Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Obama's Stock Investing Strategy For 2009

"Congratulations Obama. You won.

"Now what? You said on January 20 that we've got a lot of work to do.

"I'll say. But wars and Wall Street aside, fail to deal with the crisis I'm about to name — and deal with it immediately — and you might as well write off your presidency now. I'm perfectly serious. This ignored crisis could be the defining event of your first term. And the reason you might not get a chance at a second.

"It's the test you don't even know yet you'll have to pass. And the make or break moment for America itself. The fate of our nation hangs in the balance...

"The greatest modern threat to American wealth, our economy, Wall Street... even to the future of our nation itself.

"Make no mistake, this is a timebomb.

"And the clock is ticking..."

$7.2 trillion is a lot of money.

That's what D.C. has poured into "our" bailout so far.

With even more to come, if Obama has his way.

And how much of that will you see personally?

And how much for your children... your grandchildren... or even their children?

Not a dime.

Every penny is going to the banks... the business owners... the over-stretched lenders... the special interests... basically everybody who helped create this crisis in the first place.

But I'm not writing you to rile you up.

In fact, and this is going to surprise you...

I'm not writing you to talk today about the "Wall Street Panic of '08" at all. Or the elections. Or Obama and the next new era.

Except for how all of those are just pieces and players in a much bigger event... something far more dangerous to you and your money... and to America itself... than anybody in Washington or Wall Street wants you to realize.

How big?

Even today's credit crisis — the one Alan Greenspan himself just referred to as a "once in a century 'Credit Tsunami'" — is nothing by comparison.

No, this much larger, little talked-about calamity is a full on four-pronged attack on just about everything you hold dear... a massive financial catastrophe that could not only wipe you out, personally, but bring America itself to its knees.

Perhaps permanently.

Fail to resolve this, and the idea of America itself could... end. Just like that. I'm not exaggerating in the least.

Here's the crazy part — as big as I can prove to you that this is, not one of today's White House staffers, Congressional elite, or even President Obama himself have proved willing to talk about this event, at length, in public.

They won't touch it. Not with a 20-foot pole.

Even though, short of a terrorist with a nuke in downtown Manhattan, there is no greater threat to you, your money, or this nation as a whole... than the one I reveal below.

When this devastating "four-prong timebomb" implodes, it will make today's stock market blowout look like an afternoon picnic at Disneyland. And at that point, I highly doubt there's anything Obama or anyone else in Washington can do to stop it.

What could I possibly be talking about?

The fact is, America is in deep, deep trouble. Much deeper than anyone is willing to tell you. Thanks to a four-part calamity that casts a shadow on our future much larger than the property bust, the banking crisis, or even the recent $819 billion Obama wants to tack onto the bailout.

Before I go into detail, let me just tell you a little bit about my background. My name is Addison Wiggin. And I've spent the last two years of my life doing almost nothing else but researching this crisis I'll describe below.

I've written about it, I've gone on record with the media about it,

I've even toured America to talk about it. I even co-authored two Bestsellers that warn about this coming calamity in explicit detail.

But by far, the biggest thing I've done related to this is create an award-winning documentary about it — the Critics Choice-Nominated film I.O.U.S.A.

I feel this message is so important, I want to send you a copy of this full-length feature film FREE on DVD. At my own personal expense.

Because I believe this is that important.

In fact, this is quite possibly the biggest event in modern U.S. history. You might think I'm going for melodrama — but see how you feel after you have a chance to hear the proof for yourself. I'm not just worried. I've made it a true life mission to get the word out on this.

Already, in fact, I've given away over 11,500 "pre-release" copies of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD. And while I still have free copies to give away, I intend to give away more.

Along with the powerful 262-page companion I.O.U.S.A. book... plus a new free strategy report that shows you how to forget about the bungled government bailout — and start generating your own stream of "personal bailout" cash, including up to 78 checks you can receive on a frequent, reliable schedule, over the 24 months ahead.

How does all this work? It's all part of a new crisis solution package I've put together for you, called the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle." And it's yours free...

First, your "bailout bundle" shows you what's happened and how we got into this mess. You'll see exactly how and when the America we once knew was first betrayed. And then, the bundle helps you take the next step, by carefully laying down a plan that includes a direct and personal cash "bailout" strategy... plus up to a year's worth of free "post-crash" stock research.

Altogether, it took well over two years to make the documentary and write the book I'll include. And countless hours to draft the "bailout paycheck" strategy I'll include. Yet, I'm going to send this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" to you at the rare low price of... free.

For you. For your family. For anyone you care about.

I'll explain everything you need to do to get it in a moment.

Here's a full rundown of what you'll find inside...

FREE, our award-winning documentary, I.O.U.S.A. — Was there Oscar buzz? Yes. Our theater-length expose shows exactly how today's scandalous money crisis took shape in the hands of Washington and Wall Street elite. And I've secured a free copy of the just-released DVD to send you — three months before it's available to the general public — absolutely free

FREE, our new 262-page I.O.U.S.A. companion book — This full book covers not only the back-story behind everything you'll find in the movie, but includes 12 full interviews with the top financial minds who have the courage to address this crisis. We just sent copies of this book to every member of Congress — and I'm ready to pay all costs to send it to you, at no charge whatsoever

FREE, a personal "bailout" plan that shows you how you could get up to 78 cash payouts — Protect yourself, protect your family. And do it without depending on the U.S. government for help, with this "rubber-meets-the-road" personal "bailout" strategy. Not only can it put as many as 78 cash "paychecks" into your account over the next 24 months... it could also set you up with income for life. And this strategy is also yours free.

You'll also receive...

FREE, up to 12 free months of highly successful "post-crash" stock research — For up to a full year, get free "post crash" stock research from one of the safest, smartest, and most trusted market researchers in the industry. Plus, he'll send you portfolio updates every week... and you can have full private-password access to his members-only website, at no charge.

Again, I've created this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" specifically for right now. And I'm going to send it to you at my own expense. I even made a special deal to secure the copies of the DVD. Plus another deal with Amazon.com so I could cover the cost of shipping myself.

All just to make sure you have this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" available to you so you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the massive shakeout ahead.

Inside the bundle, you'll hear not just what my colleagues and I have to say... but what some of the most powerful and immediately recognizable figures in finance and politics told me in exclusive one-on-one interviews.

Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Steve Forbes, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker... they and others you'll know sat down with me personally to answer my questions about this crisis. And all you have to do to hear what they're saying about this new crisis... as well as to claim a free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" for yourself... is explained at the end of this letter.

At Least "25 Times Bigger" Than Today's Total Crash on Wall Street

Former U.S. Comptroller General, David Walker looked me straight in the eye and said this danger you're about to face isn't just big... it's at least "25 times bigger" than the bust that's now drained some trillions of dollars from the U.S. stock market.

And he's not alone.

Billionaire Warren Buffett thinks at least one aspect of this coming crisis is so serious, that when we went to his offices to interview him, he graciously cleared the rest of his schedule and spent nearly two hours talking with me privately about this in his company boardroom.

My friend and bestselling author William Bonner sat down with us too, and told us — on camera — that our failure so far to fix this isn't just foolish... it's "downright mean" and "immoral," as we prepare instead to pass it along to our children and their children.

We met up with former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in his offices. He talked about how difficult it was to save the U.S. from the "stagflation" hangover of the late 1970s. And then he told me, face to face, "the earlier we take action [on this crisis], the better..."

We also met up with Peter G. Peterson, the investor who made $2.5 billion on the sale of his Blackstone Group. He's so worried about this that not only did he grant us an interview... he put up $1 billion of his own money to start a foundation to help raise awareness. And then his foundation paid $2.5 million to back the filming of our documentary on the matter, I.O.U.S.A.

I'm sure you've guessed by now that the gorilla in the room... the looming crisis nobody wants to talk about, but nobody can afford to ignore any longer... the U.S. National Debt Bomb.

Let me clarify... the $53 trillion national debt time bomb.

Yes, $53 trillion.

I know, that's a very big number.

Almost too big to get your head around.

Maybe even too big to be believed or understood. Which is why I'm going to rush you the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" so you can see the evidence for yourself.

Your free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD shows you how we've gotten to that number. And the 262-page companion book, also called I.O.U.S.A., gives you the full interviews with the experts that reveal why this might not even be as bad as it gets.

Consider, just the part of that number that we're used to hearing about — the "official" National Debt without our future Social Security and Medicare obligations included — just crossed into $10 trillion territory.

Worse, just in the first 16 days of this fiscal year that figure grew $300 billion — that's an annual rate of 75%. At that pace, the U.S. government would owe $17 trillion by this time next year!

Think subprime is serious? Try imagining how these numbers effectively add up to the biggest adjustable rate mortgage in history... and as taxpayers, we're being forced by Washington to cover the bills.

So far in today's Wall Street wipeout, trillions of dollars have disappeared from world markets... hundreds of thousands of jobs are gone... pension funds have seized up... state governments are slashing budgets and withholding basic services...

Can you imagine the gaping hole this $53 trillion debt bomb will blow through the bottom of the financial markets? Can you imagine the aftermath for the world economy?

In Manhattan alone, we're already seeing unemployment rocket to levels not seen since just after 9-11... in St. Louis, they just canceled plans to fix their airport and rebuild collapsing bridges... in Connecticut, they scrapped plans to build new schools... in Utah, they just cancelled health benefits for nearly 20,000 people...

All from what's just happening right now.

This is tiny by comparison to what this much bigger fallout could levy. You'll see for yourself when you let me send you a free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD — over a month before it will be available to the general public — plus the complete and accessible 262-page companion book by the same name.

And I'd love to put both in your hands immediately, with your permission...

My New Life Mission

Look, I can understand if this is the first time you're hearing about just how serious this has gotten. Once, I was in the same boat as you.

This just isn't something Wall Street or Washington wants you to know or think all that much about. But frankly, maybe if I share a little more of my background... you'll see how I came to care so much about this myself.

And why I'm urging you to let me share this research with you too.

See, you may know me from my years of working with the popular advisory e-letter, The Daily Reckoning. Or possibly from the three bestsellers I co-authored, Financial Reckoning Day, Empire of Debt, and The Demise of the Dollar.

You might even know already that, for the last 15 years, I've worked hard to help warn my fellow Americans about financial threats much like the one you're witnessing today.

I've also worked just as hard to guide them to new and alternative opportunities.

And I've spent many hours giving interviews on all these important trends... on Fox, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC... to The New York Times and The Washington Times... to NPR... on Bloomberg.com and TheStreet.com...

It's a list so long even I start to lose track.

But it wasn't until I started working on the I.O.U.S.A. documentary that I understood the full scope of the $53 trillion crisis you and I face right now.

And believe me, from what I've already seen — and what you'll see in the free copy of the documentary and the stunning companion I.O.U.S.A. book — I'm convinced this is the greatest danger facing the future of America today.

I also believe that we can no longer wait for our political leaders, new or old, to own up to this situation... we can no longer wait for Wall Street to address these risks responsibly... and we can no longer afford to sit back and wish this would go away by itself.

As I said, the two and a half years I spent working on this documentary had one goal, which was to expose the truth about the debt crisis America faces.

We accomplished that.

And now I want you to see the result.

So much that I've arranged to send you a full, feature-length FREE copy of the film, I.O.U.S.A. And again, that's just part of a comprehensive "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'd love to send your way.

What you'll find on the DVD and in the rest of your "bailout bundle" are direct and personal interviews with other concerned Americans... like Dr. Alan Greenspan, former commerce secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin, Congressman Ron Paul, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and many more.

The consensus was unanimous...

This is a threat that cannot be ignored.

I've made it my personal mission to warn you and anybody else who will listen. And sending you my free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" is part of that effort.

As long as I hear from you while I still have copies left, I'll send this bundle and everything it includes to you gratis. No charge. At my expense. You can find the details at the end of this letter.

First, the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" shows you what happened and how we got here. Then it shows you what we have to do to steer clear of a complete financial unraveling in the future... including a way for you, personally, to collect as many as 78 personal "bailout" checks of your own over the coming two years.

But before you race ahead, let me just give you a sense of the gory details...

The U.S. "deficit" is the amount our government spends above what it collects in taxes. Washington says we'll need $438 billion "extra" to cover our bills in the coming year. That's a new record.

Every time we don't have the money to cover our bills, it has to come from somewhere. Either new taxes, more swiped Social Security funds... or more borrowing. From anybody willing to cover the loan.

During World War II, the U.S. spent a lot of money it didn't have. But they borrowed most of it directly from Americans, as War Bonds. Today, nearly half of all the money we owe is owed to exactly the countries you wouldn't want in charge of our future — China, Japan, Saudi Arabia... even Venezuela, Russia, Iran, and Iraq!

