STEALTH method to make safe international investments

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19 Nov 2014 In Investments & Opportunity Comments Off on STEALTH method to make safe international investments

Edited by J. Reeves | November 18, 2014 | Delray Beach, Fla.

Don’t get caught in the China hype… use this “stealth” method to make safe international investments

Mainland China’s stock exchange opened to foreign investors for the first time yesterday…

MarketWatch reports foreigners can now invest through the “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect” program. The new exchange creates the world’s second-largest equity market by market capitalization. Only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is larger.

[Market capitalization (aka “market cap”) is the price of one share of stock times the total amount of all shares outstanding. An exchange’s total market cap is the grand total of all individual companies’ market caps combined.]

Investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates 855 companies with market caps over $1 billion each will trade on the exchange in time. As such, there is a lot of interest in which new “hot stocks” investors can get their hands on. The MarketWatch article goes on to list several mainland Chinese companies investment banks view as good investments… businesses with exotic names like Kweichow Moutai Co. (China’s top liquor producer).

If you’re anxious to jump into Chinese stocks… don’t just run out and buy Kweichow. There’s no doubt the appeal of the world’s largest, fastest-growing middle-class population is enticing… financial analysis firm McKinsey & Company predicts urban Chinese household income will double by 2022. But there is a far easier, safer way to ride this massive demographic groundswell.

Greg Wilson, equity analyst for the Legacy Portfolio, just revealed a potential addition to the portfolio in an office meeting last week. He noted the company—which sells an iconic American staple—derives 70% of its revenue from fast-growing foreign markets, like China.

By investing in global titans like this company, you gain access to massive foreign market trends… or worrying about currency exchanges… without dealing with emerging market volatility swings… or sifting through China’s notorious, fraud-ridden corporate environment.

If you’re hungry for safe, reliable foreign profits and growth, there is no better way than through Legacy investing.

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This is how an extra 1.5% can yield $1 million… outside the stock market

When most people think of investing, they think of stocks, bonds, and real estate. But they forget about the most important investment vehicle of all… themselves. They can make an investment in themselves by learning what Mark calls “financially valuable skills.” This investment will outperform just about any other option open to them.

In the Wealth Builders Club excerpt below, Mark shows how working to achieve an extra 1.5% in annual pay raises amounts to an extra $1 million in retirement. And if this same person commits herself to becoming an invaluable employee… the returns are far greater than you might imagine.

  Joe Ordinary is 25 years old, makes an ordinary $30,000 per year income, and gets ordinary 3.5% yearly increases. Over a 40-year career, he will make a little over $2.6 million.

Sarah Superstar, also 25, follows our career-building advice and averages 5% increases. Over the same 40-year period, she will earn $3.8 million—more than $1 million more than Joe.

If Sarah keeps her expenditures down and lives on the same amount of money that Joe is making, she will retire a millionaire, while Joe will be forced to live on food stamps and handouts.

If a mere 1.5 percentage points can make that big a difference, there is no doubt that bigger pay raises can make you much richer.

I’m going to show you what you can expect to make by earning an income that is higher than the average.

The table below shows you how your income could increase if you got really high salary increases for five years and then enjoyed 10% annual increases thereafter. In 40 years, you’d be making more than $4 million.

Estimated Future Salary Income
(With 10% Annual Increase)

Year Salary
1 $30,337.00
5 $150,000.00
10 $247,576.50
15 $389,061.37
20 $626,587.23
25 $1,009,124.99
30 $1,625,205.89
35 $2,617,410.34
40 $4,215,365.53

 

It’s unrealistic to think that you could make that kind of money—unless, of course, you became CEO of a very profitable company. But if you did make yourself invaluable to your employer and if the business you worked for was growing and profitable, it’s perfectly reasonable to think that your compensation could rise from $30,000 to $150,000 in five years and then from $150,000 to about a quarter of $1 million thereafter.

To become an invaluable employee, Mark says you need to become irreplaceable to the business you work for. This means you need to become a major driver of the business’ revenue stream. And that means you must learn to produce sales. Mark explains the basics behind how to sell through compelling writing in his book, Persuasion: The Subtle Art of Getting What You Want.

Use this simple three-step process of Warren Buffett’s to determine your goals and priorities

Warren Buffett once gave the following advice to his personal pilot, Mike Flint. Flint was trying to determine his career priorities… but you can use the process to provide focus on whatever your most important goals may be. It’s a simple, three-step exercise:

Step 1: Write down your top 25 goals.

