You'll really want a Twitter account after reading this... May 21, 2015 Archives | Unsubscribe A Killer Trade: Make the Grim Reaper Pay Investing in death A hidden, lucrative business Plus: So you want to talk about cell phones, eh? Greg Guenthner coming to you from Baltimore, MD... Hey you stiff, is your portfolio deader than a doornail? Wanna make a killing on a great trade? Then read on because you could be looking at 30% gains in just a few months investing in the funeral business... That's right, the funeral business. Running a funeral home is a recession-proof business. After all, nothing in life is certain except death and taxes, right? And last I checked Uncle Sam had a monopoly on the latter. We're talking about a sensitive topic here, so the death business is loaded with euphemisms and double-speak. No one wants to send their great-aunt to the human recycling plant. So they call the funeral business the "death care industry". Catchy, no? And that's what it is - an industry. I bet you don't realize that many funeral homes are owned by larger public companies that also own cemeteries, crematoriums, and other death-related businesses. And if you actually research the death business you'd see it's damn lucrative. So why has the big bull run in these stocks gone unnoticed? And why would you be hard-pressed to find any financial news stories on the topic? I'd say it's because the grim reaper doesn't exactly make for a sexy sales pitch. Think about it. Why would a trader want to buy death care stocks when he could just as easily play the latest social media IPO? Nobody wants to talk about death. I can see you practically squirming in your chair right now just reading this. So here we have an exceptionally strong trend and basically no one covering it. And these stocks are minting investors plenty of coin right now... Take a look for yourself: Service Corp. (NYSE:SCI) is the big kid on the block. This multi-national death care conglomerate has wowed investors over the past six months, rising nearly 30%. But there are other, even lesser-known companies with a hand in this industry. Another pure-play in the sector is Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW). MATW is basically a smaller version of SCI. Its gains aren't as impressive as SCI so far this year--but it's still solid. Then there's Hillenbrand Inc. (NYSE:HI). You might know Hillenbrand for its industrial equipment and conveyors. But Hillenbrand also has a division handling burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers, urns, and cremation vaults. While it's not a pure play, it's another way to get your foot in the grave - I mean the door, of the death biz. U.S. seniors now eligible to benefit from "Canadian Social Security" Without living, working or even visiting Canada... Thousands of Americans are now receiving up to $4,700 in "monthly benefits" by piggybacking "Canadian Social Security." A new website shows you how... Click here to discover it now. Rude Numbers When to Buy... When to Sell $59.62 buys a barrel of oil today. Crude continues to hover just below $60 in back-and-forth trading this week... $2.95 is the price of natural gas this morning. Natty has been extremely volatile since topping out near $3.10 earlier this week... $1,206 marks the spot for gold futures today. The yellow metal is down about $2 in early trading... 120 points dropped of the Nikkei today, ending six straight days of gains for the Japanese index... 2,119 marks the spot for S&P futures just before the morning bell. Stocks are looking to open just in the red this morning... Rude Trends When to Buy... When to Sell Oh boy, another cell phone email has slipped through my email security system. When in Rome... "Since Mr. Guenthner requested we stop writing about cell phone annoyances, I wanted to add this," a reader says. "I used to be on 24 emergency on-call and was chained to my phone to take care of business emergencies as they arose around the clock-similar in the way that young people think they have to always Fair enough. I don't mind a little break from my phone every now and then. But it does stay on 24-7 since that really the only way to reach me. Also, who is this Mr. Guenthner character you speak of? Sounds like maybe he needs to lighten up a bit... [Ed. Note: Send your feedback here: rude@agorafinancial.com - and follow me on Twitter: @GregGuenthner] Ignore At Your Own Peril Today's Must Read Links What was inside FDR's Forgotten Trunk? [must read] Who Really Killed President Kennedy? And Why? Prediction: Largest Economic Opportunity of the 21st Century BE SURE TO ADD rude@agorafinancial.com to your address book. Additional Articles & Commentary: Join the conversation! Follow us on social media: The Rude Awakening is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. 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