Seventeen years ago, my brother David had a revelation.
It landed the two of us on the cover of Fortune. It earned us a fair amount of money... and factored into our decision to launch The Motley Fool in 1993.
In 1995, its predictive power was confirmed in the parking lot of an unknown technology company that had developed a revolutionary new computer drive...
A little-known group of "linked-in" investors paid close attention and were handsomely rewarded -- turning every $10,000 invested into $80,000 in just 24 months.
In 1999, it left a Russian national hero so disgraced he threw a public fit and threatened to sue IBM, one of America's most revered corporations...
And in March 2000, it led the exasperated CEO of a cash-hemorrhaging mining company directly to the richest and most profitable gold strike in the world.
Are you intrigued? I was.
My brother was spellbound. He set out at once to outline everything he would need to harness this powerful signal and put it to use helping individual investors build their own personal wealth.
It was a daunting task. There were times I secretly feared he'd never get his project off the ground. Then in March 2005, we caught a break...
A $2 million Innovation Grant allowed David to assemble a "Dream Team" of financial experts and scientists that led to this letter I'm writing you today...
- One is a NASA scientist with a PhD in computational neuroscience.
- Another is a talented investor with a documented track record of helping individual investors beat the market.
- A third was among the first and most successful hedge fund managers in modern finance history.
With their hard work and guidance, and the help of literally dozens of Motley Fool developers and analysts, plus the collective intelligence of tens of thousands of hardworking investors like you...
Our "pipe dream" is a groundbreaking reality!
Now there's evidence it can help investors like us build our wealth faster and with less volatility than you might think possible -- no matter what the market throws our way in 2011.
I know that sounds fantastic, but I'll explain everything.
Including what my brother and I discovered 17 years ago and how it can help you make more money than you are making right now, MINUS the gut-wrenching volatility you've been told to accept as unavoidable.
I have much to tell you, and I think you'll find it a compelling read. To help you decide whether it's worth investing a few minutes of your time, let's address the elephant in the room:
Of course, I mean "What's in it for you?"
So what is in it for you? I'll explain...
By now, you may have heard. Two years ago, I transferred $1 million in Motley Fool funds to a private account, promising to pay it back in full -- and then some.
My pledge was to methodically grow that $1 million at 15% per year into $1 billion over the next 50 years -- an ambitious goal to be sure, but one I still very much intend to achieve.
At the time, I also offered Motley Fool members the opportunity to "take part in something historic and have a little fun, too." Plus, as I recall saying at the time, "Nothing short of a realistic shot at life-changing wealth"...
I hope you took me up on my offer to follow along with me as I build and manage my million-dollar common top stocks portfolio for 2011. I eagerly look forward to an exciting and worthwhile adventure. Yet, here's the thing...
My brother David thinks he can help you do even better!
Especially, he points out, in a market as unpredictable and volatile as this one. And to prove it, David has agreed to put REAL MONEY where his mouth is -- also to the tune of $1 million in The Motley Fool's cold, hard cash.
Now, with the help of one of the best investors and educators we've ever met, he is building his own real-money investment portfolio -- although with one very important twist...
David's million-dollar, real-money portfolio is not only invested in common top stocks for 2011 -– it is an actively managed "LONG/SHORT" investment portfolio made up of a full arsenal of investment vehicles.
On October 7 2008, David invited a small group of Motley Fool members to follow along in real time. The response was overwhelming. We stopped enrolling members and started building a waiting list.
On October 26, 2009, Barron's dedicated an entire column to this little group's success -- in a feature called "Giving Your Portfolio More Options." I'll show you some interesting excerpts from Barron's just ahead.
Meanwhile, here are a few comments from investors like you who took David Gardner up on his previous offer...
- "I was losing money. Since I joined, I have been able to have a positive return. This in itself has paid for the service." -- O. Rivera, Dover, NJ
- "With your help, I have stopped the bleeding and reversed the flow. With options added in with stock purchases, I have made close to 30% since I signed up." -- Barry M., Buford, GA
- "This really is a first-class service, and I am having a great time learning and implementing the strategies. Well worth the price of entry in my book." -- Mike H., Redmond, WA
As for the folks we placed on the waiting list, they have been waiting for seven months and are reading this invitation along with you right now. So, please do hear me out. I think you'll see why I say this is unlike anything you've ever been offered by The Motley Fool.
For one thing, it's the first time The Motley Fool has offered a membership service that helps you PROTECT your capital and smooth out your returns. At the same time, it exposes you to more sophisticated investments and strategies -- with the realistic goal of earning you...
Positive REAL returns in up, down, and even flat markets!
