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Global Warming is a Government Hoax to Steal Your Money

March 7, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, March 9th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “Choosing the Right Investments.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Global Warming: Another Government Hoax that Threatens Your Finances

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that global warming is global criminal fraud by the government.

This is yet another force making your dollars worth less and your taxes go up.

Lawrence Solomon published an article in the Financial Post entitled “Enjoy the Warmth While it Lasts.” Contrary to what you’ll hear from mainstream media, he posits that global cooling is a much more likely scenario.

As he says:

“Thank your lucky stars to be alive on Earth at this time. Our planet is usually in a deep freeze. The last million years have cycled through Ice Ages that last about 100,000 years each, with warmer slivers of about 10,000 years in between.

“We are in-betweeners, and just barely — we live in (gasp!) year 10,000 or so after the end of the last ice age. But for our good fortune, we might have been born in the next Ice Age.

“…What a great time of technological and cultural advancement we’ve known, one of unprecedented prosperity, human longevity, and human comfort. For a brief period in the 1970s it appeared to some scientists that the climate that had abetted our prosperity had turned — this was the fear of global cooling that then made headlines. Though many now mock those fears of climate cooling, the scientists were eminent and the science was sound — after all, given Earth’s history through the eons, and the passage of 10,000 years since the last ice age, it was hardly outlandish to believe that time of warmth was up.”

Daniel Henninger, in Real Clear Politics, warns that the credibility of science is on the rocks:

“Surely there must have been serious men and women in the hard sciences who at some point worried that their colleagues in the global warming movement were putting at risk the credibility of everyone in science.”

He concludes with this chilling statement:

“If the new ethos is that ‘close-enough’ science is now sufficient to achieve political goals, serious scientists should be under no illusion that politicians will press-gang them into service for future agendas.”

In other words, we the people will pay dearly for the mistakes of “science.”

Protect Your Money

So what should you be doing? You should be protecting your money from taxes and inflation as much as possible.

And to help you choose the right investments, use the LSRR test:

  1. Liquidity
  2. Safety
  3. Rate of Return

Most investments don’t pass these tests, which puts your hard-earned cash at risk.

Only one accumulation vehicle passes all three: maximum-funded, tax-advantaged life insurance contracts.

Meet with a Missed Fortune advisor to learn how to accumulate, access, and transfer your money tax-free.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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You Can Count On Your Future Despite Ups & Downs

February 28, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, March 2nd at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “The IRA & 401(k) Dilemma” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Don’t Let Market Ups & Downs Get You Down

When the Federal Reserve recently raised interest rates on money it loans to banks from .5 percent to .75 percent, many saw it as positive. A Los Angeles Times article said

“The willingness of policymakers to raise the discount rate is the latest sign that the economy is regaining its footing after falling into the worst financial debacle since the Great Depression.”

And The New York Times said

“The Federal Reserve on Feb. 18 raised interest rates, signaling its confidence in our economic recovery.”

But this news came within the same week unemployment claims unexpectedly went up. And at the same time millions who have already been receiving unemployment assistance are about to see their checks stop coming.

The ripple effect of this, according to the New York Times, is that

“Economists fear that the nascent recovery will leave more people behind than in past recessions, failing to create jobs in sufficient numbers to absorb the record-setting ranks of the long-term unemployed.

“Call them the new poor: people long accustomed to the comforts of middle-class life who are now relying on public assistance for the first time in their lives — potentially for years to come.”

At a time of uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to make your own financial future more certain. Take the lessons of these hard times and find out how to do the following:

  • Optimize your assets
  • Identify retirement savings vehicles that are tax-advantaged and provide liquidity, safety, and a healthy rate of return
  • Stop following the crowd and find a safer path to a more financially abundant life

There are a few things we can count on: Interest rates will rise and fall; the economy will always be cyclical; and overall, taxes will go up.

You should be able to count on your financial future. Find out how today by setting up a free consultation with a Missed Fortune Advisor.

Escape the Pitfalls of Traditional Retirement Plans

When it comes to savings and retirement vehicles, the traditional rhetoric is that you should put your money into “qualified plans” like 401(k)s and IRAs.

For years, Americans have been socking away their investment money in accounts like these, following the crowd, hoping it would ensure the nest egg they want for the future.

