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The financial markets provide us with the opportunity to grow in ways that most people probably do not even think about. We all know of the gains in wealth to be had buying and selling stock, bonds, commodities, currencies, and other instruments. One need not look far to find stories about the riches to be had. Successful traders, investors and portfolio managers like George Soros, Peter Lynch, and Warren Buffet have become household names. What is less commonly talked about is the personal development which takes place along the way.

Trading and investing, like any worthwhile pursuits, provide more rewards than just the obvious accomplishments. To paraphrase the old saying, the destination is not always as important as the path taken to get there and the things seen along the way. While it is true that the expansion of one’s portfolio is what ultimately indicates success or failure in the markets, how those gains are achieved can provide outstanding opportunities to learn important lessons about ourselves with far reaching value. These lessons reach across all areas of our lives.

Playing to Your Strengths

We all have our strengths and weaknesses and a kind of structure in which we operate based on the demands on our time, education, experience and an array of other factors. In the markets we need to make assessments about these things to help us decide what to trade, the timeframe in which to operate, and how to make our trading and investing decisions. Why? Because it is unlikely that we will achieve our objectives if we do not honestly judge ourselves and how best we can operate. For example, I am unlikely to be a good day trader if I cannot dedicate my days to watching the markets for long stretches and frequently buying and selling. I must either choose another course or alter my schedule to accommodate the demands of being a day trader.

It is the same in the rest of life. We must constantly consider our personal inventory and life situation. They dictate what we can do and how we can do it. That said, these are not static things. Just as I noted above that I could alter my schedule to allow for day trading, so too can we change things to expand our options. Education, in all its forms, is part of that equation. So too is seeking out new experiences, meeting new people, and even consciously changing our attitude toward things. If a goal is important enough, there are things we can do to make achieving it possible. Part of that is knowing what we have to work with and how to most efficiently apply it. The other part is knowing how to open up new avenues.

Knowing Who to Listen To

In the markets there is a vast array of information available. It comes in every form imaginable, from data released by the government to commentary by analysts to tips from Uncle Joe. Some of this information is useful to us. Some is not. A great deal of what came out in the aftermath of the stock markets collapsing in 2000 and after was the number of conflicts of interest those who provided “expert” opinions had. These people did not have the interests of those they spoke to about this stock or that at heart, but rather their own and/or their firm’s. Many, many people listened to these pundits to their detriment. Clearly, a hugely important element of successful trading is knowing what information is of value and which sources can be trusted, and what should be taken with a grain of salt.

The same holds true in all other areas of our life. All of us are constantly provided with information and advice. Some is solicited. Much is not. Before we can decide whether to make use of it all we must be able to assess the veracity of the source. Some people are trustworthy and wise. We can depend on what they say. Others do not have our best interests in mind. We must carefully consider what they say and the motivations behind it, before deciding whether it is worthwhile or should be ignored all together. Being able to effectively judge the input we receive from sources such as our family, friends, and peers is a priceless skill.

Being Disciplined

Success in the markets is achieved by doing what we know is the right thing to do. The single biggest reason people fail to consistently produce the returns they seek is that they fail to maintain a disciplined approach. Sound familiar? It is the same as anything else we do. Want to lose weight? You must be disciplined about diet and exercise. Want to learn how to play guitar? You must exercise the discipline required to practice the hours required to attain the skill.

Understanding Why You Fail, Knowing How to Succeed

Perhaps the single greatest thing about trading and investing in a meaningful fashion is that it provides a fantastic opportunity to see what you do which causes you to fail and what leads to success. The conscientious trader/investor has a plan and thereby a way to make evaluations. Whether things go to plan and profits accrue, or they do not go well, he or she knows why and what needs to be done going forward.

Achievement in life requires that one follow a similar course. No matter the objective or pursuit, we must understand what it takes to succeed and have ways we can judge whether we are doing those things or not. To do otherwise is to act in a random fashion, never sure if we are doing what is right and necessary.

These are just some of the valuable life lessons that trading and investing can provide. There are plenty more as worthwhile, to go along with the more commonly thought of value in understanding how the markets can be used to improve your financial well-being. And these lessons need not come at great expense either since modern trading and investing can be done with very small amounts of money - even none at all in the case of demo accounts. All the more reason to make the markets a source of both financial and personal growth.