It's also the first Motley Fool service that, in addition to showing you step-by-step how to build your own LONG/SHORT stock and options portfolio, also provides you with...
- Specific industry and sector insights
- Timely macroeconomic market commentary
- Detailed qualitative analysis of broad market trends
- Unlimited, deeper-dive access to the world's most exhaustive stock-rating database
- Extensive bottom-up company and community intelligence data and research capabilities
Hence the name of this unusual new project, Motley Fool PRO -- which I'll explain in more detail in the next few pages.
This letter is your invitation to join my brother David Gardner, and his talented co-advisor you're about to meet -- and take part in what we all expect to be an exciting and profitable adventure.
In fact, as you read these words, the Motley Fool PRO team is putting that million dollars to work in a real-money, actively managed portfolio they intend to multiply in value many, many times over.
And true to form, the portfolio is already up 24% -- despite a hefty 40% cash balance and having launched into a market some have called "the worst in history." And get this…
Of the 28 positions opened and closed in the Motley Fool PRO portfolio -- 26 were closed at a profit. That's a stunning 93% win rate.
Plus, 19 positions closed for 100% gains or more!
While of the 21 current stock and ETF positions, a full 18 are in the black (including gains of 85%, 86%, 91%) while only 3 are down, slightly.
But don't worry, the portfolio is not nearly fully invested. In fact, David and his team have more than $400,000 in cash ready to invest.
In other words, you haven't missed the boat. Far from it. Not only do I believe that the open portfolio positions are just getting started… after all, David and Jeff keep adding money to them… I KNOW there are plenty more where they came from, as you're about to discover.
To see why I'm so confident, let's address the first reason why NOW is the time for you to start putting the Motley Fool PRO investments and strategies to work preserving and protecting your capital.
Are you consistently making money in up, down... even flat and roller-coaster markets?
As a Motley Fool member, you're aware of the fortunes that await patient, long-term buy-and-hold investors.
But you can also agree these are remarkable times.
Increasingly, Motley Fool members are taking an interest in the advantages offered by more sophisticated investing, trading, and hedging strategies.
That's understandable. Especially given the treacherous, unforgiving market we've just come through and have every reason to believe we will experience again...
One that puts us at the mercy of powerful sector rotations, constantly changing leadership, and devastating blowups.
PUT and CALL options, for example, can juice our gains in up and down markets, generate excess regular income, and reduce overall volatility.
In addition to options, you've also expressed an interest in profiting from and learning more about...
- Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), both long and short
- Individual short positions
- Market-neutral long/short paired trades
- Income-generating energy limited partnerships
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
It shouldn't surprise you to hear that my brother David and I wholeheartedly share your interest!
In fact, you may recall that David's original real-money Rule Breaker portfolio was a long/short portfolio -- earning FULLY DOCUMENTED returns in excess of 20% per year over a decade that included one of the worst bear markets in history.
Yet, as rewarding as those returns were for investors who profited following this innovative strategy from 1994 to 2003, I'm convinced there has NEVER been a market better suited to these diverse strategies than RIGHT NOW...
- Put and call options are uniquely suited to help judicious, opportunistic investors like us take advantage of market volatility and whipsawing stock prices like we're bound to experience again.
- Short positions, when handled wisely, can be used to hedge against excessive volatility, capture short-term downward momentum, and boost our absolute portfolio returns in long-term downtrends.
- Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer unique advantages -- allowing us to exploit sector and geographic trends, capitalize on pockets of investor exuberance and fear, and profit from short-term sector and "cap-range" mispricings, either to the upside or downside.
And because we can profit when prices move up or down or even nowhere, all three can provide us the performance, income, and PEACE OF MIND we need to protect our gains and keep making money when top stocks for 2011 "go nowhere fast" like they have the past 10 years.
This is the first reason my brother, David Gardner, is so confident he can do even better with his million-dollar investment -- no matter what the market throws our way...
"When you're a member of Motley Fool PRO, you have a deeper toolbox!"
In the remainder of this letter, I'll show you how a dedicated team of experts intends to use this expanded toolbox to grow a million dollars of Motley Fool money into a massive fortune -- and how you can follow along in real time.
I'll also introduce you to the expert portfolio manager I personally recruited to manage the portfolio. You may know him already -- he has an extraordinary track record of earning market-thumping returns in all types of markets.
But first, let's address the second reason why NOW may be the time for you to start putting these more flexible strategies to work preserving and protecting your capital.
You have a secret weapon on your side!
Of course, I mean the "discovery" my brother, David, and I stumbled upon 17 years ago and have been using to build our own wealth -- by thrashing the pros on Wall Street -- ever since.
