We’ll see a global investing major market value update in a moment.

First, let’s look at this important data that Thomas Fischer at Jyske Global Asset Management (JGAM) just shared.

Thomas Fischer is Senior Vice President of Jyske Global Asset Management.

Thomas began his banking career in 1975. In 1978  he started in the trading room as a Foreign Exchange dealer, and spent the next 22 years trading currencies. During this trading career he spent 2 years in London and 10 years in Germany where he was head of the international currency section of a major German brokerage company.

During his time in Germany he successfully completed an MBA focusing on the external environment and corporate finance.  In 2000 he joined Jyske Bank Private Banking and was promoted to Manager of International Client Relations in 2001.

In 2008 Thomas joined the newly established Portfolio Management Company Jyske Global Asset Management (JGAM), as Senior Vice President.  He is  a member of JGAM’s Investment Committee focusing on our Foreign Exchange strategy.  He travels the world giving presentations about the markets and the investment opportunities at JGAM.

Yesterday’s message Global Investment Portfolios Focus looked at JGAM’s medium risk international investment portfolio.

This portfolio has been updated and Thomas wrote:  On July 15 JGAM’s Investment Committee held its monthly meeting, deciding on how to invest our managed portfolios. All trades agreed at the meeting have now been carried out and therefore we can publish the changes we have made.

The overall asset allocation remained at a neutral position in all asset classes except for a small overweight position on cash in low and medium risk portfolios.

However Thomas added more. Here is information on what the future that we should all be thinking about.

The markets have been caught in a verbal fight between optimists and pessimists. The latter group most prominently presented by Princeton University Economist Paul Krugman, has warned policy makers that the world is heading for the worst depression since the thirties.

Mr. Krugman has on many occasions warned that the US is in danger of falling into a deflationary trap. He is advocating for a much more aggressive stimulus plan as unemployment remains stubbornly high, with little job creation at private companies.

The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke however, has been more optimistic and recently expressed that the US economy is on track to continue to expand in 2010 and 2011. World trade is up 20% year-on-year but is recovering from extremely low levels.

The optimists also argue, that the corporate sector should start investing soon and thereby improve the employment picture. When the corporate sector increases spending, nominal growth should pick up and help improve budget deficits.

According to The Economist magazine, the recent uncertainty may be down to a fundamental battle between bond investors who benefit from a debt deflation solution to the current crisis; and equity investors who gain more from a nominal growth solution to deficits. The jury is still out and with no clear indication of where we are heading, uncertainty will rule the market. We still believe that we are heading for a recovery and a growth scenario, but as long as the “war” between optimists and pessimists are raging in the media we maintain our neutral positions.

After four consecutive quarters with rising equity prices, Global equities had their first down quarter since March 2009. In the second quarter 2010, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) World Total Return Index (with net dividends reinvested, December 1969 = 100) declined 11.2 % in local currencies, 12.7 % in US dollars and 3.5 % in euros.

So who will win out… the optimists or the pessimists?

Personally  I am prepared for either scenario.  In our last International Investing & Business Conference we looked at seven places to inest now that can prosper in either a positive or negative economic scenario.

#1:  Value Markets

#2: Multi Currency Spreads Increase Cash

#3: Emerging Markets

#4: Wellness

#5: Water Alternate Energy

#6: Truth & Cohesion

#7: Real Estate

Value holds a special place for investors and business people… local or global because value is another way of seeing distortions.  Distortions are vacuums and nature abhors a vacuum.  Imbalances will always correct themselves. To have success in investing or business… one simply has to spot good value.

Understanding value is the tricky part. 

This is why once a quarter we look at a major equity market valuation analysis by Michael Keppler.

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For the last quarter to the end of June 2010, Keppler points out that  year to date, the MSCI World Index lost 7.1 % in local currencies and 9.8 % in US dollars. However, due to the 14.6 percent decline of the US dollar to 1.2249 versus the euro, the world equity benchmark index gained 5.6 % during the last six months, if performance is measured in euros.

Two markets advanced in the second quarter and sixteen declined. Denmark (+4.5 %), Sweden (+0.3 %) and Singapore (-0.1 %) performed best.

Japan (-14.8 %), Austria (-14.3 %) and Italy (-13.4 %) came in at the bottom.

Year-to-date, four markets are up and fourteen markets are down. The best performing markets in the first half of 2010 were Denmark (+21.7 %), Sweden (+8.8 %) and Belgium (+1.2 %). Spain (-21.4 %), Italy (-14.8 %) and Norway (-13.7 %) performed worst year-to-date.

Performance numbers are in local currencies unless mentioned otherwise.

The Top Value Model Portfolio currently contains the following six “buy” rated countries at equal weights:  Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Keppler’s current ratings suggest that a combination of these markets offers the highest expectation of long-term risk-adjusted returns.

Keppler’s neutral value markets are now: Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain.

The low value (sell) markets are:  Belgium,  Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong,  Sweden, Switzerland and USA.

Keppler also added:  As the chart below indicates, our implicit three-to-five-year projection for the average annual gain of the Equally-Weighted World Index now stands at 14.3 % p.a., up from 11.9 % three months ago.  The two main reasons for this increase are (1) the Index dropped by 9 % during the second quarter and (2) fundamentals have improved: Earnings are up 16.6 % — the larger part of the increase coming from disappearing write-offs — and dividends grew by 4.1 %. In addition, the low interest rate environment makes stocks look attractive.

Keppler’s implicit three-to-five- year projection provides some profound clues about how to invest and conduct business ahead.

His statistics suggest to me that the economy and markets are still going to grow.  The pessimists… according to my interpretation of these numbers… lose.

This is not the only indicator I track that suggests positive days ahead… not immediately… but over the next three to five years.

From now until October offers a special micro window of opportunity…. maybe one of two before 2002… when the next 15 to 17 year bull cycle will begin.

Right now seasonality is dragging markets down until around November.  Perhaps we’ll see one more good bear pull April to November 2011.  Then the recovery will begin in earnest. From now until then, history suggests times will be bleakest… a great time to find good value.

Thomas Fischer also mentioned the beauty of Denmark’s summer and wrote:

Summer has arrived in Denmark and we are basking in glorious sunshine. We hope the weather will “perform” for the next few months and thus create a warm background for our August Copenhagen seminar.

We have a range of world class speakers and should have some really exciting presentations. We will furthermore have excursions allowing you to get a closer look at our beautiful city. We will conclude the seminar Saturday evening with a gala dinner and opera arias performed by some of the best Danish opera singers from The Royal Danish Opera. We hope you will take this opportunity to come to Copenhagen and experience some renowned Danish “hygge”/coziness. You can see the whole program and a short video at the below link at http://jgam.com/copenhagen-seminar-2010

When we forwarded the invitation in April the price was approx. $2,050 per person in a double room, but since then the USD has strengthened against the Danish Kroner and the price today is approx. $1,700. The price includes accommodation including breakfast at the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel just voted the best hotel in Denmark, reception at our offices, seminar fee, excursions, lunches and a gala dinner with entertainment and dancing.

Danes have been voted the happiest people in the world and now we also have the best restaurant in the World. The restaurant is called NOMA which is a concatenation of the two Nordic names Nordisk (Nordic) and mad (food). The chef, Rene Redzepi, uses only Scandinavian ingredients and how about this for a starter: crunchy baby carrots served with edible “soil” made from malt, hazelnuts and beer, with a cream herb emulsion beneath.

Our slogan “Global investments with a personal touch” is not just a slogan we really enjoy any opportunity to meet with our clients and friends. We sincerely hope that you will join us in August in Wonderful Copenhagen.

See details on how to join Merri and me at Jyske’s bi annual Copenhagen seminar here Global Wealth Management Seminar.

Merri and I walk  the waterfront every day when we are in Copenhagen.  We love…

the sights, the…

cafes and…

open air.