John Forman is a near 20-year veteran of analyzing and trading the financial markets. He has professional and personal experience in a wide array of instruments and markets, and has written literally dozens of articles on trading methods and analytic techniques. His book The Essentials of Trading (Wiley), is based on this experience and his work teaching trading to students in the classroom.

Where are the hot and cold spots around the world for resource investors? The stampeding bull market in commodities has investors reaching for new ideas. Highly respected newsletter writer Lawrence Roulston of “Resource Opportunities” favors Canada, Alaska and China for investing in mining and energy companies.

StockInterview: Let’s get the cold spots out of the way so investors are forewarned about which countries to avoid.

Lawrence Roulston:
A lot of the (mining) companies that went overseas in decades back are recognizing the political difficulties with dealing in some jurisdictions. These include places like Indonesia, Columbia, and several of the African countries, such as Congo, Sudan and Eritrea. All of those places where there are great geological prospects, but are more and more risky to deal in. I think some of that mining is coming back closer to home, which is right here in Canada.

StockInterview: So Canada is on your “favorite countries” list?

Lawrence Roulston:
At the very top of the list would be Canada. As of right now, taking into account the geological potential, political situation, infrastructure and all the other issues, I would (highly) rate Canada and British Columbia. They have had decades of work. But for the last decade, there hasn’t been very much going on. The companies are just coming back and picking up with what’s been going on. Similarly, Ontario, Quebec - tremendous geological potential - and it’s been kind of ignored for a long time. Canada is now the most important place in the world for diamonds, representing 50 percent on exploration spending for diamonds.

StockInterview: Is there a specific mineral or metal that makes Canada especially appealing?

Lawrence Roulston:
It’s the whole gambit. Canada has always been one of the top metal producers, and it’s coming back to life. Of course, gold is at the top of the list, but also base metals and uranium. The Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan is far and away the most important area to be looking at, geologically. It’s currently the biggest source of uranium and contains the highest grade deposit. There are other uranium prospective areas in Canada that are just emerging. The Thelon Basin in the Northwest Territories, north of the Athabasca Basin, is very similar, geologically, to the Athabasca Basin. It had some work done in the 1970s, and it’s been pretty much ignored until very recently. Going a little further north to Hornby Basin, it is a similar kind of situation. In Labrador, the central mineral belt is just emerging as a very important place to be looking for uranium.

StockInterview: Do you have any favorite companies, which you are following and which have good prospects?

Lawrence Roulston:
NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG; Amex: NG), for example, with the Galore Creek. It’s a billion ton deposit with enormous metal content. (Editor’s Note: Galore Creek has been called one of the largest and highest grade undeveloped porphyry-related gold-silver-copper deposits in North America.)

StockInterview: What is another of your favorite areas, which has gone largely undetected during this bull market?

Lawrence Roulston:
Nevada would be at the top of the list of anywhere in the world to be working and Alaska right behind it. There is huge potential in Alaska. Mining companies have only scratched the surface of exploration up there. Two of the largest metal deposits in the world are in Alaska. These are both discoveries going back decades, but work over the last couple of years has brought them to the point where they’re now recognized as among the largest metal deposits in the world: Donlin Creek, a 25-plus million ounce gold deposit, and the Pebble deposit, held by Northern Dynasty (TSX: NDM). The Pebble deposit is significantly larger than, and of comparable grade to, Ivanhoe’s (NYSE: IVN) Oyu Tolgoi (copper-gold) deposit in Mongolia. (Editor’s Note: The Donlin Creek project is a joint venture between NovaGold and Barrick Gold.)

StockInterview: Anywhere else in the world where you can find a great, but still “new” resource investment opportunity, in light of how hard the commodities bull has been stampeding the past few years?

Lawrence Roulston:
Often the better value to be had, or the better opportunity, is in being a little bit out of step with the crowd. One of the areas offering some outstanding opportunities is China.
China has done a tremendous amount of geological work, over the last few decades, but all from the perspective of finding, and then quickly developing, small deposits. There has been very little effort devoted to taking a bigger picture type look at China. The companies that have been able to take a kind of bigger picture look at China have begun to develop what I think are going to be some pretty spectacular results over time.

StockInterview: Isn’t it tough, though, doing business in China?

