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Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Get Filthy Rich

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10 Reasons Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Get Wealthy

Continuation from Friday…...Getting rich is not easy. Yet, the time to get rich has never been more perfect.

When I was growing up in the Soviet Union it was nearly impossible to get rich. Not by any Western standards and not by a long shot. It didn’t matter if you were highly educated or not, you were making the same amount of money as the person next to you. By law. For instance, my mother who was a Principal at a large music school and a drunken construction worker were making the same amount of money. Around 150 Rubles per month.  At that time and as a society, all opportunities were taken away from us. None of us had a future.

Today, for those of us who live in the Western world, the situation is quite different.  We are lucky enough to have the freedom to do anything and/or to be anyone.  Outside of our own imagination, there are literally no limits to what we can become. Still, for most of us, getting rich is nothing more than a pipe dream.

It shouldn’t be. Here are the 10 reasons as to why now is the perfect time to get wealthy.

Reason #1: No Barriers

Throughout much of the human history people were mostly kept in their socioeconomic class. Only a few lucky souls were able to do the impossible and get rich. Most often it was the adventurer or the explorer, the religions leader or the warrior who were able to break the mold or get lucky enough to escape their original status. The rest of the people were born, lived and died in their so called “born into” economic class.

That started to change about 300 years ago with the advent of the industrial revolution and the proliferation of new countries and ideals. Most notably, in the USA and the U.K.  As the time went on Western society has been successful in gradually removing ALL barriers associated with getting rich. In other words, if it is your sincere wish to get filthy stinking rich today, there is absolutely nothing that stands in your way.

To make things ever better, money tends to be blind. It doesn’t see your color, race or religion, it doesn’t care what country or what neighborhood you come from, it doesn’t care if you are a male or a female or what your sexual preferences are. The money doesn’t care who your parents are or what your education level is. If you are willing to work incredibly hard in order to become wealthy, none of the external factors above can stop you from making it a reality.

Reason #2:  The Cost Of Starting A Business Today Can Be As Low As ZERO

While some businesses require a substantial capital outlay, you can start others for nothing at all. For example, the cost of starting an Internet business today could be a big fat ZERO. I do advocate spending a little bit more if you decide to go that route, about $60-100 to be exact, but the reality remains. Some of the fastest growing and the most profitable businesses today could be started from your kitchen table and with zero capital investment.  Hundreds of Billionaires and tens of thousands of millionaires have done just that in the past 100 years. Now it’s your turn.

To be continued tomorrow…….(Why Am I Seeing This On  A Financial Website?)

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Were You Smart Enough To Buy Best Buy At The Bottom And Make Millions?

Continuation from Friday…...When we combine the factors above we begin to understand why Best Buy’s stock was selling at a discount in 1997 and why it started to rally once the performance improved and the company began to grow at a rapid rate once again. The question is, would investors be able to forecast such changes all the way back in 1997 from the fundamental perspective alone?

Absolutely NOT.

The fundamental developments above took years to play out.  And while improved performance could have been anticipated, there was no clear evidence that it would occur. In addition, a few questions remain. For instance, while company’s initial undervaluation and subsequent growth can be explained by the first 1,000% to 2,000% increase in Best Buy’s stock price, it cannot be explained by Best Buy’s stock price surge of 4,000% during the same period of time.  Perhaps technical analysis can offer us a better answer.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:

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Since the fundamental analysis did not yield a strong buy signal for Best Buy in 1997 we must now concentrate on the technical side of the equation.

As the chart above shows, Best Buy’s stock price collapsed over 75% between November of 1994 and February of 1997. Dropping from $4.70 a share (split adjusted) to about $1 a share.  What’s more, this substantial down move had occurred during one of the strongest bull markets in history. A bull run that initiated at the same time that Best Buy’s stock price topped out, in November of 1994.

Unfortunately, outside of dropping 78%, Best Buy’s stock gave us very few clear technical signs that it would either top out in 1994 or bottom out in 1997. Outside of a clearly defined downtrend between November of 1994 and February of 1997, we have very little to go by. In other words, by early 1997 it was unclear if the company’s stock price was going through another bear market bounce or if it was in the early stages of a massive bull run. It was not until October of 1997 that Best Buy’s stock price broke above $3 a share, giving us the first indication that the company’s stock price has shifted gears and might be starting a sustained bull market run.

