Here is a way to retire in Ecuador and help the world… and your health and wealth.
This message looks at how to invest in green international investments.
More on that in a moment.
First, here is an Ecuador retirement income and lifestyle idea that can help the world.
Retire in Ecuador and run a small organic farm.
This perfect retirement in Ecuador farm begins it cycle with these guinea pigs.
The farm has many of them in these cages.
Clover on the farm feeds them. Their manure helps organically fertilize the corn.
The corn husks are mixed with manure to be used as fertilizer and the corn feeds the…
doves…
chickens and…
pigs.
All of these more manure to grow the main crop!
Actually even if you are not ready to retire or live in Ecuador… this idea make sense because big problems create big opportunity. The idea is growing.
Here is an excerpt from this week’s USA TODAY article entitled “On tiny plots, a new generation of farmers emerges”
Joseph Gabiou walks the fields of Wobbly Cart Farm with a practiced eye. He kicks dirt into place to keep the wind from blowing the protective covering off a row of organic broccoli. The seedlings are vulnerable to the flea beetles that came in the spring, just as longtime farmers in this valley told him they would.
To a new farmer, that’s crucial information. The farm, started five years ago, is young. But so is the 33-year-old Gabiou at a time when the average age of the American farmer is 57, according to the Department of Agriculture. The 2007 agriculture census found that more than one-quarter of all farmers are 65 or older.
Wobbly Cart is also tiny, just 6 acres. Nationwide, the average farm is 449 acres.
But Gabiou and business partner Asha McElfresh, 32, differ from typical farmers in another way. Wobbly Cart, say agriculture specialists, is part of a movement in which young people — most of whom come from cities and suburbs — are taking up what may be the world’s oldest profession: organic farming
“I’m seeing an enthusiastic group of young people all across the country who want to get into farming,”
For those who do not want to retire in Ecuador or retire at all… investing in green still makes sense.
Water equity investments especially could get warm soon.
Here is an excerpt recently sent to our multi currency lesson subscribers:
A recent message on Green and Ecuador cars message looked at how investors can cash in by investing in green shares that are vital to society in the long term… but are depressed more than the norm due to short term economic concerns.
This economic distortion may be especially true of water shares.
I am looking for water shares that have extra value now and I began by looking again at our Green Portfolio.
There are six shares in this portfolio and in 2007 the portfolio rose 266%. In 2008 it fell 208%. This phenomenal rise and fall were leveraged by a two times loan in yen.
I am not ready to leverage anything yet but some of these great shares may make sense as a medium or long term investment.
Name Sector Currency Vestas Wind Turbines Alternate Energy Danish Kroner Q Cells AG Alternate Energy Euro Seche Environmental Euro Novozymes Environmental Danish Kroner Hyflux Ltd Water Singapore Dollar Kurita Industries Water Japanese yen
Two of the six shares in this portfolio are involved with water purification and China and Kurota provides diversification into the Japanese yen which has been strengthening.
Kurita offers an investment in one of the world’s greatest economic concerns.
Water is at the forefront in economic development in the US, especially in the West.
Emerging nations have a water crisis as well. Hundreds of Chinese cities are facing water shortages; farmers in the most-populous nation are foregoing millions of tons of grain production every year. Per-capita availability of water is expected to shrink to alarming levels by 2030.
India has a similar concern. According to the World Bank, by 2050 demand for water in India will exceed all available supplies.Therefore the green portfolio did exceedingly well before the crunch.
Now many in the market are worried that environmental shares will suffer, because the economy cannot afford to invest in the environment.
Water concerns cannot wait long especially with two of the world’s fastest growing economies facing serious water concerns, there is plenty of fundamental room for growth.
Big problems create great opportunity and few problems are as big as the environment and sustainability. Whether you want to retire in Ecuador on a farm or invest long term, think organic and green.
Gary
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Read the entire USA TODAY article entitled “On tiny plots, a new generation of farmers emerges” at http://content.usatoday.com/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=citizen-times&sParam=35644752.story
Ecuador, organic & green ideas can create wealth in the new economic era.
I’l say more on Ecuador organic gardens in a moment. First, let’s look at organic and green ideas north of Ecuador in the USA and elsewhere.
A recent message mentioned that we have enhanced our strategic alliance with Jyske Bank by co hosting a international investing course with Jyske Global Asset Management (JGAM) at the Naples Beach Club. The shot above was taken of the Naples Beach Club golf course.
Each day Merri and I strolled down the beach from the hotel to the Naples pier.
During the day we talked with delegates attending the seminar. My speeches looked at some great opportunities for investing in green ideas.
Herein lies the rub.
Golf courses… beaches surrounded by commerce… the opulence of Naples is about as far from green as can be… yet this is what attracts so many of the bucks!
This series shows how the big economic problems today create big, new opportunities.