Lawrence Roulston:
There is still a perception out there that China is a difficult place to do business. Most people from the west walk into China cold and try to do a deal. It would be impossible for them. But, for western companies that are able to team up with groups that are well established within China - so that they’re able to find their way through the system over there - then there are outstanding opportunities. There are mountains of geological information - all in Chinese, of course. You’ve got to be able to work within that system and get the information, know how to put the deals together.

StockInterview: What do you mean by “knowing how to put the deals together?”

Lawrence Roulston:
If I was to go over to China and try to do a deal to get access to a coalbed methane property, I wouldn’t have a clue about how to begin. On the other hand, I could walk into the Petroleum Club in Calgary, and meet a half dozen guys and talk to them. I could build on my leads, and probably in a day be talking about a deal. When you go into China, unless you have somebody on your team that can get into the system and deal with the people, because of language issues, cultural issues and just having access to the information and knowing what sort of terms that they might be looking for… It’s a different culture from every perspective, and not the least of which is a different way of doing business.

StockInterview: In your April issue, you recommended one company, which overcame those hurdles, meets your criteria and already has a coalbed methane deal in China.

Lawrence Roulston:
Pacific Asia China Energy (TSX: PCE) established connections in China. They can draw on their contacts and their network. They can get into see the right people, where they can actually talk seriously about doing deals, and have an enormous leg up over somebody that walked in cold and tried to establish and build contacts and put a deal together. I think it is an absolutely outstanding opportunity that they’ve seized on.

StockInterview: There are many coalbed methane opportunities in Alberta. Why look to China?

Lawrence Roulston:
One of the things that makes China interesting is the entry cost to get into a coalbed methane (CBM) play in China is fairly modest. For example, to go to Alberta, or anywhere in the United States, and get access to the exploration rights, or exploitation rights, is enormously expensive. In China, they walked in and, for a fairly modest up-front commitment, obtained a control position in a CBM prospect.

StockInterview: How does Pacific Asia China Energy’s coalbed methane property in Guizhou, China rate against other coalbed methane plays?

Lawrence Roulston:
I think it’s an outstanding opportunity. Chinese government agencies have done an enormous amount of work at delineating the coal. To be able to step into that amount of data as a starting point to build up their CBM resource? The bottom line is that they’re not out there looking for coal. They know exactly where the material is, and they’re able to quickly start defining the issues like recoverability. They’re drilling in order to establish the basic physical parameters of the flow rates and the content within the coal. I think the companies which are able to effectively exploit the CBM technology in China are going to be the pioneers in that area.

StockInterview: To Americans, any business in China might appear to be “pioneering,” since most of still think of China as a third world country.

Lawrence Roulston:
I’ve been to China many times and I’ve been to parts of China where most people, as tourists, would never get anywhere near, because I go there to look at mineral exploration projects and mining projects. I’ve been to every corner of the country as well as the major cities. What I see happening everywhere I go is a pace of development that I’ve never seen anywhere else in my life, anywhere in the world. That is, 1.3 billion people are going from a basically rural farm-based economy to a modern industrial economy at a pace that has just never before been conceived.

StockInterview: How do you quantify that?

Lawrence Roulston:
This is a number that most people won’t get, and you won’t get until you’ve been over there and have seen it. There are 300 million people in China that are already well into the middle class. By middle class, I am comparing (the Chinese middle class) to the same absolute standards as we would apply in Canada or the United States in terms of dollars in your bank account, value of your house and your car, and everything else. There are 300 million people that have already achieved that status, which is more than the people at that status in North America. There are another 1 billion people who are busting their butts to get to that level.

StockInterview: But isn’t the rest of the world’s rural population just as industrious and ambitious?

Lawrence Roulston:
I’ve been in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. If you go into any of those areas and you walk into the small towns, a lot of people are sitting around drinking coffee, crying the blues and complaining about how terrible life is. Go into a similar area in China, and the people are out working in the fields. In the middle of winter, they’re fixing up their fences, the dams and terraces, and clearing rocks, removing trees and stuff like that. It’s a high level of industry I’ve never seen in any other part of the world. So it goes from that ground level right up to the entrepreneurs, and the guys who are building the high rise condominium complexes in Shanghai.

StockInterview: How long will it take before American investors realize the impact China has on the global economy?

