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Income Investing

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Stop This Threat to Your Income in Its Tracks

I really do hate to say this, but the government threat to your assets is growing… again.

We've seen it happen in Cyprus, where bank accounts were "raided" to bail-in the country.

We've seen it in Argentina, Poland, Hungary, and other nations where private pensions were nationalized to help the countries' ballooning debts and deteriorating sovereign credit ratings.

I even warned you that the new MyRA accounts could be a shrewd way to get at your savings, and that the IMF was floating the idea of a "capital levy – a one-off tax on private wealth…"

Well, now a French "economist" is using his best seller as a platform to advance a tax "plan" centered on your wallet…

Investing Tips

The (Simple) Secret to an Early Retirement

In my early career, I was fortunate to do well financially while working at Goldman Sachs. I also made the decision to live below my means, and to invest intelligently. By my late twenties, I had amassed a seven-figure nest egg, and in my early thirties, I actually took an extended vacation for about five years.

What I came to learn, however, is that you don't have to work for Goldman Sachs – or be a multi-millionaire – to be able to retire comfortably or early.

You don't even have to figure out your "number"...

Income Investing

One Quick Trade for an Extra $850 a Month

When the Fed's "no taper" surprise sent stocks soaring to new all-time highs, it also sent bond yields plunging and bond prices soaring, as traders scrambled to cover short positions.

In fact, Treasury bonds had their biggest daily price gain in more than two years on Wednesday, Sept. 18, the day the Fed let the air out of the taper expectations. And while a drift lower in long-term interest rates (i.e., bond yields) could continue for a bit longer, there is no doubt that over the course of the next year, interest rates will rise.

So here's the smartest thing you can do right now:

Take advantage of the rally in bonds by selling bonds… and any of the "bond proxies" listed below, including utilities. Then, move the proceeds into one of the four investments I'm about to show you.

They'll give you much better long-term growth potential. And they'll send you a ton of cash, too – up to $850 a month, depending on how much money you put in.

Here's what makes these "specialty funds" so special...