Step 2: Review your list, then circle your top five goals.

  Step 3: Put your top five in one column, and the other 20 in a second column.

Now here’s the important part: If you’re like Buffett’s pilot, you’ll start working on the top five, then squeeze in work on the next 20 whenever you get the chance. But when Buffett heard Flint suggest this course of action, he said, “No. You’ve got it all wrong, Mike. Everything you didn’t circle just became your Avoid-At-All-Cost list. No matter what, these things get no attention until you’ve succeeded with your top five.”

Complete a task, or kill it. Force yourself to focus. You can learn more about the power of elimination, for free, right here.

Subscribers’ struggles (and solutions) fill the mailbag today…

From Philip L.: You asked to know what members struggle with… Well, I think for me it’s the discipline to save and invest more. I don’t have the tools to do that. I need different methods other people use to win at this problem.

Reeves’ Comment: We enjoy tremendous technological advantage in the modern age. It’s so abundant we may often forget we have so many tools available. One of these is automatic account management at one’s bank or credit union.

For example, you can set up automatic transfers between various accounts. Every time new funds come into your checking account, the program will transfer a predetermined amount to a savings or money market account. You can also use this process to make regular transfers into individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

Automated transfers take only a few minutes to set up. Then they run on “autopilot.” You will have saved a surprising amount of money over time… with no “discipline” required. We can all look to technology to automate our savings routines. And everyone should read Mark’s “Secret of the Golden Buckets” essay for further savings guidance.

From Rachel R.: My No. 1 concern? Student loans.

First, thank you: As a divorced mom out of a job and struggling to finish grad school, I was looking for a financial product that would let me keep more of my earnings and have more stability for my little family’s future. The article series on Income for Life (IFL)—special tax-advantaged savings and investment vehicles—made sense. I read all 11 articles, bought Nelson Nash’s books, and contactedIFL agent Beth Hoffman. This was the product I had sought for three years (not knowing if such a thing existed). We now have a different future!

Now, student loans: Interest on student loans isn’t charged like in the past: Interest starts from the DAY IT’S DISBURSED, not graduation. Interest accumulates on the interest, daily.

Unless you work in a prison or Indian reservation or some similar area, to decrease the total of the loan, the total owed increases astronomically. Is there anyone who negotiates with the government? If I could reduce it to just the principal, payback might be possible. My monthly payment of $1,000 doesn’t cover the interest!

Reeves’ Comment: The student loan debt bubble is now over $1 trillion. It exceeds even outstanding U.S. credit card debt. And under federal law, declaring bankruptcy will not remove these debt obligations from the borrower.

Policy changes are underway for borrowers. These cap loan repayment amounts at 10% of disposable income. And some include debt forgiveness after 10 years.

Bear in mind, the taxpayer is still picking up the tab for any unpaid amounts. This enormous burden will be born on the backs of the U.S. middle class. But those with student debt should investigate the latest changes to federal loan repayment policies. Some new provisions will take effect in December 2015.

From Sterling S.: What do I struggle with now? The lure of penny stocks. I have lost the most money investing in them. But I love the challenge and excitement of how quickly they move up or down. Second, I struggle with options strategies, i.e., whether to buy them or sell them.

Reeves’ Comment: Sterling, it’s certain you’re not alone. But remember, any “investment” that gets your heart racing is really no investment at all… it’s a speculation. Speculations can have a proper place in a portfolio… but the key is to make safe speculations. This means never risking more money than you are willing to lose.

We’ve developed a new product that fills a speculative need our subscribers have long asked us to fill. It’s former hedge fund master Teeka Tiwari’s new trading service: Jump Point Trader. In it, Teeka shows his subscribers how to make advanced momentum trades. The trades can be made with stocks or options. And many result in triple-digit winners… in a short amount of time.

Remember, this service is for advanced subscribers who have a radical commitment to risk management. No one should ever put the “rent money” into a speculation. But committing a small portion of your portfolio to speculative trades can make sense. It gives you exposure to something with the potential to outperform the market by  several orders of magnitude. And it can quench your need for “action”… all while letting the rest of your portfolio do the heavy lifting of wealth building compound over time.

Teeka is explaining the details behind Jump Point Trader this week. He’s back-tested his system to reveal a 93.3% win rate. His explanations culminate with a free, live training webinar on Thursday evening. In it, he’ll give away two Jump Point picks with the potential for 100%-plus gains. Click here to learn more.

Are you facing similar challenges? What is the one thing you are struggling with most right now? Let us know, right here.

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