Lawrence Roulston:
It’s going to happen in a gradual way. I think those that keep their heads buried in the sand are going to get left behind as the world pulls ahead. I would suggest any investor in any company ask the question of the company: “Is that company involved in some way in China?” There are a lot of North American companies that have a very significant presence in China in terms of doing business over there, of getting established, of selling products or manufacturing products in China.

StockInterview: Why is China so important with regards to this commodities bull market, and are there still opportunities for investors?

Lawrence Roulston:
There is a lot of geological potential, and there is the perception that it’s difficult. Therefore, there isn’t yet a big crowd of people over there chasing after deals. The flip side of it is that China and its neighbors in southeast Asia, representing 3 billion people, are going through the modern industrialization process. That is going to continue to create a massive demand for metals for, I believe, a decade or probably even a couple of decades into the future.

StockInterview: And most likely, the U.S. investor is going to be left behind or the last one into the pond?

Lawrence Roulston:
The bottom line is that Americans tend to be more inward focused. The other evening I was having dinner with an oil man from Texas who had spent a lot of time in China. He had seen China first hand and was very bullish. I asked him, “How many of your countrymen do you think really get it about China?” And he responded, “Oh, about five.” Then he said, “Congress doesn’t get it, investors don’t get it and the man in the street doesn’t get it.” Americans just don’t understand what’s happening over there yet.

James Finch contributes to StockInterview.com and other publications. Read the rest of this interview and sign up for your free subscription to articles by James Finch by visiting www.stockinterview.com You can write to James Finch at jfinch@stockinterview.com Lawrence Roulston’s newsletter: www.resourceopportunities.com

Have you ever wondered if you could start your own HYIP program. The simple fact of the matter is you could be raking in hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars if you start your own hyip.

Admins that run good honest programs can see a huge profit in just days or weeks if they run a good solid and responsive program. The most common fear with hyips is that the admins are scams. Have you ever been burned by an hyip? I have and I’ll tell you I can’t remember how many times I’ve said to myself, if I started an hyip I’d make it the best there is.

Well, truth is, I have! Now I can’t give away any details about my past programs, but I can tell you this. You can start your own hyip for almost NOTHING! That’s not the problem. the problem that most start ups face is that they don’t know how to GROW that hyip.

Would you like to start your own hyip and then see it grow to hundreds of members with tthousands deposited? You can! It’s easier than you think.

But it takes the right tricks of the trade to make it happen.

Any Joe can get online and grab a pirated script or a cheap one and start an hyip program. But what makes it grow? what is the secret to making big profits?

Well, you have to do a lot of work for it to happen. Don’t believe the “start your own hyip” programs that feed you hype like it will happen over night or that you can make 100s of thousands of dollars of profit. It’s not realistic. You’d have to extremely huge and last for years to break 100,000 of profit, UNLESS you just took everyone’s money and ran.

That is NOT what I’m suggesting. The goal if you start your own hyip is to create buzz. To get new members and to keep old members paid out so that they keep reinvesting. You want to generate hundreds and thousands of profit.

How do you do that? Well you could run a long term program and charge a slighlty larger withdrawal fee. At the end of every day you’d take a percentage of ALL the withdrawals made and put it into a “profit” account. Say your’ withdrawal fee was 4%. Each withdrawal would be docked the 4% and at the end of the day you’d take the total withdrawal amount and subtract 4% from it and move it to your profit account. That the hyip keeps going and puts the profit in your account DAILY.

Or you could charge a slightly lower to NO withdrawal fee and run a “round” — this seems to be one of the most common ways to run a hyip program. The admin sets a predetermined percentage, say 85%, and the stops the “round” or game when the total withdraw amount reaches 85% of the total deposited amount. Thus keeping 15% of the total deposited amount for themselves as profit.

If you choose to start your own hyip the overall goal should be to run a good honest program. Why? If you’re scamming people they can and will get your egold info and have egold freeze your accounts. Don’t want that.

Convertible corporate bonds offer investors the opportunity to own a bond that is convertible into a set amount of common stock of the company.

The benefits can work for the investor and the company. For the corporation, they are hoping their bond investors convert so that they do not have to pay on the bond anymore and they gain shareholders. Investors see them as protection against interest rates rising and an opportunity to buy stock in a company that they already have a relationship with. There are also spread or arbitrage opportunities between the stock and bond price, as you will see.

