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With This "Houdini" Exit, We're Compelling More Profits Out of This Illustrious Trade

Harry Houdini is still one of the most recognizable names in the world.

And that's quite a feat, considering that the 91st anniversary of his death is coming up on Halloween.

I bring Mr. Houdini up today because when I look at our favorite "Pop & Drop" play – Columbia Sportswear – I find an eerie similarity to this great "escapesman."

Houdini reached a certain level of notoriety with an escape act that included breaking out of handcuffs and jail cells all over the United States and Europe at the turn of the 20th century.

But when he upped the show-biz ante to death-defying feats submerged in diverse bodies of water like rivers and lakes to a massive, on-stage milk can, his fame and fortune as an escape artist became legendary.

The pinnacle of his escape acts involved the now-famous Chinese Water Torture Cell, where he was suspended by his feet and lowered upside-down into a glass cabinet that was locked and filled with water. The escape required him to hold his breath for more than three minutes. The performance was so daring and such a crowd-pleaser that it remained in his act until his death in 1926.

Houdini was known to possess an unusual amount of strength and flexibility combined with a masterful skill at lock picking that he used to achieve many of his escapes.

But to this day the exact method Houdini used to escape the infamous water torture cell remains a secret.

And that's where his famous exits and our profitable ones part company...

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This "Old Faithful" Strategy Is Your Best Bet at Lifelong Wealth

When I was 15, my parents loaded the kids into our Ford Torino Squire station wagon and set off on the trip of a lifetime – a six-week, coast-to-coast odyssey across the United States.

To this day, it's still one of my favorite memories.

However, along our journey, there was one place that stood out to my younger self the most – Yellowstone National Park.

I'll never forget witnessing the rolling landscapes, the roaming critters, and the bevy of geologic oddities inside the park.

I keenly remember as "Old Faithful" – the world's most famous geyser – shot a stream of boiling water 140 feet into the air.

Call it the pre-engineering curiosity in me, but I became obsessed with Old Faithful.

And one of the most fascinating things I learned about Old Faithful is, much like our 10-Minute Millionaire system that "spouts" profits, the Wyoming-based geyser has three key parts to its system: abundant groundwater, a constant heat, and a boiling chamber.

There are two reasons why I'm telling you about Old Faithful today.

First, the geyser's streamlined and powerful system aligns perfectly with our own trading strategy.

But its constant water "spouts" is a perfect analogy for our favorite pop-and-drop play – Columbia Sportswear.

Here's what I mean...

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The Doctor Is In - Don't Skip This "Midyear Millionaire Checkup"

It seems like only yesterday that we were ringing in the New Year.

But, believe it or not, we're now halfway through 2017.

Nearly four months ago, we set off on this incredible journey together, and I feel like we are on the cusp of something truly great.

That's what makes articles like the one I'm about to share with you so imperative for your journey here.

You see, the summer months give most of us a chance to slow down and catch up – on relaxation, on chores and, with a bit of scheduling and focus, on our wealth goals.

Now, as regular readers of my work know, I have a real love for old investing adages and maxims. And there's one that really applies to today's story.

Back during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told listeners that "he who fails to plan is planning to fail."

And was he ever right.

So many investors fail precisely because they "wing it" and don't have a plan or a system of any kind at their disposal.

But it's not just the plan itself that's really so important...