Merri and I hope to meet you in Denmark in August!

Gary

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Funky micro business ideas with internet support make all types of new opportunities possible.

Technology can help enrich your life as it makes the world a better place to live. See how below.

First a more important matter… food and how…

this man can affect your life. This Associated Press photo was taken May 28, 2010, of an elderly Assamese man as he ties grain in a rice paddy in the village of Mayong, about 30 miles east of Gauhati, India.  He seems a long way away… right?

Do not believe the distance.   There is a trifecta of major social economic events caused by technology that you can safely bet on… the first being unemployment in the Western world.

On July 2, 2010 the Center for Economic and Policy Research issued a report entitled “U.S. Experiencing Worst Episode of Prolonged Unemployment Since Great Depression” That report said:  Adjusting for demographic factors, current labor market downturn steeper than ‘82-’83 recession.

Washington, D.C. – As the nation contends with a long and sustained labor market recession, a new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research demonstrates that the current unemployment rate is higher than the conventional measure shows.

“An unemployment rate that has hovered above 9 percent for several months is striking, but the jobs picture is even worse than it looks,” said report author and CEPR Economist David Rosnick.

The study, “The Adult Recession: Age-Adjusted Unemployment at Post-War Highs,” adjusts the current unemployment rate to account for demographic differences and finds that the unemployment rate has not fallen below 10.8 percent in the last 12 months. During the worst episode of the recession of the 1980s — the second half of 1982 and the first half of 1983 — unemployment passed 10 percent for 7 months.

A slow economy should lead to deflation so a recent Bloomberg article entitled  “U.S. Economy: Consumer Prices Fall as Deflation Looms” seems in line when it says:  The cost of living in the U.S. fell by the most on record and construction began on the fewest homes ever last month, evidence the economy is in the worst recession in at least a quarter century.

The consumer price index plunged 1 percent last month, the most since records began in 1947, the Labor Department said in Washington. Commerce Department figures showed housing starts tumbled to an annual rate of 791,000, indicating the industry’s contraction may extend into a fourth year.

Today’s CPI report signals deflation, or a prolonged price slide, may become another hazard facing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and President-elect Barack Obama. Deflation could worsen the economic downturn by making debts harder to pay off and countering the impact of Fed interest-rate cuts.

“The economy’s really just in horrific shape,” said Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York. Fed officials will “take rates as low as they have to” to avoid “a deflation-type scenario, which now all of a sudden is very possible.”

I am not sure I believe the cost of living in the West statistics.  Merri and I do our own shopping and food prices do not seem lower to me.  Yet even if the cost of eating is not rising here is where the social economic logic goes wrong.

An  AP article printed at Cleveland News by Joe Mcdonald (see link below) entitled “Surging food costs hit poor nations hard; biofuels compound problem” shows that food prices globally are skyrocketing.  The article says:  BEIJING, China – Families from Pakistan to Argentina to Congo are being battered by surging food prices that are dragging more people into poverty, fueling political tensions and forcing some to give up eating meat, fruit and even tomatoes.

With food costing up to 70 percent of family income in the poorest countries, rising prices are squeezing household budgets and threatening to worsen malnutrition, while inflation stays moderate in the United States and Europe. Compounding the problem in many countries: prices hardly fell from their peaks in 2008, when global food prices jumped in part due to a smaller U.S. wheat harvest and demand for crops to use in biofuels.

This article tells tales that tug at our heartstrings when it says: So we eat less. In the 2008 inflation spike, WFP found families in some countries skipped meals or switched to eating corn husks or other low-quality produce. “Over the long term, this would lead to the effects of chronic malnutrition,” Barrow said.

“It’s expensive, so we eat less,” said Seema Valmiki, 35, who is raising three children in New Delhi with her husband on his 6,000-rupee ($135) monthly income as a driver.

Valmiki can no longer afford meat, fruit or fish and has put off buying her children new school uniforms, toys and a bicycle.

 Here is the problem of this trifecta.  Technology means we live in a global economy.  

We cannot close Pandora’s Box of globalism.  Not that we should want to.  The fact is we cannot see our lives get significantly better… while our neighbors starve.  Nor should we want to.  Our morality should be strained in such conditions… but if not… our survival instinct should be enough.  The starving parent and child in Mexico, India, China, or Pakistan leads to the illegal immigrant or even worse… the terrorist.

No society can dominate the world by force. There must be movement towards equality… especially in this era where technology has essentially removed the masks created by time and space.

We can help everyone become richer and enhance our own lives with micro internet businesses that serve the global community in fulfilling, positive ways.  Despite wars… doom, gloom and economic strife, the sun always shines somewhere.  Technology gives us the freedom to remain in the sun and share it with others around the world.

This is one reason we love our internet micro business.

This is why we provide free internet lessons on how to earn with a website business written by Michelle Toole. The 48th lesson in this course is below.  I hope you enjoy and gain from it.  We give special thanks to Michelle for sharing it.

Thinking Outside the Box

Michelle Toole
 

It sounds so simple, doesn’t it?  We’ll just set up a website and make money online, big money.  Simple enough, but knowing “WHERE AND HOW” to begin is what will determine your success.

We have all heard the sales pitch touting that you can make $30,000 a month on the internet in your first 6 months and, hopefully, we all know it’s not true.    So, really, how are people making money on the internet?   It’s a good question, and one you should thoroughly investigate before jumping into your first internet business.

Monetizing a web site or creating multiple streams of income through monetization requires a plan, and not just a simple plan, but a well thought out strategy to help build a solid foundation for your business.  Simply put, monetization strategies are about converting website visitors into dollars, and that requires a bit of thought and planning.

If you have a site that is highly focused on one particular niche you are ahead of the game, because each and every person coming to your site is already looking for the information and products that you sell.  On the other hand, if you have a site that has a broader spectrum of topics and concepts you will have a more difficult time developing your monetization strategy, although once solidified can have greater monetary benefit depending upon your traffic and niche longevity.   Either way, each requires that you build a solid monetization plan.  

So WHERE and HOW do you begin?  The key is to never be dependent on any one-income source. “All your eggs in one basket” is a high-risk strategy. By diversifying, your revenues increase, your business is more stable, and YOU are in charge of your business destiny.

Knowing your business or niche, as well as your visitor, is key to developing a strong monetization plan. But make sure that you create a plan that will enhance your visitors experience and not hinder it.  Start by reviewing the list below and get creative; making money online is about developing a relationship with your reader and providing them with the information or product that brought them to your site in the first place.   Always keep that in the forefront of your mind as you create your plan.

Possible monetization strategies:

•    AdSense. Most web sites use this as their starting monetization model. You simply place Google AdWords ads on your site and are paid for each click.

•    RSS Feed Ads. Most websites provide their readers with the option to follow site updates via RSS feeds.  You can monetize your feeds using AdSense or various other options.

•    In-Text Advertising.  This is a relatively new option but provides website owners with another opportunity to get paid each time a reader clinks on an in-text link.

•    Hard Goods Creators/Sellers.  Sell your own product. Or find ideas on selling someone else’s product and/or using the convenience of drop-shipping.

•    Affiliate Businesses. Learn about Clickbank’s affiliate program as well as various other affiliate programs/products your readers may be interested in buying. Affiliate programs are where you advertise other people’s products on your site and you get a percentage of the sales.

•    Service Businesses. Your site can be a great vehicle for starting up a service business or expanding your existing one. Use your quality content to build credibility and make your visitors want to contact you about a contract.

•    Local Offline Businesses. Use your Web site as an extension of your offline business, and increase your customer base.

•    Referrers/Finders. If your Site Concept fits, make use of this under-utilized monetization model.  Build one-on-one, lead generating relationships with on and off-line businesses. Then get paid every time you refer one of your readers to their business.

•    Product  Reviews.   This is an excellent way to boost readership and create viable content for your site not to mention you get a ton of free products.

