One of the other players coached him: “He’s trying to tell you a story with the way he’s betting. The question is, do you believe what he’s telling you?” My opponent believed me and folded. Good thing for him, too, as I had a full house!

Like a good poker player, the stock market is also telling us a story. The difference, however, is that the market is usually believable!

But here’s what many investors don’t understand: the market tells us the story of what will happen, not what has happened.

For example, my father is constantly asking me why the market was up or down on a certain day. Perhaps your family and friends do, too. But they’re missing the point.

Sure, the market sometimes responds to data or news. But it doesn’t usually react to the news. The news often reacts to the market.

Why? I’ll show you…

What Comes First… Market Behavior or News?

The point about the “market behavior in relation to news” equation resonated with me when I listened to a fascinating speech by Elliott Wave Theory expert, Bob Prechter.

In this instance, though, Prechter didn’t discuss Elliott Wave. Instead, he showed the correlation between all kinds of data and events that took place after important moves in the market.

Take wars, for example. They tend to break out when the market is bad – something that makes sense when you think about it. When the market is down, people feel poorer and are more irritable. It’s easier to get them to support a war. Plus, elected officials want to distract the public from their economic woes.

There is a precedent for this theory…

I attended Prechter’s talk in the spring of 2001, as the market was in the middle of the dotcom collapse. In March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. At that point, the market was down 45% from the highs of March 2000. I can’t help but wonder if that war would have ever been fought if we were still in a bull market.

Bulls, Bears and Birth Rates

Bear markets also spark decreases in birth rates.

Again, it makes sense that when people are less comfortable financially, they put off new financial burdens like a child. Not to mention, financial stress makes people less amorous.

The opposite is true of bull markets. During and shortly after bull markets, the birth rate usually rises.

I was reminded of Prechter’s talk last week when news came out that the U.S. birth rate was the lowest in history.

In 2007, for example – the top of a four-year bull market – there were 14.3 babies per 1,000 of the population. That year, more babies were born in the United States than in any other year in America’s history.

But in 2009, the figure dropped to 13.5 babies born per 1,000 people. The marriage rate also decreased from 7.3 per 1,000 in 2007 to 6.8 in 2009.

Look Forward, Not Back

The fact that the stock market is a forward-looking mechanism makes me less concerned about every piece of economic news that the pundits use to justify their “next Great Depression” or “Big Bubble” theories.

Take 2008, for example. As the market plunged on the back of the financial crisis and several huge corporate meltdowns, it indicated that a nasty recession was on the way. In addition, it perhaps predicted an election victory for Obama, as he was perceived as anti-business.

But a funny thing happened. In 2009, the market rallied hard. The upward move in stocks suggested that the economy was no longer falling off a cliff. Yes, things were still tough, but the panic that many felt in late 2008 was no longer justified.

So what story is the market trying to tell us today – and how do we interpret the data?

Are You Asking the Right Question?

Currently trading around 1,050, the S&P 500 is down 16.1% from its late April high. So does it signal that a double-dip recession is headed our way?

If the index slips much further, I believe it does. However, if it can hold its current level and work its way higher, better days may be ahead.

The bottom line here is that the market predicts the country’s future economic direction, rather than news moving the market. So the next time stocks head in a certain direction, don’t ask, “What happened to make the market move?” Instead ask, “What is the market telling me is going to happen?”

Hoping your longs go up and your shorts go down.

Source: Marc Lichtenfeld

According to the World Bank, the economy of Latin America grew twice as fast as the United States last year. And it’s on track to do the same this year.

So while the United States and Europe worry over huge deficits and threats to a fragile recovery, some smart Oxford Club members have already been scoring with these winners…

125% on Panama’s Copa Holdings in 40 days…
361% on Argentina’s Mercado Libre in 7 days…
135.7% on Mexico’s Fomento Economico in 60 days…

Foreign investment in Latin America will grow to more than $100 BILLION this year.

According to the Economic Survey of Latin America 2009-2010, the leaders in growth this year are…

Brazil… with a projected gross domestic product (GDP) expansion of 7.6%…
Uruguay and Paraguay with 7%…
Argentina with 6.8%…
Peru with 6.7%…
Chile with 5%…

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), growth in the region is being supported by a rise in worldwide trade that benefits countries that export commodities.

