The Backdoor Way to Invest in China Could Bring 486% Gains

Investors are enamored with China's incredible economic potential. We're no strangers to it here at Money Morning, where we've helped readers navigate this lucrative market. And today, we're taking it a step farther by showing you a new, backdoor strategy to tap into China's growth...

China is a gold mine for investors because its population of 1.37 billion people is learning to love to spend money, which is why all of our readers need to invest in China in 2018.

Just look at this staggering fact: On Nov. 11, 2017, one Chinese e-commerce giant hauled in $25.3 billion in sales thanks to the Asian holiday "Single's Day."

I'll repeat that.

In one day, a single Chinese company brought in $25.3 billion in sales. In comparison, U.S. consumers in 2017 only spent $5.03 billion on Black Friday on all e-commerce platforms, according to TechCrunch.

Invest in China

If your money is on the sidelines instead of in Chinese investments in 2018, you're going to miss out...

That's why we've been recommending our readers own Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA).

It isn't just China's e-commerce leader - it has global ambitions, as well.

The share price is up 96.92% since Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon first recommended it to our Members in 2014.

But it's not too late to buy in.

This is a foundational stock that can anchor any portfolio.

"I see an opportunity for you to create the kind of wealth that you'll be able to pass along to future generations," Patalon told his Private Briefing readers back in 2015.

Over the next 12 months, the financial firm Stifel Nicolaus projects the BABA stock price will climb to $260 per share.

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From today's opening price of $186.18, that's a potential profit of 39.64%.

But while everyone has heard of Alibaba and its tremendous potential, we've uncovered another way to profit from China's incredible economic potential.

This backdoor strategy could bring investors a potential profit of nearly 500% this year...

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Ways to Invest in China, No. 1 Cryptocurrencies

As we always tell our readers, never invest more than you can afford to lose in cryptocurrencies.

The price of Bitcoin could reach $1 million just as easily as it could drop to pennies.

But we had to make sure Money Morning readers know about this potential triple-digit profit opportunity in China.

In 2014, Chinese developers Erik Zhang and Da Hongfei created "Antshares." In 2017, they rebranded Antshares to NEO, which means "new and young" in Greek.

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On its website, the team behind NEO outlines what it is trying to accomplish.

"NEO is a non-profit, community-based blockchain project that utilizes blockchain technology and digital identity to digitize assets, to automate the management of digital assets using smart contracts, and to realize a 'smart economy' with a distributed network."

That sounds confusing, but all you really need to know is NEO is connecting digital identities and digital payments in smart contracts (self-executing contracts).

Because of these smart contracts, which are a key benefit of the Ethereum platform, NEO is referred to as the "Chinese Ethereum."

Having a digital identity is almost like having an eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) buyer or seller account, as it's normally not someone's real name. It's just a way to identify an individual or a business.

The digital payments allow users to send cryptocurrencies, just like standard payments.

But unlike eBay, the settling of transactions is more sophisticated thanks to the smart contract.

The smart contract will only execute when all previously agreed-upon terms are met, and it will no longer require buyers and sellers to be physically in the same room for certain transactions.

For instance, a homebuyer and a seller could use a smart contract to transfer the deed to a property. The buyer would only receive the deed once they send the money for the house, and the seller would only receive their money once they sent the deed.

Normally, money is stored at a bank and contracts are kept separately on file with companies and governments to help settle disputes.

But with a smart contract, a payment and a contract can both theoretically be stored together.

To run these smart contracts, the crypto coin GAS is used.

Users pay GAS to run smart contracts, so if you're just investing in NEO, you don't have to worry about it.

But this GAS does offer NEO holders an added bonus...

NEO holders receive GAS as a "dividend."

For instance, if you owned five NEO coins, you would receive 0.51 GAS tokens per year, according to NeotoGas.com.

That would be a "dividend" yield of 3.15%.

And because the Chinese government can keep track of who is doing what through NEO's platform, it's appealing to the Chinese officials...

"One of the main objections China has to digital currencies like Bitcoin is that the transactions are anonymous unless you can link a Bitcoin address to an individual," Money Morning Cryptocurrency Expert David Zeiler said on Aug. 17, 2017.

Zeiler was one of the first financial journalist to cover Bitcoin back in 2011, and he even mined his own coins then.

"Remember, this is a country that maps out five-year plans for its economic development. And it's no coincidence the policies of the current five-year plan (for 2016 to 2020) emphasize the need for 'innovation-driven development.' A government-friendly cryptocurrency platform fits that bill nicely," said Zeiler.

NEO prices opened at $0.14 on Jan. 1, 2017, and they jumped 54,321% by Jan. 1, 2018.

And because NEO could become a digital currency adopted by the Chinese government and its 1.37 billion population, prices could skyrocket again...

By the end of 2018, Tim Lea, the CEO of software company REFFIND, expects NEO prices to reach $750 per coin.

From today's (March 1) prices of $127.86, that's a potential profit of 486%.

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He's expecting this little-known coin's price to surge very soon - and everyone holding it beforehand could see massive profits. Everyone else... they may have to miss out.

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