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Do you see Doom and Gloom or Doom and Boom?????

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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If most of your money is in the US Market, you’re missing out
on the greatest profit bonanza that our generation has ever
seen…

…and leaving up to 80% of your profit potential on the table!

You’ll soon see that crazy zealots will tell you that the
U.S. stock market is the best place to be invested right now…

Others will tell you that the property is the best…

And others will say that managed funds are better…

But what FACTUAL evidence do any of these individuals
or companies provide as the basis for their point of view?

Unfortunately in most cases it’s nothing more than a hunch.
So let me contrast the difference when you approach this
exercise with in-depth research…

Take last year, for example:

The S&P 500 rose a measly 5.5%.

That alone should give you some clues about where not
to be invested right now…

And, consider this

  • If you had invested in Malaysia’s KLSE Composite Index
    instead, you would have done more than five and a half times
    better – with a 31.8% gain …

  • Brazil’s Bovespa IBRX Index could have made you more
    than eight times more money – with a 47.8% gain …

  • Nigeria’s NSE All Share Index would have made you nearly
    thirteen times richer than the S&P 500- with a 74.4% gain…

  • If you’d invested in Bangladesh’s DSE General Bengal
    Index
    instead of the S&P 500, you would have made fifteen
    times more money – with a 86.6% gain, and …

  • China’s Shanghai SE Composite Index could have made
    you more than seventeen times richer – with a mind-boggling
    96.6% gain!

My question to you now is…

When you look at all the turmoil in the financial markets of late
and you see the soaring prices of commodities and oil, does it
make you see gloom and doom or do you see a once in a lifetime
opportunity to profit
when everyone else is running for cover?

The media is full of stories of turmoil, collapse of major banking
institutions etc. I will not be surprised if in 5 – 8 years time we will
all be looking back on the recent years of boom times as the
most prosperous time in modern day history.

In the years from 2000 – 2008 did you prosper?

If you did congratulations!

You obviously know and have learnt how to position yourself
correctly.
If you didn’t prosper do not despair, because in
this global world we live in there is always an opportunity to
prosper
if you know how.

Like Sir Richard Branson says: “Opportunities are like buses,
there’s always another one coming”.

My views are somewhat off beat from the mainstream media and
if you look at those who are producing extraordinary results
to the upside
, they do not dance to the tune of the mainstream
media
.

By the time “good investments” reach the mainstream media the
savvy investors have made their money and are either ready
to exit or ride the wave
further up because the fundamentals
are strong
.

If this type of perspective on investing takes your interest
stay tuned
, because in the next post I will talk about what sort
of results these savvy investors have achieved for the last ten
years.

And how you can do it do too by putting your investments on
autopilot
and at the same time be in full control of your investment
at all times, which is very important.

Until next time happy investing.