 Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Dear Gold World Reader, There's a reason why the world's wealthiest investors come out ahead in bad markets 95% of the time... ... And it's not from playing the "safe" stocks, short selling, or making complicated options plays, either. Instead, they've uncovered an age-old, moneymaking sector that reliably surges during history's times of economic duress. In fact, this sector is so old and reliable that it's been churning profits for savvy "investors" even before the East India Trading Company first issued a stock in 1606. From Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to the top-performing mutual funds across the globe, certain stocks in this sector are their secret "go-to-guys" whenever markets take a turn for the worse. But in your free report below, I'll expose for you exactly what they are and - more importantly - how you can take advantage of this sector yourself, launching your portfolio to new heights - starting today! Sincerely, John Phillips Publisher, Gold World   Since the dawn of the Stock Market... through the Great Depression, the Dot-com bubble, and our current sub-prime crisis... VMIs continue to protect Americans through even the worst conditions. Dear reader: By now, everyone knows that our economy's in some serious trouble... In the past year, we've seen oil prices double, gold break $1,000, the sub-prime market crash, six consecutive rate cuts, and our largest banks start to fail. What most Americans don't know, however, is that throughout history, when the economy weakens, a select group of ignored stocks reliably start to rally - to the tune of several hundred - even thousand - percent. In fact, for the few investors in the know, when the market is in a slump - like it is now - that's when some of their biggest gains are made...
That's just to name a few. What's amazing is that these investors didn't just get 'lucky.' They didn't short the market or buy foreign currencies, either... Instead, they took advantage of this time-tested, moneymaking trend that's so old, it predates even the first issued stock in 1606. These little-known, recession-proof investments are something that every American can easily profit from - regardless of age or income. Best part is, because of how they're designed, you don't need a lot of money to start with. All you have to do is get in touch with your 'darker side.' For reasons you'll soon understand, we call the qualified stocks in this sector "Vice Master Investments"... or VMIs, for short. And in shaky economic times, the gains they generate are nothing short of astonishing... During the Dot-com crash starting in March of 2000, for example, while the NASDAQ took its historic 70% plunge and the Dow tanked 14%, certain VMIs (which I'll show you how to find) started to take off. Instead of losing money, as millions of unlucky Americans did, investors in VMI # 1 collected $41,110 on every ten grand they started with. A modest $1,000 would be worth over $23,935 today!
VMI # 2 whipped $10,000 into over $25,000 during the crash. Just $1,000 would be worth over 7k today. And a $10,000 stake in VMI # 3 helped Americans walk away with over $18,000. Today, it's worth $62,829... Those are just a few examples. And these VMIs soared while the last major crash lost over $5 trillion worth of investors' money. It gets even better. You see, these VMIs aren't wildcats or risky operations, either. In fact, they're quite the opposite. These little-known companies are thriving, well-established businesses. But because of their nature, most investors simply never think about them... If they only knew how much they thrive during hard times, there would be a lot fewer Americans worried about the economy right now. That's because, as I write this letter, a certain group of VMIs have already started to surge. It's happening right now. In fact, over the past year, the qualified VMIs you're going to learn about would have already doubled your money - preserving many of the gains lost in most Americans' portfolios. But don't worry if you missed them from the beginning. These powerful investments continue to surge long after markets get back on track... which (according to former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan) could be awhile. So, just what are these VMIs? And why do they consistently take off, earning investors easy cash during tough economic times? I'm writing you this letter to answer those exact questions. I want to share with you everything I've learned about these opportunities, and show you precisely what you need to start taking advantage of the ones taking off today. You see... Recently, I Sat Down with the Man Who Coined the Term, VMIs... His name is Ian Cooper. And for the better part of a decade, he's dedicated his life to uncovering some of the markets' most hidden and explosive opportunities. Specifically, to date, he's logged more than 1,153 successful trades, showing thousands of investors like you how to reliably make a fortune, time and again. He's made investors...