The recent economic downturn has all but thrown out the egg and the nest from many Americans’ 401(k) and IRA accounts. Some have lost thousands—others hundreds of thousands—from their traditional retirement accounts.

There are other people, however, who haven’t lost a dime—in fact, they’ve increased their wealth over the past couple years.

What do they know that you don’t?

These people have followed proven but unconventional investment strategies like those described in the Missed Fortune book series.

They know that qualified plans are qualified by the government. And the government is expert at ensuring it gets its money one way or another.

With a 401(k), for example, your taxes may be deferred on the money you invest, but when you withdraw your money after age 59½, you will be hit with taxes.

There are better alternatives for your retirement savings that have all of the advantages that Roth IRAs and 401(k)s offer, but also a considerable amount more.

Consider strategically converting your traditional IRAs and 401(k)s to maximum-funded, tax-advantaged index insurance contracts rather than to Roth accounts.

Using indexing strategies, you can protect yourself from losses and still participate in any upside potential during good years.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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Learn How to Leverage OPM to Stimulate Your Personal Economy

February 21, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “Successful Equity Management.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?

After catering to moderates throughout his campaign, Obama is proving to be far more liberal than anyone ever suspected him to be.

His agenda is shaping up as one of the most radical since the New Deal, and it will have drastic consequences for Americans.

In an article entitled “Barack Has a Truth Ache,” Michael Goodwin reported in the New York Post:

“[The American people] believed him when he said he was a moderate who would lead from the center. But a clear majority, 54 percent, now says the president is ‘mostly liberal’ and his policies tilt left.

“They’re not happy, because that’s not what they expected or wanted…

“Quite simply, the president is squandering the trust the American people vested in him. It could not be otherwise when so many suspect he pulled the wool over their eyes to get elected.

Analyzing the poll, Gallup editor Lydia Saad writes that only 48 percent of the 1,521 adults surveyed in mid-October say Obama has kept his campaign promises, a sharp decline from the 65 percent who felt that way in April.

The poll, which didn’t track specific policies, leaves little room for doubt, with 48 percent also saying Obama ‘has not’ kept his promises.”

Hopefully, the 2010 elections may overturn the current surge toward socialism.

In the meantime, however, you need to be doing everything you can to create your own economic stimulus plan — because, thanks to liberal policies, taxes will go up and the dollar will be worth less over time.

Economic Stimulus Point: Learn How to Leverage OPM

Sadly, when most Americans think of using other people’s money (OPM), they think of borrowing to purchase consumer goods and depreciating assets, such as cars.

Because of this, we’ve come to think of debt as a bad thing — even though we’re clearly addicted to it.

But debt can be a powerful source of investing when used to conserve and produce, rather than consume.

This is precisely how banks make money — by borrowing OPM at low interest rates, then lending it to other people at higher interest rates.

Wouldn’t you like to learn how to think and operate like a bank? Wouldn’t you like to learn how you can use debt as a tool of production?

To do so, join us on our next webinar, “Successful Equity Management,” then set up a free consultation with a Missed Fortune advisor.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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Let the Market Hold Businesses Accountable to Grow the Economy

February 14, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, February 16th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “Choosing the Right Investments.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Get the Government Out of the Way so We can Prosper

The biggest global problem today is politicians interfering in the marketplace. No matter how good their intentions may be, it’s simply impossible to micro-manage economic decisions of millions of people without adverse and unforeseen consequences.

Business can offer high rewards, but it’s also fraught with risk. Entrepreneurs are put through the fire of experience, thus developing the necessary insights and skills to create legitimate value in the marketplace.

In short, they know what works and what doesn’t. They know what people want and what they don’t.

But the government doesn’t know these things. In the name of trying to “help” us and the economy, it does way more harm than good.

Marketplace failures are real-time feedback on what doesn’t work. When the government tries to save and prop up failed businesses, it distorts legitimate marketplace forces.

In the case of our current economic meltdown, banks took outrageous risks and other companies have failed to adapt to market realities.

But why? It wasn’t private sector greed that caused the meltdown; it was government interference.

For example, the government incentivized banks to lower lending standards. Then, when unqualified mortgage holders started defaulting, the government stepped in to save the banks from the very problems the government had created.

How Safe is Your Money?

Customers of 1st American State Bank of Minnesota must have been wondering if theirs was when regulators recently closed its doors for good.