If you own a house and you can't pay on your loan, you know what happens — the bank takes over your property. What happens when the U.S. government can't cover its debts? Political analysts call it the "nuclear option," which foreign lenders could use to destroy our economy overnight.

At the same time we also buy more stuff than we make, and most of what we buy we get from those same countries, whether it's energy from the Middle East or just about everything else from India and China. That's the "trade deficit" and it's also hitting record levels.

The more money we send there means less money here. For two recent years, the U.S. had back-to-back negative savings rates. The last time that happened was during the Great Depression. Meanwhile, credit-card debt has soared, eating up 5% of the average U.S. family's income.

Getting most Americans to cut back on spending is like trying to talk a cat into taking an ice-bath in a fireworks factory. Yet just by following Washington's shameful example, U.S. families have piled up nearly $1 trillion just in consumer credit debt.

And all this while politicians slather on promises of fat tax cuts and huge, expensive new programs. It took 207 years to add the first $1 trillion to the total U.S. debt. Now we're adding, on average, about $2 trillion to $3 trillion... per year!

With what we'll add to the bailouts this year, we've crossed the $8 trillion mark, total... and not including the $10 trillion the U.S. already owed creditors. Tack on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid promises to Baby Boomers, the total is more like $53 trillion.

Under current rules, the Social Security trust alone will run out of money in less than 10 years from right now. And Medicare and Medicaid? Don't even think about it. It's a problem that's much larger and almost completely ignored by politicians.

By 2012, the National Center for Policy Analysis estimates, the federal government will be forced to stop doing 1 in 10 of the things it does for you today. By 2020, it stops doing 1 in 4. By 2050, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid alone will eat up the entire federal budget.

If you "own" America as a citizen, what's your personal share of the National Debt? About $176,000 and climbing... even faster now, thanks to the bailout. Get out your checkbook please.

And of course, none of this even includes the interest piling up on the unpaid debt, that's added on to the tally around the clock. So far, about $53.9 million in the time it's taken you to read this letter.

Meanwhile, over 50% of the stocks held on the New York Stock Exchange are held by people 60 or older. How big will the "bailout" have to be when they all take the cash to pay for retirement?

You see my point.

The danger isn't just a little bit of vaporized retirement security... it's the very real risk that the entire U.S. economy will collapse, with a "hard landing" for the dollar, third-world levels of unemployment, and government retirement programs that disappear overnight.

And this isn't just tomorrow's problem.

Have you ever wondered why you pay so much more for a gallon of milk than you did just a few years ago? Or why you pay so much more for a gallon of gasoline... health care... or college tuition?

The housing bubble... disappearing jobs... the banking bust... the collapsing dollar... they all have their complex causes, but if there's one thread that runs through all of them, it's the connection they have to America's wasteful, shameful, exploding national debt.

The facts are clear.

Washington policy makers are mortgaging your future... our future... and our children's future. It's unsound, unsustainable, and indefensible. Touch choices have to be made. Preferably now, while there still might be time.

Think about it like this. If nothing else changes, Washington will owe over 240% more than every business in the U.S. makes each year... and it will happen in less time than it takes a child born this morning to reach age 35.

Can you imagine how long you could live if every year your bills added up to more than two and a half times your salary? Not very long. A couple years... a year... six months. But that's where we're headed, if nothing changes.

You don't want to wait for the politicians to figure it out... you don't want to wait for Wall Street to figure it out... because clearly they're not even close to getting this.

This is why I hope... and even urge... you to take me up on my offer.

Let me send you the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I've been telling you about. You pay nothing — I'll explain it all at the end of the letter. I give it to you, because I'm that worried about where all this is going. As I said, your "bundle" will do two key things.

First it answers the question nobody else seems to be answering clearly, which is — put plainly — what happened? How did we get in this mess and where did the good life in America disappear to.

Second, your bundle takes you to the next level... showing you exactly how to get out of this mess. As an American but also on a very personal level. Including steps you can take, right now, to start enough regular personal "bailout" checks so that you never have to rely on the U.S. government for your own future again.

Here's a close look at what you'll receive...

"Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #1:Your FREE DVD of the Award-winning Documentary, I.O.U.S.A.

It's absolutely key that you understand how we got where we are now... and as quickly as possible.

And I know of no faster way to do that than to see a very important documentary that's just now coming out on DVD.

It's called I.O.U.S.A.

And I guarantee that it will make you smarter than anyone you know about this crisis.

Why am I so sure?

Because I made this movie myself, along with an award-winning director and a "cast" of some of the biggest minds and best known names in finance and politics.

It took us more than two years... with over 500,000 air miles traveled between us... as well as far too many nights away from my young family... and many around-the-clock writing and editing sessions... but I can tell you right now, it was worth it.

I've never believed in any mission more in my life.

And I've never worked so closely with something this important.

When you see the film for yourself, I'm confident you'll agree.

But to tell the truth, when I first got the idea to do this... on a snowy weekend in a New Hampshire cabin... I had no idea it would go as far or become as big a phenomenon as it has.

Nor did I have any way of knowing how timely this movie's message would be. See, this all started with a bestseller that I co-wrote in 2005, called Empire of Debt.

The book was a big hit. And I spent time talking to press, radio and TV pundits about it, across the nation — including CNN, Fox Business News, and The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Times.

You're not going to believe some of the people we managed to get on film... and all of them so fed up with how America had mortgaged off its future, they've decided they just can't afford to keep quiet anymore.

People like Congressman Ron Paul, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, for instance... who all play "starring" roles in the movie.

And of course, David Walker, the former head of the U.S. General Accounting Office... who walks you through the crisis start to finish, as we follow him across the country — along with the head of the famous Concord Coalition, Bob Bixby — on his controversial "Fiscal Wake Up Tour."

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who helped rescue America from inflation in the early 1980s, also steps in, urging action.

So does more recently retired Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who says more in this movie about how we got where we are than perhaps in the many days of testimony he gave Congress during his tenure.

Then there's Clinton's former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who oversaw the only years of balanced budgets in the last three decades... along with Peter Peterson, the billionaire founder of the Blackstone Group... who has gotten so worried about the world we're handing off to our grandchildren, he's put up $1 billion of his own money to get this message out... including a direct $2.5 million investment in the film itself. The list goes on...

You might recognize some of these names. Others might be new to you. But be certain, the handful of people desperately waging this "unsung" war against government waste are out there. In the free I.O.U.S.A. DVD I'll send you, you'll hear what they have to say.

Including why this battle against government waste is so important, that losing it could literally mean losing the "republic" our founding fathers sought to create.

As I said, it's free — yours as part of the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I want to send you. You can claim it right now, as long as I hear from you while I still have copies left. If this information is so important for everyone to see, why such a strict limit on my invitation?

The First Crisis Our New President MUST Address

I'm sure you can understand... I've come to care about this message. Maybe more than any other I've worked with or written about in my lifetime. And to me, it's not just another news story.

It's the most important crisis in America right now.

See the film and judge for yourself.

I'm sure you'll agree that, now that the election is over and the next White House agenda is already taking shape, we cannot let up on this. We must demand a solution now... or risk watching the whole situation get MUCH worse.

How much worse?

The ticking debt bomb you'll see detailed in your free copy of I.O.U.S.A. will make today's stock market blowout look like a wet firecracker. Next up, much more than the banks will go down.

We stand to lose our entire way of life.

Even saying that, you must think I'm some kind of alarmist. And that's okay. Just promise me you'll send for your free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD... and watch it for yourself... before you make up your own mind.

And promise me this too... when you watch it, don't watch it alone. Watch it with your family, your friends, and anybody else you even remotely care about.

This is that important.

And yes, as I said, I am sending you this movie at my own expense. Yours free. I cover all the costs, including shipping and handling. As if that weren't reason enough for you to watch this, let me just tell you how other viewers have reacted.

For instance, when I.O.U.S.A. debuted earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, every seat was filled. I almost couldn't get tickets to see my own movie. And when it was over, the crowd gave it a standing ovation. What's more, the judges nominated I.O.U.S.A. for the festival's Grand Jury Prize.

It happened again just recently, at the New Hampshire Film Festival — my home state — where I.O.U.S.A. just won first prize as the "Best Documentary." And in the reviews too, where both The Economist and the New York Times recommended I.O.U.S.A. as critical viewing for every American.

Meanwhile, the Hollywood industry paper, Variety, lovingly called our little film a "stat-studded geekfest" and "an alternately amusing and alarming primer on America's off-the-charts fiscal irresponsibility"...

"This film is no wallow in wonkiness," says the Los Angeles Times, "but a surprisingly sprightly tough-love lesson in fiscal responsibility.

Even top film critic Roger Ebert gives I.O.U.S.A. 3½ stars out of four and says, "... it accomplishes an amazing thing. It explains the national debt..."

Still need to hear more? The list goes on.

The Kansas City Star writes, "Future generations may regard I.O.U.S.A. as the most important film of 2008." Even the Huffington Post says, "Stop what you're doing... go see this movie! This is the single most important film you will see this year..."

During the early release this summer, Canadians crossed the boarder, driving hours to the closest theaters... civic groups in U.S. cities snapped up tickets... politicians bought out theaters in their home towns... and MTV, CBS' 60 Minutes and even the trendy Colbert Report ran stories.

I'm proud. I'm hopeful. But I know we're not even close to done.

Not until I can get this movie and this message into the hands of everybody who has the smarts to understand just how critically dangerous this crisis has become. That's why I want you to have your own free copy of the film.

So you can get up to speed... so you can get inspired... so you know how to protect yourself... and so you can help us spread the message too. Sending you this free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD is the best way, by far, to make sure all this happens. And happens in time that we can get this on the desk of the next leader of the free world, come January.

Look, this is very simple. Every single financial decision you make personally is about to change. Don't you want to have a say in how those changes unfold?

The bureaucrats won't start talking about this on their own. And the world's power brokers don't want them to. But that's because they're not the ones who will have to pay the price.

You are.

So are your children.

And your grandchildren.

The housing bust... the banking collapse... high energy prices... soaring health care costs... the collapse of Social Security... and trillions in lost retirement savings... they're all tied to what you'll see in your copy of the movie. In ways you never imagined possible.

Let me send you the free copy of the new DVD, at no charge to you, and you can discover exactly what it is I'm talking about. Others who've already seen I.O.U.S.A. are just as deeply moved about this as I am. And I'd like nothing more if we can show you this and bring you on board, as well.

Says R. Einhorn, one of our own Agora Financial readers...

"I saw I.O.U.S.A. last night... Kudos... I have only one thing to say - the film was absolutely the most important film I have seen in my life. It should be mandatory viewing by everyone in the United States... Congratulations. "

And E. Spann, another reader, wrote me directly to tell me...

"I drove two hours each way to see I.O.U.S.A... it was top notch... very well produced and the facts delivered were truly eye-opening... Everyone needs to see this! Excellent movie — well worth the drive!"

Yes, of course I know that we could easily sell these just-released copies of I.O.U.S.A. on Amazon.com. And we will, too. And on that site and others like it, top documentary releases go for as much as $26.95. Personally, I think that's even too little to charge.

Yet, for a limited time... you can get your copy of this award-winning movie... absolutely free. Gratis. No charge. As one of the tools I'm including in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" my team and I just put together. And I'll tell you how to get it in a moment.

I have secured these copies by special contract, just for you.

But only if I hear back from you while I still have copies left to give away.

After that, this window closes and you'll have to pay for your copy just like everybody else. But, of course, getting a free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD is just the beginning of what you get with your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle"...

"Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #2: Your FREE I.O.U.S.A.  Companion Book, With Personal Interviews From The Top Financial Minds in America

Imagine if you could sit down and talk markets with the most successful investor in history, Warren Buffett.

Imagine if you could get solo time in a room with Alan Greenspan or financial magazine giant, Steve Forbes.

Imagine Paul O'Neil, the Treasury Secretary Bush fired for saying deficits DO matter, telling you how he saw this coming... and why he couldn't get the White House to listen.

What if you could ask Paul Volcker, the Fed Chairman who helped end America's last inflation crisis under Reagan, to answer the question, "What's next?"

That's exactly the experience I had while making the documentary I'm about to send.

While we filmed I.O.U.S.A., we met with and interviewed some of the heaviest hitters from both Wall Street and Washington. Robert Rubin... Ron Paul... billionaire Blackstone Group founder Pete Peterson... Arthur Laffer... and our own favorite bestselling author, William Bonner.