As a Motley Fool newsletter subscriber, you already have some idea what it is.
But to grasp the magnitude of what David unabashedly calls "the most exciting development in my lifetime as an investor" -- we must step back in time to 1995.
That's when a group of Fools started sniffing around Iomega, a little-known technology company with a patented new computer storage device.
The "Zip drive" held 70 times more than a floppy disk, but everybody knew that. The money was made when enterprising Fools began staking out the company's Utah factory, reporting back that the parking lots were full on weekends.
This "non-correlated" piece of intelligence -- about a little-known technology company overlooked on Wall Street -- was the final, most valuable piece to the investment puzzle.
It confirmed that the company was pulling out the stops to meet demand for its new product. In short, it was the "all clear" signal David Gardner and his readers needed to hear.
David bought the 2011 best stock for his real-money Rule Breaker portfolio in 1995. Two years later he sold, netting investors who followed his lead a cool 700% profit.
And, amazingly, David and his fellow "Rule Breakers" owed their profits to one "extra" bit of information handed to them by an informed community of so-called amateur analysts and researchers.
For David and his fellow Rule Breakers (and the editors of Fortune), the takeaway was unambiguous...
The revolution was on!
The "parking lot" story landed my brother and me on the cover of Fortune. But the best illustration of the powerful secret I'm writing to share with you today came three years later.
By that time, The Motley Fool was a thriving community of smart investors. Online bookseller Amazon.com was an Internet highflier many on Wall Street called hopelessly overvalued.
"Jeff Bezos is a bozo!" "Online retail is a fad!" "Amazon is a joke!"
Those sentiments were shared by a few "big talkers" right here in The Motley Fool community.
That's when my brother David had a second revelation. It changed the way he would look at investing forever and culminated in this letter today...
"What if you and I could go ON RECORD with our investment predictions and insights -- much the way we do when we actually BUY a company's shares or SELL it short in our own accounts?"
And what if we could track everyone's "predictions" over time and systematically rank their performance -- the way we track your advisor's performance in your Motley Fool newsletter scorecard?
Over time, the EDGE we could gain from this information could mean the difference between earning ordinary returns and raking in a potential fortune!
After all, the next time we faced an important buy or sell investment decision, we would KNOW who had been RIGHT about Amazon...
Leading us to 2,749% gains in 19 months... And who was WRONG, dooming those who followed their lead and shorted the best stock to sure financial ruin.
Now, that would be a powerful tool indeed!
Yet, even with the incredible technology on the scene in 1999, harnessing this powerful, wealth-building signal seemed an impossible task. Today, I'm writing to tell you my brother, David, has done it.
There's PROOF that it works -- and I want you to PROFIT from it, too!
Until 11:59 p.m. tonight or until we reach our enrollment cap, whichever comes first -- we will invite a small number of investors to join as new members of Motley Fool PRO. You can tell from the name that this new service is a little different.
For starters, it's more active than what you might expect from The Motley Fool. Some of our more passive investors will find it a bit fast-paced and, well, aggressive for their liking.
Yes, Motley Fool PRO will invest in well-run companies in their prime earning years, BUT David's long/short portfolio will also make liberal use of put and call options, ETFs, REITs, and the occasional short or market-neutral position.
And while there is a strong educational component to the service, more-novice investors may find Motley Fool PRO a bit -- I hesitate to say it -- advanced.
Finally, while cost shouldn't be an issue, given the returns I expect Motley Fool PRO to deliver year after year, some will find the service too pricey an up-front investment, given the size of their portfolios and modest long-term goals. I'm comfortable with that.
In fact, it's for the best. The nature of the service and the specific investments you will be making force us to keep the membership manageable. Frankly, we'd like nothing more than to avoid having to turn people away.
There are, however, two important caveats to consider while reading on...
- Enrollment will be STRICTLY LIMITED -- and past enrollment windows show that demand will be high…
- We last opened Motley Fool PRO to a similar number of members in June 2009 -- then immediately closed the service for seven months.
So, you can see why I say that it's a good thing that Motley Fool PRO isn't suitable for everybody. But the fact that you're still reading tells me that this might be just the advantage you've been waiting for -- I'd hate for you to risk missing out.
Fortunately, you can sample the entire service without risk while you decide. And whatever your decision, once you've experienced the interactive Motley Fool PRO website, I think you'll see why my brother says he would be in PAIN if he had to invest without it!
And why we've been looking forward to the opportunity to offer you this service for 17 years -- since David first recognized the power in the vast knowledge of our community's smartest investors and started using it to thump the market in his own portfolio.
