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How to Turn $50,000 into $1.25 Million

If you subscribed to Financial Intelligence Report four years ago with just $50,000 in your account and followed our advice and recommendations precisely, it would be worth $181,336 today — without having added a single penny.

Keeping up that portfolio-blowing pace of 38% annual returns for the next six years, your $50,000 would grow to a cool $1.25 million...just like that.

Think this is just pie-in-the-sky talk? Think again.

FIR's average stock selections have steamrolled year-after-year-after-year: 58.4% in 2004, 28% in 2005, and 15% in 2006--not quite as high as previous years, yet still four times higher than the S&P 500.

It's easy to see how quickly the zeros can multiply when you consider FIR scored triple-digit profits like these since its inception in 2003:

INVESTMENT Date Bought Date Sold PROFIT
Anglo American Plc-Unsp Adr (AAUK) 4/23/04 01/25/06 +232.6%
Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) 1/2/04 10/3/05 +207.2%
Firearms Training Systems (FATS) 1/2/04 7/11/05 +173.9%
Teck Cominco Ltd (TEKB) 1/2/04 10/3/05 +169.6%
Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) 4/1/04 10/3/05 +139.4%
Brookfield Asset Manage (BAM) 1/2/04 12/1/05 +130.2%
Aetna Inc (AET) 9/1/05 1/13/06 +125.8%
Universal Amer Financial Crp (UHCO) 9/1/04 8/1/05 +114.2%
Oil Service Holdrs Trust (OIH) 9/2/03 10/3/05 +104.6%
Computer Programs & Systems (CPSI) 1/2/04 12/1/05 +103.1%
Glamis Gold (GLG) 3/1/04 1/13/06 +100.00%

We're confident that FIR can keep delivering these market-pounding returns for many years to come and help you become a member of the Millionaire's Club in no time.

That's because each and every recommendation FIR makes is supported by our relentless research that identifies locked-in short-term or long-term economic trends. While anyone can follow or chase trends, FIR subscribers have bagged monster profits from our unique ability to spot these unstoppable profit trends early, pick the right stocks that ride these waves, and know when it's time to take profits.

On top of that we tap into what some of the richest and savviest investors are doing with their own money — Sir John Templeton, Warren Buffett, George Soros and Jim Rogers.

Investing with the World's Smartest InvestorsIn fact, if you sign up for a risk-free trial subscription to FIR today, you'll receive a copy of our brand new special report, "Investing with the World's Smartest Investors." Click here.

If you're not yet convinced that FIR can do wonders for your wealth, you will be. Keep on reading; there's much more to come.

On Target Year-After Year

In our inaugural year of publishing FIR we predicted some of the most profitable economic trends, spotting them early and making sure our subscribers were in the right stocks before the herds jumped in. For instance, in our December 2003 issue we wrote:

"In times of economic and political turmoil and war, hard assets boom while financial paper gets burned. This happened in the 1970s, and it's on the verge of happening again.

  • Commodities are exploding: In spite of weak demand, copper is up 25 percent against the dollar in the last two years, cotton is up over 40 percent, and wheat has more than doubled! Oil is slowly creeping higher.
  • Foreign currencies are taking off: As in the '70s, solid foreign currencies like the Swiss franc, New Zealand and Australian dollars, and even the Canadian dollar have risen by 20 percent to 30 percent against the dollar, along with the more-publicized euro.
  • Gold is regaining its luster: Precious metals are back! Gold has soared from $255 to over $400 in just a year. Platinum has hit a record high of $763 an ounce, and copper prices are at six-year highs."

Immediately after identifying these trends we advised our subscribers to jump into our favorite stocks in each of these sectors and have made our subscribers some handsome profits to say the least. Let's start with the most volatile and market-moving commodities of all: oil.

Capturing Oil Profits on the Rise and Fall

Bonus 3Back in 2003, with a barrel of oil costing less than $40, we predicted that crude would shoot to $60 a barrel due to overheated global tensions.

Two years later, our readers made a killing in our recommended positions including: +104.6% in Oil Service Holders Trust, +207.2% in Diamond Off-Shore Drilling and +139.4% in Devon Energy Corp.