The list goes on... and on. In fact, his off-the-charts accuracy for reliably reading the markets, matched with his winner-after-winner track record, has plastered his sought-after advice on the pages of countless publications. He's filled columns from Investor's Business Daily all the way to Forbes. He's also frequently appeared on investment shows such as Money Matters with Barry Armstrong and On the Money with Mike Stein. You see, the media routinely seeks to pick his brain because they know--just as well as I do--that when Ian gets excited about an opportunity... fortunes are quickly made. And with the Dow on shaky ground, major institutions reporting record losses, the dollar plummeting, and record energy prices, Ian tells me that qualified VMIs (or Vice Master Investments) are the safest, most explosive place for your money. In fact, he recently proved... Throughout History, Gains from VMIs Blow Even the Most Stable Industries Out of the Water For most pro-active investors, the rule's remained... When the economy's poor, put your money in essentials (i.e., things people use everyday to survive) in order to hedge against a recession and preserve your earnings.
And millions of investment-conscious Americans do just that. They'll shift their portfolios in the face of a bear market toward stocks considered essential. They'll invest in companies like Proctor & Gamble, Exxon, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate, and General Electric with hopes that they increase, and at the very least, remain at their current levels. Just recently, I witnessed scores of programs on CNBC interviewing "top analysts" who were recommending investors do exactly that. It's a sound theory. In fact, some of them - some of them - even pull ahead. After all... since the sub-prime and banking meltdown started in mid-August of 2007:
While their gains (or slim losses) may seem acceptable, the truth of the matter is--you could do better... a lot better. I'm not talking investing in gold, oil, foreign currencies, or making complicated options plays, either. It's much simpler than that. You see, throughout history, when the economy is stressed, Ian points out there's another group of 'essentials' that millions of Americans flock to: vices. It works like this... When people start to worry - as they're doing right this minute - they inherently seek certain (somewhat self-destructive) outlets for comfort and hope. Most of the time, they're in the form of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and other comfort and hope "vices." Now, what completely blows Ian away is that these very people who flock to these outlets for comfort never think to invest in some of them. And get this... the companies that supply these vices (sometimes referred to as "Sin Stocks")--for the most part--carry much lower overhead than other industries. Ian's qualified VMIs typically have the lowest - giving them skyrocketing profit potential. And when the economy's bad, these vices surge like clockwork. In fact, the specific VMIs that Ian showed me are among the only investments on the planet that actually make bull-market runs during bear-markets - protecting and building on your hard-earned wealth. Take a look: Here's a gaming VMI during the Dot-com era that pulled in almost 400% gains as people sought the dream of "fast" cash... Qualified tobacco VMIs seem to do their absolute best--and make the fastest gains--when the economy plummets...
Alcohol VMIs also take off even faster than usual when the economy weakens... That's just a few of them. And what's absolutely amazing is that unlike other investments that thrive on good news and a strong economy, VMIs break the trend. They're actually fueled by tough economic times! And that's exactly why many of the largest mutual funds use them as a hedge against a poor economy. They're the stocks that actually keep the performance of the funds high. But I absolutely have to warn you, though, before you go throwing your money into any publicly traded vice... Only a Fraction of "Sin Stocks" Will Ever Qualify as High-Profit VMIs Listen. I wish I could say that protecting your portfolio - even profiting - during a stressed market was as easy as investing in any tobacco, alcohol or gambling company. If that were the case, a lot fewer people would be worried right now. But the truth of the matter is that out of almost 100 publicly traded vices, Ian's only qualified five of them to be true VMIs with an absolute windfall potential. And with all of the factors he puts into making a recommendation, those five, he says, could easily launch several hundred percent each. You see, aside from his own dead-on intuition, when Ian first finds an opportunity, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Before he ever recommends a single play, he then tests each and every opportunity with a revolutionary set of indicators. Ten, to be precise. ... The details, of which, are highly complicated. And if you aren't an experienced IT professional, you most likely