So why exactly did we wait nearly two decades to pull the trigger and offer you the chance to profit from Motley Fool PRO? It's simple, really...
You see, until fairly recently, David had been forced to apply this powerful proprietary information anecdotally, in ad hoc fashion. This gave him a leg up on most investors, but he knew there had to be a better, more scientific way. Motley Fool PRO is it!
So, let me tell you more about Motley Fool PRO...
You're probably aware that The Motley Fool has been collecting raw data -- capturing the knowledge and insights of thousands of talented individual investors -- and populating the most powerful database of its kind.
You may also be aware that we have been using this proprietary data to rank literally thousands of publicly traded companies as potential market-beating investments...
At the same time, "ranking" more than a HUNDRED THOUSAND investors on their demonstrated ability to accurately predict the future movements of top stocks for 2011. This is common knowledge.
In fact, you might recognize what I've just described as The Motley Fool CAPS platform. You might even be one of our tens of thousands of active participants -- or an all-important CAPS All-Star!
If so, you've escaped the dark age of investing to a world powered by the shared intelligence of investors who USE the products, KNOW the business, even WORK at the companies we're investing in.
You've done well indeed! There are, however, 3 recent developments you almost certainly are NOT aware of...
- Over the past 36 months, The Motley Fool has enlisted a few remarkable brains -- including a NASA scientist who gave up his space career, and a legendary hedge fund pioneer -- to help fine-tune our algorithms, optimize the investor and company rankings, and exhaustively back test the raw data...
- The results generated by our proprietary platform have been systematically reviewed and verified by respected members of the investment and academic community, including two Harvard professors who recently published their findings...
- The outputs available to you on the CAPS online platform, while extremely useful, are but the TIP OF THE ICEBERG. The most valuable output -- including the predictive output that attracted a hedge fund pioneer -- is locked safely behind the scenes!
This is the powerful, predictive data our NASA scientist has unlocked for us -- and that you can start profiting from today. One look at this amazing chart will tell you why this is one opportunity you don't want to let slip by...
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You can agree those results are stunning. Market-thumping results and positive REAL returns -- in one of the most volatile markets in memory! And those aren't "my" numbers.
That chart was created from research compiled over more than two years beginning May 1, 2007, by an independent team of Harvard professors whose report concludes that this signal "yields information that is strongly predictive of 2011 stock market returns for individual top stocks to buy."
And it gets better...
How harnessing this proprietary "signal" can propel you past 99.4% of investors!
Even after everything we've discussed, that promise may sound over the top. But let me show you why I believe it's actually quite reasonable...
That chart you just saw PROVES that The Motley Fool's proprietary signal provides valuable new information to investors -- allowing them to generate what professional investors call "alpha."
Simply, alpha is a measure of what a portfolio manager brings to the table -- i.e., his unique ability to help you beat the market on a risk-adjusted basis.
Put another way, alpha is the key to growing your wealth faster than your neighbors' and the driving force behind the $2 trillion hedge fund industry.
And there's proof we have found it!
THIS is the amazing breakthrough that was independently confirmed by two Harvard professors who went public with their validation on April 2009. And again by a NASA scientist and the hedge fund pioneer you'll hear about shortly.
Now you can see why David calls this "the most exciting development in my lifetime as an investor." After all, it leaves us with just two questions standing between us and the long-term wealth we want and deserve...
- First, can we use this valuable, alpha-generating "information" to make money in our own portfolios?
- And if so, how would we do it?
The answer to the second question is the subject of the remainder of this invitation. To answer the first, the NASA scientist I mentioned earlier designed a simple experiment.
It involved randomly generating 25,000 common best stock portfolios. He then compared the performance of these portfolios to his "optimized" portfolio made up exclusively of our top-rated, 5-star stocks to buy.
Amazingly, this optimized portfolio outperformed 24,850 of 25,000 portfolios -- a stunning 99.4% success rate!
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Fantastic! So, if you ever wondered how a NASA scientist would use our proprietary community intelligence data to help you beat the market in theory, now you know. Read on to see how you can do it in practice!
A better, more profitable solution... Motley Fool PRO!
An obvious solution would have been to apply this proprietary community intelligence filter to the recommendations you receive each month from your Motley Fool newsletter advisor.
After all, we'd be adding extra "alpha" to some of the best stock pickers in the world. David and his team seriously considered this solution. And you can agree this would be a valuable service worth paying for.
In the end, we weren't satisfied. After all, in the scenario I just described, we would still be helping you build a long-only stock portfolio, which is suboptimal for three reasons.
First, it would mean setting Motley Fool PRO's "expanded toolbox" of options, ETFs, and short positions. This would hamper his efforts to provide you positive absolute returns in all markets.
