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Insider Report: Starting With a Big Bang
By
Andrew Gordon
"I
really want this first advisory to be a sure-bet homerun," I
told Michael Masterson.
"And
I want your 99th recommendation to be better than your first
one," Michael shot back. "But I know what you mean.
It's natural to want your first pick to be special."
We
were talking about The
Wealth Advantage, my new investment advisory
service for ETR that recommends extraordinary stock opportunities
combining safety with huge upside.
My
problem wasn't that I couldn't find any companies that showed
every indication of living up to that promise. My problem
was that I had several.
How
to choose?
Should
I go with the company that got a groundbreaking deal from
the Chinese government?
Or
the company led by some of the smartest people in the industry?
(It turned from the darling to the dope of Wall Street because
of one disappointing quarterly report.)
Or
the company just out of bankruptcy (and going for a pittance)
with a failsafe plan to take its market by storm?
Not
to mention a few others I also had pegged as gigantic winners
...
I finally found my "homerun" - a company that owns
assets worth at least 10 times more than the $100 million its
stock goes for. What sealed the deal is that they're also in
a sector that's suffering from chronic shortages. And it doesn't
hurt that the company is now taking the first steps toward
tapping its most exciting asset ... one that could yield billions
and billions of dollars.
Hey,
I can't help sounding excited about this company.
Its growth potential is off the charts. And it (along with
the other picks I'm making that are just waiting to break
through the gates) is now available to anyone interested
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I
find these companies, research them, talk to their honchos,
and sift through the mounds of material on them. And I get
more and more excited as I draw closer to that moment when
I know I've nailed a great investment opportunity.
And,
as corny as this sounds, the best part is that I get to shout "Eureka!" to
all my subscribers. (That's so much more satisfying
than sharing my finds with just my wife, sister-in-law, and
overbearing editor!)
(Ed.
Note: Andrew Gordon, ETR's financial expert, is the editor
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"The
only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could
hear heavy breathing again."
- Erma
Bombeck
The
Best Exercise Routine Ever, Part 1
By
Michael Masterson
I'm
filling my gas tank this morning and this guy jogs by. He's
in his early fifties and he's in very good shape - muscular
and lean. Standing still, he'd probably look like a specimen
of perfect health. But he's moving like something is seriously
wrong with him. Like he's in pain. His shoulders are tight,
his spine is curved forward, his gait is labored.
What's
going on here?
My
best guess is that this guy is the victim of today's two
most popular forms of exercise: weightlifting and jogging.
I
say "victim," because anyone who bases his fitness
program on these two exercises is unwittingly damaging his
body. Not just in the most obvious way - atrophying the joints
- but in a host of other ways.
Take
a look around and you'll see a lot of joggers who look
unhealthy - skinny arms and legs, rounded shoulders, knobby
knees and elbows, and little paunches. They are also unhealthy
on the inside. Their tendons and ligaments are shot, their
joints are worn, and their organs are too wimpy to do the
work they are designed to do.
Then
there are the iron pumpers ...
If
they get a good tan, weightlifters can look healthy in a
bizarre, superhero sort of way. But if you've ever played
sports with someone whose primary sport is bodybuilding,
you know how inefficient (sometimes even totally useless)
their overbuilt bodies are.
Weightlifting
- done the way it's usually done - is a scientific method
for reshaping the body so that the limbs don't work well.
When you combine weightlifting and jogging, as the guy I
saw apparently did, you can create a nice, lean, muscular
look. But you risk converting your body into something that
only works well when it is not in motion.
Before
you write too many letters to me telling me I don't know
what I'm talking about, let me say that I spent 20 years
jogging and 30 years weightlifting. (At one time, I weighed
235 and could bench press 335, dead lift 510, and squat 450.)
My
years of weightlifting and jogging did for me what these
exercises do for most people: My hips were so tight I couldn't
walk more than three or four minutes without sitting down,
and my shoulders were so damaged I couldn't do a single pull-up
or push-up. I could still lift weights after I warmed up,
but I could barely do anything else.
I
was all set to have rotator cuff surgery, back surgery, and
even knee surgery, when I woke up one day and decided to
heal myself naturally. Over a 12- to 18- month period, I
relearned everything I had ever learned about exercise and
physiology (assisted greatly by Dr. Al Sears and more recently
by Matt Furey), and have gradually dropped weightlifting
and jogging completely from my exercise routine.
(By
the way, I'm not talking about running. There's nothing wrong
with that, as long as it is sprints and it gets your heart
rate up. It's those long, slow plodding jogs that are bad.)
These
are the exercises that I've found to be much more effective:
1 Matt
Furey's Hindu squats and push-ps
2. Pull-ups and chin-ups that utilize the full range of motion
3. Doc Darville's
Wall Flower stretch
4. Yoga (when stretching) for overall flexibility
5. Pilates (when stretching) to release hips and shoulders
6. Dr.
Sears' PACE program
My
new routine has completely healed and rejuvenated me. I have
no back pain, no shoulder pain, no knee pain, and no foot
pain. I can do pull-ups and push-ups again. More importantly,
I can wrestle without any impediments, walk or run without
pain, and play pretty much any sport without fear of injury.
I
may not have quite the leanness of my jogging nemesis (he
looked like he was at 6 percent or 8 percent body fat), but
I am 100 percent sure I could outperform him in just about
any natural physical challenge - from sprinting to wrestling
to carrying furniture.
To
put it more directly, ever since I gave up weights and jogging,
I've been getting stronger, faster, more limber, and more
healthy.
Today's
Action Plan
On
Friday, Michael will go into detail about his personal exercise
program. (You might want to give it a try.) Meanwhile, if
you jog or lift weights ... look into some alternatives.
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Networking
Tip: Moving On
By
Ilise Benun
Many
people have no trouble getting into conversations at networking
events. What they need help with is getting out of them
... without feeling like they're abandoning the other person.
If that sounds like you, here are two strategies to try:
1. When you are ready to move on, hand the other person your
business card, smile warmly, and say, "I've enjoyed
chatting with you. I'm going to mingle a bit. But let's stay
in touch."
2. If there's food or drink involved, say, "Looks like
I need a refill." Or smile mischievously and say, "Excuse
me. I need another one of those Swedish meatballs."
(Ed
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Living
Rich: The Best Bottle for Your Buck?
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Sure,
that 2002 St. Jean Chardonnay got a 98 from Wine Enthusiast ...
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Word
to the Wise: Atrophy
To "atrophy" (AT-ruh-fee)
is to waste away - to wither or deteriorate. It is derived
from the Greek "atrophos" ("ill-nourished").
Example
(as I used it today): "Anyone who bases his fitness
program on these two exercises [weightlifting and jogging]
is unwittingly damaging his body. Not just in the most obvious
way - atrophying the joints - but in a host of other ways.
