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Dear Fellow Investor,
If you've ever struggled to consistently outperform the market, you're not alone.
Not only is investing difficult, but the challenge is exacerbated by the rise of computer-based trading.
These algo and high-frequency traders dominate daily stock market activity causing vicious price volatility.
Most stocks behave like bucking broncos causing investors to lose their grip and fall off at exactly the wrong time.
And then there's the modern-day snake oil salesman, peddling their get-rich-quick stock market schemes, which are obviously too good to be true. That's...
No, this will NOT make you a millionaire overnight, or even in the next few weeks or months.
But it will help you benefit from my 40 years of experience in the markets, first, as an individual investor… then, as the Executive VP and Editor-in-Chief at the famous research firm Zacks… and now, as the CEO of the Stock News Network.
Hi, my name is Steve Reitmeister, but everyone calls me Reity.
It's been my life's mission to help individual investors find honest and effective ways to outperform the market.
And what you are about to hear is what I'm most proud of.
I have boiled down my 40 years of investing experience to...
…limit risk, and ultimately, help you build wealth safely and steadily over time.
Each of these 9 strategies is powerful on its own, but the more you combine them together, the more you truly stack the odds in your favor.
These lessons include...
...and much, much more.
First, I will explain each strategy step by step, and then I'll show you how to apply all of them to today's market.
So, to get the maximum value, you'll want to watch this short video all the way until the end, because that's when you'll see the power that comes by combining these strategies together for today's market.
Now, let's be honest.
It's not just the “steady as you go” bull market we've enjoyed for the majority of the past 10 years.
Unfortunately, there are some question marks looming on the horizon.
But even still, there's always money to be made.
Whether stocks rally higher or tumble or trade in a tight range, there's always a way to carve out profits from the market.
You just have to understand the current environment and apply the right strategies.
Of course, there is not one magical strategy or technique that always works.
That's why we are talking about …
So let us begin.
40 years ago, when I was 12 years old, I learned the first of these nine powerful lessons.
I know that may sound crazy… only 12 years old?!?
But please understand that my father was a seasoned Certified Financial Planner.
So like any good father, he taught his son what he knew.
And what he knew was Value Investing, which makes a lot of sense because my dad was born in 1938, during the Great Depression.
So, he grew up in a time when people really understood the value of a dollar.
He learned to NEVER overspend on anything and he certainly would never overspend on a stock.
In Lesson #1, we begin with the concept that...
As you may know, the father of Value Investing was Benjamin Graham and his most famous student is Warren Buffett.
What Isaac Newton was to science, Benjamin Graham was to the investing world.
Graham was amazing at making money for himself and his clients without taking big risks.
Which brings us to lesson number one…
EVERYONE should start from the position of being a value investor. Why?
Because after all, when you are investing, you are actually buying an ownership stake in a company.
Billionaires become billionaires because they understand the value of assets and how to purchase them at the right prices.
And that is at the very heart of Value Investing.
Which is why Value Investing should be the starting point of everyone's journey into the stock market.
After all, who wants to overpay for anything?
For example, if you're in the market for a car, you are going to do a lot of homework before heading to the dealership.
Whether you're buying new or used, you know with great confidence the price you should pay for that car and not a penny more.
Yet, a car is a depreciating asset, while publicly traded stocks are expected to actually go up in value.
So, we should obviously put the same amount of research, or even more, into the stocks we purchase to ensure that we have locked in a great price that increases our odds of outperformance.
Now, let me explain a bit more about how to achieve consistent outperformance.
Whenever you buy a stock trading 30-50% under its fair value, and then it rises all the way back up to its rightful destination, this extra performance, over and above the market average, is called your outperformance.
For example, if your stock's total return is 30%, and the S&P 500's total return is only 10%, then you have outperformed by twenty full percentage points.
The more often you do that… year in, year out… the more you grow your wealth and enjoy more financial independence.
The very reason you got into investing in the first place.
Now, let me insert an important warning.