I got to sit across the table from all of them.

What would you do if you had the same chance? Well, today you have just that same chance...

Of course you'd want their behind-the-scenes perspective on what's happened to America... and what they see happening next. You'd also want to know what answers they have to offer.

And you'll find all this in the second "tool" in your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," the companion book to the I.O.U.S.A. movie. Inside, you'll find the full text of all these expert interviews.

All of these giants are convinced, as I am, we face a much more serious situation than the politicians and Wall Street pros are willing to tell you. And that there's no way to wish it away without taking action, both personally and on a bigger scale.

Listen as...

Warren Buffett tells me what he really thinks of gold as an investment... and he's convinced there's still plenty of hope for America and for investors, if a few very basic things happen (pg.175)

Dr. Alan Greenspan tells me what he still feels he did right during his time at the Fed, along with what will have to change if our way of life as a nation is going to last (pg. 169)

Paul Volcker, who helped oversee the bull market of the 1980s, reveals the one greatest danger the next president faces, plus how he hopes Washington will go about it (pg. 161)

Congressman Ron Paul reveals the Big Lie behind the "surplus" of the late 1990s, shows how America got into this mess, and names exactly what we need to do to get back on track (pg. 147)

Fired Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gives the blow-by-blow conversation he had with Dick Cheney that cost him his job, as well as the one question you had to ask yourself on Nov. 4, 2008 (pg. 205)

Robert Rubin, who topped the Treasury Department during the 1990s boom, names the one thing that could guarantee America a recovery and years of economic boom.

Plus more....

I recently got a message from the chief editor of a trade magazine for financial planners. In a feature article, he told his 125,000 readers — all of them financial planners themselves — to buy the I.O.U.S.A. companion book and share it with their children.

And he had done the same himself, sharing copies with his two teenagers... because, he told me, he wanted them to "learn by example" how important it is to live sensibly with your money.

Already the book sales have hit #1 on Amazon.com. Not to brag, but the book has even swept right past Barack Obama's book! I expect the copies I have access to, to go quickly — and that doesn't count the 535 copies we've already sent to every Senator and Representative in Congress (all 535 of them).

The book is listing for as much as $19.95 online. But I've arranged a very special deal, direct with Amazon.com, where I will cover all the costs of ordering the book — including shipping — so I can send it to you directly as my gift, absolutely free.

As the second key part of your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle."

The book and the DVD work very closely together to get you up to speed on the crisis and how we got here... not in a way that's written or shown for economists, but as entertainingly and accessibly as possible.

You'll read the interviews. You'll see these experts talking plainly and candidly on camera. And then, once the book and the movie together make plain the problems we all face... the rest of your "bailout bundle" actually shows you what to do.

Specifically, it shows you how to recover your retirement security without having to count on the so-called government bailout... with checks you can pay directly to your account. As many as 78 over the next 24 months.

Here's how it works...

"Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #3: Lock in as Many Personal "Bailout" Checks as You Need, Right Now and for the Rest of Your Life

If the free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD and the companion book are yours to bring you up to speed on the broad crisis, this next "weapon" against financial wipeout shows you how to protect yourself at a much more personal level.

Namely, with as many as 78 cash "bailout" checks you could deposit in your bank account over the next 24 months ahead.

Not to mention, as many more of these checks as you decide you'll need... for the rest of your life.

Let me explain.

And I'll start by asking you this: exactly how much of that $7.2 trillion dumped into the government bailouts so far has actually ended up in your personal account?

In case you're under any delusions, I'll just tell you: zero.

Not a penny of that is for bailing out Americans at the personal level.

It goes to the banks. The fat cats. The punk hedge fund managers who, just a year ago, were drinking $10,000 bottles of wine and eating Kobe sirloin in "bottle bars" and restaurants in Manhattan.

Even if you get a government check, don't be fooled.

Because every penny of it came directly from the taxpayers — that's you — already. Politicians put money in your hand... after pulling it right out of your own back pocket. I don't know how you feel about that, but if you ask me it's a raw deal.

Which is why I think you might like this third "tool" in our new "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" even more than you like my movie. Because this is where you'll find the specific action plan we put together that can help bail you out of this filthy mess.

That is, this is where one of my most trusted analysts, former commercial banker Chris Mayer, shows you directly how to collect as many as 78 personal "bailout" paychecks over the next 24 months.

You can even mark the dates these checks will arrive on your calendar.

(The next payout date is March 15 — see the chart to the right for details).

Worried about rising energy costs... higher health care... your grandchild's college tuition expenses... or shrinking retirement options? This "personal bailout" plan gives you a way to make all that worry go away.

Included in your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" is a brand new special report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets.

It details this entire plan... in simple, easy-to-follow terms.

No more depending on bureaucrats... no more fears about the future of "Social Insecurity" or other doomed government programs... no more worries about whether you'll run out of money before your time.

The Single Best Way to Make Sure You'll Never Run Out of Money

This is "get paid while you sleep" money.

You don't work for it.

You don't qualify for it with some government agency.

And there are no age requirements or income requirements. All this strategy does is show you how to tap into an endless stream of income, starting right now.

It lasts as long as you need it. And starts as soon as a few weeks from when you send for this report, with your first check. As many as 78 checks follow, all sent automatically to your account.

As I write this, the next payout dates for this strategy are right around the corner...

March 15, 2009 (two checks)

March 30, 2009

April 1, 2009

April 15, 2009 (two checks)

You can spend them, cash them, save them... whatever you want.

Some people who do this retire early. Others pile the money on top of what they've already socked away, speeding up the growth of their nest egg.

Either way, you start getting paid.

Use the money to help put your grandchildren through school... or go back to school yourself and study something you love... make a fat donation toward a cause you believe in... or just leave the automatic deposits untouched, while you enjoy the security of knowing they will be there when you need them.

Just in 2009 alone, you'll find another 39 cash payout dates already on the schedule. Your copy of The Ultimate Paycheck Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets shows you how to get started.

One of the best aspects of this is how easy it is to set up.

It takes only about five minutes on the phone with a broker.

And then, that's it. The rest is automatic. No need to keep running to your computer screen to track every market blip. No need to get a ball in your throat as you watch the nightly financial news.

One of the best parts about this — other than the steady cash payouts — is the simplicity and security of doing this. Chris Mayer, who put this whole strategy together, is one of the most safety-minded analysts in my network of experts.

Simply do what he shows you in your free copy of this report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets, and the rest will take care of itself.

Yes, it's a strategy that can work for you even right now.

This may even be the best opportunity for you to do this in a long time.

The "personal bailout paycheck" strategy works in a recession too. During market volatility. And it should keep on working for you exceptionally well during a market recovery, too.

Just like it's already working for the many Americans who've discovered how this works...

Just this past spring, Richard M. collected two passive "paychecks" worth $3,314 each. He's collected many more just like them. And he'll collect more, on top of that, over the weeks and months ahead

Steve R. got paid $3,600 on April 9... collected another check for $4,200 less than a month later... and took another $3,481 two weeks after that. Without lifting a finger

Former chauffer Vern J. used to drive rich people around to make money. He just got a check recently for $7,700 — money he "earned" in his sleep

Gary C. almost died on Sept. 11. Today, not only is he doing fine, but he just received an automatic passive "paycheck" worth $25,610 — with more just like it on the way

What would you do with an extra $8,809 windfall? That's what Daniel F. got paid in the check he automatically received on June 6, 2008. He'll have gotten more just like it by the time you read this

Jeff E.'s passive "paycheck" deposits are worth an estimated $27,636 each. And he's eligible to get several of those checks sent to him automatically, each year

50-year-old Marty M. doesn't really need extra cash. But that won't stop him from banking his next passive "paycheck," for an estimated $53,331, just weeks from the day you read this letter

Ian R.'s most recent passive "payday" topped $88,719

Then there's Jeff K. His passive "paycheck" on April 8, 2008, totaled around $98,057. That's just one of many passive "paychecks" he'll collect this year.

Once you let me send you a free copy of this report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets, you'll see how simple and sensible this is.

Once you get the ball rolling on this strategy, the checks can start rolling in pretty fast. A few hundred dollars each month. Thousands of dollars. Even hundreds of thousands of dollars over a year's time, piling up in your account.

Almost regardless of the scandals and shakeouts taking place on Wall Street.

You can get started with very little, and take this to whatever level you need.

Imagine $1,500 to $2,000 extra per month... early on... with that amount growing by as much as $5,000... $8,000... $10,000 or even $15,000 extra.

Just doing what you'll find in the report.

Think of it like an extra "safety net" or think of it like a whole "lifestyle upgrade."

Either way, here's a quick glimpse at what you'll find in the free report...

Automatic "Paycheck" #1: An $838.4 Million Giveaway You Can Still
Tap This Year
This first move pays you back a fat 9% return on the value of the shares you hold in this company. That's already nearly three times what some people collect on CD accounts. And I expect it to jump over 10%, based on estimated distributions for next year.

Automatic "Paycheck" #2: Every Month, a Juicy 12.4% "Paycheck" on One of Wall Street's Safest Bets
This company has paid shareholders at least 12.25% gains automatically on the value of its shares since the company first opened its doors in March 2001. That means it's held true on its promise to take care of income first for 87 payouts in a row. With energy still hitting record highs, this could easily be a long-haul income stream for you, too.

Automatic "Paycheck" #3: The Family Business That Spews Out Billionaires
Insiders have just snapped up 392,000 of their own shares. While still paying a handsome 7% automatic return to shareholders, in the form of cash "paychecks." That's double what it doled out in 2005. And it says nothing about how much your money could grow just in the value of the shares themselves. This could be the best combined growth and income stock you'll come across anywhere. Including an April 2010 law that could double your money.

Automatic "Paycheck" #4: The Safest Double-Digit Payout In America
Right now, this doles out automatic "paychecks" worth 5.3% of anything you put in, which you can leave there untouched. But here's an extra bonus: Even as I write, this solid company has grown shareholder money by a handsome 26.3%. Tie together the payouts and the growth and you could be looking at making a safe, solid 10 — 15% per year, on this one move alone.

Automatic "Paycheck" #5: What Could Be Better Than Making a
"Tax Free" 280%...?
Anything that pays better than 10% automatically, year in and year out, is already a great return. But this one move has also beefed up its payouts by 10.4% every year for the last five years. So you could be looking for a lot more with this one move, with each "paycheck" that's deposited in your account. And the tax benefits make it all the juicier.

You can imagine, it's pretty hard to put a value on a strategy that could give you a steady, non-working income for the rest of your life. Income which, in fact, can grow over time.

I could certainly offer this by itself. It would be a bargain, at any price.

But again, it's also included in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'll send you, along with your free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD and companion book.

And then, there's one more thing...

PLUS: Around the Clock Coverage of the Only Stocks You Should Own as the Economy Crawls Out of This Hole

Just in case you've got the wrong idea, let me just say...

Long term, I'm not at all gloom and doom.

I firmly believe we'll come out of this crisis. The answers are out there. And getting them across with the help of the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'll send you can only help.

But I also believe that future will look a lot different from what you're used to today.

And that includes the way millions of Americans invest on Wall Street.

See, the stocks that dominated headlines in the recent past... the high fliers without clear road maps... the debt-loaded juggernauts who crash and burn with flare... the "cut and run" companies that take shareholder money and disappear the minute the economy turns sour...

They're finished. At least for now.

And hopefully forever.

Forget the buckaroo hedge fund managers. Forget the pump-and-dump brokers. Forget the fat cat CEOs who bailed out with their multi-million dollar "golden" parachute pensions.

In the near future and for the long-term, the companies that will pull you out of this financial quagmire... are the companies that practice the same principles of financial discipline you and I wish our government would adopt.

I'm talking, of course, about the savers and innovators, the cash-and-asset rich companies with a roadmap for profits and top management that's as committed to the shareholder as they are to the future of the company itself.

These companies aren't always easy to find.

Which is why the crown jewel I'll give you, also as part of your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," is a special, sought-after stock market research service called Capital & Crisis.

I'm including up to 12 free months of this service with your "bundle."

I don't know if you've heard of this service.

Or if you've heard of the genius who created it.

His name is Chris Mayer. And he's not your average analyst. He's no broker or Wall Street refuge either. Instead, he's a hard-nosed ex-banker and financial officer... the former vice president of one of America's oldest and prestigious lenders, Provident Bank.

This has a lot to do with why you're going to want to turn to Chris to find out which opportunities in the market are set to recover... and which are set to give up the ghost.

See, Chris is what you might call a serious "money geek."