•    Private Forums. While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.

•    Donations.  Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.

•    Consulting. Depending on your niche, you could make money by offering consulting and related services.

•    Advertising.  Selling advertising on your site can be extremely profitable but make sure that you are only advertising products or services that your readers will appreciate or you could run the risk of turning off some of your loyal readers.

•    Net Auction Sellers. Put eBay to work for you, rather than the other way around. Become your own “Power Seller.” Advertise eBay products on your site or get paid for sending customers to other eBay sellers.

•    E-goods Creators/Sellers. Low overheads and no stock to carry. These are just 2 reasons that make e-goods an ideal monetization model. E-goods are not limited to e-books — for example, you can also use audio to generate revenue. It comes down to selling information and this is a great way to make money.  You can even sell other people’s e-books as an affiliate and you can make 50% profit!

•    Sales and Rental Agents. “If you can represent it, you can sell or rent it on the Net.”

•    Existing E-businesses. Funnel your targeted PREsold traffic to your existing online store or business site — a great way to leverage your efforts and profits.

Remember to think “outside the box” — mix ‘n match the monetization models to suit your site topic. You are not limited to only one monetization model.

By doing some “future” thinking now, you can avoid costly mistakes.  Don’t box yourself into a corner with limited thinking; take advantage of the almost unlimited ways you can make money on the internet today.  You just might be surprised at what kind of unique and profitable relationships you can build.

Keep in mind that these monetization strategies are just an introduction to get you started. Before you decide which method is best for you and your website, have a look around and see what the pro’s are up to and more specifically your competition.  No need to reinvent the wheel.  

Bottom Line…

Don’t limit your options.  The potential for income on the internet today is endless, just keep one guiding principle in mind: build multiple streams of income.

By creating a blend of monetization options, you will build a thriving, diversified business that will stand the test of time.

You can check out Michelle’s web sites at http://healthy-holistic-living.com and http://home-remedies-and-natural-cures.com. To get more great tips, like the ones above and to see how and what tools she used to create a successful on-line business go to sitesell-sbi.com

You receive all 48 lessons from Michelle as a bonus when you enroll in our course The Tangled Webs We Weave – How to Have an Internet Business.

Gary

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You enjoy discounts by attending multiple seminars and tours.

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Sept. 11-12  Coastal Real Estate Tour

Sept. 14-15-16 Cuenca Real Estate Tour

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Oct.  16-17   Coastal Real Estate Tour
Oct.  19-20   Quito Real Estate Tour
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Read Surging food costs hit poor nations hard; biofuels compound problem

Here is an emerging market value update.

Yesterday’s message looked at the importance of value in major markets and reviewed the six best value markets now.

Value is the harmonious aspect of existence that wishes to fill every void.  Value is the ecstasy that harmonizes away the agony of imbalance.

This is why once a quarter we look at a major equity market value analysis by Michael Keppler.

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Keppler’s latest analysis shows that in the first quarter of 2010 Emerging Markets recorded their fifth consecutive quarterly gain. The
MSCI Emerging Markets Total Return Index (December 1988 = 100) gained 2.4 % in US dollars and 8.6 % in euros. The last time the index traded at these levels was in mid 2008. Over the last  12 (15) months, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index advanced 81.1 % (82.8 %) in US dollars and 77.7 % (87.8 %) in euros.

The euro, which stood at 1.3901 versus the U.S. dollar at year-end 2008, at 1.4348 at the end of 2009 and at
1.3531 at the end of March 2010, lost 2.7 % versus the dollar over the last 15 months and 5.7 % year-to-date.

Of the three regional indices, Asia gained 1.3 %, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) advanced 6.2 % and
Latin America returned 1.6 % during the first quarter. Over the last 15 months, the respective total returns were
75.9 % for Asia, 78.1 % for EMEA and 107.1 % for Latin America. Performance numbers are in US dollars unless
mentioned otherwise.

Eighteen markets advanced and four markets declined in the first quarter.

Thailand (+13.2 %), Hungary (+12.6 %) and Egypt (+11.9 %) performed best year-to-date.

Taiwan (-3.8 %), China (-1.6 %) and the Czech Republic (-0.2 %) came in last.

Over the last fifteen months, all twenty-two markets covered here had positive total returns, even though Morocco only managed to eke out a 1 % gain during that period; fourteen markets had double-digit returns and seven markets yielded more than 100 percent.

There are nine top value (“buy”) emerging markets: Brazil, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

According to Keppler’s performance ratings, these markets offer the highest expectation of long-term risk-adjusted returns.

Neutral value emerging markets are: China, Colombia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, South Africa.

Poor value markets are:  Chile, India, Indonesia and Korea.

See more on value on Ecuador here.

Gary

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You enjoy discounts by attending multiple seminars and tours.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1 Ecuador Shamanic Minga

Sept.   2-6   Ecuador Export Tour

Sept.   8-9  Imbabura Real Estate Tour

Sept. 11-12  Coastal Real Estate Tour

Sept. 14-15-16 Cuenca Real Estate Tour

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Oct.   11-12  Travel to Quito and Andean Tour
Oct.  13-14   Imbabura Real Estate Tour
Oct.  16-17   Coastal Real Estate Tour
Oct.  19-20   Quito Real Estate Tour
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Nov.    4-7   Super Thinking + Spanish Course Florida
Nov.    8-9   Travel to Quito and Andean Tour
Nov. 10-11    Imbabura Real Estate Tour
Nov. 13-14    Coastal Real Estate Tour
Nov. 16-17    Quito Real Estate
Nov. 19-20-21   Cuenca Real Estate Tour

Dec.   3-5    Ecuador Shamanic Mingo
Dec.   7-8    Imbabura Real Estate Tour
Dec.  10-11   Coastal Real Estate Tour
Dec. 13-14    Quito Real Estate Tour
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Value in equity markets cuts through the noise.

See below the current best value equity markets  and why the Dow’s recent drop below 10,000 was no surprise.

Merri and I do our best to avoid pollution… in our food… water and air.

Plus we try to stay away from noise and light pollution.

This is not easy in today’s crowded, artificial and noisy world.

Avoiding noise pollution is especially hard when we travel a lot.  For example at our main gateway airport Atlanta Hartsfield  we are often subjected to three or four TV stations and/or announcements all at the same time.  I do not know about you but this throws us into a state of utter confusion!  Some would call it becoming a stumbling fool.  I would have to agree but there is actually a scientific word for this noise agitation. The phenomenon is called “limited channel capacity.”  When the mind has to process more than six or seven things at once it loses its ability to discriminate at all.

So when flying… on the plane and in the airport we wear either ear plugs or Bose noise reducing headphones (though I wonder about the electro magnetic pollution from the headphones).

Our goal is to replace the noise with Baroque music… because the wrong kinds of noise anywhere can create stress.

Most of existence can be looked at in terms of frequency. Some frequencies are harmonious and balancing. Some clash and create imbalance.

A lot of music played today has the goal of imbalancing the listener.

The noise coming off stock markets can throw us off kilter as well.

We follow many types of frequencies and have been looking how frequencies affect US stock market shifts for years.

We report on these various market frequencies often so we were not surprised after our May 2010 stock market warnings to see the Dow quickly drop below 10,000… again.

This month, this site provided numerous warnings about various market frequencies that have all come together to put downwards pressure on US stock prices.  This five day chart of the Dow from www.finance.yahoo.com shows how accurate those warnings were.

If these waves represented sound.  The result? Cacophony and confusion.

We are also not surprised at the short term good news like yesterday morning’s market opening report in the New York Times.

Breaking News Alert The New York Times Thu, May 27, 2010 — 9:50 AM ET – U.S. Stocks Open Higher After Gains in Europe; S.& P. 500 Jumps Nearly 2% in First Minutes Shares on Wall Street quickly jumped at the open on Thursday, mostly on assurances by Chinese authorities that Europe would remain an important market for investment, and despite new economic data that was somewhat disappointing.