Just because I showed a picture of Warren Buffett, the icon for buy and hold investing, please don't assume that I subscribe to that same “out of date” buy and hold approach.
Remember, this is just the first of 9 lessons and an important one at that. But there's much more we're about to discuss.
Like how I have learned many of the pitfalls of typical value investing approaches.
Or, how growth and value can be successfully blended together.
And especially, the importance of timeliness to increase my annual rate of return leading to much greater wealth accumulation.
So, let's move on to Lesson #2:
Everyone loves talking about when to buy a stock – that's what 98% of the literature in the investment industry is all about.
But without knowing when to sell, you can't maximize your gains, which is the whole point.
And by knowing when to sell, you can also get rid of the weaklings before they tear your portfolio apart.
This principle of knowing when to sell is so important we'll discuss it twice... right now in Lesson #2 and some additional ideas will be shared in Lesson #8.
So, how DO you know when to sell?
My Dad simplified the process with some good old-fashioned stockbroker wisdom when he asked me,
What a powerful question.
Because if your answer is yes… I love this stock and I'd buy more of it, then that's a signal to keep it in your portfolio… meaning that you still very much see the upside potential in shares.
However, if any part of you says, No, I wouldn't buy any more, then that is also a crystal clear signal.
In this case, your gut intuition is telling you that the outlook has dimmed and it's time to sell shares and rotate to another, more attractive stock.
After all, if you're only going to have 10, 15, or 20 stocks in your portfolio, why would you have even one in there that you aren't super excited about… one you wouldn't want to put additional money into.
But here's a challenge that often happens.
Just as you're thinking about selling that stock, the FOMO kicks in.
I am talking about the “Fear Of Missing Out” causing you to worry about missing out on some of the “potential” future profits.
It's natural to want to wait a little longer hoping for a bounce.
But hope is a bad strategy.
Sure, it's certainly possible that it could happen, but a bounce is much more likely to happen in a stock that your gut is that much more excited about.
My father also taught me this pearl of wisdom,
As always, dad's logic was right on the money because there should never be any shame in taking a profit that helps grow your wealth.
Even better is when you are taking profits because you see a better opportunity elsewhere that allows you to grow your money even faster.
We will talk more about that one in future topics like lesson #6 where I explain the importance of timeliness.
Plus, the second set of selling rules shared in lesson #8.
Anyways, that's it for our second lesson.
Now let's continue on with Lesson #3:
Throughout my teenage years, I loved what my dad was teaching me, which led me on a career path towards investing.
The first stop on that tour was college, where I immersed myself in beers, badgers and economics.
Yes… at the University of Wisconsin I went on to earn an Economics degree.
I followed that up with an MBA from DePaul.
But why did I choose Economics?
There are obviously a lot of other fields that people select when considering an investment career.
But I knew that economics was absolutely the BEST foundation for knowing what truly moves asset prices.
Which brings us to lesson number three, which is don't be an economic sucker.
What I mean is …
What you have to realize is the average bull market lasts five times longer than the average bear market.
That means that 85 to 90% of the time, we are in a bull market.
And it's actually quite hard to knock the economy off its axis to wake the bear from its long hibernation.
Why is it so hard?
Because the natural gravity of the economy is to go up.
I know this sounds super philosophical and kind of a weird comment for this discussion, but trust me when I say this.
Because it's one of the truest things you will ever hear about investing.
The reason why the economy's natural progression is to go higher is because of the human condition, the way that people operate.
We have, since the very dawn of man, been focused on improving things:
To...
...and on and on.
Each of these improvements creates productivity gains, and when they're stacked one on top of the other, they equal economic growth, which equals profit growth … which in turn, equals stock price growth.
This is the natural state of being.
So, the starting point for all stock market outlooks is actually quite easy.
And that is to firmly believe that…
To be clear, bear markets do happen.
But in order to have that be your outlook, then it has to be proven by overwhelming evidence.
That is why it's so important to never get sucked in by one bad data point or one bad economic report.