As of February 5, 1st Bank was the sixteenth bank to fail so far in 2010. Last year the U.S. saw the failure of 140 banks, which CNN Money reported was the “highest since 1992, when 181 banks failed.”

While 1st Bank customers were protected by the FDIC, with more bank failures predicted for 2010, you have to ask how prudent it is to keep serious money in the care of banks – especially when the future stability of the FDIC is coming into question.

The FDIC was $8.2 billion in debt as of September 2009, (which included $21.7 billion earmarked for future bank failures). What’s more, too many people hope to get long-term rewards from short-term savings vehicles like banks’ money market, CD and similar accounts.

Now more than ever it is critical to find safe places to put your money.

And it’s important to analyze your options for retirement savings vehicles that will yield optimal long-term benefits, as well as liquidity, rate of return and tax advantages.

Maximum-funded, tax-advantaged life insurance contracts can provide all of the above.

Escape government insanity and risky banks. Create your own economic stimulus plan by scheduling a free consultation with a Missed Fortune wealth advisor now.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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Save Yourself from Obamunism

February 7, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, February 9th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “Retirement Planning & Tax Strategies.” You’ll learn how to get money trapped in 401(k)s and IRAs out of them tax-free. You’ll also learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

The Messiah President

Since taking office, President Obama’s greatest frustration has been the U.S. Constitution, which was written to thwart charismatic personalities and political messiahs who promise a free lunch.

Specifically, the founders instituted measures to prevent wealth redistribution, but Obama is bent on bypassing or pushing through them.

Most of Obama’s policies consist of a takeaway from the most industrious and productive citizens and a giveaway to those who make the fewest contributions and take the least personal responsibility.

The results will be to increase the number of potential voters who will receive more tax benefits than they pay for, which will put even further strains on our already bursting national debt.

Bleak National Deficit Forecasts

Regardless of your political leanings, everyone can agree that the national debt is unsustainable, and that swift action must be taken to get it under control.

The New York Times recently reported the following:

“The additional tax cuts and public works spending that President Obama has proposed to spur job creation would add $100 billion to this year’s deficit, bringing it to nearly $1.6 trillion, according to an administration official.

“A deficit of that size for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30 would be about $150 billion greater than last year’s deficit, which was the highest since World War II.

“Measured against the size of the economy, a $1.6 trillion shortfall would equal almost 11 percent of the gross domestic product. Economists generally consider annual deficits above 3 percent to be unsustainable.”

Entrepreneurs are now spending much more time with accountants in order to save money on taxes. This time comes at the expense of time that could be spent innovating and producing, which would increase tax revenues.

But what should you be doing? How can you save yourself from a bloated government that is coming after your money on all fronts?

Create Your Own Economic Stimulus Plan

You may not be able to personally control what the government does, but there are measures you can take to protect yourself from today’s government spending that will catch up with all of us in the future.

Specifically, if you have money trapped in government-sponsored and -controlled IRAs and 401(ks), you should use a strategic rollout to free that money up and put it into a much better plan.

The Missed Fortune asset optimization strategies provide tax-free growth, tax-free withdrawals, and tax-free transfer to your heirs.

They give you all the benefits of upside market growth, but none of the downside of market losses. Your principal is guaranteed to be kept safe, and you have full liquidity.

This explains why Missed Fortune clients haven’t lost a dime in this distressing economy.

Take ownership for your future by scheduling a free consultation with a Missed Fortune wealth advisor now.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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Escape a Bloated Government & Herd Mentality to Thrive Economically

January 31, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, February 2nd at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “True Wealth & Asset Optimization.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Escape the Slow & Bureaucratic Leviathan

Government today is like a huge beast whose brain is dead but whose body keeps growing.

To feed this bloated beast and keep it on life support, more money and resources must be continually seized from the private sector, where all new wealth is created.

The new technology-based economy is incredibly fast and adaptable, and the 20th Century institution of government simply can’t keep up.

If ObamaCare comes to pass, it will be extraordinarily too big and too slow.

So what should you be doing? How can you escape Leviathan? You must create your own economic stimulus plan. Save yourself because big government can’t.

One Legitimate Solution: A National Flat Tax

Americans collectively spend 7.6 billion hours per year filling out IRS tax forms. That represents 3.8 million full-time employees complying with the tax code.