Expect the market to bounce up and down. This volatility is part of an extremely rude noise.

Yet if you see the entire score… as evidenced in this one month chart of the Dow from www.finance.yahoo.com you can see…

the tone is… down.

Many factors have suggested that the Dow is headed and it has been…. headed down.

Ignore the noise!

Enjoy a more powerful and harmonious economic  symphony instead.  Tune up your financial instruments with value.

Value is the harmonious aspect of existence that wishes to fill every void.  Value is the ecstasy that harmonizes away the agony of imbalance.

This is why once a quarter we look at a major equity market value analysis by Michael Keppler.

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Keppler points out that this spring global major equity markets continued their uptrend for a fourth consecutive quarter. In the first quarter 2010, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) World Total Return Index (with net dividends reinvested, December 1969 = 100) gained 4.7 % in local currencies, 3.2 % in US dollars and 9.5 % in euros.

Over the last twelve (fifteen) months, the total returns of the MSCI World Index were 46.3 % (31.6 %) in local currencies, 52.4 % (34.2 %) in US dollars and 49.5 % (37.9 %) in euros.

The euro declined 5.7 % to 1.3531 (USD/EUR) in the first quarter. Over the last 15 months, the euro has lost 2.7 % versus the US dollar.

Fourteen markets advanced in the first quarter and four declined.

Denmark (+16.4 %), Japan (+8.6 %) and Sweden (+8.4 %) performed best.

This year’s worst performing markets were Spain (-10.2 %), Norway (-3.8 %), Italy and Singapore (both down 1.7 %).

Over the last fifteen months, all major markets covered by Keppler achieved double digit gains. Singapore (+66.7 %), Hong Kong (+64.4 %) and Sweden (+60.7 %) fared best.

Japan (+18.5 %), Italy (+20.6 %) and Spain (+24.9 %) came in last.

The Top Value Model Portfolio that follows Keppler’s analysis currently contains the following six “buy” rated countries at equal weights: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

Keppler’s current ratings suggest that a combination of these markets offers the highest expectation of long-term risk-adjusted returns.

Keppler added: What a difference a year makes! In last year’s Spring edition of the Major Markets Country Selection, I wrote:  “Never in the last 20 years have our implicit 3 to 5 year return projections been as high as they are now.” I finished with the sentence “Benjamin Graham’s margin of safety indicates that much better times may lie ahead for global equity investors”. Now, one year later, we have witnessed four successive positive quarters and one of the best 12-month performances of global equities ever.

As a consequence, our current 3 to 5 year total return projections for the equally-weighted World Index have dropped more than in half from 32.7 % p.a. last year to 14.7 % p.a. as of the end of March 2010.

Keppler looks at Graham’s margin off safety analysis often. This is a frequency analysis that has great meaning because it is based on solid values that in the long run an investor should expect.  Whenever the red line is below the gray line, there is good global value.   There is less that have the value now  than a year ago.   The next three to five years offer a return… but we are closing in on the danger zone so speculators must beware.

Keppler’s neutral value markets are now: Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden.

The low value (sell) markets are:  Belgium,  Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong,  Switzerland and USA.

Since Keppler mentions “Benjamin Graham’s margin of safety let me add a note about Benjamin Graham’s book  The Intelligent Investor.

This is why most investors in equities should be investors not speculators. The hallmark of Graham’s philosophy is not profit maximization but loss minimization. In this respect, The Intelligent Investor is a book for true investors, not speculators or day traders. He provides, “in a form suitable for the laymen, guidance in adoption and execution of an investment policy”. This policy is inherently for the longer term and requires a commitment of effort. Where the speculator follows market trends, the investor uses discipline, research, and his analytical ability to make unpopular but sound investments in bargains relative to current asset value. Graham coaches the investor to develop a rational plan for buying stocks and bonds, and he argues that this plan must be a bulwark against emotional behavior that will always be tempting during abrupt bull and bear markets.

Market trends… bull and bear markets are noise.

During good times the noise leads to bad value. This is when most speculators incorrectly buy more.  Bad times… like now, create good value as they scare away speculators and leave the best opportunity for those who seek value and ignore the noise.

There is always value… in bad times and good and in all markets…. but look hardest for good value shares in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore and the United Kingdom now.

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We have looked at leverage multi currency investing in recent messages so I wanted to share my reply to this reader’s question.

Thanks for the info Gary. I would love to attend one of your workshops and would love to learn how to make more dollars. I used to trade in the stock market with put and call options on stocks and currency and lost a lot of money. This has left me  gun shy about “investing”.

Any suggestions of where to start? Regards,

Here is my reply.

We just completed a three day course with Jyske Global Asset Management (JGAM) showing why 80% to 90% of the people who trade futures and options lose all their money.

Those who trade options and/or futures contracts or highly leverage investments are not investing.  They are in the business of speculating.

Here are three simple facts that can help understand the difference between investing and speculating.

The first fact is that really safe investments earn about 3%.

This fact was confirmed by Alan Greenspan in his excellent book, “Age of Turbulence” when he wrote: “A major aspect of human nature-the level of human intelligence-has a great deal to do with how successful we are in gaining the sustenance for survival. As I point out at the end of this book, in economies with cutting-edge technologies, people, on average, seem unable to increase their output per hour at better than 3% percent a year over a protracted period. That is apparently the maximum rate at which human innovation can move standards of living forward. We are apparently not smarter to do better.”

That’s a huge fact to understand about investing.

Overall we should expect the global economy to grow at about 3%.

This gives us a baseline for how much an investment should grow.

If an economy rises faster than 3%, it is distorted. During early stages of excessive growth, investors will be attracted. Shares will rise faster.

If the economy remains robust, shares become overbought. Then watch out! A correction will come.

This leads us to the next fact which is “all investments have risk”.

Rather than wasting time trying to avoid risk…which cannot be done, investors should look at three risk elements instead.

#1: How much risk is there in any particular investment?

#2: What perceptions do the market have of the risk?

#3: What risk premium is due?

Bank accounts and government bonds, for example, are perceived as the safest investments (especially if government guaranteed). A look at their long term history shows that they pay about 3%. So if a bank account or government bond pays less…in the long term it’s bad. If it pays more…that’s better. Yet the idea is that bank accounts will not really make money. They will just keep up with growth…at 3%.

To get real growth requires taking risk. If an investment appears to be less safe it will pay more than 3%. This is called a risk premium.

Bonds pay more than bank accounts because they are perceived to be less safe.

Stocks pay more than bonds because they are perceived even riskier.

Over the long run, bonds issued in countries and currencies perceived to be stable pay 5% to 7%.

Stocks in major countries should pay 7% to 10% annual return in the stock market as a function of global growth, long term earnings growth plus risk premium (above bank accounts and bonds).

Emerging market stocks pay more than major market stocks. Emerging market bonds pay more than major markets bonds.

To attain higher growth than 7 to 10% investors must either increase risk, trust luck or spot distortions.

Investments that are leveraged offer even more profit potential but only at equal increased downside risk.

Finally we come to the third fact. Periods of high performance are followed by times of poor performance… and vice versa.

In the times of global panic that we have seen in recent years, all markets tend to drop.

This is good because the market is almost always wrong. Most investors always try to avoid risk. Most investors dump their wealth into investments that are perceived to be safe. This creates excessive demand and lowers value and actually makes the perception wrong.

Knowing this helps wise investors spot trends created by distortions so they can get higher paying investments without extra risk.

Recently we have looked at several reasons why the recent period of high performance investors have enjoyed in the US equity market may be followed by low performance.

One needs to beware of seasonality.

One needs to beware of the downwards pressure on equities in the upcoming economic cycle.

So if you are an investor and are tempted by the upswing in equity markets to become a speculator… beware.