Soon after selling our oil stocks for big profits, we reported that the inflated oil prices were purely political and would soon fall back to more reasonable levels. As it turned out we were "about to embark on a punishing bear market for certain oil stocks."

Since then, oil has spiraled from a peak of $78.40 a barrel set on July 14, 2006 to a bottom of nearly $50 in 2007. That's a 27% plunge in a matter of months.

Though oil prices have recently risen again to the $60 a barrel range we stand by our prediction that crude is on the verge of receding to the high $30s or low $40s. We're way ahead of the curve on this falling trend — and already positioned for even bigger profits.

Subscribe today and get a copy of "Profiting from Oil Bust 2007." Click here now!

Hitting the Gold Jackpot with Rising Inflation

Bonus 1In our November 2004 issue of FIR (The Coming Gold Bull Market), we accurately predicted the future rise in the price of gold. And, in our April 2005 edition (The Inflation Lie) we again advised investors to buy gold and select gold stocks that we recommended as a hedge to protect their assets and cash-in on the coming surge in gold prices.

As a result, FIR subscribers pocketed +232% in Anglo American (AAUK), +100% in Glamis Gold (GLM), +60% in Vanguard Precious Metals (VGPMX) and +48% in Oppenheimer Gold and Special Minerals (OPGSX) in the first leg of the bull. What's more, these positions were sold well in advance of the speculator-driven sell-off of gold in the second half of 2006.

Most analysts agree with FIR that round two of huge demand and huge profits is upon us. And we're positioned perfectly invested in four gold stocks that could return 50% to 100% profits in the next year. I want you to be there with us. Go here now.

We've been warning our subscribers for over a year now about the lurking stealth inflation capable of sending our economy into a tailspin. The Fed has been slyly cooking the books over the years, reporting 3%-4% core inflation. Meanwhile, FIR has disclosed time and time again that 10%-12% inflation reflected a truer rate.

As inflation rises, the price of gold goes up along with it. Gold has historically outperformed other investments during periods of high inflation.

We're absolutely convinced that gold will regain its popularity and return as one of the most profitable sectors in 2007 and beyond. In fact, we've already positioned our readers to catch the next leg. I want you to be there with us too.

Get your copy of "Four Gold Stocks Set to Skyrocket in 2007" by subscribing today. Click here.

A Weak Dollar Boosts Foreign Fodder

Real Estate CrashThe dollar, on a slippery slope for nearly a decade now, recently fell to a two-year low versus the euro as a result of weaker-than-expected housing data.

With the Bush administration backing a cheap dollar to boost the export of U.S. goods and decrease their foreign debt-service costs, the dollar decline is likely to continue and even accelerate in 2007 and beyond.

However, as Fortune magazine points out: "While the decline of the dollar has so far been benign, fears are growing that a more rapid devaluation could send interest rates surging and crimp economic growth in the years ahead, especially if Washington doesn't get its fiscal house in order."

Big losers from a falling dollar include foreign imports, as well as airlines and hotel chains, which will be harmed by reduced foreign travel. Europe in particular is becoming very expensive for American tourists.

One cause — which we have warned about in FIR — is OPEC's transition from the dollar to the euro for oil transactions. This is not only causing the dollar's decline, but it will have a huge psychological effect and result in the rapid fall of the dollar, followed by the dumping of U.S. Treasury bonds worldwide.

That's the bad news. The good news is that we have been warning our subscribers about the decline of the dollar for more than two years and were ready and waiting to pocket handsome profits after the global market meltdown in late February.

You'll recall that's when comments by the Chinese government aimed at tightening regulation caused the Dow to close down 416 points — the steepest loss since 9/11 — with foreign markets getting clobbered as well.

But, FIR readers made out like bandits.

You see, we are very diligent in our use of trailing, or protective, stops. We use them in an effort to protect our readers from watching profits disappear when a market or stock tanks. Leading up to that fateful day, we had been erring on the side of caution and raising our stops on international funds on a regular basis.

That day, protective stops were triggered in iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM), but not before we took a 58% gain. Similarly, we closed our positions in both iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS) and Singapore Fund Inc. (SGF) for gains of +63% and +87%, respectively. Dividends pushed those returns even higher to +71% and +108.6%.

