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Investment U View in browser IU Plus | Courses | Conference Sunday, March 15, 2015 3 Easy Ways to Double Your Money on America's Debt Bubble America's debt bubble has ballooned to over $16 trillion. And three companies are raking in huge amounts of cash as a result... from $1.3 billion to more than $40 billion in just one year. The amazing thing: A special law is about to force these companies to pay out 90% of their earnings to investors! Even better, there's still time to get in before the big payouts! And as the debt bubble expands, the money just gets bigger and bigger. To learn all about this unique opportunity, please click here now.   The One Thing to Do to Beat Mediocrity Andrew Snyder, Editorial Director, The Oxford Club What a week. We went from riding a train to Manhattan in a snowstorm to bright and sunny southwest Florida... from chatting with an Amish entrepreneur to clinking glasses with several hundred Members of The Oxford Club. If you've paid attention, you know we just wrapped up our 17th Annual Investment U Conference. Out of all the questions asked during the four-day event, it's the very first that was the most important. "How many of you have attended the conference before?" asked Alexander Green. Nearly every hand in the room waved in the air. Why was that such a big deal? Let's answer that question with another. Why would you want to attend the same conference year after year? The answer forms the backbone of Investment U and everything it does (this daily e-letter, the reports, the conference and, now, courses). It's the true secret to successful investing. It's all about context... filling in the critical blanks in the story. Here's the deal. The days of relying on somebody else to make your money grow are over. Pensions are going the way of the buggy whip. Social Security will pay little more than the light bill for future generations of retirees. And the investment choices we have to make (especially in this ultra-low-yield environment) are more complicated than any time before. Yes, thanks to technology it is easier than ever to invest... but it's also far more confusing. That's why most investors see returns that barely beat inflation. That's where the idea of context comes in. In recent weeks, we've used this column to toss aside the conventional view of a slew of investing themes... from mortgages to asset allocation to paying for college. In all cases, the conventional view was not wrong. But it wasn't right. Absolutely not. This Week's Best-sellers: Our #1 asset banned? All over the U.S., bans are popping up on what we consider our safest investment. Get the details. "Demand is inevitably going to exceed the available spectrum..." There's a serious epidemic spreading across America right now. It involves the massive explosion in Wi-Fi usage. Computerworld confirms that "wireless networks are edging near capacity, not just in the United States, but all over the world." And according to The New York Times, "the lifeblood of this innovative sector of the economy is at risk of being choked off." But there's one invention that could solve this problem - and make hundreds of people very rich. Find out what it is here. The so-called "convention" makes sense in many cases. When you're looking for run-of-the-mill, lukewarm results, conventional logic is fine. For example, a popular mainstream idea is that buying a car is better than leasing a car. In most cases, that's true. But then why are so many cars leased? There certainly can't be that many financially ignorant folks behind the wheel - at least we hope not. No, there are so many leased vehicles because the financial context surrounding the deal makes sense. Understanding the context that surrounds you and the investing choices you make is what allows us to overcome the curse of mediocrity. It's why corporate insiders are some of Wall Street's best indicators. And it's why uber-successful investors like Warren Buffett strictly adhere to an "invest in what you know" philosophy. Now you're seeing why so many folks raised their hands on Wednesday morning. They're not looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. No, they're looking for context... they're searching for the questions they don't yet know to ask. Many folks claim there's an incredible lack in financial education these days - that most Americans are financially illiterate. They're not wrong. Most young students (whether they're in high school or college) graduate without ever learning how to balance their own budget, let alone about corporate balance sheets or cash flow. But we argue the problem is much deeper. It is not financial education. After all, with a few strokes of your mouse, you have access to more knowledge than our ancestors could have dreamed of. No, the problem is a growing lack of context. With all that information at our fingertips, it's harder than ever to know how to put it together. Turn on the TV, open the newspaper or log onto the Internet and you'll be bombarded with opinions, ideas and news. But anybody that has ever been featured in one of those stories knows the vital context is almost always missing. That's your challenge. And it's a big one. To not concentrate on the news so much, but instead concentrate on gathering context. That's how you burst out of the grasp of mediocrity. Try it for the next week. Dig deeper into your investments and strategies and ask a vital question: why? That crowd of nearly 400 folks who raised their hands and had been to Investment U's previous conferences already know the secret. They're talking to other attendees, listening to the conversations in the hallways and are getting face time with some of the smartest, most experienced minds in the business. It's not about getting the story first. It's all about the context. Good investing, Andrew Snyder Editorial Director, The Oxford Club Click here to post a comment on InvestmentU.com 2015 Investment U Conference Wrap-Up - Day 3 Alexander Moschina, Managing Editor, Investment U The weather in St. Petersburg, Florida, is nothing if not predictable... The morning sun shone bright in the courtyard outside the main exhibition hall at the 17th Annual Investment U Conference. Attendees poured in to hear what Friday's master of ceremonies, Mark Skousen, had to say about our Golden Age theme. And, not surprisingly, he disagreed with Alexander Green's opinion that we're entering a period of great enrichment. "Alex's Golden Age looks a little tarnished," he said before presenting statistics on jobs, the struggling middle class and even nuclear war. (Interestingly, these are all topics we've covered in recent weeks.) It was a major shift in tone, however, when our Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld took the stage. His presentation on the life-changing breakthroughs happening in pharmaceuticals was decidedly more optimistic. In Marc's opinion, pharma and biotech stocks have a strong future, regardless of what the broad economy does. "There will always be a market for breakthrough medicines," he told attendees. Then he shared some of his favorite ways to play the sector now. Morning sessions were rounded out by presentations on wealth protection using offshore structures, how to trade LEAPS (if you're unfamiliar with these securities, click here for a simple introduction), tax-efficient investing and more. After a lively panel discussion on how to get started as a young investor, afternoon workshops were held by Marc, Matthew Carr, Wall Street Daily's Chief Options Analyst Lee Lowell and Joel F. Wade, co-author of the Beyond Wealth series. Simply put: It was another action-packed day here at the IU Conference. By the time you read this, our team will be well on our way back up north - tanner, wiser and, as always, richer for the experience. We hope you'll join us next year. We Also Recommend... 2015 Investment U Conference Wrap-up: Day 1 by Alexander Moschina Thursday, March 12, 2015 It was a balmy 78-degree morning in St. Petersburg, Florida, as attendees filtered into the foyer of the Renaissance Vinoy Resort for the 17th Annual Investment U Conference. They came from all over to participate in an important discussion... Read On... 2015 Investment U Conference Wrap-up: Day 2 by Alexander Moschina Friday, March 13, 2015 Day 2 of the 17th Annual Investment U Conference featured a block of resource-centric presentations led by our own Energy and Infrastructure Strategist David Fessler, Wall Street Daily's Karim Rahemtulla and others, all delving into the idea of America's Golden Age. Read On... Is America on the Verge of a New Golden Age? by Rachel Gearhart Saturday, March 15, 2015 As you've probably read by now, "Is America on the Verge of a New Golden Age?" was the theme of the 17th Annual Investment U Conference held this week in St. Petersburg, Florida. For the last couple months, we've asked Investment U subscribers and Oxford Club Members this exact question. Read On... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Investment U. To unsubscribe from Investment U or to manage your account, click here. 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