Gary

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Yesterday’s message looked at how US debt and deficit spending is forcing a weakness in the US dollar’s strength.

In  a moment we’ll see how this has the potential to more than double investment with ownership of this view.

First let’s see why the rumor floating around about capital controls on overseas bank accounts is not true.

Government debt and the continual government overspending  are problems globally. This runaway expenditure creates uncertainty in the global economy.

However there is one economic fact that we can see… the solution.    Most governments will need some combination of tax increases and spending cuts. We can expect taxes to go up.

That is the legacy of an era of abusive government spending led by the USA’s trillion-dollar deficits. Erasing them will be one of the great political issues of the coming decade.

Expect government programs everywhere to become less generous and to increase their tax enforcement.

We can see this in Greece right now. For example, the retirement age is being raised from 58 to 65.  Quite a jump… but reasonable… unless you are a 57 year old Greek who has been expecting to retire.

We can see other European governments preparing.

An excerpt from a recent Reuters article, “European states keep Swiss bank secrecy under siege” by Jason Rhodes and Ben Berkowitz
article shows how:  European states lined up behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel to expose tax cheats in a combined assault on the Swiss banking secrecy laws that help protect them.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble sent shivers through the large Swiss private banking industry this week when he said Berlin was prepared to pay for stolen data belonging to potential tax cheats at a Swiss bank, raising the bar in the fight against tax evasion.

Now, the Dutch, Belgian and Austrian governments have also flagged interest in obtaining a copy of a compact disc with tax-sensitive data that Berlin may soon buy from an informant.

Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz said on Wednesday the Swiss would not help Germany or others hunt tax cheats on the basis of stolen Swiss bank data, but tried to defuse the escalating row by saying Berne would not retaliate.
“It is obvious that such a theft is a criminal act,” Merz said. “Switzerland should therefore not offer administrative (tax) assistance in such cases either now or in future.”

But he added that Switzerland would continue to engage in talks aimed at signing a new treaty with Germany.

Nearly $6 trillion of wealth is managed in Switzerland, with potentially almost one-third of it undeclared, analysts have said. Bankers fear the latest set of attacks could undermine the country’s entire private banking model.

Several European governments have tried to lure back some of the money hidden in tax havens by launching tax amnesties.

Wealthy Dutch savers last year declared 2.15 billion euros ($3.01 billion) under a penalty-free amnesty, with a third of the declared accounts hidden in Switzerland.

Britain has also targeted wealthy residents with hidden offshore money via a so-called voluntary disclosure program.

The most successful amnesty so far has been a Italian one, which recouped nearly 100 billion euros in three months, most of it hidden in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino.

France and Germany, on the other hand, have not launched amnesties but have accepted stolen bank data from informants.

We can see the US  preparing to increase tax enforcement.

One of the recent economic stimulus packages, Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, contains a section that tightens the ability of the IRS to see overseas assets.  Some writers misunderstood and thought this created capital controls that could even hinder buying real estate abroad.

I started receiving notes like this from readers:

Gary, Is this for real?  If so, how will this affect international real estate purchases? Look at what this newsletter has written!

“Americans’ ability to move their money across international borders may become restricted thanks to new legislation passed last week. Buried within Obama’s recent $17.5 billion “H.I.R.E.” Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2487) is a new U.S. Federal restriction on any foreign holdings which exceed the meager amount of $50,000 and leaves the door open for a new 30% transaction or ‘holdings’ tax to be enforced by the IRS. The new law amounts to an unprecedented extension of the US Government into the global sphere.”

Here is the reply I have been sending:

We are researching this now but I believe,  as is often the case, some people make a mountain out of a molehill.

In this instance the mountain was formed over a decade ago.   A law has been in place for years requiring overseas banks to collect data on US shareholders and submitting that data to IRS and collect 30% withholding of capital under certain circumstances.

This is why most overseas banks will not accept accounts for US investors.

Every bank, if they deal in US dollars is vulnerable in New York. If a bank accepts a US investor and breaks the law the US simply attacks their US assets and or arrests their employees when they enter the US.

For years overseas banks have been required to issue W9s for US clients.

See articles in our archives that were written about this law clear back in 2001 and 2002 when we accurately predicted what would happen to banking for Americans abroad at http://www.garyascott.com/2002/01/18/789.html and http://www.garyascott.com/2001/01/03/1514.html and http://www.garyascott.com/2001/12/16/763.html and http://www.garyascott.com/2001/02/16/164.html

US legislation as for bank privacy is concerned has been all wrapped up for years.  Any changes now are just frosting on the cake.  Very few major banks will offer a US resident a bank account. Many banks have made all their US customers, even those who are resident abroad close their accounts.

Any new legislation now is just frosting on the cake and this is slightly confusing to me as I cannot see what this ads to existing legislation except a bot fo clarification of the old existing laws.  The new regs appear to be aimed at transparency… not control of asset held abroad.

We have tax attorneys researching this now and here he has said so far.

“Gary: I have only the first read also.  Looks like a stronger language enforcement of what is already there.  The 30% withholding, my first take, is on US investments, US stocks and the like.

“I am waiting for some legal publications to state more accurately than the press.   The new statutes do want offshore banks to disclose US customers.  I cannot pick up on how that is to be enforced, especially banks with no US connections.  So, still waiting for more info but this is definitely not capital controls.  Total transparency of what and where your assets are is what they always have been and remain after.”

Now it appears that others who have written about this new regulation are recanting. Several readers have shared this note they received:

Capital Controls Revisited

Yesterday we ran a story published over that made the claim that capital controls are now here and fully enforced by the law. After further review, however, it appears that claim is inaccurate. The HIRE act is not about capital controls, it’s really about enforcing IRS rules. One can still legally have money in offshore accounts as long as the financial institution and the individual report it to the IRS.

The fact is that the HIRE act now signed into law makes it very costly for financial institutions not to report accounts and transactions to the IRS, and it gives the U.S. authorities ways to better enforce the requirements for U.S. citizens to report all bank and financial accounts they hold outside of the U.S. And financial institutions that do not cooperate will now see increased pressures from the U.S. government.

The law also closes a loophole that existed when a country’s banking secrecy laws (think Switzerland) did not permit foreign institutions
to turn in info about U.S. citizens to the U.S. government; it now requires that these financial institutions close these accounts or
face penalties from the U.S. government.

Consequences of this last round of tightening are:

1) More foreign financial institutions will decide to stop doing business with U.S. citizens and businesses. And it will become increasingly more difficult for Americans to open foreign bank and brokerage accounts.

2) Once the U.S. government actually decides to implement capital controls, it will have already collected all the information needed to possibly force repatriation of capital held by U.S. citizens in foreign financial accounts  (this could be the next step but it would be much harder to implement).

So, let’s recap. Capital controls are in fact not yet here, but the pressure is on and the HIRE act is another step to restrict the economic freedom of Americans.

I agree!  It will be harder now for Americans to bank abroad.

Government debt and the continual government overspending are problems globally. This runaway expenditure will lead to tax increases, spending cuts and greater tax enforcement.  Prepare for this now!

This is why I am updating my report “Borrow Low – Deposit High”.  Our emailed Borrow Low-Deposit High report can help you learn how to expand your profits with up to 400% loans just as our reports have helped thousands of readers do over the past twenty years.

You can learn why this profit is available in my new updated “Borrow Low-Deposit High–How to Use the Multi Currency Investment Sandwich” emailed report. This email report explains everything you need to know about how to create and invest in the Multi Currency Investment Sandwich.  (See details below.)

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I am updating Borrow Low-Deposit High now. When the new update is complete it will be offered at $79.