He reads Austrian economists during breakfast. He sends me email messages, fired up about footnotes in company quarterly reports. Every year, he's one of those guys who goes out to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting (Chris owns shares).

But here's what really sets his analysis apart.

Most brokers usually have your money on the line, but not theirs. Not so for Chris. During his tenure as a banker, he managed over $200 million of the bank's own money. What's more, it was up to Chris to make the call on commercial loans to companies worth as much as $400 million and more.

You can imagine, where brokers might barely glance at a company's annual report before recommending shares to buy, Chris didn't have that luxury then. And he doesn't take it now.

I don't know of anybody who burrows deeper into the numbers... digging out hidden liabilities... delving past price-to-earnings ratios and the other standard smoke-and-mirrors stock-picking myths perpetrated by Wall Street.

His analysis is so thorough, it could make even an IRS auditor blush.

And he's always looking for the same thing: Companies that own what he calls "assets that sweat." And lots of them. That simply means, he's looking only for companies caught up in a powerful self-renewing cycle of wealth.

There's never been a great American family legacy of wealth without it.

The Rockefellers. The Carnegies. The Kennedys. Sam Walton's empire. They've all made fortunes building their businesses this way. Chris applies the same theory to building a winning portfolio.

Already, Chris has won plenty of attention with his brilliant approach. Maybe you've seen him on financial shows like Fox's "Bulls & Bears"... Forbes on Fox... and the CNBC financial reports. Or maybe you've read his book, Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets From a Former Banking Insider.

About four years ago, he got my attention too.

That's when I asked him to leave his job behind and join our team. Since then, he's lead a group of like-minded, safety and quality oriented market watchers — using what's become one of our flagship services, the monthly research advisory letter Capital & Crisis I mentioned to you earlier.

And he's done it with a steady hand... and impressive track record, cramming the pipeline with one winner after another. Take a look at these closed positions from the Capital & Crisis portfolio and see for yourself...

Leucadia National 109%
Brookfield Asset Management 115%
CNX Gas Corp. 44%
ABX Air 38%
Walter Industries 44%
AVX Corp. 12.4%
Ameriprise Financial 77%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SA 100.3%
Agrium 232%
Plum Creek Timber 28%
Goldkist 39%
Arch Capital Group 45%
Presidential Life Corp. 65%
Rosetta Resources 11.2%

Intrawest Corp. 72%
Orient-Express Hotels 109%
Companhia Paranaense 121%
Imperial Sugar Co. 145%
Catellus Development Corp. 24%
FEMSA 29%
Chiquita Brands Intl. 52%
Bandag 18.3%
Industrias Bachoco 19.75%
Questar 113%
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust 144%
Guitar Center 151%
Sovran Self Storage 155%
Popular Inc. 165%

And just listen to what some of his 47,000 subscribers are saying...

"The Best Newsletter I've Found So Far" "I just want to say that I have subscribed to quite a few investment newsletters before, and this is the best one that I have found so far. You have turned me from a trader into an investor with your investment insights. I would just like to thank you for this newsletter. Keep up the good work."
— R.D.

"Chris Has Grown My Investment by Fivefold in a Month" "You recommended a short sale of Japanese bonds through Chris Foster at Friedberg Mercantile in Toronto. I followed your recommendation, and through careful and constant attention, my small $5,000 investment has grown by over fivefold in a month... I enjoy and look forward to your monthly communiqués. Keep up the good work!"
— J. Redmond

"I Will Be a Long-Term Subscriber" "I just subscribed to Capital & Crisis this month. I've been reading through the back issues of your newsletter, and I just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with your writing style and content (and your track record too, of course). Reading through the archives is like getting a university-level education on sound investing principles. I am very much impressed with your letter and think it is very likely I will be a long-term subscriber."
— L. Prokop

"I Wish I Had Been Reading Such Thoughtful Analysis 24 Years Ago" "After spending 24 years in the investment business (and building assets under management to $350 million), your insights are probably the best I have seen. Your study of the great money managers, past and present, and your ability to succinctly distill, explain and relate their philosophies to your specific recommendations is a true talent. I only wish I had been reading such thoughtful analysis 24 years ago."
— S. Ostlund

"It's Probably the Smartest Letter I've Ever Seen" "I'm quite a new subscriber, but I must say that I really love it. It's probably the smartest letter I've ever seen, and believe me, I've seen a lot of them in more than 10 years. Congratulations for the good job."
— M. Dejolier

I'm telling you this because — especially in the markets my team and I see ahead — I want you to know you're covered, with only the best financial research at your fingertips.

Which is why I'd like to start sending you — with your permission — up to 12 months of Chris' Capital & Crisis, absolutely free. Gratis for up to a full year, along with your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle."

It's that important to me that you move ahead in these rough-and-tumble times without taking risks you don't need to take... but without sacrificing performance in the name of quality.

I know of no better way for you to do this right now than with the help of Chris Mayer and Capital & Crisis, delivered direct to your mailbox — and your email inbox, if you like — like clockwork every month.

Of course, you'll get all the same benefits his other subscribers get... including Chris' direct weekly email updates on the markets and his portfolio... plus your own password-protected access to the members-only Capital & Crisis website.

The undiscovered bargains... the rock-solid "lifetime stock" performers... the shockingly safe big growth opportunities... heavy-hitting income producers... you'll find them all in one issue and update after another...

You'll find it all in your issues.

And like I said, this subscription could be yours free for up to 12 months.

Let me know when you're ready to get started.

Just don't wait too long.

I've already given away over 11,500 copies of the DVD and companion text alone. I'd hate for the rest of the copies to run out before I hear from you.

What's more, if you act soon enough, you can receive your first work-free "paycheck" within days!

Unlike Any Offer I've Ever Made (or Will Ever Make Again)

Counting on our leaders to fix this crisis hasn't worked in the past.

It's not likely we'll be able to count on them in the future.

Unless you and I know as much as we can about how they got us here, where we are right now, and what we can demand they do about it — immediately — while there's still time.

I must hear from while I still have FREE copies of the I.O.U.S.A movie and book to give away. After that, your chance to get this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" FREE could expire forever.

As I said, it doesn't have to cost you a dime.

Simply follow the order instructions at the end of this letter. And that's all you need to do to receive your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" immediately.

It's that simple.

If you're still on the fence, then let me just put it to you this way...

Look around you to see where we are now. With their homes, most Americans are in a hole. On Wall Street, most Americans are in a hole. And in Washington, we're in a very deep hole — the deepest in history.

Trillions of dollars are already gone. Vanished. Trillions more, in future security, are now on the line. Think ill-conceived bailouts and modest rallies can bring back that sense of security you had not so long ago? Think again. We have crossed a bridge. And it has collapsed behind us.

Do you want to wait to find out where we're headed next?

Or would you rather know right now, while there's still something you can do about it... both to protect yourself and your loved ones... and maybe do something to help change the course for America.

If what you'll see in the movie I'm sending you is any indication, our destiny is still in flux. The outcome could be ugly... but it could also be miraculously positive.

And it can all depend on the step you choose to take... or not take...

Right now.

My Strictly Limited Invitation

As I said, I only have a limited number of the just-released I.O.U.S.A. DVDs that I can give away. And I've already given away 11,500 copies so far — not including the 535 copies we rushed to each member of Congress.

If the remaining supply of DVDs and companion texts runs out, you're out of luck — you'll have to wait until the movie goes up for sale to the general public on Amazon.com.

But I'm hoping that won't be the case.

I'd much rather send it to you now free of charge.

So let's just run through all this again quickly. Send for the FREE "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I've put together and...

You'll immediately go on the rush delivery list for a full copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD, the award-winning documentary that won a standing ovation at Sundance... and that lays bare the "unmentionable" crisis about to knock America off its feet. Other films like this list on Amazon.com for $26.95, but your copy of this DVD is absolutely free.

I'll also rush you the companion book to the I.O.U.S.A. movie, which comes complete with full personal interviews on the crisis — with Warren Buffett, Congressman Ron Paul, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, Steve Forbes, former Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Paul O'Neill, William Bonner, and more. This book already hit #1 on Amazon and lists for $19.95. Your copy, as part of the "bailout bundle," is also free.

You'll also immediately discover how to line up your own personal "bailout" checks, with the help of the brand new special report I'll include, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets. The simple strategy inside can help you line up as many as 78 cash paychecks over the next 24 months... plus more of these income paychecks, for as long as you need them. To put a price tag on this strategy is impossible, but your copy of the report that explains how it works is also yours completely free of charge.

Along with your package deal, you'll also get up to a full year FREE of Chris Mayer's highly acclaimed stock-market research letter Capital & Crisis. It's one of the most successful and best loved services I publish, and normally lists at $159 per year. But you'll get up to 12 issues — a full year's worth — free when you accept my invitation below.

And of course, everybody who receives Chris' Capital & Crisis letter also gets Chris' weekly portfolio updates — sent directly to your email inbox — and a private password to Chris' members-only Capital & Crisis website.

Can I just say, about Capital & Crisis, it's easily the one research letter in my stable that makes me consistently proud. And Chris' current readers definitely agree.

His reader retention rates — that's the number we look at to see how many subscribers stick around to hear more of what Chris has to say — are among the highest in the business.

This is why I normally list Chris' letter and all of these bonuses for $159 per year — a price we've already had to raise once because this special deal has already been so popular. But I believe so much in this message, I've decided to keep it simple for just a little longer.

Today, you can get up to a full year free, along with the rest of your deal.

But here's the thing. I don't just want to give away my limited I.O.U.S.A. copies or Chris' letter to anybody who isn't as serious about today's situation as I am.

So I'm asking you to make a small gesture to show you're committed.

It's simply this... as you accept your free gifts — the book, the DVD, and the special "Paycheck Portfolio" lifetime income report — simply agree to also try Chris' Capital & Crisis letter for up to two years. That's all.

If you agree to sign up for Chris' Capital & Crisis for two years, I'll throw in the second year absolutely free. That is, you'll get a full 24 issues — two years worth — while paying just $129 for everything. That's actually better than half off.

Quite a deal.

However, if you'd rather take a smaller step, that's okay too.

Just agree to sign up for Capital & Crisis one year. And again, I'll cut the new $159 per year price in half to just $79 — that's like paying only for the first six months... and then getting the second six months absolutely free.

Also a very good deal.

And of course, remember you're getting all those free months worth of "re-bound" stock research included with your free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD... plus the just-printed, 262-page I.O.U.S.A. companion book... and the special personal "bailout" cash stream strategy you'll find in your free copy of Chris' newest report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets.

All in one "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" — yours free today.

But Didn't I Say "No Catch?"

But wait... didn't I say, early in this letter, you could get everything in your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" with no strings attached?

I certainly did. And I'm going to stick to that promise.

So here's how the last and most important part of this invitation works...

If at any time whatsoever in the first 90 days of your membership you decide that Chris' 100% trial subscription isn't for you, you can cancel for a full refund of your initial subscription deal. And by 100%, I mean a full cash refund check sent directly to you... that covers every penny you originally paid to subscribe. No questions asked. And, if you decide to cancel after that initial 90 days, you will receive a full refund for all of your unsent issues.

And by the way, I don't care if you call me on this deal on the 89th day of your subscription. The refund is yours to claim, if you don't like everything I send.

And yes, you still get to keep everything. Including the DVD, the book and the special report. In case you don't want to do the math, let me just add this up for you...

Everything included in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," from the DVD (worth at least $26.95), the special companion book (lists for $19.95), the special income stream strategy report ($59), and up to a year's worth of Capital & Crisis at today's published price ($159)... adds up to just under $265.

That's $265 worth of market insight, protection, and strategy... at a time when millions of Americans need it most... and that doesn't even include the $21 in shipping charges I'm going to eat on my end, just for the book and DVD... or the costs of producing and mailing your issues and the special report, which we also cover.

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of air miles and other travel expenses we wracked up while making the film... or the cost of keeping a guy as high-level as Chris Mayer on our team.

Yet, I'm making it all available to you today... free.

No charge if you accept my invitation to join Capital & Crisis.

Like I said, however, I don't have millions of "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundles" to give away. It's a limited number of copies. And then your only alternative is to go to the web or a bookstore and pay for a copy out of your own pocket.

I've already given away over 11,500 of these free copies... I have some more left, but that supply won't last forever.

When they're gone, that's it. You're out of luck.

 

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Here's your chance to join an esteemed group of thinkers.

You can join the world's greatest contrarian investment minds…and let them help you grow your wealth despite the ongoing economic collapse.

Membership is by choice and therefore this invitation is limited.

When the San Francisco earthquake sucked insurance companies dry in 1906... and share dumping sheered nearly 9% from the Dow that next spring...