In conclusion, technical analysis alone would have failed in giving us a clear buy signal at around $1.25 a share in February and March of 1997. There were NO clear technical signs that Best Buy’s stock price was about to stage a 4,000% rally. Perhaps we will have better luck with our timing and mathematical analysis.

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What Does World War 3 Have To Do With September 11th, 2001

In cartoon: Ukraine in crisis

Continuation from Friday…..While most people are aware of singular events throughout history, they often have a difficult time connecting events all the way back to their origin. September 11th, 2001 presents us with a perfect case study. And while most people believe that the crimes that were perpetrated on that day had originated in the late 1990’s, the actual trigger point had occurred much earlier than that.  In 1979 to be exact.

Let us now follow this chain of events from the start.

  • The US and the Soviet Union continue on with their proxy and covert wars throughout the world (1945-1979). In the late 1970s, the Middle East region becomes increasingly important.
  • In the late 1970’s Afghanistan goes through a number of rapid regime changes.  A number of Soviet politicians are captured and decapitated by “Islamic Militants”
  • The Red Army floods over the border in 1979, the Afghans are no match for the Soviet military machine.
  • Hundreds of thousands of Mujahedeen flood into Afghanistan from all over the Middle East to fight in the name of Allah and against the Soviet “nonbelievers”.
  • The Soviet Union proceeds to level the country over the next 5 years. The Mujahedeen forces are decimated. The Red Army is nearly in full control of the country.
  • In 1986, the CIA introduces Stinger Missile system to Afghanistan as it begins to supply the Mujahedeen with the weapon. It’s a game changer. Soviet planes and helicopters start to drop from the sky, reversing the tide of the war.
  • With the financial, arms and logistics support from the US, Osama Bin Laden quickly rises through the ranks to become one of the leaders within the Mujahedeen movement.
  • The USA drops Afghanistan and any support for the Mujahedeen, like a hot potato, as soon as the Soviet Union decided to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1988-1989. Enraging Osama Bin Laden in the process.
  • The Gulf War. The US sends a large contingent of troops to be stationed in Saudi Arabia in the 1990.  Osama Bin Laden becomes further enraged and vows to wage war against the US.
  • Between 1990 and 2000 Osama Bin Laden launches a number of smaller terrorist attacks against the US and its interests.
  • September 11th, 2001.

Point being, September 11th, 2001 didn’t come out of the blue. A direct lineage to that horrible event can be traced back to at least 1979 and the power struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.  The World War II can be easily traced back to the World War I in the very same fashion.  In fact, historians who can see such lineages should be incredibly concerned of what is happening between the US and Russia at the present moment.

To be continued tomorrow……. (Why Am I Seeing This Post On A Financial Website?)

P.S. Boy…….I wonder how many keyword red flags this post set off at the NSA.

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The Secret Behind How Human Reality Really Works

ConsciousnessContinuation from Thursday…..Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The graphic above is an accurate representation of human reality.  As such, it should be studied in great detail. Not only studied, but analyzed and contemplated.  Even meditated upon. Once this reality sinks in, all doors shall open within us and for us. Now, let’s take a closer look at each individual level of this human reality and what it really means.

Level #1:  3-Dimensional Reality  

At the bottom of the picture we have our 3-Dimensional reality. That is the world we live in. It includes the things we see and all other matter. It is the basic composition of our world and everything in it.

Level #2:  Our Body…..The Machine 

Next, we have our body. While the body is part of the 3-Dimensional construct, it is independent of it. Our body moves through space, time and reality. Think of it as a vessel of sorts that gives us all senses and allows us to interpret the 3-Dimensional reality we see, feel, taste, smell and touch.

It is a machine that we control and OWN. It is an amazingly beautiful and complex machine, but we do have full control and ownership of it. Once again, our bodies is not who we are.  Our bodies is something that belongs to us, it is how we express ourselves while in human form. Fully comprehend and understand that.

Level #3:  Our Mind……A Super Computer That Controls the Body.  This computer runs on powerful software…..also known as human emotions, feelings, beliefs, thoughts, labels, etc…

This is where things get a little bit tricky. While it is somewhat easy to separate ourselves from our bodies, most human beings cannot comprehend being separated from their minds. Most people believe that THEY ARE their minds, thoughts, feelings, beliefs and emotions.  I am here to tell you that it is NOT the reality.