The sad fact is that most of the stuff you read from other investment websites and newsletter writers has a negative bias.
Why? Because fear sells.
You know what I mean.
Just turn on your TV tonight to your favorite news channel.
Are they telling you about lollipops and rainbows?
Or about the great horror of the day like fire, disease and death?
We all know that it's fear that sells to get the eyeballs and unfortunately, that's true in the investment world as well.
But in hindsight we can clearly see that they have been consistently wrong.
That's where a healthy understanding of economic reality comes into play.
Because you need a whole lot of bad juju to actually create a recession that finally puts the bull out to pasture.
However, when there really is a BEAR market, it is OK to face it head on.
That's because there are very simple and effective strategies you can use to not just survive the bear market, but actually thrive during those trying times.
For example, back in 2008, the market was down about 15% going into September and there were rumblings of problems in the real estate world.
But 99.9% of us were asleep.
We didn't know we were facing the implosion of the world financial system.
So, I may not have been the first guy out the door, but I sure as hell wasn't the last.
So, by the end of September, when I realized this was not a run-of-the-mill recession and bear market, but this was the BIG one, the one that you tell your grandkids about…
...not only had I sold every stock in my portfolio, but I also bought leveraged inverse ETFs.
In fact,
Sure, I had lost money up to that point.
But between the end of September and March of 2009, when the market finally bounced, I was racking up phenomenal profits.
That's because at 150% short it meant that for every 10% drop in the market, I was actually gaining 15% by the use of my leveraged Inverse ETFs.
To sum it up.
A basic understanding of economics will have you better aligned with market conditions.
Most of the time it pays to stay the course riding the bull to new heights.
But when the bear finally comes out of hibernation, there is no need to get mauled.
Instead, we can embrace these facts and employ strategies to have us padding our portfolios while most others see dramatic losses.
So, Lesson #3 is: Don't be an economic sucker.
Moving along with our story …
Armed with my Economics degree and MBA, it was time for me to get out there into the real world and go pro.
For 19 years, I held senior positions at Zacks Investment Research, one of the most respected firms in the industry.
And I'm very proud of what we built there.
In fact, the proprietary insights discovered at Zacks are at the very heart of the next valuable lessons I'm about to share with you.
That journey started in August 1999 when I joined the firm as the Managing Editor of the Zacks Advisor newsletter.
And I am happy to report that in the ten years following, it was rated as the number one stock picking newsletter by the Hulbert Financial Digest.
If you're not familiar with Hulbert, they independently measure the performance for the investment newsletter industry.
And my newsletter, the Zacks Advisor, generated the highest returns for investors over that 10 year period.
In 2001, I got promoted to Executive VP of Zacks which put me in charge of the flagship website, Zacks.com.
However, what brought me the most notoriety was writing the daily email newsletter, “Profit From the Pros,” which went out to millions of investors.
No doubt it was the widespread popularity of this publication that got me invited to the White House, not just once, but twice for private meetings with the President and his economic advisors.
In this picture, you can see President Obama, and lurking over his right shoulder you will see my resplendent bald head and blue shirt.
This was not a political event. Rather it was a very exclusive set of meetings with the President and his administration.
Their goal was to share insights with some of the top investment writers in the country.
So, it was a great honor for me to be invited to this event, get private access to the White House, and spend time with the President and his team.
Lastly, I'll say the service I was most proud of at Zack's was the Reitmeister Trading Alert newsletter that we launched in February 2009.
Go back in your memory banks and think about the timing of this event.
February 2009 is right at the darkest hour of the Great Recession when most investors are staring down the barrel of 40 to 50% losses and some even worse.
I wanted to use my unique set of skills to help other investors recover from this devastation by forging a path to future outperformance.
And the timing of the service was right on the money because just a few weeks after launch, the market bounced back and our customer's enjoyed phenomenal success!
The Hulbert Financial Digest didn't start tracking this newsletter until 2013.