Four wealthy New York businessmen and a Boston economist decided to form a "secret" financial club that went on to include presidents and prime ministers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and billionaires.

Then there was famous economist John Maynard Keynes, who lost a bundle — nearly three-quarters of everything he owned — in the great Crash of '29.

He went on to form his own little cult of economic ideology, become a living celebrity, and went on to build personal investing wealth of nearly $30 million.

In 1947 and in the wake of World War II recovery, economic giants Friedrich von Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and Milton Friedman quietly pulled "people with money" together again... in a small mountain town near Montreaux, Switzerland.

The influential group still meets today.

And as stagflation sapped the strength of the U.S. economy in 1978, another "secret" society formed. It was strictly limited to the top 30 investors, entrepreneurs, and economists of the day.

They call themselves the "Group of Thirty" and of course, they still meet today, headed up by none other than Fed Chairman and start economist Paul Volcker.

I'm guessing already that you had no idea some of these "secret" societies even existed.

In the past, they included some of the richest and most elite money minds of a generation... not just to help members rebuild and grow their personal fortunes... but with the goal of changing the course of history.

And I have the same ambition for the "secret society" I'm about invite you to join today.

Let me explain...

Your Chance To Get Rich While Making History

What I'm about to tell you about has been almost two years in the making... and I've already invested over $532,171 to make sure this day arrived. But now it's finally ready.

Introducing a new alliance of high-end "Big Picture" thinkers. People who not only seek ways to heal the damage this market has done, but who can appreciate a much larger, more intelligent approach to figuring out exactly what's going on in the markets today.

I'd like to invite you to join this new alliance.

And here's the thing: I'd like to invite you to join free for a full year.

That's right. I'll simply waive your membership dues... and send you everything full members in this new society will receive, at no charge for a full 12 months.

You'll find out how in just a moment.

First, here's a glimpse of what you'll receive if you accept my invitation...

You'll start immediately with what I call our Parachute Portfolio Library, a double-pronged wealth protection resource centered around the only two kinds of market moves you should consider making over the next 12 to 16 months ahead

Then you'll also get a copy of my 218-page book, The Demise of the Dollar and Why It's Great For Your Investments, which you'll want to read before the inevitable greenback implosion ahead

You'll start receiving published updates every single week... plus additional members-only briefings every month... both with updates on everything in the recommended portfolio plus advanced private research on the markets, the world economy and — of course — this unfolding crisis

Plus an immediate private conference call that shares insights and answers vital questions about the evolving state of this market

Access to more of these live conference calls every single financial quarter, featuring one of the two most experienced and intelligent working economists I've met in the last nearly two decades of market research

Online and personal networking opportunities where you can interact with your fellow society members, both to exchange more market insights and to build the bonds that can be so vital to your financial survival in turbulent times like these

Access to a precious archive of nearly 18 years of research from one of the greatest financial minds of our generation — and worth nearly $6,947 — yours free

Plus, you'll also be entitled, as the newest member of our elite new wealth-protection society, to help nominate recipients of a prestigious new award in economics... as well as a memorial scholarship, dedicated to teaching the next generation to help us steer clear from these kinds of debacles in the future.

Again...

All of this — worth an estimated $9,554 — can be yours free for a full year.

But I need to hear back from you before Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

Accept by that deadline and all the above can be yours at no cost for a full 12 months. I'll simply waive a year's worth of membership dues and you'll start getting everything I just mentioned.

"On me."

I'll explain it all at the end of this letter.

Now why on earth would I want to do that?

Before you scroll down to find out, just give me a moment and I'll explain. Starting with the story of the great man who inspired this me to write this letter to you today in the first place...

The Smartest Investor You'll Never Meet

He was a friend. He was a legend.

He was also one of the smartest — and richest — investors I've ever met. In fact, he was so successful, I happen to know he twice paid cash for luxury apartments on the French Riviera.

He collected valuable antiques... drove a classic Mercedes well into his 80s... and carried an ornate silver-tipped cane with him everywhere he went. He was a character you don't forget.

When he spoke, everyone listened. He dominated every room he ever entered.

Once, in my office, he borrowed the phone... and in four minutes chattering away in German to his broker... made a trade that, by our best estimate, netted him around $8 million.

How? It was a hedge on a slide in the U.S. dollar.

"That," he said as he hung up the phone, "was for my grandchildren..."

And then we went to lunch, to talk economics over thyme-roasted chicken and bottle of French Bordeaux. Not your average day for most people. But no surprise for this gentleman.

His name was Dr. Kurt Richebächer.

You may already know his story. Or maybe you don't.

A survivor of Nazi Germany... the former chief economist of the Dresdener Bank... and so controversial, former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt once tried to silence him.

By the time we'd first met, Kurt had already advised billionaires, financial ministers, and market makers. Former Fed Chief Paul Volcker had been a big fan and personal friend. So was the late, great economist Murray Rothbard.

Bill Fleckenstein, a regular columnist for CNBC and MSN Money, regularly recommended Dr. Richebächer's research to other investors. Other gurus lined up to praise him too, including the legendary Richard Russell... plus best-selling authors Doug Casey and William Bonner...

Along with Barron's contributor James Grant... CNBC's David Tice... famous analysts Dr. Martin Weiss, Doug Noland, Dr. Marc Faber, and Michael Belkin... and a host of other market "luminaries."

During his lifetime, some had even compared Dr. Kurt Richebächer to visionary financial geniuses like John Templeton, Stephen Roach, Ben Graham, Charles Dow, Robert Prechter, and Benoit Mandelbrot.

Sadly, We Lost Kurt In 2007

Sadly, we lost Dr. Richebächer at the fiery age of 88.

But not before he managed to publicly and forcefully predict almost every detail of today's mess... before it even began to unfold... and certainly not before he'd already dedicated a lifetime — a full and fascinating 67-year career — to studying markets in a way that no green sub-40-year-old Wall Street lackey could even begin to imagine.

In the 67 years Dr. Richebächer researched and reported on markets, money, and economies, not only had he witnessed the booms of the 1980s and '90s...

But he'd also seen — and survived — the '73-74 market bust... the '87 "Black Monday" collapse... the massive S&L crisis of 1989 and '90... and the infamous junk bond blowout and early '90s recession...

Not to mention, the 1997 Asian and Russian currency collapses... Internet-mania and the Dotcom Bomb... and, of course, 9/11 and the subsequent stock market aftermath.

Kurt had been through it all. He's seen it all. And he's survived it, financially speaking, with huge personal success... even while others saw their accounts flattened.

But of course, in his monumental career, Kurt had ALSO served as analyst and living witness to the "Go-Go" fund jockey wipeout of 1969...

He had even seen and survived the world-flattening recession of 1958... and had lived in the middle of the post-war financial chaos in Europe just after WW II...

He was even around long enough to have living memory of the '29 crash itself, and the near-decade of stagnant years that followed.

I don't know about you, but I can't think of a SINGLE Wall Street analyst or grinning TV commentator that could ever produce anything even close to that kind of pedigree.

Yet there was "Dr. Kurt," as we loved to call him, not just seeing us through it all... but drawing out the details and making forecasts even about this current economic catastrophe...

Right up to when he left us, in August 2007.

A Timely Warning Only a Few Had the Sense to Follow

A few of us were lucky.

We got the chance to hear Kurt's warnings in time. We also had the chance to take steps to protect ourselves. Had you been with us, you would have had that chance too.

See, not long after Dr. Richebächer and I met in Paris that afternoon, I pushed my team to put together and send out a special report. It looked a lot like the one you're reading now. It was early 2006 and, inside that report, Dr. Richebächer repeated for our readers what he'd told me...

"I am dismayed at the low level of U.S. economic thinking. Elementary insights into economic processes that have been accepted by all schools of thought for more than 200 years are unknown, discarded or even put on their head. The facts are that you have serious structural problems that exclude any possibility of a sustained economic recovery... A profits decline, a record savings shortfall, a capital spending collapse, an unprecedented consumer borrowing and spending binge, a massive current account deficit, ravaged balance sheets and record high debt levels."

I'm sure you'll remember, that's when Americans still believed property would always go up. The Dow had just hit 11,000 too. And the Gross National Debt? It was high... but nobody then even dreamed it would rocket nearly $3 trillion higher by today.

For his readers, Kurt went on to warn that the ultimate "credit trap was about to spring shut"... and that the U.S. economy was headed for an imminent and enormous "fundamental breakdown."

Of course, that's exactly what happened.

Said the report...

"The U.S. consumer... the U.S. government... in fact, the entire U.S. economy... is living on borrowed time. The credit trap is about to snap shut. The wall holding back a tidal wave of financial pressure is about to collapse."

Could General Motors go broke, we asked in the 2006 forecast report. Could Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac survive, saddled by $4 trillion in loans to questionable borrowers?

Of course, those events sounded impossible to most people then. But Kurt warned us that it could happen more easily than anybody imagined. And he remains right about that too.

Back then, experts at the Fed talked about "positive inflation" as a tool to fight off an economic collapse. Kurt warned against it. Yet today, the Fed is actively doing it... dumping trillions into a black hole.

Kurt warned too about the insane debt leverage we were handing over to China and other foreign lenders... today, our government has ignored his warnings and we're in deeper than ever before.

Of course, Dr. Richebächer — a rich investor himself — was too much of a gentleman to reveal what he did with his own money. He wasn't just an advisor. Kurt was a serious economist with a "big picture" view no penny-ante Wall Street broker or hot-tip jockey could match. A class act.

His circle of readers and admirers were happy enough just to hear his analysis.

But knowing that he was forecasting a major economic crisis... and that Dr. Richebächer himself wouldn't be with us much longer... I arranged for Eric Fry, one of our best analysts, to travel to the Riviera (a dream assignment) and interview Dr. Richebächer in person.

Days later, Eric came back with Kurt's famous "Last Interview"... and five powerful, simple wealth-fortifying strategies were grounded on what Kurt had revealed...

In one visionary detail after another, Kurt laid out his map of the now infamous credit bust... from the deadly dangers of "zero-money-down" mortgages... and the billions that would disappear from banks and property values... to the rising risk of shameless U.S. debt and evaporating U.S. industry... and how, in Kurt's convictions, the treasured American way of life was surely on the brink of extinction.

Just as importantly, we discovered how to turn that vision into opportunity. As I'll show you, in ways that could have made a few individuals very rich.

For instance, the 46% his readers could have made in just 13 months playing Eurodollar puts... or the 96% in six weeks they could have piled up with puts on the dollar... Plus another money-doubling U.S. dollar spread in just 10 weeks not long thereafter. Then there's another 292% in three months, again with puts on the dollar... and 425% in just eight weeks on brilliant euro calls... the list could go on.

Of course, the window on those opportunities has since closed. However, Dr. Richebächer's stunning "last" forecast continues to unfold, almost to the letter of what he told Eric in that six-hour interview back in 2006.

Perhaps even more amazing, is that what he revealed offers you — even now — another chance to avert or even recover from these later stages of financial catastrophe.

How? Allow me to explain...

A Second Chance to Escape Even Today's Market Collapse

See, I'm so certain now of both the value and timing of the deeper kinds of insights Dr. Richebächer shared with his readers... that I'm writing you today with a very special invitation.

I'd like you to be a part of a brand new "wealth-protection" society we've just formed.

We call it the Richebächer Society, named after man who inspired us.

And as I said, this project is so important to me, I'm willing to waive membership for a full year, for anybody who answers my invitation by the cutoff date — Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

As a member, you'll get all $9,554 worth of benefits that I mentioned — at no charge for a full year. Like I said, I'll explain it all at the end of this letter. That includes, by the way, the full transcript of Dr. Richebächer's "Last Interview".

And of course, it also includes much more...

The Only Two Market "Bets" You Can Count on This Year

As soon as you accept my invitation, you'll also gain members-only access to the Parachute Portfolio Library I mentioned earlier. Inside, you'll find two "paired" research reports.

In the first report, The Parachute Portoflio, Volume One: Seven Super Hedges Against the Coming Market Catastrophes of 2009-2010... you'll see how even regular market followers can hedge their wealth against each of the "toxic timebomb" events ahead.

In the second report, called The Parachute Portfolio, Volume Two: The Only Five "Long" Market Moves You Need to Make This Year, you'll see how to take the strategy one step further... to where you could actually double or triple your money, even as the crisis unfolds.

This library isn't for sale.

And you'll never find it offered anywhere else.

But it's yours to download directly from the private Richebächer Society website, just as soon as you tell me you're ready to try a full year of FREE membership in the Richebächer Society.