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This is also why we maintain close contact with Jyske Bank, Denmark’s second largest bank. Denmark is rated by Standard & Poor’s as the safest country in the world to bank in. Jyske Bank is the only bank we know that specializes in the Borrow Low Deposit High strategy. Jyske Bank is also one of the leading currency traders in the world. Unlike most banks (that trade only eight hours a day) Jyske maintains a 24 hour trading service. They have been our bank for over twenty years and help us stay informed about global equity markets, plus global currency parity and interest rate trends so we can learn from portfolios that are real time. What you learn from is actually happening as our service unfolds.

More importantly Jyske Bank  has created an entire subsidiary that provides a stable and safe institution for US investors  who wish to invest globally including a Borrow Low-Deposit High strategy.

Gary

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Read European states keep Swiss bank secrecy under siege

This may once again be the time to borrow low in Japan to invest high elsewhere.

See how this five year chart from www.finance.yahoo.com may mean money in the bank… a fortune actually.

Excerpts from a recent BBC article entitled “Japan’s economic growth rate revised down” helps explain why a new fortune may be in the making with the Japanese yen…

Here is the excerpt:  Japan’s economy grew by less than first estimated in the final quarter of 2009, revised figures have shown.  The Cabinet Office said the economy expanded by 0.9% between October and December of last year, down from its initial estimate of 1.1%.\

On an annualised basis, economic growth was 3.8% in the quarter, down from the initial estimate of 4.6%.

The downward revision in economic growth is likely to increase pressure on the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy.

However, with interest rates already down to 0.1%, it does not have much room to move. This is bad for an economy as it tends to make consumers and businesses delay major purchases in the expectation that prices will fall further in the future.

A slowing Japanese economy is just one reason why it may now make sense to borrow Japanese yen to invest elsewhere.  Borrowing low and depositing high is called the Multi Currency Sandwich and this investing technique has been a phenomenal way to invest for over 20 years.

Since the end of the US dollar’s link to gold the fluctuations between currencies have created some of the world’s greatest (such as George Soros’) fortunes.

See below why at our International Investing and Business Seminars we have delegates come to our house for afternoon tea or lunch.  Here I am arriving at our house with Don Childs (our US Spanish instructor) and delegates during our last Mt. Dora seminar.

This personal touch in part is because one great, very exciting Multi Currency Sandwich that lasted nearly two decades has been to borrow Japanese yen at a very low interest rate and reinvest the loan in higher yielding currencies.

Back at the end of 1988, the yen hit dizzy heights in the 120 Yen per U.S Dollar range. Yen interest rates dropped into the low 4% range. This created a classic sandwich opportunity. The yen was a strong currency at an all time high with a low interest rate. This is the formula that Multi Currency investment sandwich investors always looks for.

Now, twenty years later the yen is again a strong currency and the interest rate has fallen as low as 1.375%!

I have been writing and publishing information about international investing for nearly forty years (since May 1968 to be exact). Fortunately I stumbled across and wrote about the Borrow Low-Deposit High Strategy at an early stage so the original readers of my report “Borrow Low Deposit High–How to Use the Multi Currency Investment Sandwich” have been able to borrow yen at low rates and redeposit the loans in other currencies at much higher rates (without forex loss) for over 20 years!

This is not a fast trading technique and in fact most positions are aimed with a five year horizon…pretty sleepy compared to people who trade currencies (an entirely different approach). Yet for most of us, slow and sleepy mean SAFE! However the Borrow Low Deposit High tactic can be really profitable.

How sleepy and safe?

Imagine this. Over the past 20 years, the cost of a Japanese yen loan has averaged about 2%. The US dollar interest rate has averaged 4% over this same period.  If one invested $100,000 in safe US dollar bonds or CDS held in huge, safe banks for this period and used this loan as collateral to borrow $400,000 worth of yen to reinvest in safe US dollar CDs or bonds, they have earned an average $12,000 a year and turned a safe 4% investment into a safe 12% investment. They added an extra $144,000 of income (on a $100,000 investment) over the 20 years!

Investing for 20 years in US dollar bonds or CDs is about as sleepy and safe as one can get.

Yet many smart Multi Currency Investment Sandwich investors have done much, much better.

How much better?

Take for example one year’s review of three Borrow Low Deposit High model portfolios we created and tracked.

In 2007 these portfolios rose:

Dollar Short +48.19%
Emerging Market +122.62%
Green 266.30%

Is this enough better?

Let me hasten to add that this type of performance is not guaranteed.   Do not ignore the fact that as sleepy and safe as Borrow Low-Deposit High can be that there can also be risks.  Had we invested in these same portfolios above in 2008, they would have lost a lot of money. Here is how they performed in a bad year.

Dollar Short Portfolio -35.21%
Green Portfolio -56.08%
Emerging Market -73.79%

The price for extra performance in leverage is added volatility and risk.

Yet we saw in yesterday’s message that one portfolio in 2009 used Borrow Low tactics to invest mainly in bonds and earned 66% profit in just nine months!

Tracking these portfolios for many years has taught us some valuable lessons.

For example catch areas of likely growth where a borrowed currency is hedged to the invested currency.

For example we watched Eastern European markets enjoy great growth at a time when the Swiss franc was loosely linked to the Eastern European currencies.

In that year, the Jyske Invest Eastern European Equity Fund rose from $51,000 to $76,138, a return of nearly 50%.

Had you leveraged this loan two times with a 2.75% Swiss franc loan, the return on a $50,000 investment would have been over $225,000 in one year.

The Czech koruna was also loosely linked to the other Eastern European currencies.

The Jyske Fund above performed really well over five years, up from 110 euro to 500 euro since 2001. That was an increase of 3.54 times. If you had invested $100,000 and borrowed $200,000 more in Czech koruna at 3.75% and invested in this fund for the past five years the initial $100,000 would now be worth over a million dollars! Your loan costs would be $37,500. Your profit on $100,000 after interest would be $1,024,500 on $100,000 of cash invested.

Plus because of the loose link, your currency risk would have been reduced. How much better can we ask than that?

Now two golden Borrow Low Deposit High opportunities may be on the horizon.  Japanese yen loans invested in China and Swiss franc loans invested in Russia.

Japanese yen loans have been one of my favorite money making vehicles for over 20 years. I first borrowed yen at 111 around 1988.  Then  the yen strengthened (bad news for a borrower) to 79!    My paper losses looked formidable, yet I held on and watched the yen tumble all the way to 146 yen per dollar (shown in chart above) by 2002.  I exited and my forex profits were huge… plus I had been earning the positive carry (difference between the loan cost and investment return) for all the years I held the loan.

Please let me repeat. The formula that Multi Currency investment sandwich investors always considers is a strong currency at an all time high with a low interest rate.

The yen is almost there… too strong versus the US dollar in the perfect position to borrow!  Plus because the Chinese yuan is likely to rise versus the US dollar, the yuan is likely to rise versus the yen as well… which makes the idea of investments in China financed with yen loans especially strong now.

However before you make these investments, please let me remind you of several important lessons about risk we have learned in the past two decades of making and tracking Multi Currency Sandwich portfolios.  The longer you can hold a position the less likely you are to lose.

One lesson for example is that many portfolios that lost short term became profitable if held for the year. The lesson is that when a properly constructed portfolio is leveraged and diversified, it can be safe and profitable regardless of the underlying idea, if an investor sticks to his beliefs and does not panic during short term drops.

We also learned that past performance is no guarantee of future profits. The profitability of the portfolios changed dramatically based on varying entry and exit points! This reminded us that such high performance may not materialize for all and that we must plan our profit and loss potential.

These and other important lessons, plus the upcoming Japanese yen potential are why I am updating my report Borrow Low Deposit High. This report teaches how to Borrow Low & Deposit High and helps you learn the risk as well as the potential rewards.