But in the first full year of measuring my performance, the results climbed into the top 20% of all newsletters.
The next year, my stock-picking performance made it all the way up to the top 5%.
I'm very proud of the consistent success enjoyed by Reitmeister Trading Alert customers.
And that success translated into having 10 times more subscribers than any other trading service at Zacks.
Okay, with this background firmly in place, let's get back to our lessons.
Lesson #4 is about...
...which we will abbreviate as EER.
If you're familiar with Zacks at all, you know that the most unique thing on the website is the Zacks Rank stock rating system.
This is built on three different measures of earnings estimates and one measure of past earnings surprises.
Best of all, since 1988 it has generated an average return of 25% per year.
This amazing outperformance is why earnings estimates are packed inside other well-known rating systems, like Value Line and CANSLIM from Investor's Business Daily.
Let's talk quickly about Len Zack's discovery, because I think you'll find this interesting and it will give you great visibility into why EER works so well.
Len has a Ph. D. from MIT and he is definitely one of the smartest folks that you will ever meet …
Smart enough to be able to create a stock rating system that has stood the test of time.
Len said that when he first started working on this, the academic circles were all abuzz about the Post Earnings Announcement Drift.
Now, I know that…
That's because companies that beat earnings expectations generally outperform the market for the next nine months.
And conversely, companies that missed, underperformed for the next nine months as well.
Len realized what was missing from this concept as they were only measuring the gains starting a day AFTER the earnings report.
It completely missed the tremendous gains that unfurled immediately after the news was released.
That got Len Zacks thinking…
Where you could buy them beforehand to enjoy the initial burst higher after the earnings report, then sprinkle on top the extra gains that roll in from the Post Earnings Announcement Drift.
Indeed that indicator was found as Len proved that Earnings Estimate Revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices.
Here's why.
When any Wall Street analyst increases estimates coming into the earnings announcement, that was a very good leading indicator of a stock likely to beat expectations.
In fact, it is the best whisper that a stock is likely to rally after the earnings announcement.
Here is another investment truth you need to know:
At the end of the day, all stock price movements are connected to earnings.
That is so vital that it deserves repeating.
This harkens back to the value slide from earlier.
Yes, value investing is the best foundation for stock investing.
In fact, much of the money that swirls around the market is based upon classic valuation models.
When you realize that, then it makes perfect sense that almost every company event can be translated back to earnings.
In the simplest terms, it works like this:
If the news improves the company's earnings outlook, then more people will buy shares driving up the price.
But if the news harms their earnings outlook, people will walk away from the stock and sometimes run away.
This is why earnings estimates are so powerful and must be at the center of every stock trade.
With this notion firmly in place, let's move on to Lesson #5:
As I said at the beginning, don't lock me in and say I'm just a long-term buy and hold value investor, because there's much more to this story.
Because of my time at Zacks and by understanding the power of earnings estimate revisions, I know there are some downsides to traditional value investing approaches
Most value stocks are cheap for good reason.
Typically, they have failing fundamentals, like weak earnings results with lowered guidance for the future.
Too often, these companies go from bad to worse and become dreaded “Value Traps” that suck the very life out of your portfolio.
Unfortunately, the classic value investor gets seduced by the seemingly attractive value metrics like low P/E.
But if it is low because the company has a worsening fundamental outlook, then that's the stock that will miss earnings again and again.
And that's when a 10% loser becomes a 30% loser… becomes a 50% loser and so on.
There is a part of you that knows to sell when its down just 10%.
But then the FOMO kicks in.
Yes, that “Fear Of Missing Out” has you looking under every rock for a reason NOT to sell the stock and save face.
Too often that reason is found in the companies earnings announcement where the management team will tell you things like its just a one quarter problem, and they're going to have a turnaround, or they're going to hire the consulting firm of Dewey Cheatham and Howe
Don't believe them… not for a second.
Because they have to spin some story to hopefully prevent you from selling.
Remember that executives are judged by their ability to move the stock price.
That SHOULD be through improving earnings.