These strategies won't take years to pay off. And you won't need to "wait" for the recovery. Just about everything you'll find inside involves a 12 to 16 month move.

Of course, NOT making these moves now could cost you much more... in lost ground and lost opportunity... which is why I urge you to let me hear your answer by the Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M. deadline.

And yes, this deadline isn't the only reason you'll want to move quickly.

See, we've been hard at work continuing the good Doctor's research. And what we've discovered, as you're about to hear, is even more troubling than the shocking forecasts Dr. Richebächer himself shared just before this mess first started to unravel.

Let me just show you the first of the three coming "toxic timebombs" we've uncovered and you can judge for yourself...

Toxic Timebomb #1: The "Recession Multiplier" That Could Double the Impact of This Downturn by 2010

Forget, for a moment, about the bankers, bailouts and bureaucrats.

And simply sink into this idea instead...

In the bedrooms and boardrooms across America, we're waking up to a very scary realization. All those big houses we bought... the cars and fancy techno gadgets... the fancy clothes and furniture... the $100 dinners and $5,000 vacations... and suddenly we're looking back and realizing... we've got so little to show for it.

Over the last three decades, we've taken one of the greatest industrial nations in history... and traded it off piece by piece. In it's place, we became the world's #1 shopping nation.

Not makers, but buyers.

Even now, consumer buying is supposed to drive more than 70% of the U.S. economy. What happens when the buyers and their credit cards just stop showing up?

Ask yourself this...

How many people born into a real bust do you know? Not like the '87 crash or even the market collapse in 1973... but on the scale of the 1930s? Over seven decades later, the survivors still rinse off used tinfoil... save string... and keep rusty nails in a jar.

Little busts don't change consumer behavior... but the big busts do.

The lesson Americans learned then, they're learning all over again today: That the law of personal and financial responsibility is as irreversible as the law of gravity. It's the egg that no bureaucrat or multi-billion dollar bailout can unscramble.

Bills piling up on the table. Expensive toys gathering dust. Calculators whirring, as the Americans who felt "rich" just over a year ago... figure out how they'll get by if their incomes disappear.

Luxury and indulgence are out.

And the classic virtues — thrift, value, prudence — are back.

In short, the hearts and minds of the American consumer have been thrown into reverse. And it's this total psychological "snap" that's a much tougher obstacle to a real recovery.

Saving is good. It's essential. But with the death of the American consumer culture, expect a force that multiplies the force of this downturn... and could very well stretch out for many, many years to come.

How so? Just take a look at Japan.

Japan's big market breakdown — and it looked a lot like this one — happened over 17 years ago. To this day, the Japanese consumer culture hasn't recovered.

Already high savings rates soared even higher... car sales plunged by half... cabbage replaced meat on Tokyo dinner tables... middle class Japanese started washing their clothes in used bathwater.

And yes, these are the Japanese with good jobs and incomes.

Working as though they could lose those paychecks again at any time.

What happens if the same level of consumer breakdown grips the U.S.? The news nobody in Washington or on Wall Street wants to own up to... is that it already has.

The Big "Buyer Breakdown" Already Underway

See, a recession where credit is tight is one thing. But a recession where consumers stop buying, that's a much bigger deal. And much harder to turn around.

Yet, that's exactly where we are right now.

Take private consumer debt. Whipping out the credit card was as natural as breathing for a lot of Americans, up until as recently as a year ago. Yet, with houses and stocks down... and that "wealthy" feeling gone... soaring household debt has just hit a concrete ceiling.

Right now, total private consumer debt is nearly $2.5 trillion.

Nobody worried much when they felt rich.

But they're worried now. That's why the U.S. savings rate, once actually negative, has completely turned around. Instead of shopping, Americans are saving. Just in the last year, they socked away $545.5 billion — the biggest level since tracking started in 1959.

Like I said, savings are great in many ways. But when you've got a country that's 70% dependent on people going out to spend, spend, spend... it can spell even greater catastrophe. Just like they've seen for more than 17 years now in Japan.

But a lot closer to home...

On New York's Madison Avenue, shops that used to sell $2,390 bed sheets and $2,400 handbags have packed up and slapped "For Rent" signs in their windows...

Penny-pincher clubs are back. And coupon-clipping sites are getting some of the highest traffic on the Web. Discount sales and all-you-can-eat buffets have lines going out the door

Last holiday season was the slowest in four decades. Meanwhile, luxury products are "out," showing off how budget-wise you are is back "in"

Big "box" stores continue to close at record rates too, while department store sales are down as much as 24%. The Gap? Sales are down 23%. Other clothing chains are down 22%

What's more, U.S. cars sell slower than in 1982. For the first time in history, China sells more cars that we do. Keep in mind, about 20% of all the retail in the U.S. comes from car sales

Planes can't sell seats in business or first class either. Not to mention a 20% drop in airline freight shipping. Meanwhile, train and truck shippers are in absolute freefall

Even FedEx and UPS — slammed by the double-whammy of crashing buyer demand and no-shipment digital book, document, and movie delivery — have seen overnight shipping profits vaporize.

Consider... total U.S. retail sales have rolled back to levels we haven't seen since 2005. Can you imagine if every single retail shop opened in the last three years... going dark?

It's already that bad.

Here's how the consumer-collapse is about to get a lot worse...

From Bad to Worse: Vanishing Jobs and Disappearing Paychecks

Since the start of the downturn in December 27, we're already out 4.4 million jobs.

How much deeper could this go?

Well, today's crash is already bigger dollar-wise than anything that we lost in 1974. And even back then, 1% of U.S. jobs disappeared. Do that today and you're talking about a total 13.2 million Americans out of work.

That's 13 million people not buying cars or new houses... 13 million cutting back on groceries... 13 million not buying flat screen TVs or going to strip malls... in fact, it's the same number of Americans who lost their jobs during the 1930s.

You've seen pictures.

The jobs that disappeared were the "multiplier effect" that turned a stock market bust until a decade-long downturn. Today's record setting job losses could do the same.

With over 650,000 disappearing in each of the first couple months alone... we're on pace to lose a total of 7.8 million jobs just this year.

Boomers cancelling retirement... middle-aged workers swarming college job fairs... at one Ohio high school, over 700 people showed up for a janitorial job... these aren't people set to dive back into impulse shopping anytime soon.

In your members-only Parachute Portfolio Library, I'll show you the two best ways to protect yourself and your money from the complete "consumer collapse" ahead.

But first, let me show you another atomic "multiplier effect" ahead that makes a 2009 or even 2010 recovery unlikely for America's consumer-driven economy...

From Bad to Worse, Part Two: The Second Surprise Mortgage Bust Ahead

When "subprime" blew up in the faces of bankers, brokers, and derivative traders... it lit a powder keg under the whole global financial system... and sparked every bit of the catastrophe you and I have seen so far.

What would happen if a whole new wave of toxic loans were to slam into bank balance sheets? We could see just as many or more billion-dollar writedowns... and more stock market pain ahead.

You can see that subprime "resets" — when some loan payments doubled and defaults soared — have started to wind down. And that's good. But there's a whole new wave of bad loan "resets" just now starting to hit.

These are the so-called "option ARM" or "Alt-A" loans.

These were the fancy mortgages snapped up by middle Americans... to buy homes nobody imagined would be worth a fraction of their selling price, just two years later.

Just like subprime, these loan contracts also carry a "reset" risk in the fine print, when already high monthly mortgage payments could as much as double — right at the height of the second biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression.

Millions more consumers will freeze up as their finances go over the cliff... more bank losses will drag down even more so-called "blue chip" retirement portfolios... and the impact of the consumer bust I've told you about will get "multiplied" yet again.

Millions more Americans could lose everything.

But that doesn't have to happen to you...

The Two Simple Moves That Could Protect You

If there's a silver lining to the next round of meltdowns ahead, it's the strategy you can use not only to protect yourself... but to actually grow your money faster as this unravels.

The first move is a classic hedge play against the next domino to fall. Almost every American stock and sector driven by consumers — from construction to retail — has already taken a fat hit.

But few realize how far this next sector is about to fall. In the Parachute Portfolio Library, you'll see why... but you'll also see how to play it on the downside as a kind of "insurance" against the coming collapse.

You'll also find a second report in the Parachute Portfolio Library that names a "way out" and even a "way up" from all the chaos — in the handful of opportunities bound by demographic destiny to still go up over the years ahead.

I can't go into the full details here. That's reserved for Richebächer Society members only. But accept my special "full-year-free" invitation and you'll find everything you need in your Parachute Portfolio Library reports.

And of course, you'll also get the society's weekly portfolio updates... our monthly members-only briefings... and a lot more... yours free for a full year, provided I hear back from you before Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M. Why then? You'll find out in just a moment, along with exactly how to get started.

Personally, I believe this could be the most valuable decision you make this year.

And it couldn't come at a more critical time...

Toxic Timebomb #2: Asian Ghost Towns and the "Chinese Miracle" Meltdown

With American consumers in hiding, can China's economy survive?

Beijing wants you to think so.

So do a lot of our own Wall Street "experts."

It's China, they say, who will lead us out of this mess.

But we're not buying it.

Get ready as the world's next industrial ghost towns — the next Detroit —turn up not in America, but in the Chinese provinces of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, or Dongguan.

Over 15,000 factories in those areas alone have already shut down... with more slated to close. And it's an epidemic that's happening everywhere.

Remember the lead paint scare?

Since then, half of China's toy factories have shut down. In fact, at least 67,000 factories overall closed in the last six months of 2008. With another 60,000 factories in the Wen Zhou Province alone about to shut down.

As many as 27 million Chinese are already out of work — with 20 million of them streaming out of the cities and back to the abandoned farms of the Chinese countryside.

What's going on?

It's simple. China needs exports.

Yet, with the West choking on debt... America bleeding jobs... and the financial markets still in the "third or fourth inning" of history's biggest mortgage meltdown...

The Chinese miracle has all but ground to a halt.

China's Secret "Stealth" Depression

You wouldn't know any of this if you take the "party line" coming out of Beijing. They still claim growth as big as 8% for 2009. But the facts on the ground tell a different story...

According to Merrill Lynch, China's economy didn't grow at all in the last quarter of 2008. And it's still contracting fast, ever since the start of this year

Of course, official Chinese growth last year topped 9%. But if you did the math the way we do in the U.S. and they do in Europe, the real growth rate — for the last three months of 2008 — was zero

Keep in mind that China needs at least 9% growth to soak up the 24 million new Chinese workers who come of age each year — something even the Chinese Premier doesn't like to mention.

Even Chinese analysts will tell you their homeland is already deep into recession.

Says expat Prof. Tian Xie of Drexel University, China's elaborate campaign to falsify GDP numbers "is all part of a sophisticated strategy to cheat the world."
But they can't keep up the deception much longer...

In one huge textile factory — as big as 31 football fields and with 4,000 workers — the owner racked up $200 million in debts. Afraid to tell Beijing, he burned his records and fled the country

Officially, nobody's protesting about losing their jobs or going broke. Unofficially, dozens of riots have broken out in front of closed Chinese factories

1,000 schoolteachers clashed with police over wages in early January. Hundreds of workers swarmed a city government building in Foshan, demanding back pay

In Northern China, a TV journalist covered a story about a hostile labor takeover in a textile mill. Local authorities immediately punished him and pulled the story

Creditors showed up to seize equipment from deadbeat borrowers at a factory in southern China. Police broke up a dozen riots in the aftermath, all of which they hid from the newspapers.

Padded revenue reports... fake production numbers... overstated employment... keeping a double set of books in China isn't just common, it's too often considered "good business."

In the days of emperors, Chinese generals lied about battle kills... to keep from losing their own heads. In the days of Mao, farmers lied about crop results... even as 20 million Chinese starve to death.

Today, local bureaucrats fudge the books to get ahead in the Party... and the top dogs in Beijing lie to hang onto foreign investors.

Meanwhile, northeast China — home to 110 million people — looks more like rusted-out Detroit by the day... only it's a bigger rustbelt, by a factor of ten.

You've also got under-regulated Chinese banks hiding as much as $500 billion in bad debts — China's own "subprime" loans to small businesses and Asian property speculators...

Plus, you've got a $40 billion tab left over from the Beijing Olympics... and a $140 billion tab for rebuilding Sichuan after their 2008 earthquake…

How Long Can China Hide the Truth?

Here's the bottom line:

China — with 80 different car makers to bail out... tens of thousands of huge socialist-era factories... and 100s of millions of workers to support — has a big problem.

Much bigger than they're letting on.

And it's not just China about to take an even bigger hit.

Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam. Thailand. Malaysia. And Indonesia... just to name a few, all soared thanks to the China boom. Now they're going bust in kind.

Korean production alone is already down 14%. Japan is off 20%. Taiwan's exports have dropped 28.5%. Singapore is already deep into recession. Thailand's decayed into political crisis.

Until U.S. and European consumers come out of their shells, the new Asian meltdown doesn't end any time soon. But that doesn't mean there's nothing you can do. In fact, taking the opposite position could be the quickest way to protect yourself...

How to Turn the New Asian Meltdown Into Triple-Digit Safe Haven Gains Instead

While Shanghai stocks haven't yet collapsed anything close to what we're seeing on this side of the ocean... it won't be long before they catch up.

Before that happens, you could use the move you'll find in one of Parachute Portfolio Library reports to lock in as much as triple-digits gains... that could soar as the dragon-driven markets fall apart.

The move is a downside play on a single stock... that acts as a near-perfect proxy for the entire Chinese manufacturing market. It's down already. But has much more room to fall.

Play it the way you'll discover in your members-only report, and you could see a substantial gain as the Asian markets unwind even further than they already have.

As you'll read in the Parachute Portfolio Library, this is a "set and forget" move... and doesn't take more than five-minutes for you to set up.

At the same time, you'll find a second perfect move in your Parachute Portfolio Library that reveals a surprise currency gain you could make... as panicking Asian governments raise to save sagging exports with a radical new unraveling of their own currencies.

Remember the '97 Asian Currency contagion?

That sell-off sheered 35-40% from Asian indexes, sent oil prices plunging to $8, and forced a $4.6 billion collapse over at Long Term Capital Management.

Most market players took a battering.

Had you been on the right side of that move, you could have made a fortune. And this opportunity you'll find in the Parachute Portfolio Library shows you how to do it this time around.

I'll send you this private library of reports at no charge, included with your full free year of membership in our new elite Richebächer Society.

Again, this full free year of membership I'm offering you includes not just this library of special reports... but a total of at least $9,554 in additional benefits.

And it's yours if I hear back from you by Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

A Total of $9,554 in Benefits The Moment You Decide to Join

Of course, none of what you're discovering right now would be possible... if Dr. Richebächer himself hadn't spent 67 years studying economics and markets... not to mention, had he not spent the last nearly eighteen years of his life sharing that research with people like me and you.

That's why I sincerely hope you'll accept my invitation.

Who are we exactly?

We're not just a handful of stock market hopefuls and armchair prophets. In the circle of Richebächer fans and followers, you'll find some of the world's richest, most educated and successful members...

Entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, high-ranked advisors, international speakers, working economists and academics... all sharing their insights and their secrets.

As I said, some of the greatest minds in financial history paid close attention to Dr. Richebächer during his lifetime. With the help of his generous family, we've even assembled a complete archive of all 18 years of Dr. Richebächer's research.

And that complete and searchable resource is also yours, as part of Richebächer Society membership. This alone is worth a considerable figure.

And it's yours to tap as often as you like.

Just take a look at some of the uncanny calls Dr. Richebächer made, which you can find captured in this enormous and impressive body of work...

In September 1996, Dr. Richebächer warned that the Asian Tigers "were teetering on the edge of a cliff." And in March 1997, he alerted his readers these countries were about to face "tremendous currency turmoil"

Sure enough, by July 1997 those currencies fell like dominoes... and French national newspaper Le Figaro began calling Dr. Richebächer "the man who predicted the Asian crisis"

In July 1998 Dr. Richebächer saw debt spiraling out of control in Brazil. The country's currency was in serious jeopardy. He warned his readers about the coming market shock

By early 1999, the Brazilian real crashed to the ground. Anyone who heeded the warning had the chance to get out of Brazil's stock market... and escape the catastrophe

In January 2000, Dr. Richebächer warned frenzied investors that the days of dotcom stocks' days were numbered. "Next Christmas," he wrote "very many of them will no longer be around"

Sure enough, the Internet bubble popped in March 2000 and over the months that followed, tech companies declared bankruptcy in droves. By the end of that year, $8 trillion of investors' wealth had already disappeared

In November 2006, while millions of Americans still believed in high property values, Dr. Richebächer wrote, "The housing bubble... has barely started. Wealth effects have disappeared and with falling house prices will soon turn substantially negative." And he went on to warn of the great deleveraging that a bust in huge, hidden derivative markets would bring

I don't have to tell you that he was right again. As the bubble popped and loan-backed derivatives crushed Wall Street and choked off credit, consumer confidence — and spending — slammed into a wall. The downturn he'd called started right on schedule.

As an honored Richebächer Society member, you'll have unlimited access to the entire searchable archive. Included with your full free year of membership.

Not only will you see how Dr. Richebächer helped enlightened the market elite about the increasingly insane cycle of credit-fueled asset bubbles... but also how one could have easily used those same insights to save and even grow countless fortunes.

Including the 46% his readers could have made in just 13 months playing Eurodollar puts... or the 96% in six weeks they could have piled up with puts on the dollar...

Plus another money-doubling move using a U.S. dollar spread over a 10 week span... and 292% in three months, again with dollar puts... along with 425% in just eight weeks on euro calls...

This list could go on.

And so can Dr. Richebächer's legacy.

Which is why I hope you'll accept my invitation today, while there's still time to get a full year of membership — including at least $9,554 in member benefits — absolutely free.

See the end of this letter for full details.

But be sure you do so before time runs out — in more ways than one!

Toxic Timebomb #3: America's "Minsky Moment" And the Coming Dollar Collapse

What's a "Minsky Moment?"

It's what America can't avoid, now that both our own consumer-powered economy and China's fabled growth "miracle" have so clearly hit the skids.

See... when times are good, said great American economist Hyman Minsky, it's easy to take on big risks. That includes big debts. But pretty soon, the risks get bigger than the reward... the bills come due... and you have to start dumping assets just to cover your tail.

That's the big secret behind today's endless cycle of booms and busts.

It's what's already happened to real estate. It's what's happened with the big selloff in stocks. And now it's what will happen to the U.S. dollar... and the idea of America itself.

The Giant Pin About to "Pop" the American Bubble

The U.S. dollar has been the world's "go to" currency for decades, backed by faith in the U.S. economy. But if you get paid in dollars or save in dollars, you have to ask yourself...

How much longer can that last?

With just shy of $11 trillion in debt already piled up... another $8.5 trillion already committed to the bailouts... and $3.6 trillion more in new spending on the table...

Not much longer. Think about it.

How much faith would you put in an I.O.U. from a friend with shrinking job prospects, a sky-high credit card bill, a chronic gambling problem, nervous creditors, and a bad habit of lying about the balance of his bank account?

Even Obama admits this can't go on forever.

He recently told 60 Minutes, "If we don't get a handle on this and also start looking at our long-term deficit projections, at a certain point people will stop buying those Treasury bills."

You'd better believe it.

China alone backs U.S. spending with dollar reserves worth nearly $2 trillion. These are the loans we use to fund our bailouts and more. What happens when those loans no longer look like a good deal?

With China slipping into crisis mode, that day could come a lot sooner than you might think. Already, China's prime minister Wen Jiabao says he's "worried." And both China and Russia have already called for a new world reserve currency.

All it would take is a shift of opinion...

And the dollar could go into freefall overnight!

In fact, no matter what our overseas lenders say in public... privately they've already started slinking toward the exits. Three times in the last four months of 2008, they dumped U.S. long term securities. Not just the Chinese, but Japan, India, the Saudis, and Europe... just to name a few.

When even your dollar savings aren't safe, what should you do?

A Much Better "Exit" Strategy: Dollar Super-Hedges That Go Beyond Gold

Both the reports you'll find inside your members only Parachute Portfolio Library...

Including The Parachute Portoflio, Volume One: Seven Super Hedges Against the Coming Market Catastrophes of 2009-2010...

And The Parachute Portfolio, Volume Two: The Only Five "Long" Market Moves You Need to Make This Year...

Will show you not just how to escape the dollar collapse with savings intact, but also how to turn the situation around to actually make gains. Even as the Fed liquidates the wealth of anybody holding greenbacks outright.

As a new member of the Richebächer Society, you'll also get a free copy of my own 218-page book, The Demise of the Dollar and Why It's Great for Your Investments.

Inside you'll read more about the actions that have made this dollar unraveling so inevitable. You'll also read some very real and forward looking solutions.

Naturally, one of the options you'll read more about is gold.

Consider that right now, just 1.1% of China's "other" foreign currency reserves are in gold... compared to nearly 80% gold in our foreign currency reserves here in the U.S.

China would need to seize three-quarters of the world's total gold production for an entire year, just to match our same GDP-to-Gold ratio. Impossible?

They're talking about it. Hou Huimin, vice chair of the China Gold Association says, "China should have at least several thousand tons of gold in its reserves, five to six times the officially announced 600 tons."

Even if China switched over to 3% gold reserves, that would send the bullion price through the skylights. But just holding physical gold isn't your only option.

In your copy of the full Parachute Portfolio Library — including my published 218-page book, The Demise of the Dollar and Why It's Great for Your Investments — you'll find at least seven more protective and wealth growing moves you can make.

I just hope I can hear back from you soon.

The Only Financial "Playbook" Worth Following During 2009-2010

Look, here's the bottom line.

I know you can easily find "experts" out there with two-bit explanations of what's going on. I know you're already swarmed by headlines and financial shows, newsletters, magazines and more.

Every one of them with something to say. With some who are right on the money and others who haven't a clue. But the brand new Richebächer Society isn't any of that.

The idea behind our alliance is much more simple...

See, we don't plan to wait for someone else to "fix" this mess. We don't plan to sit by and watch it ravage our wealth, either. We're not "hot stock" day traders. We're not looking for tin-pan insights or cheap thrills.

Instead I've organized what could be the best team of analysts in the business — lead by a real economist with 26 years of top analysis experience — to take a whole new kind of look at what's really going on.

This is not insight for timid men.

It's full and it's direct. It's advanced. And it's serious.

Most of all, what you'll have exclusive access to as a member of the new Richebächer Society is what could be the only thinking out there clear enough to help you both sidestep the damage and turn even the worst of these events into real and sustainable opportunity.

Look, Dr. Richebächer wasn't just someone I published for years. He was also a close personal friend. He met my wife. He met my children. We even spent time working together, side by side, on the book he was writing just before he passed away.

So launching this society isn't just another "project" for me.

It's a personal mission. One I take very seriously.

I've written two New York Times #1 bestsellers... I've made an award-winning theatre release documentary... I've even interviewed Warren Buffett, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan and Steve Forbes in person and one-on-one... yet I still consider this invitation I'm offering you today one of the most important moves of my entire 16 year career in financial research.

I hope you'll take it just as seriously.

In fact, I'm already confident you do.

Which is why I hope to hear back from you about this special inaugural invitation as soon as possible, preferably before the Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M. deadline. Again, if I hear from you by that crucial date... all of this can be yours free for a full year.

Here's how this works...

Join the Ranks of the World's Elite by Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.... and I'll Waive All Your Dues for an Entire Year

On Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M., we're going to broadcast a very special interview with Dr. Richebächer's natural successor and the editor of our new Richebächer Society, economist Robert Parenteau.

Rob was the chief U.S. economist and investment strategist for RCM, one of the investment management firms of Allianz Global Investors. And has over 20 years experience guiding global asset allocation, sector research, and equity selection for that same firm's top portfolio managers.

Rob has also founded and runs his own market analysis firm, rooted deeply in the same kind of disciplined macroeconomics Dr. Richebächer subscribed to in his lifetime.

In his members-only April 21 interview, he's going to tell you exactly how to read these three "toxic timebomb" events we talked about. He'll also walk you through the entire strategy you'll find in the Parachute Portfolio Library I'll send.

In fact, I've arranged for you to receive the full library on the same date of the interview, so Rob can explain it all with the full grounding of his considerable expertise.

If I hear from you before the date of this members-only broadcast, you'll receive a full year of membership in our brand new Richebächer Society, absolutely free.

As publisher and founder, I'll simply waive your dues for one year.

Is there a "catch?" Of course, but it's one I don't think you'll mind much at all.

Because, you see, there's much more to your membership in the Richebächer Society than just the library of reports, the 218-page book we talked about, and Rob's special interview...

Let's Run Through Everything You'll Receive One More Time

Once you accept my "full year free" special invitation, here's what you'll get...

1) First, You'll Immediately Receive the Complete "Parachute Portfolio Library"...

The most urgent thing I can do for you, the moment you tell me you're ready to join, is to rush you the complete Parachute Portfolio Library we talked about.