Mexico is the largest oil producer in Latin America, while Brazil is the world’s biggest coffee, sugar and beef producer and a leading producer of soybeans, corn, cotton and rice.

Strong demand in Asia for commodities like iron ore, tin and gold, combined with policies in several Latin American economies that help control deficits and keep inflation low, are encouraging investment and fueling much of the growth.

Latin America’s growth largely reflects a deepening engagement with Asia, where China and other countries are also growing quickly.

In fact, China surpassed the United States last year as Brazil’s top trading partner. And is the second-largest trading partner in countries like Venezuela and Colombia.

And capital flows to emerging markets could continue to increase as faster growth and low debt make them more attractive to investors than some advanced economies.

Opportunities abound not only in commodity-based plays, but also among companies catering to Latin America’s growing wealthy population and middle class.

According to Forbes, “Latin America’s rich are expected to increase their total wealth to $10.3 TRILLION by 2012, more than double what it was in 2005.”

“The total wealth of the region’s rich will have increased at the double-digit rate of 10.8% a year, compared with a worldwide rate of 7.7%.”

The bottom line is that Latin America’s vast natural resources and growing GDP are driving the next phase of development in the region.

And savvy investors who get in now could watch their investments easily double or triple as the Latin America boom continues…

Recent growth spurts around Latin America have surpassed the expectations of many governments themselves…

Smaller countries are also growing fast…

The key to making a fortune in this age of global markets is to invest in the most rapidly growing companies of today – many of which are international companies – so you can enjoy a life of total financial independence tomorrow.

Source: Oxford Club

It didn’t really matter too much whether their product or service was any good .. they simply convinced the market that it was, and the market bought it.

Fast forward to today — and there are

major shifts why this is all different.  In today’s business world, the entrepreneur has the ability to compete directly with “old business”, and these 2 key elements explain why.

The first shift has literally eliminated and created thousands of new industries and business models — the Internet.

This one goes without saying.  The Internet has levelled the playing field for entrepreneurs.  Because of social media, it’s impossible for bad companies to hide.  Consumers talk and share information at blistering speeds, and this benefits the small entrepreneur who really does have a better idea, but in the past would have struggled for the world to learn about it.

The Internet has made it possible to create a business online, all operating in a ‘virtual’ world with no employees or store, and allowed entrepreneurs to become financial independent.  More traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ businesses that have figured out how to thrive online have driven their growth and profits as a result of the Internet.

And of course, the old business models that refused to evolve and embrace the changes (and opportunities) caused by the Internet have been destroyed.

The Internet gives the entrepreneur incredible power and reach, allowing us all to compete with virtually any company, wherever it’s located.  This is good news for the entrepreneur!

The second shift, which isn’t as visible in the market but is equally powerful, is that our entire society is changing the way that it makes buying decisions. There was a day when high-pressure, over-the-top sales pitches would work.  But in today’s world, people are desperate for authenticity, transparency and honesty.

People do not buy the slick sales pitch and hyped up marketing copy any more, and this explains why so many business are getting CRUSHED right now. They may have seen the Internet shift, but they’ve missed this second powerful shift.

So — as an entrepreneur, how do YOU plug into this new trend, and ensure that you’re taking advantage of it .. instead of being destroyed?

The following video discuss the

key trends that have given entrepreneurs incredible power to dominate markets, and beat the ‘big guys’ at their own game.

These 2 elements are forcing a lot of companies out of business, and giving entrepreneurs like you and I a unique opportunity to build powerful, profitable businesses.

Source: Greg Habstritt and Michael Drew

Seriously. This is a real offer. In fact, you really can’t turn me down, as you’ll come to understand in a moment…

Here’s the deal. You’re going to start a business or expand the one you’ve got now. It doesn’t really matter what you do or what you’re going to do. I’ll partner with you no matter what business you’re in – as long as it’s legal.

But I can’t give you any capital – you have to come up with that on your own. I won’t give you any labor – that’s definitely up to you. What I will do, however, is demand you follow all sorts of rules about what products and services you can offer, how much (and how often) you pay your employees, and where and when you’re allowed to operate your business. That’s my role in the affair: to tell you what to do.