Once again, think about it in the following fashion.  While our bodies are robotic machines, our minds are the Central Processing Units (CPUs) and our thoughts/emotions are the software.  Basically, our minds take our thoughts, emotions, feelings, bodily functions and various other energies associated with the body/mind and processes them into our 3-Dimensional reality.  In other words, our minds are our computing centers. It is NOT us.

Level #4:  Our Consciousness……True Self  

There are many names for what consciousness really is. Some people call it God consciousness, soul, witness, ghost within the machine, alpha and omega, universal energy, etc… I choose to call it Universal or Human Consciousness primary because it is exactly what it is once we become fully aware.

What does that really mean?  At the risk of sounding repetitive, I must make sure this point sinks in. It means that we are not our minds, we are not our bodies and we are not our thoughts/beliefs/feelings. We are much more than that. We are Consciousness and as such WE ARE ……

  • In Full Control of Everything:  We are in control of our bodies, of our minds, of our thoughts, emotions, labels, beliefs, feelings and so forth. Our true selves are separate from them. Such external factors do not represent who we are. We become observers. We begin to see our thoughts, beliefs, feelings and emotions as outsiders looking in, but we do not identify with them.  Just as if we were watching a movie. We become self aware that such things are nothing more than software running on our operating systems.

Once we cross the dotted red line into the state of higher consciousness the structure above becomes evident to those who dare to explore their inner workings.

To Be Continued On Monday…….(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website? )

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Baltic Dry Index Continues To Collapse. Will The US Economy Follow?

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A strong up day with the Dow Jones up 123 points (+0.73%) and the Nasdaq up 69 points (+1.57%). 

The market continues to develop as per our internal forecasts. Yet, despite the Dow sitting 50 points from an all time high, I thought it would be an opportune time to remind you that the Baltic Dry Index continues to collapse. Now down 70% since the start of the year. That’s right, you have read it right….down 70%. In other words, either the stock market is spectacularly wrong or the economy and the bookings are so incredibly strong that cargo shippers are collapsing their own prices, ……….well, because they have nothing else better to do. I will let you decide which view is more accurate.

A much more detailed stock market update is coming up tomorrow….make sure you check it out.

This conclusion is further supported by my mathematical and timing work. It clearly shows a severe bear market between 2014-2017. In fact, when it starts it will very quickly retrace most of the gains accrued over the last few years.  If you would be interested in learning when the bear market of 2014-2017 will start (to the day) and its internal composition, please CLICK HERE

(***Please Note: Due to my obligations to my Subscribers I am unable to provide you with more exact forecasts. In fact, I am being “Wishy Washy” at best with my FREE daily updates here. If you would be interested in exact forecasts, dates, times and precise daily coverage, please Click Here). Daily Stock Market Update. July 18th, 2014 InvestWithAlex.com

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What You Ought To Know About Corporate Culture Crushing Your Soul

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Continuation from yesterday…...Instead, imagine being able to do things on your own terms. To study, to educate, to be involved in a number of creative projects, to build things and/or companies, to make as much or as little money as your heart desires. In essence, to go after and to finally achieve all of your dreams.

Is that impossible? A fool’s dream?

Absolutely not. I am here to tell you that it is certainly possible to attain such a point in your life. To be your own boss, to make your own time, to love what you do and to work as much or as little as you wish. To finally make as much money as you desire.  The fact is, that’s exactly the life I live today.  While it wasn’t easy to achieve this stage, not a by long shot, I am here to tell you that it is certainly possible.  By following the steps outlined in this book you will be able to accomplish just that.  Starting with your brilliant business idea and then having the ability to bring it to fruition.

That is why I am so passionate about telling people to get rid of their regular jobs as soon as humanly possible and to take a leap into the unknown. I do so because I know what is on the other side of the table. While it will undoubtedly be tough, the rewards will more than make up for the struggle.  Freedom, prosperity, passion and love await you on the other side of the valley.

It is time. It is time to get out of your cubicle hell, out of your job prison cell and to fully transform your life. It is time to break the chains of slavery and to show everyone what you are made of.  To show everyone your creativity, hard work and what you are truly capable of as a human being.

Your safe corporate or government job will never be able to provide this outlet for you. Clearly understand that. It is there to enslave you for the rest of your life. Paying you just enough money to keep you in your place.  Just enough to keep you well fed and warm, but not enough to let you soar like an eagle. That is why you need to seriously consider letting go of this corporate slavery safe heaven while embarking on an adventure of a life time.  Even if that means starting your own business on a part-time basis.