Indian stocks were hit particularly hard during the sell-off in Asia, triggering sells in Icici Bank (IBN) and HDFC Bank (HDB), but not before we swiped gains of 58% and 30.9%.

We are still holding gains in, Templeton Int'l Emerging (TEGEX) +55%, and Templeton Global Opportunities (TEGOX) +44% — with stops firmly in place — in the FIR portfolio.

Are you starting to see just how valuable a resource FIR can be in helping you build wealth — and protect what you've already earned?

Real Estate: When the Walls Come Tumbling Down

Real Estate CrashWe said it in 2004: A real estate crash is inevitable, and a "soft landing" is unlikely so be afraid, be very afraid.

"Once the Fed begins jacking up rates — as they say they will — thousands of people with adjustable-rate mortgages could then find themselves unable to make their monthly house payments, which in turn could precipitate a decline in real estate prices.

That would then curtail consumer spending, when people discover they can no longer use their home equity as a piggy bank. The housing snag could begin as early as the fall or winter of 2005. If it does happen, it will likely develop slowly at first, the full impact not being felt until the middle of 2006 or even early 2007."

Bingo! With the crash now well underway the implications for the entire country is staggering.

The harsh ramifications from those sub-par credit-worthy people who were taken hook, line and sinker by "too good to be true" loans in order to make owning the home of their dreams a reality are finally being felt by the public and financial sectors.

  • What used to account for less than 5 percent of mortgages back in 1995 has grown to a whopping 20 percent plus.
  • According to Inside Mortgage Finance, the subprime market accounted for $600 billion or 20 percent of the $3 trillion home loan market in 2006. That's a whole lot of money owed by a whole lot of people who simply aren't able to keep up with the adjusted rising costs of their mortgages.
  • The rate of delinquency (payments late more than 6 months) reached its highest rate in four years in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to data compiled by the Washington-based Mortgage Bankers Association.
  • Other than fleeing homeowners, those hardest hit by delinquent loans are the actual subprime mortgage lenders; half of the biggest 20 firms do business in California. New Century, in Orange County, just filed protection from bankruptcy and Ameriquest Mortgage already laid off more than 3,500 workers. Some 20 mortgage lenders across the country, with at least a few fingers in the subprime pie, have already filed bankruptcy.
  • As lenders go out of business, it leaves people with existing loans having to find alternate sources of funding. This collapse, coupled with foreclosures, is putting 2.5 million Americans in danger of losing their homes, according to the president of the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending, testifying before Congress.
  • Falling home prices, higher inventories and slowing sales are all rubbing salt in the subprime wounds.
  • Prices of single-family homes across the nation hit 13-year lows in January compared to a year ago based on existing homes tracked over time in 10 metropolitan markets.
  • Government sales figures show that the number of home sales in February fell to the lowest level in seven years, and followed an even larger drop of nearly 16 percent in January.

The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family homes fell 3.9 percent or 848,000 in February, the slowest sales pace in nearly seven years. The February decline followed an even larger 15.8 percent drop in sales in January, previously the largest one-month plunge in 13 years, is yet another sign the market has not.

We've already advised FIR readers to take steps to immediately protect themselves. We thought that you, too, could find these helpful:

1. Invest Wisely. Real estate investing is fine, as long as you don't pay bubble prices or hold highly leveraged real estate holdings. Try to keep at least 40 percent equity to value, and do the same with investment properties, if possible. Like the stock market, there are still areas not getting the bubble treatment. These include real estate in small towns and undiscovered areas where growth is just beginning.

2. Reduce your debt load. First and foremost, pay off high-interest credit cards, which can charge rates of 12 percent to 24 percent and more. Taking out a small home loan at 5 percent to 6 percent interest and using the money to pay off credit card balances is often a smart move. Get your loan at a fixed rate and avoid ARMs.

3. Keep as much money as possible in cash. Warren Buffett is keeping 20 percent of his assets in cash.

4. Become a value investor. Avoid any of the tech stocks making a comeback, and any stocks in general with a high (over 25) P/E ratio.

5. Focus on dividend stocks. These pay a return, offer more price stability and have not suffered the hype.

We put safety first when it comes to real estate, and positioned our readers to profit from the decline and ensuing recession. It's not too late for you to protect yourself and profit.

