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The 27% Bank Account
In his professional life, Thomas Lewis has one goal... producing dividends every single month.
Some companies produce shoes. Some companies produce golf balls. Some companies build houses. Lewis' company produces monthly dividends. It operates under the trademark "The Monthly Dividend Company." No joke. Every breath, flinch, twitch, or blink management makes is geared toward paying bigger dividends to shareholders.
And Lewis' single-minded obsession is paying off: Since the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994, shareholders have made an average total return of 27% a year.
There isn't another stock in America – or even the world – like this. As I'll show you, this investment is safer than a bank account, a CD, or a Treasury bond, yet it pays out magnificent returns. This is the best risk-reward income play I have ever found…
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The Two Best "Backdoor" Oil Plays
All eyes are on oil as the price surges toward $100 a barrel.
But what few investors realize is that the best way to profit from this situation isn't the obvious one – buying Big Oil companies. Rather, there are several "backdoor" plays that I believe will be much more profitable in the months and years ahead.
A backdoor play is a way of participating in a popular investment idea that few other people have thought of. It's covert. It attracts scant attention. The "investing herd" has no idea it exists. But it's the absolute best way to invest in a hot idea.
Today, I'm going to share two backdoor plays with you.
The Three Best Mutual Funds You Can Buy Today
After spending the past 10 years as an independent investment analyst, I’ve learned something very important about the mutual fund industry:
Nearly all mutual fund products – products marketed as the savior to your retirement – are a complete waste of time and money.
I despise mutual funds for a lot of reasons. I hate the way lousy mutual fund managers can still earn millions of dollars. I hate the way people who own mutual funds smugly assume they’re being smart about their finances. I hate the way mutual funds spread their commission dollars around Wall Street, corrupting analysts and bankers, creating myriad conflicts of interest.
But at the very core of my violent distaste for 95% of all mutual funds is the fraudulent promise at the heart of the industry: the lie that you can get rich by doing nothing and knowing nothing about investing. For more information, click here.
How To Make a Fortune In the 2008 Gold Boom
As I write this, gold is above $750 an ounce, near quarter-century highs.
With these new highs, an interesting thing is happening...
A few years ago, I couldn’t convince anyone to buy gold. Now folks are asking me how to get in. For example:
In June 2002, the cover story of my newsletter True Wealth was how to buy gold for $250 an ounce. Today, that investment has more than quadrupled... but nobody cared back then. Nobody was asking me about gold. Instead, I probably lost subscribers for daring to write about it. To learn more, click here.
Turning $10,000 into $159,000 with the No. 1 Timber Stock for 2008...
In recent years, one of my biggest investment obsessions has been land. And with good reason... According to a recent S&P report, a $10,000 investment in timberland returned $159,000 over the last 20 years. That's nearly twice the return of the stock market.
S&P recently launched a new 25-stock Timber and Forestry Index. Back-tested to 2003, the returns have been an astonishing 17.2% a year. This includes some tough times, as demand for lumber and building products has shrunk in recent years.
So what's so great about timberland as an investment? The list is ridiculously long...
How You Can Join America's Best Secret Investment Society
If you've ever had the feeling that wealthy and successful investors have access to better investment choices... you're right. They do.
Most typical investors are lucky to make 10% to 12% a year using conventional vehicles, like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. And, if the truth were told to individual investors, the numbers wouldn't look nearly this good. Long-term studies of actual mutual-fund investors typically show average gains of around 5% per year.
Millionaire investors would never settle for these returns, especially considering the risk of buying stocks (which are expensive) and inflation (which erodes the value of bonds).
So... how do the rich grow richer, while the rest of us chase hot stock picks and buy into lousy mutual funds? It won't surprise you to learn that most of their strategies focus on making deals where they literally can't lose... For more information, click here.