The greatest asset we can have in the economic era ahead is an ability to serve… to produce a product or service that adapts to new ways of living as they unfold.
One of these new ways will be green.
Merri and I left Naples (our home for more than 20 years) because it had transformed from a sleepy fishing village into a glittering metropolis. This was not us. The lifestyle there is complex now and hard to sustain.
Though our global travel for 41 years leaves us with a terrible carbon footprint and makes us look like jet setters, Merri and I are basically simple, recluse home bodies, happier weeding our garden and watching our sunflowers sprout, than flying off to a grand metropolis.
I usually work here on the front porch…
watching my grapes, raspberries, squash, tomatoes and…
sunflowers that…
by late summer will look like this.
Merri and I are such common people… so like, so many our age… that usually whatever we like, many millions of others like as well. We count on this fact in our investing. We feel for what we like, knowing there is a market for that feeling. This has paid us, over the years, well.
During the current economic transformation green may suffer… but in the end humanity cannot ignore the problem of sustainability. This means that green investments may offer special value now.
Here are excerpts from a recent Times special report entitled “It will Pay to Save the Planet”:
It’s no secret that U.S. workers are in trouble, with the unemployment rate at 8.9% and rising. At the same time, the world faces a long-term climate crisis. But what if there is a way to solve both problems with one policy? A number of environmentalists and economists believe that by implementing a comprehensive energy program, we can not only avert the worst consequences of climate change but also create millions of new jobs — green jobs — in the U.S. “We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural havoc, or we can create jobs preventing its worst effects,” President Barack Obama said recently. “We know the right choice.” According to a report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, there are already more than 750,000 green jobs in the U.S.
Environmental advocates say that with the right policies, those job figures could swell. The Mayors’ report predicts that for the next three decades, green employment could provide up to 10% of all job growth.
Because the environment creates a huge problem… there is also great opportunity in the thoughts behind this series.
Now imagine this… a guy sitting deep in the North Carolina woods reporting about Ecuador to tens of thousands of people in a flash. We gave up our print publishing business and moved to places where we mostly walk rather than drive… built a super insulated natural house all to make our lifestyle and business greener.
You can do this too… if you wish or something of this sort… something that interests you. There are so many green ideas and opportunities.
Many of these organic… green ideas are in Ecuador.
Here are a few ways suggested in previous messages that you can earn income that are greener than the norm.
Here is a recent order of green Ecuador roses we received at our home.
This idea helps create employment in Ecuador… encourages green agriculture… reduces pollution for floral distribution and encourages community interaction.
Few ideas will totally reduce our carbon footprint. Yet we can consume less when we work from home and deliver electronic rather than physical products. When we void commuting we reduce travel, road wear and use less gas. We pollute less.
I talked about green investing with these speakers at the Naples seminar. Left to right: Samuel Rachlin, Rich Checkan, Steve Blumenthal, Joe Cox, John Mauldin, Gary Scott, Lars Stouge. Thomas Fischer Moderating.
Our multi currency course has been tracking green portfolios for years. The green portfolio we have tracked for years include:
Vestas: Danish Wind Turbine manufacturers.
Q Cells AG: German Solar Panel Makers.
Kurita Water: Japanese Water Purification Company.
Hyflux: Singapore Water Purification Firm.
NonoZymes: Danish Enzymes Manufacturer.
Seche Enviroment: French Environmental Porducts Firm.
I reviewed this green portfolio with my Jyske Global Asset Management adviser, Anders Nielsen. Here I am with Anders at the Naples seminar.
He recently wrote that Jyske recommends some of the green shares in our green portfolios now and said:
Jyske Bank has a buy on NovoZymes, with a target price of 515 Danish kroner (the current quote is 417.00 DKK).
Jyske Bank has a buy on Vestas, with a target price of 495 Dansih kroner (current quote is 399 DKK).
Jyske Bank does not have recommendations on the rest of the companies, but Anders passed on recommendations from other analysts from the Bloomberg system.
Seche Environnement: 16 analyst follow the company. 6 buy, 5 hold and 5 sell. The average price target is 45.94 Euro (the current quote 49.58).
Kurita water Industry: 12 analyst follow the company, 8 Buy, 2 hold and 2 sell. The average target price is 2,275 yen (the current quote 2,570).
Q-cells AG: 41 analyst follow the company, 7 buy, 13 hold and 21 sell. Average target price 17.56 Euro (The current quote 17.26).
Hyflux Ltd: 8 analyst follow the company, 5 buy, 3 hold and 0 sell, Average target price 2.21 (Current quote 1,77).
One, two or none of these ideas may be right for you. Others may not. We cannot be sure which shares will rise. We can be sure that rapid change is here and that green and sustainable products are vital to humanity’s future!