Still not sure about taking that leap of faith into the unknown?

Fair enough, then let me tell you why NOW is a perfect time to get filthy rich.

To Be Continued on Monday………(Why Am I Seeing This On  A Financial Website?)

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Investment Grin Of The Day

  • The Dow is dropping so frequently they have decided to just add an ‘n’ to the end of it
  • The economy is so bad, I saw the CEO of Wal-Mart shopping at Wal-Mart
  • The economy is so bad, Bill Gates had to switch to dial up
  • The economy is so bad, Barack Obama changed his slogan to “Maybe We Can!”
  • The economy’s so bad, Exxon-Mobil  laid off 25 Congressmen
  • The economy is so bad, that I bought a toaster oven and my free gift with purchase was a bank
  • The economy is so bad, I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail
  • The economy is so bad, the Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas is now managed by Somali pirates
  • The economy is so bad, a certain celebutante changed her name to “Paris Holiday Inn.”
  • McDonalds just added another item to its $1 value menu… Citigroup stock

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How You Could Have Made A Fortune With Best Buy

BBYContinuation from yesterday……..Yet, Best Buy’s story is best told by the number of stores they operate and the margin expansion the company was able to squeeze out of its existing stores.  Leading into its 1997 stock price bottom, the company had increased its store count by 13% with a net addition of 33 new stores.  As of December 31st, 1997 the company was operating 284 stores from coast to coast.  At that time the rate of expansion was significantly slower than the previous three years when the company opened a total of 140 stores.

Further, at the time the company believed that it needed to slow down its store growth in order to re-focus on improving the company’s operating and financial performance. Planning to open just 25 new stores in fiscal 1999, bringing the store count to 309. In other words, prior to 1997, the company over expended its store base by growing too fast and by compressing margins in their existing stores. As a result, the company was going through a rough time. Forced to cut its new store growth and to find a new way to attract and to keep customers.

Hence the lower stock price. Between 1994 and 1997 Best Buy’s stock price declined by over 75%, dropping from $4.50 (split adjusted) to $1 a share. The company was going through a transition during the time. As was mentioned above it was forced to slow down its new store growth from about 47 in the years prior to 1997 to just 25 in 1999. Further, it was searching for a new store concept “Concept III” that would work and that would allow the company to expand their net operating profit margins.  While being able to compete effectively in a cut throat business of electronics retail. Basically, by 1997 the future was anything but certain for Best Buy.

Yet, by 2006 the company was growing rapidly once again, with 822 stores under its belt. Increasing their store count by 290% between 1997 and 2006. The company was able to improve its operating margins from 2.2% in 1997 to 5.6% in 2006. Finally, the sales per retail square foot went from $720 in 1997 to $936 in 2006.

So, Best Buy’s fundamental performance during this time can be summarized in the following fashion.

  • Best Buy’s stock price declined due to the margin compression and a slowdown in the new store growth. The company was going through a transitional period as it was trying to find a store concept that worked.
  • The company was eventually successful in improving their concept and making it work. Leading to a substantial 150% improvement in their net operating margin.
  • The company was then able to accelerate its new store growth, once again, increasing it by 290% over the next 9 years.
  • Best Buy was able to cannibalize competition with their better concept and bigger stores, forcing a number of competitors, including Circuit City into bankruptcy (*2008).

When we combine the factors above we begin to understand why Best Buy’s stock was selling at a discount in 1997 and why it started to rally once the performance improved and the company began to grow at a rapid rate once again. Would investors be able to forecast such changes all the way back in 1997 from the fundamental perspective alone? Not really as the developments above took years to develop.

In addition, a few questions remain. While company’s initial undervaluation and subsequent growth can explain the first 1,000% to 2,000% increase in Best Buy’s stock price, it cannot explain why Best Buy’s stock price went up 4,000% during this period of time.  Perhaps technical analysis can offer us a better answer.

To Be Continued On Monday 

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Why The War In Ukraine Will Be The Trigger Point For Nuclear World War 3

In cartoon: Ukraine in crisisSpeaking of China, a fascinating story that shows, once again, how immense wars can appear out of nowhere and literally overnight.  Taiping Rebellion, a massive civil war in the Southern China that was fought between 1850-1864 was just as incredible in its origin as it was infamous for the amount of bloodshed that it had spilled.  Yet, despite being one of the bloodiest conflicts in the human history, with 20-40 million people dead, very little is known about it in the western world. Perhaps because the origin of the conflict is so unbelievable.

