Even if you're a longtime reader of mine, or you've been subscribed for years to my trading research services, what I'm going to say next is likely to shock you.
It's going to sound drastic, considering I've had 36 years of professional experience in the stock market.
It might even strike you as strange, but stick with me - hear me out: I'm done with stocks!
NO MORE! Through. Finished. Out. Absolutely and totally.
In fact, I'd go so far as to say I'm boycotting stocks.
Oh, I'm still all about making money. I doubt I'll ever quit researching the moves my subscribers can make to get set up for fast double-, triple, and quadruple-digit profits.
But it won't be with stocks, that's for sure. I've got something much, much better - and easier - lined up.
You see, I'm finished with Wall Street's crooked deals, I'm through with the little games, and I've had it with the BS rigging that favors insiders at the expense of regular folks.
I've been an insider. I've seen it all, and it's not a place I want to be.
I think every investor should be with me on this - and I'll show you why...
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Just Say "NO!" to Pricey, Volatile Stocks
Like I said, I know this sounds a little extreme, like I'm contradicting myself. After all, I've made millions in stocks, worked on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, and run trading desks and hedge funds.
I even managed to show my research service subscribers 7,300% in total winning gains over the past year - a figure that includes winners and partial closeouts, no less. That's something I'm going to continue to do for them, no matter what.
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But I'm here to tell you: Investing in stocks or starting a portfolio right now could be the worst thing you can do with your money, especially in this chaotic market.
In February, all but one of the 13 consistently best-performing stocks plummeted.
That adds up to a measly 7% chance of walking away without a loss.
You like those odds? Me neither.
That's not something I'm willing to risk anymore - not to line Wall Street's pockets.
Idealism's just part of it. I hate losing money. I loathe it. I hate even the notion that I might lose it.
Sure, all the hot stocks that fell out of bed in February could come roaring back. They could even make new highs. The market could even be driven higher - and break more records.
But that's only one of two possibilities - and a pretty optimistic one, at that.
It Could Get Bad - Don't Be There When It Does
The other possibility is that the market breaks the recent lows it's been plumbing, breaks the multi-support levels that everyone hopes it holds above, and crashes.
How safe would your stocks be then? I cringe at the thought.
Just look at the stock market. It's been a complete madhouse, up one day, down the next. And this is happening while corporate profits are at a five-year high and unemployment is at a 45-year low.
For heaven's sake, from Feb. 5 to Feb. 9 - just one trading week - the Dow Jones Industrial average traveled up and down 22,000 points.
The VIX is parked above 15, and I don't think it's coming down anytime soon.
That's sick - and indicative of how much worse things could get.
Think of how outrageously expensive stocks are right now.
The trailing, 12-month P/E for the S&P 500 is 24.08. The Shiller P/E, or "P/E10," which looks at inflation-adjusted earnings for the previous 10 years, is even steeper, at 31.45. That's sky high. It's "Nosebleed-ville."
You don't have to be Warren Buffett to be able to tell that's simply not sustainable, let alone worth the price.
It just means there's that much further to fall when the bottom drops out.
It's time to be honest with yourself - letting stocks rule your 401(k), IRA, and bank account is stressful, tiring, and it's time for a change.
Don't let Wall Street play its reindeer games with your hard-earned cash.
Forget the stress of picking winning stocks. Don't worry if the big name stocks that everyone owns tank. Believe me, you can make just as much - if not more - money on them tanking, when the market dumps them out like yesterday's leftovers.
So now it's time to make a move.
Shah Is “DONE With Stocks”… Are You?
Shah Gilani just made a BOMBSHELL declaration: He’s officially “done with stocks.”
And for good reason – since the start of the year, the market has made virtually ZERO gains.
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About the Author
Shah Gilani boasts a financial pedigree unlike any other. He ran his first hedge fund in 1982 from his seat on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. When options on the Standard & Poor's 100 began trading on March 11, 1983, Shah worked in "the pit" as a market maker.
The work he did laid the foundation for what would later become the VIX - to this day one of the most widely used indicators worldwide. After leaving Chicago to run the futures and options division of the British banking giant Lloyd's TSB, Shah moved up to Roosevelt & Cross Inc., an old-line New York boutique firm. There he originated and ran a packaged fixed-income trading desk, and established that company's "listed" and OTC trading desks.
Shah founded a second hedge fund in 1999, which he ran until 2003.
Shah's vast network of contacts includes the biggest players on Wall Street and in international finance. These contacts give him the real story - when others only get what the investment banks want them to see.
Today, as editor of Hyperdrive Portfolio, Shah presents his legion of subscribers with massive profit opportunities that result from paradigm shifts in the way we work, play, and live.
Shah is a frequent guest on CNBC, Forbes, and MarketWatch, and you can catch him every week on Fox Business's Varney & Co.