Second, we would be tying the hands of Jeff Fischer, the gentleman I spent more than a year recruiting to help manage the real-money Motley Fool PRO portfolio. And it was worth every minute.
You see, not only has Jeff been associated with The Motley Fool for nearly as long as I have... Jeff helped David run our original Rule Breaker portfolio from 1996 to 2003...
He was a big part of why David's LONG/SHORT strategy helped investors earn more than 20% per year over a decade that included one of the worst bear markets in history!
(Sound familiar? You bet it does. But do you realize that if you earn 20% per year, your wealth DOUBLES every three and a half years? It's true.)
Moreover, Jeff spent the past five years fine-tuning his portfolio management skills -- mastering the use of the sophisticated securities you will be buying alongside us as a member of Motley Fool PRO.
Only 4 losers in 4 years -- Fantastic!
From 2005 to 2008, Jeff documented his real-money options trades in REAL TIME online for subscribers to his premium advisory service.
Under my direction, a team of analysts at The Motley Fool personally reviewed Jeff's results over the entire three-year period...
Of 40 options trades closed during that period, 36 were winners AND BEAT THE MARKET. You read that right -- that means only 4 losers over 4 years!
That's a remarkable 90% success rate.
All told, in 2008, Jeff closed out 14 positions in his real-money portfolio -- 12 for a profit!
Again, that's impressive (and, remember, David and Jeff are doing even better for their Motley Fool PRO members).
Jeff's work on David's original real-money Rule Breaker portfolio -- also documented in real time online for the world to see -- was instrumental in helping earn investors like you more than 20% per year for nearly a decade.
You can see why we were determined to get Jeff on the Motley Fool PRO team and why I'm so thrilled he agreed. You can also see why I say that running a long-only portfolio would be a waste of Jeff's talents.
And true to form, Jeff is off to a great start, hitting on 95% of his options trades -- including 19 options gains closed for profits of 100% or more. Still, I don't blame you for wondering...
Why did Jeff Fischer, a successful portfolio manager and educator, give up a lucrative job -- and unlimited personal freedom -- to help YOU make more money? The same reason a NASA scientist gave up his dream job to get this project off the ground!
"The predictive power will be something of a shock to the academic community."
Those are the exact words of a Harvard professor who caught wind of our new proprietary data set and trade signal. I have a hunch he's right.
But I know of one FORMER academic and legendary investor who WON'T be shocked.
Thirty years ago he ditched his tenured position and launched an institutional hedge fund. Not only was it the first of its kind, it made him something of a legend on Wall Street.
After making millions for himself and his clients, he personally interviewed the managers of more than 2,000 hedge funds... back testing their results... breaking down their methods... and assessing their performance.
Suffice it to say that in the high-stakes hedge fund world, nobody knows what works better. And this gentleman has been over our community intelligence platform from soup to nuts. His conclusions are unmistakable...
- When it comes to generating alpha and making money in the market, this stuff works!
- It's custom-made for use in a LONG/SHORT stock and derivative portfolio --precisely the type of portfolio I'm going to help you build at Motley Fool PRO.
Here's why: After studying the data for months, it was clear to this gentleman that many of our most valuable and compelling community intelligence signals have been on the SHORT SIDE.
The subprime lenders, for example. David's community intelligence model had the group on red alert almost from the outset. On February 8, 2007, an irrefutable analysis from one of our top contributors tipped the scale -- David publicly shorted the group.
On March 5, after months of slow bleeding, three of David's top short calls, New Century Financial, NovaStar Financial, and Accredited Home, blew up, earning investors who followed the signal anywhere from 30% to 70% in a single day!
We beat "the pros" to the punch on the homebuilders, too. Led by one of our most widely followed and outspoken All-Stars, FloridaBuilder, our outlook for the builders turned decidedly negative in February 2007.
Investors who followed this signal and got out of the builders avoided a great deal of pain. Those who shorted the S&P Homebuilders (AMEX: XHB) ETF earned 57% in just 11 months.
It was a similar story for the airlines, which also plunged after our community intelligence model turned negative on the group -- making fortunes for investors on the right side of the trade.
Of course, this is the third reason why providing you another LONG-ONLY stock portfolio simply would not do. We'd be missing out on some massive opportunities -- ON THE SHORT SIDE!
And as "right" as our optimized community intelligence model was on the subprime lenders, builders, and airlines on the SHORT side, we were just as dead on about energy, with an overwhelming positive consensus and BUY signal on the LONG side.
