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The Stock Jock

For most people, financial markets are not easy to predict.  Since the future is uncertain, predictions about the behavior of financial markets carry a high degree of uncertainty as well.

Even many so-called experts have spotty records when it comes to picking successful stock investments.  In 2008, just days before

Investment decisions based on reality instead of illusion can mean the difference between a great return on investment and a substantial loss.

investment bank Bear Stearns went bust, CNBC’s Jim Cramer encouraged his audience to keep its money with Bear Stearns.  Cramer claimed that Bear Stearns was fine.  Then six days later, the stock plunged over 90% before JP Morgan Chase finally bought Bear Stearns at huge discount.

While investors who took Jim Cramer’s advice lost big, astute brokers and investment advisors who recommended to suitable clients that they take short positions on Bear Stearns were hand- somely rewarded.

Measuring Success

What makes some investors wildly successful while others strug- gle to make positive returns?  Similarly, what makes some stock- brokers hugely successful while other brokers are broke or get out of the business altogether?

The bottom line is that successful investors and investment ad- visors know what others don’t know and make investment decisions based on reality, not illusion.

Knowledge is a very powerful thing, indeed, when properly applied.  When you have a firm grasp of reality, understand the emerging

trends in a realistic sense, and don’t follow the misinformation that is often reported in the financial press, you will be able to provide your clients with much more sound investment advice.

Members of international secret societies often make huge returns on their investments because they understand the real emerging trends in the market before everyone else does.  Simply put, they understand reality versus the masses who invest from a false paradigm.

Renowned investment advisor Ken Fisher writes about this phenomenon in his book The Only Three Questions that Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don’t.  In the book, Fisher poses three basic questions through which investment decisions are made.  The questions make an investor challenge his assumptions about financial markets and specific investments so that he can invest based on reality, not on conventional wisdom and groupthink.

Members in the Global Information Network receive access to the same infor- mation that was previously reserved for the global elite in the various international secret societies.  So as a member in GIN, you gain direct access to information and resources that can empower you to make better personal investment decisions and to provide better investment advice to your clients.

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