the powers that be actually believe that removing stimulus will work, and they continue to attempt to do so, I will tell you now, what they will see is a decline in demand.

"Take my word for it. With the same confidence with which I predicted the massive debt troubles in Europe and the contagion it would become, this too is my prediction for the United States. Sadly, when it comes to adding stimulus, we'll be danged if we do and danged if we don't. If we don't, the economy will tailspin. If we do, it only becomes more apparent that the debt we have racked up has become insurmountable."

A review of the open positions in Bill's Master FX Options Trader shows his readers are sitting on quick gains of 36% and 66%. For access to all of Bill's recommendations, go here.


Meanwhile, dividend hounds are taking note of a proposed takeover in the utility space. Electricity provider FirstEnergy is offering $4.7 billion for Allegheny Energy -- forming a mid-Atlantic powerhouse in four states.

Assuming it gets past the usual regulatory hurdles, this is a big deal to our income investing specialist Jim Nelson. "It would create one of the largest electric utility companies in the country, with more than $17 billion in annual revenue. FirstEnergy also expects an additional $530 million in cost savings in the first two years.

"We are bullish on the utility industry in the long term. This proposed deal marks the beginning of what we expect to be a massive industry consolidation. We could easily see a few of our plays experience the effects of this merger-and-acquisition landscape."

Jim has two companies in mind, already in the Lifetime Income Report portfolio. For access to his full range of star dividend payers, go here.


For reasons we can't quite figure out, the Internet is awash with jobs forecasts for the rest of 2010. Here are a few:

  • A consensus of 62 economists polled by Bloomberg says unemployment already peaked last October, and will close the year at 9.5%, slightly below the present 9.7%
  • A consensus of 56 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal believes unemployment will fall to 9.4% at year's end
  • The White House, choosing to be gloomier (perhaps on account of our relentless mockery), is figuring on average 10% unemployment throughout 2010.

The economy needs to add at least 100,000 jobs every month just to accommodate new entrants to the work force. And the White House expects average monthly job growth of only 95,000 for the rest of the year.

Not ones to miss a party, we'll offer our own 2010 jobs forecast: On the first Friday of each month, much like we got this month, we'll learn where the economy is losing jobs, but the unemployment rate will continue to go down… as "discouraged workers" no longer count. Good times.


After a post-credit crisis lull, looks like thefts of scrap metal are back. Someone's removing the brass hardware from plumbing fixtures all over the University of California-Berkeley campus. Total losses to date: $9,000.

For the record, copper is about $3 a pound right now, about 25% off its 2008 high. Zinc is just under $1, still 50% off its 2006 high.


Now for a "real-world" statistic that would make Warren Buffett and James Howard Kunstler giddy.

As you'll recall, the brand-new Pulse of Commerce Index measuring truckers' purchases of diesel dropped like a stone in January. But rail shipments are looking sharp…

This looks especially encouraging compared with two weeks ago, but we caution this number is still skewed by a big increase in auto shipments -- 53% over this time a year ago. Lumber and coal traffic are actually down year over year.


Still, lumber prices stand at a two-year high -- up 60% year over year.

How can that be when home building is in such sorry shape? Turns out production is down by around 30% over the last two years. Supply and demand.

Our short specialist Dan Amoss sees the price spike as a "likely temporary" phenomenon. He tells MarketWatch that "if not for [the] stimulus and housing tax credit, there would be practically zero housing starts in the U.S." You can read more of his comments here. For steps you can take to profit from the slump, you can still take advantage of Strategic Short Report for up to 60% off full price. Here's how.


"I am from Vancouver too," a reader writes in objection to yesterday's Olympic kvetching, "and most of us are proud to host the Olympics and welcome the visitors.

"I also remember 1986, and at the time, the situation was much the same. There was intense opposition to Expo 86 from those who believed the money should be spent on health care and housing for the poor, but after the fair got under way, most of them participated and we lived to see the great benefits to the city. The same seems likely happen again."


"To correct any misunderstandings concerning Olympic costs for the complainers from Vancouver," writes another, "I would like to point out to them that all residents of British Columbia are on the hook for the costs of this fiasco. Just like the Montreal Olympics, we'll be paying for this extravaganza for years to come, yet we in the outback will have to content ourselves with watching events on television (not necessarily a bad thing) with little likelihood of attending in person.

"Already our provincial government is covering some of the costs with reduction in services (already paid for with taxes) and additional fees, increased premiums for health care insurance and cancellations of other services also already paid for through taxation. The whole catastrophe is all about egos, politician's legacies; vanity, vanity, all is vanity. 'Twas ever thus."


"It's not a new tax in B.C.," writes yet another reader, calling foul on someone who wrote in yesterday. "The current provincial sales tax (which has been around my entire life) is being HARMONIZED with the federal sales tax (GST).

"It's impossible to sell tax reform to the public, because they don't understand. When the GST replaced the MST, the GST was called a new tax on the public, but they never mentioned the ending of MST.

"I actually thought your readers were smarter."

The 5: We thought they were smarter, too. Darn. After yesterday's comments, we took a look under the hood: Last year, we brought speakers, investors and thinkers from 22 countries to Vancouver. And all seven continents, as one attendee had come from a "vacation" at the science outpost in Antarctica.

Heh. That's part of what makes the Vancouver event so great. You never know who you'll meet. Just one more reason to carve out space in your calendar and join us this year.

Regards,

Addison Wiggin
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Just three weeks ago, he recommended closing out a play that delivered a 67% gain. If you'd like in on his next recommendation, here's where to go.


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Editorial Director: Eric J. Fry
Editor, 5 Minute Forecast: Ian Mathias
Editor, Rude Awakening: Joel Bowman