What would happen to our nation’s productivity if each citizen could complete his or her tax return in one hour?

We could accomplish this by exchanging our complicated tax system for a national flat tax.

Not only would this be more convenient, but it would also encourage investing and stimulate the economy.

Our current tax system and retirement options penalize investors for being smart and saving through the years. Those who save in the government-sponsored programs get hit with monstrous taxes upon retirement.

Break Free from the Herd

95% of Americans are saving in IRAs and 401(k)s. And guess what — it’s not working for them!

Don’t follow the herd and don’t listen to mainstream media. Rather, find out why Missed Fortune clients haven’t lost a dime in this horrible economy and how they’re getting tax-free growth, tax-free withdrawal, and tax-free transfer to their heirs upon death.

Get started now with your own economic stimulus plan.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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Create Your Own Economic Stimulus Plan

January 24, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, January 26th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “How to Choose the Right Investments.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and guarantee safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Uncertainty Prevails in the Marketplace

News headlines are rife with troubling economic news. For example, Fortune magazine recently reported that:

“GMAC, the troubled finance company that last week scored a third government bailout, said Tuesday it expects to post a record fourth-quarter loss of $5 billion.”

Early this year Associated Press reported that:

“U.S. consumers and businesses are filing for bankruptcy at a pace that made 2009 the seventh-worst year on record, with more than 1.4 million petitions submitted…The AP gathered data from the nation’s 90 bankruptcy districts and found 1.43 million filings, an increase of 32 percent from 2008. There were 116,000 recorded bankruptcies in December, up 22 percent from the same month a year before.”

Protect Yourself from Uncertainty

The Missed Fortune total asset optimization strategies help you create your own economic stimulus plan and make your future more certain.

This is done by harnessing the power of three miracles:

  1. Compound Interest
  2. Tax-Free Compounding
  3. Safe, Positive Leverage

In addition to other strategies, we use maximum-funded, tax-advantaged life insurance contracts to create all three of these miracles in your life. Furthermore, they offer liquidity and guaranteed safety of principal.

They also provide an indexing strategy, which means that you get all the upside benefits of the stock market, but none of the downside risk.

Isn’t it time for you to get started with your own economic stimulus plan?

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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The Power of OPM: How to Leverage Debt Safely & Wisely

January 10, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, January 12th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “Successful Equity Management.” You’ll learn how to maintain liquidity and safety of principal while earning a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346). If operators are busy, please call again.

All attendees receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Investors Losing Big with Small Returns

The New York Times recently published an article entitled “At Tiny Rates, Saving Money Costs Investors,” which reports that “millions of Americans are paying a high price for a safe place to put their money: extremely low interest rates on savings accounts and certificates of deposit.”

This is particularly detrimental to the elderly and others on fixed incomes. As the article reports:

“Indeed, after fees are subtracted, inflation is accounted for and taxes are paid, many investors in C.D.’s, government bonds and savings and money market accounts are losing money.”

Of course, the traditional financial services industry will tell you that people need to take higher risks to get better returns.

As the article states, “People who rely on income from such investments for support, however, are being forced to consider new options.”

Unfortunately, most of the options people are considering are misguided and damaging.

Missed Fortune, however, provides the best option: Maximum-funded, tax-advantaged life insurance contracts which provide liquidity, guarantee safety of principle, while still producing a healthy rate of return that outpaces inflation.

Furthermore, with the right equity management strategies many elderly and Baby Boomers can discover financial security with their existing assets.

The Power of Equity Management

While people scramble to recover from the recession and explore new ways to build their retirement funds, many of them are sitting on the answer, but are completely unaware.

That answer is home equity.

Before the recession there was $19 trillion dollars of residential real estate, with about $10 trillion sitting as idle equity and no loans attached. After the recession that dropped to about $17 trillion, with at least $8 trillion unencumbered.

About 60% of this total belongs to Baby Boomers, which represents $4.8 trillion in lazy, idle equity.

However, many people are fearful to leverage equity because they think it increases their risk. While this can be true in certain circumstances, Missed Fortune provides a way for you to decrease your risk by leveraging your equity.

It’s exactly how banks operate. If we could educate more Americans to do this we could turn the economy around without federal stimulus spending.