But if they fail on this key measure then they will try and con you out of selling to prevent the share price from falling even further.
Again, don't trust them… not for a second.
Sell the stock immediately and move on.
That‘s because the odds of success are so greatly diminished.
However, if you are going to ignore these warnings...then in essence you are betting on a turnaround at too early of a stage.
Even if you are right, it will take far too long for the turnaround to unfold.
This kills your Return On Investment.
More often, you are stuck in a value trap with the share price only going from bad to worse.
So, the solution to this value investing pitfall is to only buy stocks with increasing Earnings Estimates that are also trading at a discount.
Meaning quality fundamentals, quality growth, and increasing earnings estimates are the FIRST priority.
Then and only then, consider the value part of the equation.
Why?
Because the improving earnings outlook is the key ingredient that increases your odds of success, increases timeliness, and increases your final Return On Investment.
The value part of the equation is just icing on the cake.
This last lesson paves the way for the next, where we learn to appreciate the importance of timeliness.
That is lesson #6
Remember that I started as a long-term investor.
But once I understood the power of timeliness and the undeniable ROI improving math behind it, I adapted and it made a big impact on my results.
And once you understand this too, I suspect you will also become a more active investor.
Note that I said active investor… not active trader.
Meaning this is not just trading for trading's sake...
...nor being a slave to the market, having eight computer monitors, 5 cans of Red Bull, going to the casinos at night because you need the action to continue.
Rather, you still adhere to time-tested investing principles.
But you are applying it in a much more active fashion.
That means putting in enough time and effort to be consistently on the lookout for the best investment opportunities...
...plus, the willingness to shift out of weaker stocks for those with more promising upside potential.
This is what I mean by having a more active investing style.
Which now brings us to the…
As an illustration, let's say that Larry gained 20% on a stock while Curly gained 10%.
Now the question is … who did better?
Actually we don't have enough information yet, because it's obviously not as simple as just 10% versus 20%.
We need to know the length of time that each one of them was in their respective trades.
So, now we find out that Larry's 20% gain was made over two years – that's only 10% a year.
Nothing to write home about.
In fact, it's a little sleepy.
However, Curly made his 10% in only three months, which is actually a 44% compounded annualized return.
Now, we see the importance of timeliness at play in Curly's more active investing style.
And that benefit only grows as we rotate money from one timely winner to the next.
So, this leads to the next logical question ...
You probably remember that I already gave you one of the clues earlier in lesson #4 (the power of earnings estimate revisions).
There we learned that companies enjoying recent increases in earnings estimates are much more likely to head higher in price.
So, that is one way that we lock onto more timely shares.
The second is by using the Power Rating system found on StockNews.com.
The POWR Ratings identifies the most timely, momentum-based stocks.
Now, just because I'm more of a fundamental investor, that doesn't mean I ignore the timely signals found in price action.
Consider this. Attractive fundamentals is what really moves stock prices.
Thus, a stock enjoying price momentum is typically enjoying a strong fundamental catalyst.
Plus, it will point out stocks that lack this vital timeliness and should be sold from your portfolio before they wreak serious havoc.
Now that we understand the importance of timeliness math, let's move on to Lesson # 7:
Actually, growth and value are best friends.
And when properly blended together it leads to stocks with the greatest upside potential.
However, it's funny.
When most people hear that I'm a value investor, they automatically assume that I don't like growth stocks, as if they are opposite concepts.
Not the case at all.
In reality, growth is a key ingredient in the value equation.
That's because the faster the company is expected to grow earnings, the more that investors are willing to pay for shares.
The best place to appreciate the intertwined relationship between growth and value is in the PEG ratio.
This singular metric helps us compare stocks relative value, no matter their growth rates.
For example, a company with a low PE of 9 sounds cheap on the surface until you realize that it's only growing earnings by 3% a year.
That PEG of 3 is actually the sign of an overpriced stock.
Whereas a company growing earnings at 25% a year may have a much higher PE, like 20.