Get a FREE copy of the FIR special report: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself — and Profit — From Today's Real Estate Crash by signing up for a trial subscription today!

What's Next For the Economy? The Markets?
Your Wealth? What Stocks to Buy Now?

We are convinced interest rates are more likely to rise than fall in the coming year. Furthermore, we believe that, as the American economy weakens, corporate profits will be hit. We also believe that, as part of a strategy to shore-up the U.S. dollar, the Fed may be forced to tighten its liquidity.

Despite this possibility, Wall Street and the media continue telling us that U.S. stock markets — already at record levels — are likely to keep rising. This is great news, but can it be true? On Jan. 14, 2000, the Dow reached 11,750.28. On Dec. 20, 2006, the Dow reached 12,400.59 — a new record, or so Wall Street, the media, and gleeful politicians tell us.

But numbers alone can be misleading. If you take the 2000 Dow record of 11,750 and adjust it for the "official" (understated) rate of inflation, it would equate to 13,401, or some 1,000 points above today's level!

In other words, to make a truly new record, the Dow will have to rise a further 1,000 points to reach 13,401! So much for the morale boosting "records" hyped by high-earning financiers, politicians, and the media!

Believe who you want, but here at FIR, we've already placed protective walls around our readers' portfolios to make sure we don't give back all of the profits we've made when the recession or severe slowdown arrives.

Plus, our holdings in commodities, global stocks, health care and biotech (we just locked in 100% gains in Celgene Corp.) and staple dividend-payers, like our open position in iShares DJ Select Dividend (DVY), up 40%, continue to provide market-beating profits.

Three Global Income Stocks to Buy Now

Three High Yeild Global Income Stocks for 2007Though the markets will remain volatile in 2007 we continue to find great investment opportunities. Here are three of our favorite global income stocks we are advising FIR subscribers to buy now:

  1. One is a high-yield, low-risk global stock that is positioned to benefit from falling oil prices. The company provides energy and energy-related products and services to electric and gas customers in the Carolinas and in Florida and pays a nice 5.08% yield.
  2. Another one we like in this arena has delivered 20.5% since we first recommended it in August 2005. This closed-end management investment company aims to provide high total returns from tax advantaged dividend income and capital appreciation. It offers a 5.62% yield.
  3. We continue to like pharmaceuticals as they be the primary beneficiaries from the coming baby boom wave. One is the fifth-largest U.S.-based pharmaceutical company based on revenues. FIR readers who picked it up when we recommended it in April 2006 are up 11.1%. Another we like is a huge player in global pharmaceuticals, offering a tidy 4.39% yield.

We consider health-care companies long-term investments because it is a sector that will show consistent grow regardless of the health of the economy due to the aging of the baby boom generation.

Find out more about our favorite global income stocks. Sign up for a risk-free trial subscription today, and we'll send you a FREE copy of "Three Global Income Stocks to Buy Now." Go here now.

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FIR is NOT your ordinary, run-of-the-mill financial newsletter service. Unlike many so-called gurus who often take television appearances and cast calls more seriously than their recommendations, we assure you that our egos are in check.

Each month we just deliver thoroughly researched, accurate information, reasonable projections and excellent investment advice from some of the best financial minds in the country.

Financial Intelligence Report is edited by premier investor John Browne and the brilliant financial and political analyst Jarret Wollstein. In FIR, you will also find exclusive articles and interviews with the world's top financial authorities, including commodities expert Jim Rogers . . . billionaire Warren Buffett . . . and Wharton School maven Jeremy Siegel.

As an FIR subscriber, every month you'll receive in-depth investment reports that cover it all: stocks, bonds, munis, options, commodities — even precious metals. We take a much broader approach than some of the narrowly focused newsletters out there that require you to subscribe to more than one service to "get it all."

In fact, Financial Intelligence Report is more like a white paper report that major trust companies send to their billionaire clients.

Sure, we deal with some of the big boys, but our number one concern is making sure we help you continue building wealth during up and down markets, helping you to weather any financial storms along the way with the ultimate focus on

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  • 4 Gold Stocks Set to Skyrocket
  • 5 Ways to Protect Yourself--and Profit--From Today's Real Estate Crash
  • Three Global Income Stocks to Buy Now

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