Register now for our next webinar to learn how to become your own bank and borrow to conserve, not consume. You’ll learn how to safely leverage your home equity, maintain liquidity, and increase your rates of return.

Bonus Missed Fortune E-Book: Baby Boomer Blunders

The average Baby Boomer has less than $50,000 accumulated for retirement (which means many have less than that), primarily due to bad habits and having money invested in the wrong places where economic downturns can diminish their nest egg.

Download this e-book now at www.babyboomerblunders.com.

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CPR: Your Personal Economic Stimulus Package

January 7, 2010

The economy has tanked. Our current national debt costs us $1 billion a day, or $41 million an hour. Despite opposition from most Americans, Congress continues its reckless, self-serving spending spree.

So who’s stepping in to save the day? Will the government economic stimulus packages really revive America?

What can you do to save yourself from rising taxes and ballooning inflation? You need to perform CPR, meaning “Creative Practical Recovery,” on your personal finances and create your own economic stimulus package.

Watch this video to learn more:

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No, Your Nest Egg is not “Safe Again” if it’s in 401(k)s

January 3, 2010

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Missed Fortune RadioThis week Doug Andrew discussed the following:

Upcoming Complimentary Webinar

Attend our free 90-minute webinar live over the Internet this coming Tuesday, January 5th at 11:00 a.m. pacific (12:00 p.m. mountain, 1:00 p.m. central, 2:00 p.m. eastern), and again at 6:30 p.m. pacific (7:30 mountain, 8:30 central, 9:30 eastern).

The topic is “The 401(k)/IRA Dilemma.”

You’ll learn the best alternatives to qualified plans, which provide liquidity, safety of principal, and a healthy, tax-free rate of return that outpaces inflation. You’ll also learn how not to lose when the economy is down.

Register now by calling 888-76-Radio (888-767-2346).

Just for registering you’ll receive a bonus e-book and audio book on the IRA/401(k) dilemma.

Furthermore, all attendees will receive a bonus hardcover copy of Last Chance Millionaire, Doug Andrew’s New York Times best-selling book.

Ridiculous Reports from Traditional Financial Planners

Newsweek recently published an article by Linda Stern entitled “Is Your Nest Egg Safe Again?”. The story reports that large investment firms, such as Fidelity and Vanguard, have performed recent studies “showing that most workers have seen their retirement accounts recover to precrash levels…”

But why? According to the article:

“Both firms (Fidelity & Vanguard), which provide 401(k) accounts, reported that most of the workers in their programs now have more money than they did when the stock market started its slide in 2008. The primary reason, they reported, was that continued employee contributions helped to offset declines in balances.”

Huh?

In other words, these funds haven’t grown in terms of a rate of return! Financial services companies with vested interests are trying to pull the wool over your eyes by making you think that everything is okay with risky qualified plans.

Think about it: Your account is worth $100,000. The market tanks and you lose $25,000, so you’re left with $75,000. You then make an out-of-pocket contribution of $30,000, taking your account balance up to $105,000.

You’ve still lost and have not recovered from the $25,000 loss, yet according to large investment firms (which, of course, offer 401(k)s), your account is doing just fine.

To add insult to injury, these deceivers recommend that people nearing retirement age increase their risk to make up for lost time:

“At an age when they are typically told to eschew risk, older workers may need to take on a bit more investment risk in the hopes of snagging bigger returns going forward. People who are five years away from retirement should have 60 percent of their portfolios in stock, argues Christine Fahlund, a senior financial planner at T. Rowe Price.”

If you want to continue losing money, then stick with this advice. But Missed Fortune offers a much better and safer approach.

Escape the 401(k) Trap

Though they’re promoted heavily by the traditional financial services industry, 401(k)s are horrible accumulation vehicles, for the following reasons:

  • They tax your harvest, rather than your seed.
  • Contrary to traditional advice, your taxes will most likely be higher, not lower, in the future because you’ll have far less deductions.
  • The 10% withdrawal penalty prevents you from accessing the money when you need it most.
  • The accounts come with strict and constricting rules, such as mandatory withdrawal by age 70 and a half. If you don’t meet the guidelines you could be subject to a 50% penalty.
  • The accounts are subject to estate taxes, meaning that your heirs could be left with as little as 28% of your account balance when you die.

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