And yet that PEG under 1, points to a much more attractive value proposition.
That's what I'm getting at: growth and value absolutely go together.
But here is my other problem with low PE stocks.
They are, well, straight up boring.
I hate to say it, because I like making money in the market, wherever that money is to be made.
But in general, the odds of outperformance are much greater with growth stocks.
Plus, it's just kind of boring hunkering down in defensive shares like consumer staples, REITs and utilities.
So, not only are growth stocks more likely to outperform, but they also offer the best home run potential.
Meaning the truly special companies that are innovating their fields and improving our lives, are the ones that offer the most explosive long term profit potential.
That is especially true when blended with buying them at a discount.
The best proof of that is the two best investments from my career.
First, is Amazon when I bought shares for only $8.58 all the way back in 2001.
And yes, I still own shares today.
Did I appreciate that the Internet and companies like Amazon were changing the world as we knew it back in 1997/98/99?
Heck yes!
However, my focus on value principles wouldn't allow me to chase these stocks at insanely inflated prices.
But after the tech bubble burst and recession starting to set in, Amazon came down to a price that suited my needs and laid the groundwork for an incredible wealth building opportunity.
The same formula worked magic once again with Priceline, which we now call Booking Holdings.
I also bought shares in 2001 all the way down at $14.62.
And just like Amazon, it has gone on a multiyear run of tremendous outperformance.
We all know that if I had bought conservative, low PE stocks instead, that I wouldn't be discussing these life changing investments with you today.
OK, I think we locked that lesson down.
Now let's move on to Lesson #8:
As I said earlier, this concept is so important, we'll go over it twice.
First, we covered selling lessons taught to me by my father.
The most important of which is to sell stocks that your gut tells you are not worth an additional investment.
You'll remember that my Dad asked this powerful question,
If your gut intuition says no, then that is a clear indication you should get out of those shares immediately.
That's because your gut is really your body's supercomputer that instantly boils down a lifetime of experiences to help you make the best decisions.
So if your gut says “It ain't right,” then sell immediately and find a better stock.
Now, let's build on top of that with some new reasons to sell stocks.
The most important of which is to sell any stock that sees their earnings estimates cut.
This should be obvious given Lesson #4 about the importance of earnings estimate revisions, as we want to be in stocks with this vital catalyst in place.
Plus, remember what we covered in Lesson #5 about value investing pitfalls.
That most stocks are cheap for a reason, like falling earnings prospects.
This is the hallmark of value traps.
Typically, earnings estimates are cut after a weak earnings report.
Unfortunately, you will wake up that morning to see a 5 to 10% loss on your hands.
And yet still the answer is to sell.
That's because it is better to endure a modest 10% loss than staying in a value trap that you may end up selling later for a much more painful loss of 30%, 50%, or even worse.
The simplest way to understand why this is true is to appreciate that large companies are kind of like elephants.
They are just too big to turn things around that fast.
Remember that large, publicly traded companies have tens of thousands of employees spread across many locations, with many different products.
They are too large.
They are too complex.
They are just not going to turn it around in one quarter.
And maybe not even in a year.
And that's why an earnings cut has us immediately selling shares and not looking back.
The other reason to sell is if there is a better value opportunity elsewhere.
We too often get too married to our target prices, which has us staying in stocks too long, when we should be taking profits.
For example, let's say you buy a stock at 50 that you think is worth 70, and now everything's going your way.
It's clicking up to 55 … 60 … 65 … 67 … but now, it's stalling out.
The common mistake is to stay on board trying to squeeze out that last 5% up to your target price of $70.
However, if you do a little more research, no doubt you are going to find another opportunity that has even more upside.
Like another stock that has the potential to rise 20%, 30%, even 50%.
The smart move is to take your timely profits on the initial position and rotate that money to the better opportunity.
This goes hand in glove with lesson #6 about the importance of timeliness and how it greatly improves your annual returns.
Plus, don't forget my dad's sage advice that “no one ever got poor selling a stock for a profit.