This is also why we maintain close contact with Jyske Bank, Denmark’s second largest bank. Denmark is rated by Standard & Poor’s as the safest country in the world to bank in. Jyske Bank is the only bank we know that specializes in the Borrow Low Deposit High strategy. Jyske Bank is also one of the leading currency traders in the world. Unlike most banks (that trade only eight hours a day) Jyske maintains a 24 hour trading service. They have been our bank for over twenty years and help us stay informed about global equity markets, plus global currency parity and interest rate trends so we can learn from portfolios that are real time. What you learn from is actually happening as our service unfolds.

More importantly Jyske Bank provides a stable and safe institution for those who wish to employee a Borrow Low-Deposit High strategy based on what they learn.

Our emailed Borrow Low-Deposit High report can help you learn how to expand your profits with up to 400% loans just as our reports have helped thousands of readers do over the past twenty years.

You can learn why this profit is available in my new updated “Borrow Low-Deposit High–How to Use the Multi Currency Investment Sandwich” emailed report. This email report explains everything you need to know about how to create and invest in the Multi Currency Investment Sandwich.  (See details below.)

Tens of thousands of readers have purchased this report, and several updates, since it was first published in the 1980s. You however can have the most up to date edition at a $30 savings.

I am updating Borrow Low-Deposit High now. When the new update is complete it will be offered at $79.

This report will include ideas on were to invest in China and Russia (both neighbors of Japan)  now.

Finding the right Chinese investment requires care.  Take the WisdomTree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan Fund (Trading symbol CYB) as an example. This fund seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates in China available to foreign investors and changes in value of the Chinese Yuan relative to the U.S. dollar.

The fund invests in very short-term, investment grade instruments, so has a very low yield. However its yield since inception is 2.26% so this fund might pay the cost of the loan.

However the ideal is to borrow low-invest high, not borrow low-invest low… so we’ll be looking at Chinese investments with higher yield potential in the report.

You do not have to wait and miss this yen opportunity, buy our report “Borrow Low-Deposit High” for $49.  I will email it to you immediately… plus when the new update is complete, I’ll email that to you also… FREE.

The report helps you see why and where to invest and learn why and how currencies and interest rates rise and or fall.

Finally, as always you are protected by our 30 day completely satisfied or your money back guarantee

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Gary

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See other ways to fight inflation here.

Read the entire article Japan’s economic growth rate revised down

Here a thought on selling your US property so you can buy real estate in Ecuador… or just to get your US place sold.

One of the most frequent notes I receive from people wanting to move to Ecuador… or move at all or receive debt is… “I’ll do it as soon as I sell my place.”

There are some great property deals in Ecuador.

For example these adobe homes are…

about 1,500 square feet. This is a shot Merri took last September of me with the builder Jorge Quilambaci. Here is the front yard of this house.

The have nice interesting designs and…

are roomy… but…

the asking price is only $85,000.

That house is probably finished now, yet many people who would like to buy it cannot… unless they sell their US or Canadian house.

Here is a tip that can help you sell your property:  In tough buyer markets, we have to be creative by spotting distortions.

Here is a true story of how I helped a developer take advantage of distortions during the 1970s economic crunch.

This developer was a Brooklyn Boomer, and at that time a young real estate developer who got into international fund raising to save his neck.

He was sharp, intelligent and successful and in the 1970s he stumbled onto an exciting real estate idea that was bringing him great profits. Manhattan real estate prices were rising strongly in the 70s. The boomer saw that young professionals his age (late 20’s and early 30’s) could no longer afford to live in the better parts of this exclusive island.

He knew they needed to be close to town for their profession, wanted lots of room to raise their families and liked living in a nice setting with good architectural design and all the conveniences of modern living.He filled these needs by converting warehouses in Brooklyn into attractive and spacious condominium living units. The idea worked very well. The warehouses were only short blocks from very nice residential parts of Brooklyn and were capable of providing many large living units. This man’s business prospered and soon he started an even bigger project and then another. He was doing really well.

Then the economy bombed the boomer.  He was more than fully committed, over borrowed and needed quick cash to keep his deal going. An oil shortage, a banking crash and really high interest rates were on the verge of shutting him down.  For real estate developers the 1970s recession was almost as bad as now.

The developer was caught in a bind having already borrowed as much as he could based upon his previous successes. His financing was all in short term construction loans that were coming due, and he had to refinance at higher and higher rates.

High interest rates hit him doubly. First, his construction loan rates ruined cash flow and ate potential profits. Even worse the high rates increased mortgage payments so young professionals could no longer qualify for mortgages. His bankers were edgy.

At this stage, he consulted me about raising money from Europeans to tide him through his cash crisis.

At his request, I flew to New York and rode with him to the apartments. They were beautiful, so attractively designed that they had been featured in an architectural magazine. “Just the kind of place Europeans love” was my thought, “but how do we get quick financing?”

Perhaps, I thought that it would be better to sell apartments to Europeans rather than ask for loans!

Owning houses is something Europeans readily understand. They have confidence in owning houses. Making loans and investing in equities are not so much their deals.

So we treated the apartments as the investment and placed small, classified ads in the Netherlands, England and Germany.

Here is why.  Interest rates on the dollar at that time were at all time highs. Plus the U.S. dollar parity was at an all time low versus the British pound, German mark and Dutch guilder. These Brooklyn condos, seemed really cheap, when converted into foreign currency!

We did not try to sell the condos by mail. The sole object of our first ads was to find Dutch, German and English investors who were interested enough in investing in New York, that they would come and look at the condos.

Our sales package was aimed at getting the investors to Brooklyn, not at selling the condos direct. We wanted centers of influence. The marketing package included a copy of the famous architectural magazine showing the condos as well as details about profit potential of the property and the really low price in European and British currency terms. We kept a clear message that we were offering an investment backed by property ownership and that we wanted to meet the buyers and let them see for themselves.

The American buyers who had been buying from the Brooklyn Bomber were buying homes. These Europeans were making an investment which was very different.

We designed a package so the Europeans could buy an apartment, and immediately lease it to an American buyer – with a lease option.

This helped the Americans who wanted a place to live but currently could not qualify for a mortgage. They could immediately move into the house of their dreams and buy it later when they had a larger income (or when interest rates fell).

The lease on the other hand created immediate income for the European investor and the lease option sales price locked in a capital gain for the European.

The Europeans loved this because they earned income now, appreciation later and the entire package was secured by the real estate itself.

This was a win – win deal all made possible by distortions of currency fluctuations. The weak U.S. dollar made this property seem really cheap to Europeans. Yet the weak dollar pushed up oil prices, and interest rates made the condos really expensive for Americans.

One more point can be gained from this Case Study. The developer’s goal was to sell as many apartments to European investors for cash as fast as he could while the distortion remained. Yet we also set up a limited partnership designed for small investors who could not afford to buy an entire apartment. The partnership took title to one condo at a time and sold units of ownership for as little as U.S. $5,000.

This allowed Europeans to own a part of condo and gave the developer investment packages to sell for all ranges of investors. He sold the apartments for $125,000 to $250,000 to single investors, but with his deal could offer a $5,000 investment.

By taking advantage of this distortion this Brooklyn developer did not bomb out!  This gave the Brooklyn Boomer a plan to salvage his tight position then, but also gave him much, much more. Once he had developed a group of real estate investors in Europe he had an entirely new source of financing for the future. As interest rates fell and the leasees began to exercise their options, his European investors saw profits and had extra cash. By developing good will with these investors he maintained a steady source of equity finance that allowed him to outgun other developers in the area.

This led the developer into an international business, with an overseas sales company. He learned how to use the Circle of 100. He paid this sales company generous commissions and built an asset protected cash reserve aboard.

This is a wonderful case where the solution to a short-term problem (that could have bankrupted the developer) created a reliable long-term source of finance, solved his current problem and remained so he could also use it in the future.

He gained a source of money in many currencies and often at competitive interest rates. This source of money was available in good times AND bad, when other developers could not get money at all!