So, you can see why ETFs with their sector focus are ideal for Motley Fool PRO. And why using options to create a nimble LONG and SHORT portfolio... one that can be market agnostic when appropriate... for you to follow along with... was a no-brainer.
You can also see why my brother's decision to launch Motley Fool PRO now... to take advantage of this relentless, unforgiving market... was inevitable.
Motley Fool PRO -- as close to "hedge fund investing" as most of us "small fish" will ever get...
Of course, the SEC doesn't want most of us mixed up with hedge funds. Unless you're an institution with tens of millions or an "accredited" investor with $1 million in investable assets (or you make $200,000 a year bare minimum), you can pretty much forget it.
And that's a shame. After all, many of the most successful institutional investors in modern history attribute their outsized returns to the long/short strategies and hedges perfected in these funds.
Yet, once again only the fat cats benefit!
This is a double slap in the face for savvy individual investors like us. After all, while hedge funds have gotten a bad rap lately, when handled correctly, they can be wildly profitable. And it's precisely when investing in more sophisticated instruments that we MOST need to know...
- Exactly when to buy or sell
- How large a part of our portfolio to allocate to them, and
- When to close out our positions or let them expire
We also need the flexibility to take advantage of the opportunities the market hands us, even if that means closing a lot of trades one week or sitting back and waiting for another.
That's why when David and Jeff Fischer developed Motley Fool PRO, they opted out of the traditional investment newsletter format and borrowed a page from my own Million Dollar Portfolio playbook.
"For those new to PRO, this stuff really works. I've generated steady streams of income in the past few months as this market has gyrated up and down."
-- S. Busco, Simi Valley, CA
With Motley Fool PRO, there is no guesswork. And while David and Jeff aren't running an actual hedge fund, their real-money PRO portfolio approach may be the next best thing for you.
You simply watch and follow along as we build and manage our balanced REAL-MONEY, LONG/SHORT portfolio, drawing from our proprietary community intelligence model...
From across the entire universe of publicly traded securities
This is the third and final reason why I don't doubt David when he says he can leave 99.4% of investors in the dust. Not only will he and Jeff Fischer be investing in options and ETFs, both long and short -- they have access to proprietary ratings on more than 5,000 top stocks to buy and EVERY SINGLE SECTOR AND INDUSTRY.
By comparison, your current newsletter service offers you a few dozen picks per year, and that's great. Across all our services, you get access to dozens more. But even that's a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands of issues that trade on U.S. markets each day.
Even Wall Street, for all the billions it spends on research each year, covers but a fraction of these top stocks to buy for 2011. And guess what falls through the cracks?
Great small companies with strong balance sheets, for one. Solid businesses with little need for "innovative" investment banking services, for another.
And on the SHORT side: struggling, overvalued companies with poor fundamentals, questionable accounting practices, and hyper-inflated assets on their balance sheets!
To hear it from the hypsters on Wall Street, most of these turkeys are ALWAYS "buys." But now you'll know better!
All told, David's community intelligence platform has POSITIVE and NEGATIVE ratings on more than 5,000 top stocks to buy -- more than Value Line, more than S&P, more than Thomson Reuters -- more than any other stock-rating service on the planet.
With Motley Fool PRO, nothing is off limits!
So, now that you've heard a bit of the strategy, let me tell you a little more about the tangible, immediate benefits you can expect to receive as a member.
When you join David Gardner and Jeff Fischer at Motley Fool PRO today, you'll recognize many of the features our members love about The Motley Fool's Million Dollar Portfolio service. It's a fantastic model that's tough to beat.
Especially if, like me, your gut tells you there is immense untapped value in the wisdom of the Motley Fool community's smartest investors, but you aren't quite sure how to use it to make real money in your portfolio.
Problem solved. Let two of the best investors I've met do it for you!
Remember, I'm offering you COMPLETE ACCESS to every single move David Gardner and Jeff Fischer make as they use this proprietary information to manage a $1 million LONG/SHORT portfolio.
You can simply follow along with your own portfolio in just minutes a month!
And when they reallocate and rebalance their holdings to maximize your profits and lower your risk as market conditions dictate, they'll notify you AHEAD OF TIME... so that you can adjust your holdings FIRST.
To give you extra confidence, The Motley Fool eagerly agreed to invest $1 million of its own REAL MONEY.
With that kind of SKIN IN THE GAME, you know David and Jeff aren't taking unnecessary chances. You can rest assured that you're getting only the very best ideas from the Motley Fool PRO money management team.
More important, you won't have to struggle with deciding when to buy or sell short a stock, ETF, REIT, or option... when to add to an existing position... or even when to lock in your profits.