Convertible bonds hold their price value better than non converting bonds, because the market has priced in that feature. Most bonds are not convertible, but the few that are can be very beneficial to own. You can pick and choose your timing and even have a target stock price that you will wait on before converting.

One risk to the company is there is a potential dilution in the stock when bonds converted. The excess shares created will normally hurt the EPS (earnings per share). Because of this, the issuing of convertible corporate bonds by a company requires shareholder voter approval before they are issued.

The mechanics and the attractiveness of converting a bond come down to a few things:

Conversion Price

Common Stock Value

Par Value

Bond Value

Parity

The conversion price is fixed for the life of the bond. This does not represent the price that you can own the stock at. It is not an “option price”. It is a price that when divided into the par value of the bond (based on how many you own), will equal your shares - also known as the conversion ratio.

An example would be:

A customer owns ABC convertible bond that is selling in the market at $1040 or $104, the common stock is selling at $54 and the conversion price is $50. The investor would like to convert, but will only do so when the stock value is trading above the bond value. “Parity” would occur when the bond and stock are equal. The first thing you must find out is the amount of shares the customer is entitled to. We get that by dividing the conversion price into the par value of the bond ($1000). $1000 divided by 50 equals 20.

The investor can convert out of the bond into 20 shares of stock - no more, no less. The stock is currently trading at $54. The stock value is found by multiplying 20 (shares) by $54 (stock value), which equals $1080. $1080 is above the bond selling price of $1040, so converting at this time would meet the customer’s objectives of converting only when the stock value was above bond value or “above parity”.

It’s also helpful when you own these bonds to figure out what price on the stock will the bond be at parity. Let’s look at another example.

A bond that you own is currently selling at $1160 or $116, and the conversion price on the bond is $50. At what price on the common stock will true parity occur? You want to convert the bond, but you only will when the stock value (based on your shares) will be equal to $1160. First, you must figure out the shares or conversion ratio. Par value of $1000 is divided by $50, which equals 20. Then, you divide the bond price of $1160 by 20. That will equal $58. Thus, if the stock in the company rises to $58, based on 20 shares - it equals $1160 or parity.

Convertible corporate bonds have a place in every bond investor’s portfolio. As long as the rating is investment grade, the risk is minimal, and the returns on the bond or the stock can be rewarding.

Nick Hunter is the President of American Investment Training, AIT and the owner of http://www.brokerjobs.com - A financial education and career website with investment product descriptions.

The 12 Rules of How to Avoid Losing and Start Making Money from the Stock Market

RULE 1: WHY DO YOU INVEST?

Make more money, this is the answer to most people.
If your reason is to make more money, then ask yourself these three questions:

1.Is your strategy making money?
2.Is your strategy safe?
3.How to increase the profit and minimize the risk?

RULE 2: HOW TO CREATE WEALTH IN STOCK MARKET WITH JUST $1,000

Let say we invest some lower price stocks with just $1,000 in the stock market, invest twice a year for short-to-medium term. If each time the return is double, you will make one million dollar cash within 5 years. If your starting capital is $20,000, after 3 years you will make one million dollar cash.

If you are using the same $1,000 capital, invest twice a year, but the return is only 50%, you will make one million dollar cash after 9 years.

So we can always start small. However, it is very important that we know how to select high profit and low risk stocks.

RULE 3: DON’T GET OBSESSED WITH STOCKS

Sitting and monitoring the market whole day long will not bring you profit. Instead, it increases pressure and misleads your judgment.

RULE 4: NEVER GAMBLE

95% of the people always buy at the highest price. They don’t really know when to buy, just relying on news, rumors and tips. Only 5% of the people knows how to trade at the lowest price. That’s why 95% are losing money, only the 5% are making money.
Investment Builds Wealth, Gambling Definitely Lose !

RULE 5: SAY GOODBYE TO NEWS

News used to be able to predict the market trend. But not anymore, it is difficult to judge which news could actually influence the market nowadays.

RULE 6: DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS, FORGET ABOUT TIPS

Before investing, ask yourself these four questions:

1.How many people have already heard about the tips before you?
If many have heard about it before you, this news is already obsolete. The price is already high.

2.How long have the tips been spreading before it reaches you?
The next day?

3.Who told you?
Listed company director? Or friends?

4.Assuming that the tip is true, would you possibly know about it?
Normally insider news is not disclosed.