He gained an overseas company with 50% non-U.S. owners so he reduced U.S. tax liability. The assets in this overseas company were also protected from lawsuits and litigation in the U.S.

Distortions in currencies and interest rates around the world can bring an infusion of cash, buyers, different rates of interest, opportunities to reduce tax, eliminate liability. The process can also be a great deal of fun, if you learn how to understand markets abroad and adapt your plans to match the market!

Until then may all you business be good.

Gary

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Ecuador & Global Business for Privacy and Asset Protection.  Gain Opportunity, Privacy, Asset Protection and help the less fortunate all at the same time.

Here is an excerpt from the emailed international business section of our Tangled Web How to Have an Internet Business course.

A dying sun-majestic orange drops slowly, in its ancient rite, beneath the sea. The road darkens and an inky dusk shades this winding ribbon as it leads higher and higher, rising from the gloom of lush jungle into a chilled desert air.

Lome, Togo, in the dying heat of the day, on the rugged National Highway. Leading inland from the jungles of this African port, the road struggles a thousand miles upwards over five mountain chains through Togo and into the landlocked nations of Mali and Niger. Truck after truck struggles along the path, rusting, dented hulks, worn and well past their prime, but still hauling, overloaded, pushed by wearied, blurry eyed drivers. This mainstream of transportation is pushed past its limits, the trucks caked in dirt, running on cheap gas and worn out tires. They groan and grind slowly out of the jungle, up 500 miles of mountain into Dapong, Togo, half way through their journey.

There is a lesson in this African scene that explains how to gain opportunity plus increase asset protection and privacy… and in some cases can reduce tax, all at the same time.

There is adventure and beauty to gain in a global life as well… from Africa to Ecuador. This is our daughter, Francesca, hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa and Lesotho.

Such beauty.  The key is to enjoy all this beauty globally and…

like Fran and Sam above… also gain opportunity and…

live life to its fullest. Plus she is doing good working for the UN in Africa to help the less fortunate.

Here I am, hiking with…

our hound Ma and friends in…

the Andes near Cotacachi. Beauty is everywhere.  We enjoy it. We profit from our international adventures plus our foundation has been able to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the indigenous people of Ecuador.

For an example of how international business structures can help you profit and help others we return to Lome in Africa. The National Highway through Togo is the only link to the landlocked countries of Niger and Mali. The road is rough and trucks have worn out their tires by the time they reach the city of Dapong, half way up the road. A couple developed this perfect structure because they learned that used tires would sell briskly in Dapong.

However, when they checked out shipping used tires from the U.S., they found freight costs too high. Then they realized there was also a good market in Togo for used shoes as well. They knew that Americans hardly ever wear out their shoes. They then had a brilliant idea to stuff the used tires full of used shoes! Thus, they were able to ship the used shoes inside the used tires and establish a thriving, successful business.

There is more to this story than meets the eye. First this true tale shows how many ways there are to make money abroad. Who would have thought of selling used tires and shoes from America in Africa? But second and more important this story shows that everyone can have his own international business. The story shows that anyone from any walk of life can get into a real international business. This man and his wife were not business people. They were missionaries. They started the business to raise money for their mission.

Circle of 100

This brings us to the Circle of 100. In short If you have a non U.S. business that does not do business in the U.S. that is not controlled (50% shareholders are not U.S. citizens or residents) by U.S. shareholders, that company not only has no U.S. tax liability, but does not even have a U.S. tax filing requirement. (Non U.S. citizens and residents should check their tax laws.)

So the key is to have an overseas business that is 50% owned by non U.S. residents. Yet some people don’t want a business partner. (Keep in mind if you don’t have a partner you get the IRS as your partner by default.) In this case, I recommend donating half the company to non U.S. charities. The more the better. Donate half a percent to 100 charities around the world spread around the world!

Age or circumstances don’t matter either. In fact if you are active in a business you love you will probably live longer. For example this delegate in Africa who started the business was in his 80’s and they have now set up a twenty-year business plan!

The time for having your own business has become easier and easier. Rapid improvements in technology have made right now perfect for small businesses. Low cost telephone communication, travel and transportation make global business easy. For example Merri and I now have over 20,000 readers all over the world, but still operate from our home in one of the most remote parts of North Carolina and Ecuador as well as Florida.

So if you are looking for the perfect tax shelter, one that will last and is not likely to be clobbered by Congress the minute it works well, look at doing a real international business. You can enhance your tax savings, gain enormous privacy and asset protection and improve the wealth and fulfillment in your life.

This is the simple explanation but the structure is somewhat more complex.  If this is of interest to you can learn more about our $299 emailed “Tangled Web How to Have an Internet Business course“.

Gary

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Ecuador and the US dollar.

A Canadian reader recently sent this question about Ecuador and the US dollar.

I am hoping our Canadian dollar gains on the US dollar so we stretch our purchasing power in Ecuador.  Could you give me a better idea of the potential for this?

An excerpt from one of our recent Multi Currency updates outlines my belief that long term the US dollar will fall. I sent my multi currency readers this note:

With my recent US dollar loans the currency allocation in my liquid portfolio is:

US$  -2.0%
CAD  6.0%
NZD  6.0%
AUD   6.0%
$ Bloc   16.0%

GBP   8.0%
DKK  10.0%
SEK   4.0%
EURO 39.0%
Euro bloc 61.0%

TRY 6.0%
HUF 7.0%
BRL 6.0%
EMCS 6.0%
Emg Curr  25.0%

This represents a large overweighting in the euro and related currencies.

A recent note from a British reader explains why I have so many euros.   The  reader sent this note:

We Europeans wake with a new President elect tomorrow: President van Rompuy (currently Belgian Prime minister).

He may not have quite the charisma of President Obama but he will now lead the European Union, the largest economic power in the world. Consider:

-The European Union’s GDP ($18.9trillion) is larger than the United States ($14.5 trillion) and China ($4.3 trillion) COMBINED
-van R represents 492 million citizens
-EU is the world’s largest aid donor
-world’s second longest coast-line helping establish it as the world’s largest importer and exporter
-Home to more global cities than any other region in the world

Yet…

We have not had a chance to vote for van Rompuy of course, no surprise as the EU is the world’s largest elite driven technocracy that is (in my humble opinion) transforming Westminster, the mother of all Parliaments into a regional Assembly and squeezing the life out of accountable democracy like a giant multi-headed serpent that speaks 145 different languages.

Consider:

-75% of new environmental law comes from the EU
-EU law is now supreme law and trumps national law in all EU countries
-Do you know who your MEP is or what they get up to in Brussels?
-The EU elite has largely refused to let its citizens vote via referenda on the relentless expansion of EU powers and effective end of national soverignty (and where there have been referenda i.e. Ireland: have refused to take no for an answer, bullying second referenda until they say Yes)

So, awake and all hail President elect van the man Rompuy, a new global Giant, the dawn of a new era. A thrilling day for the Euro Elite, a sad day for democracy.  Thanks God.  At least it wasn’t Tony Blair.

You can enroll in our Mutli Currency Course here.

I believe the Canadian dollar will appreciate against the US dollar… but not as much as emerging and European currencies.  To protect the purchasing power of one’s currency… diversify out of the US dollar.   My portfolio above shows that I am voting with my money as well as my mouth.

Here is a chart from finance.yahoo.com of the Canadian dollar versus the US dollar.

Here is the US dollar versus the euro for the past five years.

Whichever currencies you choose for diversification… the charts are pretty clear.  The US dollar is headed down and has not yet reached its previous low.

However to not forget that I believe that all currencies will lose purchasing power. This is why I have Ecuador houses and…

Ecuador office buildings…

Ecuador hotels…

and Ecuador condos in my portfolio.

There are four ways to combat the loss of global currency purchasing power.  Invest in global shares… commodities… real estate and/or have your own business.  This is why we offer our emailed course “Tangled Web… How to Have Your Own Internet Business”.

Gary

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