wouldn't understand it. He Calls these Indicators His "Ten Maxims of Fortune"... And it's a Fitting Name In short, when the indicators align, it creates an extremely strong buy signal, and a stock's share price soon after does something marvelous... it skyrockets. Now, something Ian has learned (the hard way) over the years is that even if you have nine out of ten indicators, forget about it. Save your money. It's not worth it. Move on. But when all ten are combined, the gains are so explosive, it's like hotwiring an ATM. And he's using them right now to uncover each and every one of the five VMIs he's getting so excited about. And they're just starting to take off. If these VMIs turn out to be anything like calls he's made in the past, investors like you could be financially set for a very long time... For example, in October 2001, his indicators were urging a buy on Navisite, an IT hosting company whose share price had sunk from $1,000 to just $0.16. Nobody wanted a piece of it, as people were fleeing dot-com stocks like the plague. But for Ian, something just wasn't right. Navisite's price was too low. Shortly after applying his Ten Maxims, his suspicions were confirmed. And when it bottomed out. It was time to buy. Six years later, shares of Navisite traded for about $10. And investors who got in when Ian made the recommendation safely turned every $10,000 into $625,000! Have a look:
Then, in October, 2002, just as the market was beginning to swing back from the bust, he used these indicators again to uncover a growing web-acceleration company called Akamai... At the time, shares of this company were bottomed out, trading for just $0.84. But at the same time, all signals from the indicators revealed the company as a go. As expected, the price started to take off shortly after. By 2007, this emerging web-accelerator's shares broke $60! This 7,043% gain made investors $714,285 for every $10,000 they started with! Here. Check it out: In fact, when I first interviewed Ian, he handed me a stack of papers full of examples from his history of detecting these 1,000% gainers. And while the VMIs are his favorite, most reliable place to put his money now, he's caught on to an even more promising fact. He's discovered that these explosive opportunities exist in every industry. Like his recommendation of ATP Oil and Gas... When he found it, shares were trading for $3.64. Again, the indicators, issued a strong buy signal. Today, shares of ATP trade for over $36.76! Best part is, he's finding these monsters in the once-inscrutable small-cap sector. It's easy to see why. After all... This is the sector where the real money is made... where every investor dreams of "hitting it big"... and where a stake of just a few thousand dollars could secure your entire retirement. Ironically, most mainstream financial publications won't touch it with a 10-foot pole. And that just leaves more room for investors like us to... Tap into an Advantage of More than 21% a Year - Since 1925! Ian's found a way to detect these soon-to-be leaders of their industries among thousands of bottoms-up companies running on nothing more than rumor and fluff. The reason, he says, for finding one outstanding small cap investment after another can be summed up in one word - leverage. It's not only the sector in which the most explosive VMIs are found, it's where index-crushing companies get started. It's the birthplace of Fortune 500 leaders such as Cisco Systems, Best Buy, and even the number-one Fortune 500 company, Wal-Mart. In fact, the 2007 Ibbotson yearbook, considered the bible of the investment analysis community, recently announced that since 1925, small caps have outperformed large caps by more than 21% a year! What's even more eye-opening is that roughly just 1% of the companies in this sector ever make any money. But that handful of stocks launches so high, so fast, that it carries the entire sector's average above already-established large caps. In fact, because of how the market's responding to the dollar, high oil and gold prices, and the collapse of the sub-prime sector, Ian has just discovered what could be the most explosive opportunities yet. Right now, those five VMIs, according to Ian's indicators, are each on the verge of taking off. And thanks to his desire to get the word out... Ian's going to share his powerful secrets with you! Just to get the ball rolling, he's already whipped up an extremely detailed report, describing each and every one of these powerful VMIs. It's called The Five VMIs To Protect Your Portfolio. And he wants you to have it - for FREE! Now, for the first time ever, Ian will not only share these highly profitable VMIs with you... but he's also going to show you how his Ten Maxims of Fortune work. You see, Ian has a revolutionary advisory. I've been in the financial publishing business for over a decade, and I can honestly say that in all those years, I haven't found a single investment advisory like it anywhere on the planet. It focuses solely on unlocking