When you're a member of Motley Fool PRO, David Gardner and Jeff Fischer -- two of the best and most passionate investors I've met -- will show you exactly what to do and when. You really will be partners in a unified cause, building your wealth together.
Our step-by-step model portfolio is just for starters...
I've heard from a number of members who simply kick back, watch what David and Jeff are doing with their LONG/SHORT portfolio in real time, and simply follow along. That's fine.
This might mean committing maybe 30 minutes of your time per month -- TOPS. That benefit alone will be worth many times the cost of joining.
"The timing of PRO could not have been more perfect. Thanks to Motley Fool PRO, I'm 43 and actually having FUN investing during the scariest market of my lifetime. How do you explain that?"
-- G. Hicks, Wichita, KS
Now, here's why your Motley Fool PRO membership will be unlike anything you've ever experienced. In addition to full access to every move made in the Motley Fool PRO stock and options portfolio, you'll also get full, immediate access to...
- In-depth discussions of timely and conservative but lucrative options strategies, including buying and selling calls and puts, writing covered calls, broker requirements, taxes, and more
- The Motley Fool's proprietary "community intelligence" database, PLUS individual stock, industry, sector, and macroeconomic screens and company snapshots not available anywhere else
- A unique Motley Fool PRO investment rating on every investment in a universe of 5,000+ rated top stocks to buy
Personally, I think this is one of the truly great benefits of joining David and Jeff at Motley Fool PRO! It's a proprietary, easy-to-use, one-step stock-rating tool I call CAPShot.
Available only to Motley Fool PRO members, CAPShot instantly shows you how your companies stack up against four proprietary community intelligence benchmarks -- plus, eight more fundamental criteria handpicked for you by our Motley Fool PRO team.
With CAPShot, you get the total financial and investment picture -- summarized for you in one page!
As CEO of The Motley Fool, I foresee great interest in these CAPShot reports and fully expect The Motley Fool to provide them to professional and individual investors in the future -- for a price.
But as a charter member of Motley Fool PRO, you don't pay a cent.
Simply enter any company you want to know more about... and get as many CAPShots as you want, FREE! You can see why Motley Fool PRO is unlike anything you've ever seen from The Motley Fool. Or anybody else, for that matter!
You can also see why enrollment must be strictly capped...
The fact that you're still reading tells me you're giving Motley Fool PRO some serious thought. You need all the facts. So, before I tell you how to sign up, there are a few administrative details to remember...
- Enrollment in Motley Fool PRO will be strictly limited -- on a first-come, first-served basis (so we ask that you please not forward this email to anyone).
- We will be enrolling new members until 11:59 p.m. or until we reach our enrollment cap, whichever comes first... and will abruptly close the service and resume building a waiting list. There can be no exceptions.
- Important: The last time we opened Motley Fool PRO to this same number of investors was in June 2009 -- the service has been closed ever since.
Of course, I would prefer that everybody could join. But remember, David and Jeff will be investing in a wide range of investment vehicles. Which could include lightly traded small-cap top stocks for 2011 and options.
Plus, you will be receiving trade alerts BEFORE the Motley Fool PRO team buys for its own portfolio.
This is the only way you can have the opportunity to get in first.
So I hope you can appreciate why we must keep the membership manageable, even if this means strictly limiting the number of members.
But can you really outperform my Million Dollar Portfolio?
As accomplished as they are, can David Gardner and Jeff Fischer hope to trump a best stock portfolio for 2011 that aspires to return an impressive 15% per year? That's an important question. Just take a look at what earning 15% per year would do for you...
- A 15% return turns a $50,000 portfolio into $406,850 in 15 years...
- A $500,000 portfolio grows to more than $1 million in just 5 years...
- And an $800,000 portfolio pulls in a $120,000 profit a year!
Can these guys really top that? Let's just say this isn't the first time my brother David has taken on a challenge like this.
In March 2002, we launched Motley Fool Stock Advisor together with the challenge to top each other's recommendations to our members.
Since then, the S&P 500 has returned a paltry 3%. My picks are up 41%. David's recommendations are up a stunning 67%!
And that's on average, including profits of 802% on Priceline.com, 1,185% on Quality Systems, and 1,388% on Marvel.
And how about David's returns at Motley Fool Rule Breakers? Including 304% gains on Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 397% on Baidu.com, and 555% on Intuitive Surgical.
Finally, there are the returns David and Jeff Fischer earned readers with their original real-money Rule Breaker portfolio -- 20% per year for a decade, essentially doubling our money every 3.6 years!
At that rate, the Motley Fool PRO portfolio will be worth more than $6 million in 10 years. If you choose to invest just $50,000 to follow along in your own portfolio, you'll have $300,000!