RULE 7: SELL YOUR STOCKS EVEN LOSING MONEY

It is easier to be said than done.

Sell at a loss is a difficult decision. Your heart will object, and your feeling will say “It is going to rebound, don’t sell.” Eventually price dropped further, causing a much tragic lost.

RULE 8: DON’T JUST FOCUS ON MAKING MONEY

How to protect your capital is much more important. Don’t try to make 100% profit. It is already good enough to have a 60% profit margin.

RULE 9: HISTORY WILL NOT ALWAYS REPEAT

Everyone expects to make some money from the stock market before Christmas, New Year, annual budget announcement or election, but the stock market is not always bullish during these events. We can say history is not always repeated.
The best way is “Let the Market Lead us”.

RULE 10: QUOTES FROM WARREN BUFFET

There are only two rules to make money in stock market:

The first rule: Never lose your money.
The second rule: Never forget the first rule.

RULE 11: TURN BAD STOCKS INTO GOOD STOCKS, DON’T JUST HOLD YOUR STOCKS

Don’t hold your stock too long, there is a value when stocks are sold.

How long have you been holding your stocks until now?
Since Year 1993? 1997? Or Year 2000?

Why didn’t you exercise your stocks? Long term investment strategy is not practical anymore. Even the blue chips also crash when the market collapses.

The best strategy is to sell the stocks that are not earning money, and reselect some good counters. Buy low, sell high for several times will earn you more than enough to compensate the lost.

RULE 12: WAKE UP FROM MISTAKES

Stop investing if you are not sure of when to buy or sell.

Without the knowledge of investment, you are bound to lose again. This is an age of information. Investors are using knowledge, techniques and strategies to make money. Without investment knowledge, how do you protect your money?

Building wealth through investing starts with securing your capital.

Author: Dr. Steven Lee (Ph.D) is the creator of “Power System” and also the author of two books on how to invest in stock market. There is “Creating Wealth in Stock Market” and “The Magic Idea of Getting Rich”. Free e-book “Money Fish”
Your New Way to Become a Millionaire
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NOTES ON WAL-MART (WMT)
Protective Put

1. In mid-November 2003, Walmart opens down $1.50 to $56.25 and
proceeds to trade down from there breaking the lower end of an
uptrend channel.

2. Wal-mart then has a quick consolidation in mid-November
around the $54.50- $55.00 level followed by a small technical
rebound back to around $56.25. This may have been due to some
investors thinking that the consolidation was a bottoming and
thus a buying opportunity.

As it turned out, it was a false bottom and the stock traded
back down rapidly to lower lows. A purchase at that level
probably led to losses.

3. In early December, Walmart starts another consolidation
around the $52.50 level. It seems to be another buying
opportunity for bottom fishers. There has already been one false
bottom that has cost someone a lot of money. If that investor
employed a protective put, the loss would have been limited and
they may have been able to purchase again at this level if they
wished.

4. The $52.50 level turns out to be another false bottom and the
stock trades down another $2.00 to $50.50. Here again, the same
opportunity exists. Is this the bottom? If it is, a nice profit
can be made quickly. If not, losses can mount quickly as another
false bottom occurs and the stock trades down rapidly. This
level, so far, turns out to be a good buying opportunity as the
stock rebounds back up to $52.50 quickly.

Conclusion: Bottom fishing can be a very risky endeavor;
however, an investor can not ignore the potential reward that
comes with the risk. If the risk can be minimized without
affecting the potential reward to a significantdegree, the
risk/reward scenario will be an advantageous one for a potential
investment.

The protective put will accomplish this perfectly. In a case
like this, the protective put strategy should be employed at any
level where the investor deems it worthy of a capital
commitment.

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As 2005 draws to a close there are 3 questions that all
investors need to ask:

1. What results have each of your investments produced
for the year?

2. How much time and effort did you have to put in to
achieve those results?

3. And if you are not entirely satisfied with your responses to
the above two questions what are you going to do differently
in 2006 in order to experience the results that you
really want?

In this special report I’m going to share with you some
privileged information that demonstrates the degree to
which the world’s top fund managers have outperformed the rest
of the world. You’ll be shocked at the gap between the results
of true professional fund mangers compared with the poor results
that most fund managers, and therefore most investors, produce.
As you’ll see, the top fund managers really are in a league
of their own.