On what surely was a beautiful morning sometime in the 1850, Hong Xiuquan, a Chinese peasant woke up from an interesting dream.  In that dream he learned that he was Jesus’ younger brother. Taking this dream at face value, Hong forged a giant “demon slaying sword” and then went on a rampage civil war against the Qing Dynasty and even the British. Capturing a large territory and ruling over 30 million people.  Proving, once again, that human stupidity and thirst for bloodshed knows no bounds.

…back to the WW3.

If you live in the USA, NATO’s build up on the Russian border would be equivalent to either Russia or China opening a number of massive military bases either on the Mexican or on the Canadian border.  Surely, if such action was to occur, it is highly probable that the US would see this move by either Russia or China as a declaration of war.  It is unclear why the US Government, the US Industrial Military complex and NATO don’t believe that the same rules apply to them when they begin to play in somebody else’s backyard.

Point being, there is only so far the US and NATO can push Russia before Russia snaps back.  That is why today’s war in Ukraine is so significant. In simple terms, it is a proxy war between the US and Russia. It is a war that the US has no reason in fighting and it is a war that Russia cannot afford to lose.  While the majority of the US population remains blissfully unaware, only one question must be asked. What is the US Government doing in a small “Russian Empire” nation that is 6,000 miles away from the closest American shore?  Is it bringing freedom, liberty, rainbows and unicorns to the Ukrainian people? If you truly believe that, please give me a call as I have some Pets.com stock to sell you.

Why is this so important? Answering this question in a proper fashion is crucial to understanding why the Nuclear World War 3 will develop.  Whatever your political or nationalistic affiliations are, all conflicts develop in the same fashion. Typically there is a aggravating or an invading force that sets things in motion. Basically, today’s war in Ukraine will be viewed as a trigger point for how things will unfold over the next 15 to 20 years.  That’s how long it often takes for things to boil over.

To Be Continued On Monday…....(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)

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Is Human Reality A Holographic Universe?

holographic universeContinuation from yesterday…...Fair enough, but the definition above does very little to describe how STRESS works. To gauge that understanding we must first read a library full of medical, psychological and even spiritual books.  But I am not going to do that to you. Instead, I will cut through all of that in one swoop and call STRESS what it really is. An energy field within your body and your mind.   To fully understand what I am telling you, we must now study how the “Human Form” really works.

Most people don’t really think about who or what they really are.  Are we the body, mind, spirit, thoughts, feelings or all of the above? While it might initially appear as an insignificant question, answering it in a proper way will have severe consequences on how you perceive your reality.  It will change your life.

So, who and/or what are we?

A quick story first. In the movie Bicentennial Man, a robot played by Robin Williams somehow acquires a tine spec of consciousness during the manufacturing process. After a bit of a slow start he begins to ask questions that machines are not supposed to ask. What is love, what is happiness/sadness, emotions, fears, etc…? He then spends the rest of his life working on this spec of consciousness while trying to understand what life really means. Eventually succeeding in turning himself into a human being, falling in love and dying of natural causes.

Human beings work in exactly the same fashion. At birth, all of us start out with a tiny spec of consciousness and a whole lot of free will on whether or not we will develop it during our life time. That is what makes us alive, that is what makes us human.  The rest of our being can be more closely related to various mechanical parts. The human brain, human body and thoughts/emotions that we have are nothing more than a powerful computer (brain) running our machine (human body) with the help of various software applications (thoughts, emotions, feelings, etc..).  Don’t get me wrong, human body is one of the most beautiful and one of the most complex machines in the universe, yet, it is still a machine. It is not who we really are.

This needs further explanation and much deeper understanding before we can proceed.  I will do so by comparing our 3-dimensional environment and our state of being to a very powerful computer. Before you dismiss this as highly improbable, please be aware that some of the most advanced scientific research in the world points to the same conclusion.

In fact, Martin Savage, a physicist at the University of Washington, strongly believes the idea. In his recently published paper “Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation” he concludes that the known laws of nature can be plugged into a computer and with the help of some creative coding be turned into a simulation of our universe. A holographic universe. In other words, if such primitive and young species as human beings can construct a universe of their own, well, we might be living in one.

Now, before your brain spontaneously combusts from the conclusion above, allow me to present the same subject matter from a much simpler vantage point.  The illustration below should help us immensely.

To Be Continued Tomorrow……(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Site?)

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