Now let's move onto our last lesson, #9 which is...
Stocks don't move the same as in the past.
And this is definitely not your father's stock market.
They are moving faster, more volatile, and seemingly irrational.
The number of 1% move days – up or down – is exponentially higher than the past.
The reason is obvious. That these computer-based traders now dominate daily stock market activity.
Often making up more than half of the trading volume.
And that's the leverage they have over the entire market.
What's even more sinister is how they can bend any individual stock to their will.
One of their favorite hobbies is to point a fire hose worth of selling pressure on a stock to make it tumble in price.
Quite often, they are doing it to a stock they actually want to buy, just at a much lower entry price.
Meaning that they get to profit on the way down and the way back up.
These players are so powerful, and methods so airtight, that some of the top firms go years without a single losing session.
Let me repeat that again.
They can go years without a single losing session.
Worst of all. You can't beat them at their own game.
You simply don't have deep enough pockets. Enough Ph.D. mathematicians at the ready.
Nor have you invested millions in state-of-the-art technology like fiber optic cables into the trading floor to beat your competitors by one millionth of a second.
But that doesn't mean the fight is over.
This means we have to play a different game, what I call counterpunching.
What we need to do is profit from unnecessary sell offs that these guys create.
As I said, they love to beat down stocks, even fundamentally stellar stocks.
So, as active investors we should have a radar screen filled with quality growth stocks that we'd love to snap up at even better prices.
Now, when these computer based traders beat up these great stocks, for their own jollies, then we counterpunch by picking up these quality shares on the cheap.
As active investors focused on value, this will become second nature and very, very profitable.
And that's it for lesson #9.
Now let's do…
...and then get into how to apply them all to carve out additional gains in today's market.
So,
First, we always need to remember that the outlook is still bullish until proven otherwise.
But let's be honest.
It's important that you never get lazy and take your eye off the ball.
Even though we're in the longest bull market in history, sometimes there are question marks looming on the financial horizon that point to near term downside.
And those times call for a more defensive allocation of stocks and a touch more cash on hand.
And when the dark clouds drift away, we get back to our gungho bullish strategies with a more aggressive portfolio of stocks.
Let me sum it up this way.
I know that the market is bullish until proven otherwise.
But I am always sleeping with one eye open for the next bear to emerge.
And if it does, I don't stick my head in the sand waiting for it to blow over.
No. I embrace the bear with both arms by loading up on inverse ETFs to profit handsomely on the way down.
And when the time is right, we get back to riding the next bull rally higher.
Okay, so at this point you may be wondering …
What's next?
What should you do with all this information and…
The answer is simply to embrace these 9 lessons, apply as many as you can to upgrade your investing approach.
It's also important to get rid of any bad habits you're currently using that aren't really working out for you.
Plus, align yourself with current market conditions.
Maybe you're a little too bullish right now or maybe a little too bearish.
Just take into consideration, the unfortunate fact that we are always just one bad tweet or headline away from a five to ten percent correction.
I truly hope that you will adopt as many of these 9 strategies as possible to have the most positive impact on your results and on your financial well being.
But the fact is, changing your investment habits is never easy and sometimes you need a helping hand.
And that what I'm here for.
Remember that I have 40 years of experience successfully applying these principles.
And it's truly been my life's mission to help people improve their investing results.
To fully implement these nine powerful lessons, you may want to let me help you by taking advantage of…
It's very similar to that award-winning alert service I had at Zacks that helped so many investors achieve market-topping results.
So, let me tell you a little bit about my new Reitmeister Total Return service and why you should definitely give it a try.
My goal is to help you read market conditions and then, find the best growth stocks trading at outstanding discount prices.
And yes, we will toss in a dash of market timing, going both long and short as needed.
I call this service the Reitmeister Total Return because it's goal is to outperform no matter what the market throws our way.
Generally, I have 7 to 12 stocks in my portfolio at any one time that are blending the powerful strategies shared in this presentation.
