Secrets of the Masters... and How to Lose More Money Than You Ever Imagined

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Investment Analyst and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call, Steve McDonald, runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... A Warren Buffett Stock Screen... A New Miracle Stock Picking System... The "Slap in the Face" Award: Student Loan Shark edition... You can check it out in this video. Sponsored Why Is Our Safest Investment Being Banned in America? From California to New York, strange bans are popping up. Not against guns, drugs or smoking. These bans are outlawing what many consider their safest investment. More than 99% of investors own, or have owned, this asset. Investors need to know what's coming. This special presentation reveals the truth about the new govt. bans... and how they are quickly leading to one $663 trillion event that could make or break your retirement. To watch it, for free, simply click here now. Here are the top stories that were featured in our Investment U Daily this week... Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist Secrets of the Masters Sometimes I almost feel sorry for the market timers. There's a reason famed money manager Ken Fisher calls the stock market "The Great Humiliator." Nobody can know with any certainty what the stock market will do next week, next month, or next year. The sooner you recognize that, the sooner you can start making money in stocks... I learned this lesson from three world-beaters: Warren Buffett, John Templeton and Peter Lynch... Click here to read full story Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist How to Lose More Money Than You Ever Imagined, Part I Seems like everyone in the securities industry and the financial publishing business wants to tell you how to make money. But over the course of the next few columns, I'm going to show you something different: How to lose more money than you ever imagined. What is the benefit of that? For starters, you might recognize yourself. You could well be one of the millions of investors who are currently taking steps that are the financial equivalent of hari-kari. If you find you're doing the things I'm about to describe, do yourself a favor: Stop! And start doing the opposite. Otherwise, you're likely to receive an education that makes the cost of Harvard or Princeton look modest... Click here to read full story Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist How to Lose More Money Than You Ever Imagined, Part II We're in the midst of a series about how to lose more money than you ever imagined. Why? Because it's only when an investor truly sees himself and recognizes what he's doing is wrong that he changes his behavior, starts down the right path and reaches the end-goal: total financial independence. So let's start with a biggie, one that should be obvious to most investors but often isn't. If you want to lose money, serious money, take investment advice from the wrong people... Click here to read full story Marc Lichtenfeld Associate Investment Strategist Make Money Off My Misery Last week I had the flu. I was as sick as I've ever been. I don't even remember Thursday. Fortunately, I'm on the mend and back to thinking about stocks. And not surprisingly an area I'm thinking about are flu stocks. Even in my delirium, I knew there were big bucks in some stocks that have products related to the flu. When my wife called from the pharmacy to tell me that my Tamiflu prescription was going to be $105 (and that's with health insurance), I knew someone was making a bundle off my misery... Click here to read full story Carl Delfeld Senior Analyst Looking for Haystacks, Not Needles... I can't tell you how many times I've heard this comment. "Carl, it doesn't really matter where in the world I invest, because markets always move together." Really? Then why is New Zealand (NYSE: ENZL) 18.9% higher and Switzerland (NYSE: EWL) up 17.9% over the last year, while Italy (NYSE: EWI) is down 11.8% and the United Kingdom (NYSE: EWU) in negative territory? Click here to read full story Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published this week on our website at: www.InvestmentU.com How to Safely Hedge Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times The Future Looks Bright for Online Travel and Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) Will These ETFs Skyrocket Again This Summer? David Swensen and The Yale Model

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