A 600% Return in 10 Years... and The Worst Advice I've Ever Seen

Sunday, July 28, 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... Gold Is Taking Off The EU Is Climbing Back The "Slap in the Face" Award: Radio Silence You can check it out in this video. A New Age of Human History Begins... One tiny company's technology is launching an entirely new era of human history. Free from cancer and heart disease. Free from nursing homes and the indignities of old age. A Cambridge University geneticist, after months of studying these medical treatments, concluded, "The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today." What's the company making all this possible? Click here to find out. Here are the top stories that were featured in our Investment U Daily this week... Six-Baggers for the Next Decade: Part 1 By David Fessler, Energy and Infrastructure Strategist Fortune magazine's most recent "Fortune 500" issue tracked the stock-price performance of the 500 biggest U.S. companies from 2002-2012, and found that 46 of them produced annualized compound gains of more than 20%. That's means over the 10-year period studied, these stocks were six-baggers: They each produced a six-fold gain. So how do we pick companies that are going to be on the list 10 years from now? Click here to read the full story. Six-Baggers for the Next Decade: Part 2 By David Fessler, Energy and Infrastructure Strategist Investors looking for a high-growth sector within the energy industry for the next 10 years need look no further than renewables. No sector is set up for explosive growth like renewable energy is. Renewable energy sources are being adopted by governments and businesses around the world at a pace that has vastly outstripped projections. Click here to read the full story. The Worst Advice I've Ever Seen By Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist Last week, I spoke at The Oxford Club's Private Wealth Seminar at the beautiful Ojai Valley Inn and Spa. After going for a run, I was in line at the café waiting to order breakfast when a headline in the Los Angeles Times caught my eye. It said, "Crisis for the very old: Many outlive their nest eggs." The article then went on to give a suggestion for how an investor can avoid being part of the 46% who outlive their assets. The writer's solution: an advanced life deferred annuity, or ALDA. Several people in line turned around when I (a little too loudly) blurted out, "What?!" My wife thought something was terribly wrong. I explained that there was: This newspaper columnist was offering the worst advice I'd ever seen. Click here to read the full story. How to Play the Oil Rally By Sean Brodrick, Resource Strategist Have the mainstream media yahoos who keep screaming about "the death of the commodity bull market" filled up their gas tanks lately? The price of gasoline is going up. And yep, crude oil is in a big bull market, the kind that just gushes potential profit opportunities. Click here to read the full story. Yes, You Can Beat the Market By Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Can you really outperform the stock market over time? Or is trying to do so just a waste of time, a mug's game? That's what we set out to resolve two weeks ago at FreedomFest in Las Vegas, where I debated macroeconomist Garett Jones. Click here to read the full story. Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published this week on our website at InvestmentU.com. 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