Typically, the focus is on quality growth stocks packed with the power of earnings estimates and trading at discount prices.
These are the kind of exciting stocks that gets your heart racing.
Yet, given that this is an aged bull market and volatility is on the rise, then we also need to blend in just enough conservative elements to allow us to sleep at night.
These trades will come to you in real-time via email and SMS text alerts.
Of course, I will tell you when to buy and sell.
But even more valuable...I will tell you why.
Meaning I will explain exactly why we are buying and selling to keep the investment education flowing over time.
This fits under the heading of…
Here is another cool feature.
Each trade will come with a precise percentage allocation like 5%...7%...10% and so on.
This makes the service work for every investor no matter if your portfolio is worth $10,000 or $10 million.
Beyond the day-to-day specifics of the stock recommendations, the Reitmeister Total Return also provides you in-depth weekly market commentary.
This outlook sets the pace for our strategy to help you carve out profits no matter which way the market winds are blowing.
Another bonus is our private, members-only webinars that we do once a month.
This is the perfect setting to fully explain our market outlook, what's going on with our portfolio strategies, and what's going on with our individual positions.
I really enjoy these webinars because this is also where you get to pepper me with any questions you have.
This two-way conversation is what I love best.
Lastly, it's important to lock down what is meant by “Total Return.”
This means that we follow the notion that there is always a bull market somewhere.
So, beyond our healthy allocation of US-based stocks we will also take advantage of attractive opportunities in international markets, gold and silver, bonds, and other creative investment options that are available to us quite easily with ETFs.
Yes, most of the time it is about finding the best stocks, but sometimes using ETFs is a great way in which to improve our overall profits.
And what's great is that by subscribing to the Reitmeister Total Return service, you will not need to be in front of your computer all the time, because we're not day trading here.
You'll have plenty of time to read the recommendations, place your trades, and adjust your allocations.
So,
Now, since the Reitmeister Total Return service is still relatively new, we opened with some very aggressive introductory pricing.
That's why very soon the price for the Reitmeister Total Return Service may be $1,995 per year …
...which given the phenomenal returns enjoyed by my clients over the years is still a great deal.
But I have something much better in mind for you today as an early charter member.
So, right now, you can get started for…
... for a 6 month subscription.
This is perfect because it will give you a good sense of the value of my recommendations and financial instruction at a very reasonable price.
But what happens after the six months?
The good news is you are locked in at this deeply discounted price for as long as you want to stay a member.
It's just $397 every 6 months... only about $2 per day... probably a lot less than you spend for coffee, tea, or soda.
And there's no long-term obligation, so if you ever want to stop, you'll immediately get a prorated refund for any time left on your subscription.
As an extra incentive, when you subscribe today, you'll ALSO get the full access to the POWR Ratings System on StockNews.com.
Remember that this exclusive buy, sell, hold rating is truly the key to finding the most timely stocks, which we discussed back in Lesson #6 about the importance of timeliness.
Access to the POWR Ratings normally sells for $359 per year.
But you get it for FREE as long as you're a member of the Reitmeister Total Return service.
Now, today's discounted price, along with FREE access to the POWR Ratings, is a limited-time offer…
...giving you an opportunity to see for yourself the value my 40-years of experience brings to help you make more money in the markets.
And to make your decision even easier and COMPLETELY risk-free, I'll give you…
So, there's no reason that you shouldn't subscribe right now, because it's 100% risk free.
Just click on the link below and you'll immediately get access to this week's commentary and our current portfolio.
Then, you can take the next 30 days to review the service, read my weekly market commentary and even implement the recommendations.
And if at any time in the first 30 days you don't think you're getting at least 10x more value than what you're paying, just let me know and I'll return 100% of your subscription price.
So, I'm taking 100% of the risk for you to see how I can help you.
Why am I doing this?
Because I know that once you see the value of what you're getting from the Reitmeister Total Return service, you'll love it and want to continue.
So, why not give it a try?
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