Now in return for my rules, I’m going to take roughly half of whatever you make in the business each year. Half seems fair, doesn’t it? I think so. Of course, that’s half of your profits.

You’re also going to have to pay me about 12% of whatever you decide to pay your employees because you’ve got to cover my expenses for promulgating all of the rules about who you can employ, when, where, and how. Come on, you’re my partner. It’s only “fair.”

Now… after you’ve put your hard-earned savings at risk to start this business, and after you’ve worked hard at it for a few decades (paying me my 50% or a bit more along the way each year), you might decide you’d like to cash out – to finally live the good life.

Whether or not this is “fair” – some people never can afford to retire – is a different argument. As your partner, I’m happy for you to sell whenever you’d like… because our agreement says, if you sell, you have to pay me an additional 20% of whatever the capitalized value of the business is at that time.

I know… I know… you put up all the original capital. You took all the risks. You put in all of the labor. That’s all true. But I’ve done my part, too. I’ve collected 50% of the profits each year. And I’ve always come up with more rules for you to follow each year. Therefore, I deserve another, final 20% slice of the business.

Oh… and one more thing…

Even after you’ve sold the business and paid all of my fees… I’d recommend buying lots of life insurance. You see, even after you’ve been retired for years, when you die, you’ll have to pay me 50% of whatever your estate is worth.

After all, I’ve got lots of partners and not all of them are as successful as you and your family. We don’t think it’s “fair” for your kids to have such a big advantage. But if you buy enough life insurance, you can finance this expense for your children.

All in all, if you’re a very successful entrepreneur… if you’re one of the rare, lucky, and hard-working people who can create a new company, employ lots of people, and satisfy the public… you’ll end up paying me more than 75% of your income over your life. Thanks so much.

I’m sure you’ll think my offer is reasonable and happily partner with me… but it doesn’t really matter how you feel about it because if you ever try to stiff me – or cheat me on any of my fees or rules – I’ll break down your door in the middle of the night, threaten you and your family with heavy, automatic weapons, and throw you in jail.

That’s how civil society is supposed to work, right? This is Amerika, isn’t it?

That’s the offer Amerika gives its entrepreneurs.

Source: Porter Stansberry´s Daily Wealth Newsletter

It was an experimental wine that Thierry had been working on…

He thought it had potential, so he decided to share it with Guy.

He poured two glasses. They sipped it.

After they’d both appreciated it for a few minutes, Thierry declared in heavily accented English…

“Now zat iz what you call a phet best-ard!”

And so the wine — and Thierry’s winery — was named.
The point: Don’t be afraid of silly ideas…

That’s the advice Paul Arden gives in his book It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be.

And it’s advice that I agree with big time.

Fat Bastard wine is just one example of a silly idea that turned out to be very successful. I mean, who in their right mind would call a wine Fat Bastard?

Yet, it worked brilliantly…

In just six years, it became an international success, selling hundreds of thousands of cases. In fact, the brand was described by BusinessWeek as a “marketing phenomenon.”

I actually remember first seeing a bottle of Fat Bastard in a Tesco in Grimsby a couple of years ago. And I’m not surprised it’s stuck in my memory…

Imagine looking along your typical supermarket wine shelf. There’s Chateau This and Chateaux That — and then, right in the middle, there’s a bottle of Fat Bastard!

It’s an absurd name — almost juvenile. But attention-getting… and unforgettable.

Arden quotes John Cleese as saying:

“High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.”

That’s what happened with the wine… Thierry and Guy weren’t thinking critically when they decided to name the wine. They just went with it.

I bet there was a lot of critical thought afterward, as various “suits” undoubtedly told them it was a silly idea. But they stayed with it, and ended up with a hit on their hands.

Using Silly Ideas to Solve Your Problems

Arden also talks about how “thinking silly” can help you overcome a mental block…

This resonated with me, because it’s something I often do if I get stuck. You’re faced with a problem at work and you need to come up with a solution, but your brain just isn’t firing.

It happens to us all, right?

You sit there trying to figure it out, but you end up going round in circles.

The problem remains.

One of the reasons your brain might not be firing properly is because you’re being too critical of yourself… You’re so concerned with coming up with the right solution, first time, that you’re blocking your brain.