highly explosive opportunities in the small-cap sector using these indicators. All you have to do to begin sharing in the wealth is accept this simple invitation to join Ian and his group of investors. It's called the SC Trading Pit. SC, as you might have guessed, stands for Small Cap. And as the name implies, to keep leverage to a maximum, hardly a single opportunity will have a market cap higher than $500 million. I know that might seem large, but in the investment world, it's really not. Just look at Wal-Mart's massive market cap of over $198 billion - compared to the $205 million it started out with. Even $22-billion giant Best Buy started with only $79 million. Now they're both household names. The story's the same for scores of other Fortune 500 companies. And Ian's Ten Maxims will easily uncover future blockbusters for investors just like you... starting with these five VMIs that are already surging. In other words, if you were ever looking for an advisory that requires only a tiny bit of money to make an absolute fortune, this is it. How the SC Trading Pit could make you filthy rich It's perhaps the fastest, most efficient way an investor can make several hundred - even thousand - percent gains. And thanks to Ian's discovery of these VMIs and his set of Ten Maxims, it's as easy as checking your email. Every other week, a new issue of SC Trading Pit enters email boxes across the world. Each issue will explain all the details of Ian's latest SC Trading Pit recommendations. These are the companies that Ian has thoroughly examined using the same painstaking criteria that made him the sought-after analyst he is today - using the secrets of his Ten Maxims of Fortune. These are companies that could easily break 1,000% gains within months - not decades. On top of that, you'll also receive the latest updates from the companies currently in the SC Trading Pit portfolio. You'll be among the first to know about any company updates, news, progress and deals that are coming down the pike. And of course, with any stock Ian recommends or sells (for a profit, of course), you'll know where to buy it, how much you stand to make, and most importantly, when to sell. We'll also rush every new member a list of Ian's secret criteria he personally uses to find these companies. It's the easy-to-understand guide he calls The Ten Maxims of Fortune. That way, not only can you analyze for yourself the companies we recommend and test them to see how they match up... but you can also use this report to find hidden opportunities of your own. What's more, this report can be adapted to help you determine the attractiveness and probability of success of virtually every stock in the market. It's yours FREE, as an added bonus just for joining SC Trading Pit. I encourage you to print it out, keep a copy of it and use it for every opportunity you're considering, now and in the future. And best of all... You get all this for less than the cost of the Wall Street Journal. As the trend goes, the more general a publication, the lower the price. Take a look at some of the mainstream outlets. They're all extremely vague, big-picture and generalized. They run between $79 and $250 a year. Don't get me wrong. We're not running them down at all. In fact, there's a copy of the Financial Times on the table as I write this letter. But the truth is, we don't care about a good chunk of what's in there. It all concerns BIG business... and while it's valuable for reading up on any safe, already-established company, most truly wealthy investors have made the bulk of their money from the exact opposite. That's why Ian created SC Trading Pit in the first place. Now, typically, a highly specific service like SC Trading Pit would cost several hundred dollars a year. Heck, even several thousand isn't unheard of in this business. But we're not going to go anywhere near that. The price for an annual membership in SC Trading Pit? Only $99 a year. That's right. An annual membership in SC Trading Pit is just a hair over $0.27 a day! For that, you get instant access to the SC Trading Pit Portfolio, 26 information-packed issues detailing the opportunities in this explosive sector, industry updates, our latest stock recommendations AND your own copy of The Ten Maxims of Fortune so that you can gauge our picks and even find some of your own. And here's my promise to you: If for any reason SC Trading Pit doesn't match up to your expectations, simply let me know within the first 30 days, and I'll refund every penny. No questions asked! On top of that, keep both reports, The Ten Maxims of Fortune and The Five VMIs To Protect Your Portfolio, as my gift to you. That's about as good as I can make it. If you're interested, click here or hit the "Subscribe Now" button below. http://www.angelnexus.com/o/op/8166 Good investing, Brian Hicks Gold World, Copyright © 2008, Angel Publishing LLC, P.O. Box 84905, Phoenix, AZ 85071. All rights reserved. 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Buffett's Sinful Little Weapon