And while I can’t supply you with the actual names of the funds
(which are available in the list of Top 20 funds) I will give
you a concise one paragraph snapshot of:

what they invest in,

how big their fund is,

who audits the fund,

their compounded returns and

their best and worst years.

It’s the most that I can do to give you a small taste of the
data available in the Top 20 funds list and that big
institutional firms pay as much as $50,000 for, without
‘giving away the farm’.

The fund information outlined in this report is an extract from
the highest yielding offshore funds over the last 5
years, as at 31st of March 2005. I’ve also provided you with
year to date results as at 30th September 2005. That way
you can see how each of them are tracking this year. The data
provided below represents perhaps less than 10% of the data that
is provided on each of the funds in the Top 20 funds list.

Ranked No.1 - 1038.09%

Ranked in first place over the last 5 years is a fund that
invests in the restructuring of the power sector within an
emerging market economy, with a bias to small and medium sized
corporations. Over the last 5 years they have achieved a
compounded return of 1038.09%*. In other words if you had
invested US$50,000 5 years ago, today you would have a balance
of $519,045.

The fund is audited by KPMG (one of the top 5 accounting firms
in the world) and the dollar value of funds under management is
$70.82 Million. Their best return was in 2003 when they
achieved 158.92% and their worst return was in 2000 when
they returned only 11.8%. Over the last 5 five years the fund
has never made a loss within a calendar year. And as at 30th
September 2005 they had already returned 52.95%. So again
they appear to be on track to another great year.

Ranked No.2 - 748.85%

Ranked in second place is another fund managed by the same fund
manager as the number one ranking fund. This fund invests in
equities (shares of stock in a corporation that pays the holder
some of the company’s profits) and again the bias is to small
and medium sized corporations with a focus on events that can
lead to quick profits, undervalued corporations, and companies
with growth prospects and high dividend yield. Over the last 5
years they have achieved a compounded return of 748.85%*.
In other words if you had invested US$50,000 5 years ago, today
you would have a balance of $374,425.

The fund is audited by KPMG and the dollar value of funds under
management is $22.72 Million. Their best return was in 2001
when they achieved 135.53% and their worst return was in
2004 when they returned only 20.49%. Over the last 5 years the
fund has never made a loss within a calendar year. And as at
30th September 2005 they had already returned 107.90%. So
they appear to be on track to a record year.

Ranked No.3 - 539.01%

Ranked in third place is a fund that invests in liquid (easily
sold or saleable) securities, and to a lesser extent illiquid
securities in emerging markets. The company has a focus of
preserving capital and avoiding the notoriously high volatility
associated with emerging markets. Over the last 5 years they
have achieved a compounded return of 539.01%*. In other
words if you had invested US$50,000 5 years ago, today you would
have a balance of $269,505.

The fund is audited by Ernst and Young (again another top 5
accounting firm) and the dollar value of funds under management
is $38.3 Million. Their best return was in 2001 when they
achieved 261.72% and their worst return was in 2000 when
they returned a loss of 13.80%. Over the last 5 years the fund
has only made a loss in 2000. And as at 30th September 2005
they had already returned 42.50%. So they also appear to be
on track for another great year.

Ranked No.4 - 482.54%

Ranked in fourth place is a fund that invests in currencies
seeking capital appreciation in the Euro with currency hedging
against the U.S dollar. Over the last 5 years they have achieved
a compounded return of 482.54%*. In other words if you
had invested US$50,000 5 years ago, today you would have a
balance of $241,270.

The fund is audited by Ernst and Young and the dollar value of
funds under management is US$547.17 Million. Their best
return was in 2001 when they achieved 62.03% and their worst
return was in 2004 when they returned only 7%. Over the last 5
years the fund has never made a loss. And as at 30th September
2005 they had already returned 15.40%. So they appear to
be on track for another reasonable (although not astonishingly
high yielding) year.

Ranked No.5 - 481.25%

Ranked in fifth place is a fund whose objective is to provide
shareholders with long term capital appreciation through
investing in a diversified portfolio of securities within an
emerging market. Over the last 5 years they have achieved a
compounded return of 481.25%*. In other words if you had
invested US$50,000 5 years ago, today you would have a balance
of $240,625.

