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The Fed

The Storm Is on Its Way - Here's How You and Your Portfolio Can Weather It

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The LAMPP (Liquidity and Monetary Policy Profits) indicator is little changed this week. It's barely on yellow, perched precariously on the razor's edge of turning red.

But there is more than one storm headed our way that will knock our LAMPP into a bright, flashing crimson.

Not only do we have an excellent idea of how the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Treasury plan to impact the economy, but the hurricanes that are tearing through the country will have tremendous repercussions as well.

In fact, they could change everything.

Here's what you need to know to protect your portfolio from the coming storms...

Trading Strategies

How My Best (and Only) Bowling Game in Five Years Could Set You Up for Lifetime Wealth

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I took my wife and kids bowling recently. Now, this was easily the first time I've hit the lanes in over five years – and I thought I had a good score going…

Until something weird happened. Really weird.

It was so strange, in fact, I'd bet you wouldn't believe me if I just told you.

But I've got proof – photographic evidence – that it actually happened. I'll show you in a minute.

I think you'll agree it's pretty cool – or at least that it is weird.

So… let's take a look at this oddball frame of bowling. And when we're done with that, I'm going to tell you why this freak occurrence can make you a better, wealthier investor.

Let's go...

Gold

Here’s the Secret to Timing Gold Perfectly (and Playing It Profitably)

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The U.S. government holds 261.5 million ounces of gold.

Now, a government holding gold is not all that unusual. Lots of them do, all over the world.

This is: Uncle Sam doesn't mark to market!

It just carries the stuff at the nominal value of $42 an ounce, which is about 3% of its market value.

So it pretends that it's not worth much. The U.S. Federal Reserve shows its gold holdings are "worth" $11 billion – enough to cover any hiccups that might arise from its once-radioactive, still-vulnerable mortgage-backed securities.

But at current market prices, the U.S. government's gold reserve is worth close to 30 times as much as the books show – about $329.5 billion. 

I guess that's the government's "insurance policy."

Me? I see gold not so much as an insurance policy but as a store of value, similar to any other investment. We know it can't go bankrupt. It's nobody's liability, but it sure does fluctuate in price.

In that respect, gold is just like any speculative investment. There's potential reward, and there's risk.

Timing is everything. And gold timing should not be a mystery.

Here's how it's done...

The Fed

This Moneymaking Mantra Works Through Boom and Bust

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Editor's Note: Lee Adler has more than 44 years of experience trading and investing, as you'll see. You're going to be hearing a lot more from him in the future, because he's taking our newest free research service, Sure Money, "big time" next week. You'll have the chance to join him, but for now, he's going to show you why these four little words just might be the most profitable recommendation you've ever had. Here's Lee…

"Don't fight the Fed" was a refrain I heard often from the old men in the customers' gallery at Walston & Co.'s Philadelphia, Penn., office back in the late 1960s. I was a teenager at the time and sat with them after class. 

I tried to understand what these mysterious wise men meant as I watched the ticker tape crawl along, showing a trade from New York every few seconds…

"IBM…200s… GM…1000s… PRD…100s… XRX…10,000…"

The ticker would pause for a few moments, then more trades would come. 

Some of these old men were known as "tape readers" or "tape traders." They saw patterns in the movements of the ticker and bought and sold stocks based on those patterns.

They made money, too, and plenty of it. 

"Don't fight the tape. Don't fight the Fed. The trend is your friend," they said. I heard it so often, I couldn't stop it from constantly playing in my head.

I still can't, to this day.

Turns out, there's a good reason why: You can make a ton of money if you move when the Fed does, no matter what they do...

Options

In a Soaring Market, Downside Protection Is Cheap (and Very Smart)

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It sure seems like these markets can keep going up and up forever; the Dow blew right past 22,000 yesterday – its sixth consecutive record day, no less. And this comes on top of July shaking out to be the second-best month on the Street all year.

Beyond the usual crowd of permabears, you'd be hard-pressed to find too many voices calling for a correction or crash. Some of them have been calling for a crash since Election Day – Ronald Reagan's Election Day!

Still, there's a certain quiet apprehension out there among economists, big fund managers, and analysts, according to a recent CNBC Fed survey.

Now, stocks very well could go higher, 10% or maybe even more once tech gets its mojo back. But there are two very good reasons to prepare for a dip of some kind.

No. 1 is simple: It's your money, and it always makes good sense to protect it. "Prepare for a rainy day."

No. 2 is probably the most compelling reason: When markets are heading higher the way they have been, "insurance" is "on sale."

Remember, nothing goes up forever, even if it may "want" to, so let me show you the best way to do that right now...

Trading Strategies

Boost Your Profits and Cut Your Losses in 90 Seconds... or Less

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The Dow hit a record high right out of the gate on Wednesday, and that's got investors wondering if there's a correction lurking in the wings.

With all the political turmoil at hand over healthcare, taxes, and more, many are rightly concerned that a downturn could set them back years.

What they're missing is that times like the present are loaded with pure, unadulterated profit potential.

…if you understand the Total Wealth Tactic I'm going to share with you today.

Before I tell you what it is, though, let me say that the tactic we're going to discuss right now is one of the most powerful of all the Total Wealth Tactics we've got at our disposal.

What's more, it's so simple anybody can use it to boost returns and reduce losses – in 90 seconds or less.

Ready to get started?

Trading Strategies

One Tactic to Beat the Street and Buy Any Stock You Want "On Sale"

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Conventional wisdom holds that Wall Street is rigged to favor the big traders, and that you'll never win.

The implication, of course, is why even try?

I've never believed that, and you shouldn't either.

In reality, there are plenty of savvy investors who have beaten and who continue to beat Wall Street at its own game consistently, including Sir John Templeton, the legendary Jim Rogers, Stanley Druckenmiller, and Warren Buffett, just to name a few.

I want you to be one of 'em, and I'm here to tell you that you can beat the Street.

I'm not kidding.

You can do this - starting with understanding something I call the lowball order...