As Cleese said, “creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.” So, you need to dump that critical thought and start thinking freely, start thinking “silly.”

Arden’s approach, here, is two-fold…

First, he recommends doing the opposite of what the solution requires…

And second, he recommends looking out the window and using whatever catches your eye — be it a man in the street, a television aerial, whatever — as a possible solution to your problem.

Both ideas sound strange, but it’s exactly this kind of illogic that shakes up your brain and gets it thinking about your problem — and its solution — in a different way.

So whenever you’re struggling to come up with a solution to a problem you’re facing…

Follow Paul Arden’s advice and start “thinking silly”… Your silly idea might just turn out to be the best one you ever have.

Source: Glenn Fischer ETR

I ran my first marathon after my fiftieth birthday. I’ve run nine more since then, including the New York and Boston marathons. I’m proud of that fact for a number of reasons, not because I ever came anywhere close to finishing first, but that I finished them all.

A marathon is 26.2 miles. It is as much of a mind game as a physical challenge. You train your body to keep going when you think you can’t take another step. You visualize the finish line and the celebration as you cross. The key ingredient is motivation.

There are more than 500 marathons held every year around the world. Most of the participants are amateur athletes, whose reasons for competing span the spectrum.

Training for a marathon is much like preparing for the challenges in business. The pace may be different, but endurance is every bit as important.

My good friend and marathon coach, Bill Wenmark, knows plenty about both running and business. Bill says: “If success in business, like a marathon, were easy everyone would do it. Whether you think you can, or whether you think you cannot, in either respect you are always going to be right. When you master this internal strength you will become a respected leader of others.

“People who start a marathon are not the same, and never will be the same, once they cross the finish line. I just finished my 100th marathon. It was just like my first: proud, strong and willing to take on any challenge. Confidence, character, integrity, grit, focus and determination go a long way in the marathon of life and define many successful people.”

Any business or career that wants to be around for the long haul can benefit from these marathon training tips that I received many years ago.

* Set your goals and share them with others. When you announce your intentions, you are more likely to follow through. Write down your goals and hang copies by your desk, on your bathroom mirror, in your car, on your smart phone, and anywhere else you will see them regularly.
* Keep a record of your training and progress. When you run, it helps to keep a log of the dates, distance, conditions, times and whatever else affects your performance. When you work, your record-keeping will remind you about project progress, expectations, agreements and factors that could determine outcomes.
* Remember that you are only human. As important as training and preparation are, there will be days when not even your best efforts are enough. Every now and then you need to recharge your batteries and give yourself a rest.
* Use the buddy system. Work out with a few friends to stay motivated and on track. Ask other friends to act as coaches and your support system. Do the same with your career. Use trusted friends as a sounding board, and develop your network with contacts whom you can also help.
* Take it a step at a time. Don’t think about the whole course — break it into doable segments. You’ve heard the saying, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Well, you can’t get to the end of anything if you don’t start at the beginning and work your way through each phase.
* Have some fun. Exercise or work that is all drudgery saps your energy as well as your spirit. Running a marathon is hard work, but hard work can be fun. Building a business or career is like a marathon that doesn’t stop at 26.2 miles. If you’re going to go the distance, you should enjoy the scenery along the way.

Running may not be your thing, but most all of us have to earn a living one way or another. The majority will work anywhere from 25 to 45 years. The average person will have three career changes and perhaps ten jobs before their fortieth birthday.

Statistics like these make a foot race pale in comparison to the treadmill so many workers must master just to bring home a paycheck. Good training and the right mental preparation will help you find a job you love, that challenges you and satisfies you, and makes you want to get back in the race every day.

Source: Harvey Mackay’s Moral

Lots and lots of pills: sleeping pills, anti-depressants, anti-oxidant pills. They’re everywhere. It’s big business for Big Pharma and the companies are very good at marketing their products.

Comedian Chris Rock referred to this trend, noting that drug companies keep naming symptoms until they find one that you have:

Are you sad, are you lonely, are you hot, are you cold? You gotta take this pill! And they don’t even tell you what the pill does… they just keep naming symptoms. I saw a commercial the other day that said, “Do you go to bed at night and wake up in the morning?” I got that! I’m sick, I need that pill!”