Great opportunity is also here and a big part of this opportunity will be in the field of environmental and social sustainability. I look forward to sharing this opportunity with you so we can make other green with envy!
Gary
Join me and Thomas Fischer from Jyske Global Asset Management in North Carolina to learn more about economic trends and David Cross our webmaster to learn how to have a global internet business.
We’ll have lunch at the farm and enjoy the cool summer mountains. Here’s a shot of our front yard.
Thomas Fisher speaking to our delegates at the farm.
Delegates enjoying a private conversation with Thomas Fischer during a coffee break at the farm.
We enhance these courses with regular international investing and business seminars that I conduct in coordination with Jyske Bank and Jyske Global Asset Management.
If you enroll in our July 24 to 26 International investing and business seminar by July 1, 2009 you can have one of these two emailed courses free and save p to $249.
Delegates gain a lot by talking with each other at these courses. Here are delegates at our Naples course.
Join me with Thomas Fischer of Jyske Global Asset Management and my webmaster David Crossin North Carolina July 24-26 IBEZ North Carolina
Our North Carolina courses in 2009 will be conducted in the new…
We are on the road making Ecuador comparisons, weathering the weather and wishing for Ecuador weather.
In other words Merri and I have extended our Florida meanderings so we do not arrive back at our North Carolina farm in a snow storm.
We have been looking at Ecuador income potential and so let’s view this hotel for sale on Ecuador’s beach.
Ecuador weather looked pretty grey on the day I took these shots… but we never have to worry about snow!
Readers often write asking about the weather in the Andes. If you look up Quito weather for example it says “Rain” almost every day. This is a puzzle as it is not true. Here is a great history of Quito weather from the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/longterm/historical/data/quito_ecuador.htm.
Here are the average temps.
The highs and lows.
The rain.
We have been traveling though Florida getting a feel… wondering what has led us here. Innocently wandering around… looking… checking…. waiting.
Of course the weather is great… though a bit sticky at times…. plus too dry right now. This is Florida’s third worst drought in history.
We can’t help but make comparisons with Ecuador.
Three things I noticed in the last two nights spent at Holiday Inns were:
First, when hotels here quote room rates…. they do not let you know of the tax.
In Ecuador we always provide this warning so guests know what the entire cost will be.
Secondly, hotels do not seem to have noticed the economic downturn. Prices seem pretty high $119 for a Holiday Inn express and $129 for a Holiday Inn… plus the unmentioned taxes… for the typical box.This is double what our hotel costs at $59 (plus 22% tax).
Third, comes the free breakfast… overcooked buffets… terrible bakery pastries and everything served on foam plates and cups… with plastic knives and forks… without much (or really any service)… including the “wonderful” Smuckers jam.
I think of our hotel’s great cooked when you arrive, full breakfast… juice….fresh fruit made into an art form… hand made butter and hand made marmalade… plus choice of eggs in numerous ways… bacon or ham. Though I have to be honest, I do not like the bread our hotel serves… next thing on my list to fix.
This is not a complaint… just a comparison. Remember we are looking to buy in Florida because we also love it here.
Merri and are having a great time. We are enjoying Florida’s warmth… seeing a lot of territory… ranging from Naples to Lakeland… Winter Haven… up to Clermont…. Mt Dora… Tavares… Leesburg… Deland… St Augustine… Palakta… Zeypher Hills plus some really out of the way (our favorite) places like Ridge Manor… Crows Bluff… Lady Lake… Fruitland Park.
This note is written from outside of Gainesville and today we inspect the Suwanee River.
The best place we have seen so far was remote… on the Withlacoochee River. We would have purchased this on the spot… except… it should be renamed… Withlacoochee Puddle! We were very sad to see numerous lakes and rivers that are pretty much gone… during the terrible drought we are seeing here.
Multi Currency Thought
This reminds me of an important multi currency fact. The global economic downturn has driven the price of many shares down.. but has not stopped basic essential needs… like our need for water.
Shares of companies denominated in strong currencies that provide excellent needs can offer special value.
Take the water share we have followed for years… Hyflux.
Hyflux Ltd is company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange that has a proprietary water filtering system that does business in China, India, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as Singapore and Southeast Asia.
These shares have fallen from a high of $4.88 to $1.72 as you can see in the chart below from uk.finance.yahoo.com
The owners is asking $600,000 and claims income of $180,000 a year with a net profit of $50,000. If these figures are accurate… this is not a bad value spot to start negotiations. Here is the beach nearby…
the ocean side pool…
the area where the hotel is located.
Though this day was grey… there is a reward that comes with the clouds. The moisture creates some spectacular sunsets… like this one shot a bit north of this hotel at Palmazul.
We viewed this hotel on a recent real estate tour and I am sending a full report to my Ecuador Living subscribers next week. If you are not a subscriber and would like this report, you can learn how to subscribe to Ecuador Living here.