You can see the possibilities...
Especially given your expanded toolbox, an expert money management team, and the secret weapon we've discussed today! And why I'm pleased to send you this invitation today.
Just please don't risk missing out
Frankly, I have no way of knowing how many will respond to this invitation today or how quickly we will reach our enrollment cap. It may take the rest of the week. It may happen today.
I do know that I have heard over and over from Motley Fool members like you who want exposure to more sophisticated instruments and strategies... and more guidance on what to buy and when.
In addition to our waiting list, we have received emails from well in excess of 60,000 additional Fools expressing interest in joining just as soon as the enrollment period begins today. Remember, we can't accept 63,000 new members -- more like one in 20.
For those reasons alone, I foresee spaces being EXTREMELY LIMITED and filling up quickly. When you see the special offer I've worked out for you, I think you'll understand why.
Join today... and save $500!
As I mentioned, Motley Fool PRO costs a bit more than your current Motley Fool newsletter service. That's by design and necessity. And I think you'll agree it's worth every penny -- especially if you join through this invitation today.
When you respond today, I will personally give you a $500 voucher to use today. That's my gift to you for being a loyal and committed member of our community.
And to make your decision even easier, there's something else very dear to my heart that I'd also like you to have with my compliments.
"5 Steps to Finding the NEXT Great Business"
As we've discussed at length today, this truly is a historic market. But there are opportunities out there -- even after the financial meltdown and explosive rally off the bottom.
But the easy money has been made. From here, we have to be selective. And when it comes to our LONG positions, that means shunning the latest fads and dead-cat bounces, and focusing on the world's top businesses.
So how do we find them? I've spent nearly two decades trying to answer that question. Tearing into financial statements... surveying the competitive landscape... interviewing CEOs... and building up a vault of material along the way.
At long last, I think I have the answer. I spent the last three months of 2009 putting that answer down on tape -- and will spend the next few weeks tweaking and improving the final product.
I'd like you to see it just as soon as it's ready -- in a new online video seminar called, "5 Steps to Finding the NEXT Great Business."
Actually, it's much, much more. "5 Steps to Finding the NEXT Great Business" is a five-part multimedia learning experience, complete with my personal video briefings and a wide range of supplemental course materials.
Of course, how you use this new seminar is entirely up to you. You can watch it as entertainment... learn a little something and have some fun... or follow along closely, working through the course materials, honing your skills at identifying the world's next great business!
My new online video seminar is a $499 value itself. And I want you to be the first to have the brand-new edition with my compliments.
Yes, Tom Gardner's new online video seminar and your $500 voucher are my personal gifts to you...
Ok, let's talk price. Ordinarily one year of Motley Fool PRO costs $1,999. That's a considerable investment, but I think it's a fair deal -- considering everything you'll receive and the results I expect David and Jeff to deliver.
And, remember, you can knock $500 right off the top. When you respond to this private invitation, you pay just $1,499 for the full year. And save $500 and get my new online video seminar free! But you'll have to act quickly.
Remember, including our waiting list, we have advance interest from well in excess of 60,000 Fools and counting -- and will promptly close Motley Fool PRO to new members the moment we reach our threshold.
We will resume our waiting list in the event we can open the service again. But there is no guarantee you will ever see this price again.
So, please don't miss out. Motley Fool PRO promises to be a rich and rewarding experience and one that could make a big difference to you and your family for generations.
Of course, you don't risk a penny today
As you know, I'm not a "velvet rope"-type guy. There are few things in life I enjoy less than talking about limited enrollments and application deadlines.
But it's important to me that you understand that Motley Fool PRO is a little different than most Motley Fool services and that you're aware of the realities of the situation.
At the same time, I don't want you to feel rushed. I'd hate for you to jump into something you might think differently about later. Well, here's why that's not going to happen to you...
Simply say yes to this invitation right now. If later tonight you have second thoughts, we'll just fix it. You simply tell me to send your money back, and I'll give you a FULL REFUND -- NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
In fact, you can take a whole month to decide
You can ask for a full refund up until the very last day of your first month. And if you want to quit at any point after that, no worries. I'll gladly send you the full dollar value of the remainder of your membership term.
Of course, if you choose to pass up this unique opportunity today, I'll understand that, too. Motley Fool PRO is not for everybody. We've already been forced to raise the price once, and seats truly are at a premium.
I'll sleep well knowing that you're getting the full attention of your current newsletter advisor and all the benefits of your Motley Fool membership. You're in good hands there.
Still, it would be a shame to hear that you wanted to join and later discovered you've been placed on a waiting list.
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