America’s big pharmaceutical companies push their drugs on the public harder than any street corner dealer – and it’s proven to be a highly effective and lucrative strategy. In 2009, for example:

• Merck (NYSE: MRK) earned $12.9 billion on sales of $27.4 billion.
• Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) earned $8.6 billion on revenue of $50 billion.
• Novartis (NYSE: NVS) earned $10.3 billion on sales of $44.3 billion.

The Clock is Ticking

There’s a huge problem looming for these mammoth pharmaceutical companies.

Starting as soon as next year, many blockbuster drugs will lose their patent exclusivity, which will open the floodgates to generic drug competition.

Pfizer’s massive Lipitor drug is one of them. Bad news, considering it generated $11 billion in sales last year. Another $3 billion worth of drugs will also go generic next year.

And it gets worse in 2012. Over $30 billion worth of brand-name drugs will face cheaper competition. That includes Merck’s Singulair, Pfizer’s Viagra and Forrest Labs’ (NYSE: FRX) Lexapro.

So what are the Big Pharma firms doing about it?

Biotechs on the Buyout Block

The executives at these drug giants aren’t sitting around, sipping Cognac and reminiscing about the glory days. They’re busy building up their drug pipelines by partnering with other companies. In some cases, they’re acquiring them outright.

And not all the objects of their affection are tiny biotechs that require a roll of the dice and a large tolerance for risk.

Already, we’ve seen Roche buy major biotech firm, Genentech. And another big biotech, Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ), is reportedly a target of Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY). GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) are also being mentioned as possible suitors of Genzyme.

Here are a few others that could be acquired in the next 12 to 18 months.

~ Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY): Over the past few years, this large cap drug company has been repositioning itself as a biopharma organization.

While it loses its patent exclusivity on Plavix next year, Bristol-Myers has a deep drug pipeline. Within it are some very promising cancer drugs that the firm acquired when it bought Medarex last year.

While Bristol-Myers boasts a market cap of over $42 billion, it’s still small enough and attractive enough for one of the drug giants to acquire it. Right now, it’s trading at a reasonable valuation and offers a dividend yield of over 5%.

~ Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB): With a solid drug pipeline and a blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug in Tysabri, which doesn’t face generic competition until 2015, Biogen could be an attractive takeover target. Activist shareholder Carl Icahn is pushing for the company to be sold.

~ Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG): Some of the healthcare media are speculating that Celgene could be bought out, too. Many large cap pharmaceutical companies would love Celgene’s oncology portfolio, its $2.6 billion in annual sales and earnings per share of over $2. However, the stock is already trading at takeover-like valuation. It’s hard to imagine a pharmaceutical company CEO justifying paying a premium over Celgene’s current price.

~ BioMarin (Nasdaq: BMRN): If the companies I mentioned a moment ago are interested in acquiring Genzyme for its rare disease drugs, they should consider BioMarin in this area, too. BioMarin specializes in rare diseases, whose drugs command premium pricing. Additionally, BioMarin has already proven it can bring drugs to market, as it’s expected to generate nearly $400 million in sales this year and earn $0.10 per share.

Bottom Line: Many pharmaceutical and biotech stocks are cheap right now. And with demand for medicine only increasing and the potential for mergers and acquisitions in the sector heating up, now is a good time to take a look at the group.

Hoping your long go up and your shorts go down,

Source: Marc Lichtenfeld, Healthcare Specialist

Is Social Media a Fad?
You can either promote your Business or Cause using? Social Media, so people will follow you or keep traditional advertising with big pocket budgets.

Video Part 2…

Did you know these Human Capital stats?
Perhaps the sources and references for the data contained can be argue, but the trend is clear.

The Value of Influence

The world population is rising by about 80 million people every year. We are expected to reach eight billion people in the next 15 years. That’s a lot of thirsty mouths.