There are legal, asset protection and tax benefits that an overseas business can bring, but be sure to always have an attorney who is experienced in using overseas structures. The laws are complicated. For specific information about using overseas structures correctly, you can learn more about Joe Cox here. Contact Joe Cox at jcox@coxnici.com
Regards,
Gary
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If you plan to attend six or more seminars or tours in 2010 an International Club membership which allows you and a guest to attend as many of the 56 courses and tours we’ll sponsor and conduct in 2010 (fees would be $40,947 for all these courses individually) for only $2,999.
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International Club 2010
Attend our 56 investment, business, Spanish, real estate and export, courses and tours in 2010 with one small enrollment fee.
Apr. 12-15 Ecuador Export Tour ($499 or couple $749) Apr. 17-18 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Apr. 20-21 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Apr. 23-24 Quito-Mindo Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Apr. 26-27 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749)
May 13-14 Ecuador Shamanic Minga ($499 or couple $749) May 16-17 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) May 19-20 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) May 22-23 Quito-Mindo Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) May 25-26 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) May 28-29 South Coast real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749)
June 24 Quantum Wealth North Carolina June 25-27 International Investing and Business North Carolina ( $749 or couple $999) June 28-29 Travel to Ecuador and Andes June 30-Jy 1 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) July 3-4 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) July 6-7 Quito-Mindo Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) July 9-10 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749)
Sept. 3-6 Ecuador Export Tour ($499 or couple $749) Sept. 8-9 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Sept. 11-12 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Sept. 14-15 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Sept. 17-18 Ecuador Shamanic Minga ($499 or couple $749) Sept 20-21 South Coast Real Estate tour ($499 or couple $749)
Oct. 7 Quantum Wealth North Carolina Oct. 8-10 International Investing & Business North Carolina ($749 or couple $999) Oct. 11-12 Travel to Quito and Andes Oct. 13-14 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Oct. 16-17 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Oct. 19-20 Quito-Mindo Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Oct. 22-23 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749)
Nov. 4-7 Super Thinking + Spanish Course Florida ($749 or couple $999) Nov. 8-9 Travel to Quito and Andes Nov. 10-11 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Nov. 13-14 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Nov. 16-17 Quito-Mindo Real Estate ($499 or couple $749) Nov. 19-20 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Nov 22-23 South Coast Real Estate Tour (($499 or couple $749)
Dec. 3-5 Ecuador Shamanic Mingo ($499 or couple $749) Dec. 7-8 Imbabura Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Dec. 10-11 Coastal Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Dec. 13-14 Quito-Mindo Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749) Dec. 16-17 Cuenca Real Estate Tour ($499 or couple $749)
If you join the International Club, the entrance fee for 2010 is $2,999 (until January 2010). Your attendance fees at all courses will be waived. You and your guest can attend courses worth $40,947.
You can calculate the savings as our schedule of all 2010 courses is shown below.
Arrival dates are always one or two days earlier. Please double check with us before booking flights.
I invite you to be a member of the International Club which allows you and your guest of your choice to attend all of these courses which are valued at $40,947!
You may well wonder why I would make such an offer and ask why the cost is so low? Let me answer this question frankly and from the heart.
First, it helps us do a better job for you. We feel greatly enriched when we can really help our clients improve their lives. We have learned through years of experience the best way to do this is to meet with you regularly. We can best help you learn how to improve your health and wealth through continual expansion of knowledge.
Second, we gain enormous fulfillment from the many friendships we form through the years. Our friends have enriched our lives tremendously. Let me explain this in more detail.
As a member, you will be part of our international family that meets intensively over the next year to examine ways we can make our lives better. Our goal is beyond just having money. Our goal is to have quantum wealth… good health… wealth and fulfillment through service.
Though I give all course delegates my very best, I cannot help but to do a better job for those who come again and again. As we meet often; your particular wants, needs and desires become clear, and it is easier for me to point you in the right direction.
Another phenomenon is that repeat delegates help each other! They get to know one another, help each other learn, share their insights, make contacts and gain more wealth.
Out associates in Ecuador, are experienced business people who live or work and conduct our real estate and export courses. They can also act as your local backup for the business.
Lifestyle for Two. There is more! I have learned at my courses that many repeat delegates were couples.
We want couples! As a member of the program, you are entitled to bring another person to every single course or tour. The cost for that extra person will be ZERO! You can bring whomever you wish. Bring your spouse, a friend, son or daughter, partner, accountant, adviser. You can bring the same person each time or a different person, whomever you choose to accompany you. (Accommodations and air fares relating to the courses are not included for members, delegates or their guests.)
Won’t you join us in this exciting club and share Merri’s and my lifestyle for the next year? We look forward to seeing you at as many courses as possible and sharing this wonderful world of abundance and well being with you!
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