The fund is audited by KPMG and the dollar value of funds under
management is US$21.45 Million. Their best return was in 2001
when they achieved 82.97% and their worst return was in 2000
when they returned a loss of 8.26%. Over the last 5 years the
fund has only made a loss in 2000. And as at 30th September
2005 they had already returned 69.78%. So they appear to
be on track for a new record year.

Results Summary

In summary, if you had invested $50,000 in each of the top 5
funds five years ago, today you would have $1,644,850 and
you would be on target to add another $192,375 by the end of
2005.

To diversify further, many investors could have invested
equally across the top 10 funds. In which case $50,000 invested
in each of the top 10, five years ago, would have turned your
$500,000 into $2,633,700 or an average total return of 526.74%*.

The top 10 funds combined have already achieved an average
return of 59.23% as at 30th September 2005 and are tracking
(if the results trend continues) to an average return of
78.97% by December 31st 2005.

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Results of top Offshore funds year to date, over the last 3
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Emerging Scene In Asian Markets

Growth rates: Population growth in Asia has always been the subject of discussions in the developed countries, but changes in economy of Asian countries and the increased participation from USA and UK in Asian Markets has not been given the same amount of publicity. China has a growth rate of over 9% for last many years and India has peaked growth rates of 7.5/8% for last year.

Size of markets: Growth rates are closely linked to economic development and the increase of population and increase of per capita income has meant that the size of Asian Market has increased considerably. Everyone is eyeing the emerging markets in Asia as a big marketplace and this has meant that if you are to grow quickly, you cannot ignore Asian Markets.

The booming markets: Stock markets in Asia are booming. The rate of increase of Asian markets is higher than the US and UK markets. When the markets in US or UK are steady, or move side ways, the Asian markets go up. The down slide of markets is much less when the markets in developed countries slide down. Some of Asian markets have a very low PE and some of them have a high P/E ratio at this moment, but the future projections justify purchasing shares even at this P/E ratio.

Individual markets: Let us now have a look at individual market so as to get a feel of market and growth potential. We will have a look with a 5 t 10 year horizon

China: China has captured a large international market and is growing at a rate of 9.2 percent annually. The market size in purchasing power parity (PPP) basis is of the order of $8.58 trillion. It is the second economy after the USA. Per capita income is about $6200 per year.

The Single child norm adopted (rather forced) by the government of China is responsible for increase in per capita income. Air pollution, soil erosion, corruption, and the aging population are some of the problems that are likely to raise the head in near future. But generally the market is booming and economy is on rise and will continue to rise.

India: India with a population of 103 billion and rising at the rate of about 22 per thousand in one year India has problems of health, infrastructure, pollution, corruption and education to be tackled.

The GDP on PPP basis is $3.6 trillion and is sixth in merit and comes after Chinas and Japan. The per capita income is $3400 per year, and the growth rate is 7.2% and increasing. After 1992 when liberalization and opening of economy started in 1992, the economy is growing. With availability of large trained human resource in sunrise sectors of economy (like information technology, biotechnology, communications) India has the edge in these sectors.

ASEAN countries: Founded in 1967, the ASEAN consists of 10 member countries and has the GDP of $2.1 trillion. Since most of members are sovereign states, the laws are different but are similar and the economy in all the countries growing.

Singapore: An economic super power in East Asia, the economy of Singapore is booming. The smaller Island state has a GDP of $1.31 trillion on PPP base. The per capita income of Singapore at $29780 per year is comparable to that of Japan at 30,400.

As you can see from the above, the economies of Asian region are booming and investments in shares of these companies directly or through mutual funds will give greater capital appreciation. An investment in these markets will give you better capital appreciation than the markets in developed countries.

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Scalpers- This type of day trading involves the rapid and repeated buying and selling of a large amount of stocks within minutes or seconds. The goal here is to earn a small per share profit on each transaction while minimizing the risk.

Momentum Traders- This style of day trading involves identifying and trading stocks that are in a moving pattern during the day, in an attempt to buy such stocks at bottoms and sell at tops.

The advantages of day trading for a living is there are no overnight risks. Because positions are closed prior to the end of the trading day, news and events that affect the next trading day’s opening prices do not affect your client’s portfolio. Day trading for a living has a greater leverage on your client’s capital because of the low margin requirements as their trades are closed in the same market day. This increased leverage can increase your client’s profits if used wisely.

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