This is the set of two straight-talking special research reports that reveal exactly how to hedge yourself against the remainder of this crisis... and how to find the handful of recommendations you actually can still count on, even during the rest of the turbulence ahead.

Here's what you'll find inside the Parachute Portfolio Library...

The Parachute Portoflio, Volume One: Seven Super Hedges Against the Coming Market Catastrophes of 2009-2010 — This is your definitive guide to the seven most toxic economic trends of 2009-2010 and how to hedge yourself and your wealth against them.

The Parachute Portfolio, Volume Two: The Only Five "Long" Market Moves You Need to Make This Year — In a time of almost evaporated opportunity, these five market plays could be the only five safe enough for you to make over the next 12 to 24 months ahead.

The moment you join us, I'll even send you a private password and a web link where you can download these reports.

Your two-volume Parachute Portfolio Library is conservatively worth $98. But both reports in the library are yours free, just as soon as you accept my invitation to join.

And of course, there's more...

2) Next You'll Get a FREE 218-page Copy of My Popular and Newly Updated Book, "The Demise of the Dollar and Why It's Great For Your Investments"

With a wall of bailout reserves backing up in the vaults of stingy banks... and U.S. consumers too terrified right now to spend... we're watching prices fall in most big assets, not take off.

Yet gold is creeping upward. Why? And what's the truth about gold and the role it could play in protecting your wealth from the rest of this crisis? Many experts are getting it wrong.

This book not only sets the record straight, it also outlines a total of seven ways to protect and grow your wealth — not just in spite of a coming U.S. currency collapse, but as a direct result.

This book debuted on Amazon.com at $20.

But I've made a special arrangement to get you a complimentary copy, as one of the gifts you're entitled to as a charter Richebächer Society subscriber.

3) You'll Immediately Start Getting Weekly Portfolio Updates:

Rob Parenteau has agreed to email you targeted updates every week on everything vital that's happening with the "parachute plays" outlined in your member library... with the economy... or with the other opportunities you'll discover as a Richebächer Society subscriber.

Given that Rob is not just an economist with 24 years of experience as a global investment manager... but also the senior proprietor and sole founder of a macro-strategy investment firm... that's an enormous "members-only" advantage right there.

And worth a fortune, all by itself.

Easily, a research service like that is worth at least $549 per year. However, you'll get Rob's weekly briefings free for a full year, along with everything else, when you accept my special Richebächer Society invitation.

4) You'll Also Start Getting Our Elite Monthly Bulletins:

For nearly two decades, the Richebächer Letter has been a trusted "insider's" resource to some of the world's most intelligent and advanced investors and market commentators in the world.

With Dr. Richebächer gone, we had to withhold the letter until we could find someone as skilled at stripping away the mainstream fluff... and as brilliant at unearthing and revealing the kinds of powerful, one-of-a-kind insights the good doctor himself used to produce.

But with economist Robert Parenteau guiding the Richebächer Society, we finally have someone who help the great tradition of the Richebächer Letter continue, bringing fresh new and in-depth analysis to our small circle of elite readership, every month without fail.

I know of no resource like it.

When Dr. Richebächer was at the helm, the letter itself cost members $497 per year. But it's yours right now, as the cornerstone of my invitation, free for an entire year... the moment you accept membership in the newly formed Richebächer Society. I'll explain how in a moment.

But first, there's still more...

5) You'll Also Have Unlimited Access to The Society's New "Blog & Daily Dialogue" Forum:

Dr. Richebächer pounded out his first issues and analysis on a typewriter. Today, we have access to technology the good Doctor never imagined.

Who could guess, for instance, what he would say as we launch our entirely new members-only "Blog & Daily Dialogue" forum.

This is your online space where Richebächer Society members can read new market insights and launch into exchanges with other Society members.

Frankly, this is too new for me to know how to value it. But it's clearly worth at least $49. However, it's yours as a member. Use it as often as you like, whenever you like.

Free for an entire year, as long as I hear back from you by the Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M. deadline.

What's more...

6) Every Quarter, You're Invited to the Private Society Conference Call

Each financial quarter, we'll gather on a member's only conference call.

You can participate from anywhere. And you can listen live as Rob and other financial experts dissect what's happening now — and next — across the markets and the world economy.

If the timing isn't convenient, you'll have the option of listening online or downloading an audio recording. You'll also get the chance to download and print out the full transcript.

A ticket for this kind of session with a top financial analyst and seasoned economist — live — would be worth at least $249 for even just a single call. As a member, you'll get four of these members-only conference calls per year, for a total value of $996.

And it's also included with your Richebächer Society membership.

Just in case you're keeping tabs, that's already $2,109 in value. However, you can have all this free for a full year just by accepting my invitation by Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

And there's still more...

7) You'll Also Get Dr. Richebächer's Famous "Last Interview"

Every member will immediately receive a full transcript of Dr. Richebächer's now-famous "Last Interview" with investing expert Eric Fry, recorded live at Kurt's home on the French Riviera.

You'll read as Kurt exposes one prescient forecast after another about the financial crises... which at the time, had yet to unravel. From his call about the peak in real estate... to the impending implosion of credit markets and the Wall Street catastrophe... and quite a bit more.

What's especially shocking, though, is how much more we're in for if Kurt's already stunning forecasts continue to prove true. You'll see what I mean when you read the full interview.

This full, uncensored transcript is easily worth $149.

But you can download your copy immediately, free with the rest of your Richebächer Society materials, just as soon as you agree to sign on.

Plus...

8) You'll Get the "First Interview" With Economist Rob Parenteau

When we lost Dr. Richebächer at age 88, we knew immediately that we couldn't rush the search for a spiritual torch-bearer and natural successor to his legacy.

Economist Robert Parenteau more than fills those shoes.

You'll see why when you dig into the printed and audio "first interview" with Rob that's also included once you sign on to try the Richebächer Society.

Even now, Rob sees even greater debt-driven dangers lurking on our horizon. The good news is that, he also has a very simple strategy that he can share with you, including things you can do now — immediately — to prepare.

Few are willing or able to share these details. But Rob will reveal all.

We're making this broadcast available on Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M. — worth at least $149 — available free to Richebächer Society members only. You'll want to make sure I hear from you by that deadline.

9) You'll Also Receive a "Virtual Key" to $6,947 Worth of Richebächer Research

Your membership also includes a "virtual key" to the final seventeen and a half years of Dr. Richebächer's personal market research and analysis. It's all there, available in a fully searchable online archive.

This is like having your own veritable Encyclopedia of Modern Markets and Economics.

In my opinion, this is a priceless resource.

But if I had to put a monetary value on it, the most natural thing to figure out what others would have paid to gain access to Dr. Richebächer's brilliant research over that same period — a total of $6,947.50, at standard subscription rates.

You'll pay nothing of the sort. The entire seventeen-and-a-half year archive is yours to use as often as you like — including free access for a full year — as long as I hear back from you about your Richebächer Society invitation by Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

There's still more...

10) You're Immediately Invited to All Private Richebächer Society Gatherings

Every year, we host one of the largest and best-known financial conferences, the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver. For the first time this year, we'll be hosting a special private event at the same conference, exclusively for Richebächer Society members.

We'll sip fine wines, mingle, and then listen to a private briefing from an invited guest speaker. As a member of the Society, you're automatically invited to this private event. And if you can't get to Vancouver this year, you can watch the speaker's presentation on the private Richebächer Society website.

This private event could easily be a $100 per person. However, as a member, you and a friend are both automatically entitled to attend these side events at no additional charge.

11) You'll Play an Official Role in Awarding the Annual Richebächer Scholarship Prize

One of the greatest missions of Dr. Richebächer's 42-year career — and one of his great concerns in life — was that the study of macroeconomics was all but dead in today's colleges and universities.

That's why I'm proud to announce that the official Richebächer Economics Scholarship, to be awarded to a student with excellence or promise in the study of macroeconomics.

This crisis, these half-baked bailouts, they largely result from a widespread lack of understanding of basic economics. You'll have your chance, as a Society subscriber, to vote on candidates learning how to change that by the pursuit of excellence in economics studies.

12) You'll Help Nominate the Next Recipient of the Prestigious Richebächer Award

In the past, I've sat for long one-on-one interviews with two former Federal Reserve chairman... two former White House Treasury Secretaries... the world's richest investors... and more.

I've also appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, and more, to talk about some of the very same issues you and I discussed here today. That kind of exposure gives me access to some of the top minds in markets and economics today.

It's also going to give us, as members of the Richebächer Society, a special opportunity to reward those who continue the work Kurt Richebächer dedicated himself to during his lifetime.

And as a member, you'll have a chance to be part of that.

Each year, we'll select a recipient for the honorary Richebächer Memorial Award for Excellence. Anybody distinguished in the fields of economics or financial research could be a candidate. And when the time comes, you'll have a spot on the member "board" that helps us make our decision.

That's $9,554 in Member Benefits...Yours FREE for an Entire Year

Naturally, the Richebächer Society is for elite members... individuals who are ready and able to grasp advanced insights and who understand the value of "Big Picture" thinking.

Which is precisely why I've chosen to write to you today.

It's also why my team has so carefully put together this package of new member benefits — worth at least $9,554 total — to help assist and inform you immediately, should you decide to join.

And as I've said, you can have all $9,554 of these benefits free for a full year... as long as I hear from you by our reservation deadline on Tuesday, April 21 at 5 P.M.

What I'm offering you couldn't be clearer.

Except to say this...

Please be sure you understand, this is for men and women who can appreciate the higher quality of service and analysis the Richebächer Society intends to offer. Like Dr. Richebächer, our chief analyst Robert Parenteau is a published and working economist.

Not only has Rob been a chartered financial analyst for nearly 19 years... he's also a macroeconomics Research Associate and lecturer at the prestigious Levy Economics Institute of Bard College... and a scholar in the works of economist Hyman P. Minsky.

So if you're looking for day trades or watered-down, feel-good market research... the society's inner circle might not be for you. On the other hand, the members I do hope to attract are the kind that mirror the individuals Kurt himself worked with during his lifetime...

Billionaire investors stock market dignitaries. Best-selling financial authors. International journalists. Ivy League academics. Successful businessmen.

And you, if you'll have us.

Of course, creating an elite circle of like-minded thinkers like this has challenges.

And costs.

From hiring Robert and his team to hosting the archives... sending out the monthly briefings and weekly alerts... creating the conference calls and the transcripts... arranging society functions... it all adds up.

So here's what we're going to do...

I'll stand by my promise to offer you Richebächer Society charter membership, free for an entire year... if you agree to cover the dues for a second year. It's that simple.

In other words, sign up for one year of membership in the Richebächer Society — including nearly $10,000 of member benefits, for the low cost of $497 per year — and you'll get an entire second year of membership absolutely free.

You'll get double the membership at half the cost.

That works out to just $4.78 per week — less than you'd shell out for a single financial magazine or a handful of leading business newspapers.

That's truly an impressive deal.

And if even that isn't enough, here's one more thing...

Your 60-Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Simply fill out the charter membership invitation that follows this letter.

Your Richebächer Society benefits will start arriving immediately. Look over our research. Start using the insights to safeguard your wealth. Review Rob's recommendations for how to multiply gains, even over the duration of this world-shaking financial crisis.

You've got a full two months — 60 days — to decide for yourself if everything I've said about the new Richebächer Society lives up to the deal. If I'm wrong or if it just turns out — for any reason — this isn't your cup of tea, shoot me an email or call the member's hotline. I'll send you a full refund, even if it's the last day of your trial period.

Of course, you'll still get to keep the free Parachute Portfolio Library, your copy of the interview transcripts with Dr. Richebächer and Rob Parenteau, the 218-page copy of The Demise of the Dollar and Why It's Great For Your Investments, and all the issues and briefings you've already received.

No questions asked.

No Matter What, You'll Have Nothing to Lose

You risk nothing.

For an experience inside of a community unlike any other.

Still trying to decide?

If you're the kind of person who worries about bond investments... if you have substantial wealth that's impacted by inflation or currency swings... or if you own real estate, either private or commercial, worth quite a bit of money... then you're the kind of world-class individual who belongs inside this inner circle.

If you're heading up your own growing business empire... if you're the kind of person who understands the worth of offshore bank accounts... overseas investments... or the simple unvarnished truth about markets, wealth and the economy... then this is for you.

Even if you're simply as morally offended as I am by the tsunami of debt and reckless spending that's taken hold with American consumers... and worse, our own government... and the shameful multi-billion dollar handouts they've doled out almost unrestricted to the banks and financiers...

I assure you, this special invitation is for you.

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