In fact, the demand for water is expected to TRIPLE in the next 50 years. Just consider how much water it takes to produce many of the things we take for granted:

Product Water Needed to Produce
1 Cup of Coffee 37 gallons
1 Glass of Apple Juice 50 gallons
1 Loaf of Bread 150 gallons
1 Hamburger 634 gallons
1 Pair of Blue Jeans 1,800 gallons
1 Bushel of Wheat 5,000 gallons
1 Average Car 39,090 gallons
1 Ton of Steel 62,000 gallons
1 Day of U.S. Newsprint 300 million gallons

We see fresh water all around us, filling lakes, rivers and streams. But the amount of fresh water available to the growing population is truly miniscule.

The problem is that 97% of the water on earth is saltwater. Only 3% is fresh water — and more than two thirds of that is locked up in glaciers or buried deep underground.

That leaves only about 1% of all the water on earth readily accessible for human use!

And, in some parts of the world, the situation is even more dire. Less than 0.01% of the accessible fresh water on earth is available to the entire Middle East — with a population of 203 million!

It doesn’t take an expert to see that’s not enough water — and that those companies that can rectify that situation will make a fortune.

We simply cannot “conserve” our way out of this crisis. The only solution is to find an abundant supply of fresh water.

This is what led President John F. Kennedy to state: “If we could ever competitively — at a cheap rate — get fresh water from saltwater, that would dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.”

The Only Solution to the World’s Water Crisis Has Always Been Too Expensive… Until Now!

The original purpose for this technology was to provide inexpensive cold storage for vegetables.

In 1986 Hakken’s brother had a farm in Norway, overlooking a deep fjord. He wanted to use cold water from the sea to keep his vegetables cold. But the water would have to be pumped 100 feet uphill to the storage building.

That required a lot of energy. And all that water went right back down the hill once it circulated through the cooling unit — a big waste of energy.

But what if he could capture the energy within the force of water moving DOWN the hill… and use it to push the other column of water UP the hill?

That is exactly what Bjorn set out to do.

Thankfully, the thirst for water is not an unquenchable crisis — desalination is the answer.

There are no technology barriers to desalination (also called “desalinization”). The process is simple. We either boil seawater at low pressure and condense the steam (thermal). Or we use high pressure to push it through filtering membranes (reverse osmosis).

The problem is that both of these methods are expensive. They require HUGE amounts of energy. That’s why only about 12 billion gallons of water are desalinated annually –
less than a quarter of one percent of the global demand.

In fact, it was so expensive that China and India found it cheaper to buy water shipped from Lake Superior and Alaska… than to pull fresh water from the ocean!

If water were oil, then discovering an inexpensive way to take the salt out of seawater would be the equivalent of finding an unlimited number of Saudi Arabias. And the company I am about to tell you about has done just that!

ONE COMPANY Holds the Rights to the Technology that Has Solved the World’s Water Crisis!

This company has found a way to make desalination affordable. In fact, their innovation has lowered the cost of desalination to the point that it is CHEAPER than municipal water in some areas.

This Company is to Water What Saudi Arabia is to Oil… Saving the World Has Never Been So Profitable!

From humble beginnings on his brother’s farm, Bjorn Hakken’s invention has become a mission-critical technology in 70% of all new desalination plants (and a rapidly growing number of the 14,000 existing plants)!

This incredible device is revolutionizing the production of clean water. And with a total of 14 U.S. and international patents, they have rock-solid protection for their groundbreaking intellectual property.

Their device is perfected to operate at up to 98% efficiency — just two points away from perpetual motion!

Few machines even come close to this level of efficiency. The engine in the Honda Prius is supposed to be a major breakthrough… and it’s only 37% efficient.

By my calculations, you could make at least +257% over the next year if you invest in this company today.

Hold it longer and you are sitting on potential astronomical gains — too ridiculous to print! And this is not some wild speculation… the company holds 70% of their market and the world’s desalination capacity is about to explode.

Profit from the Rising Tide of Desalination and Make a Boatload From this Life-Saving Technology!

Source: Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Government-Driven Investing
More details here: My Own Portfolio

This is not only a fascinating story, it’s one of the most promising investments I can think of.

It’s a small mining outfit that is literally turning trash into treasure. I think this company is going to make a killing. Here’s why…

It has discovered an ingenious way to extract uranium from coal ash.

I didn’t even know this myself, but coal contains trace amounts of uranium. About 50 parts per million. The uranium stays in the ash after the coal is burned.

This tiny Canadian outfit claims it can extract uranium from coal ash for $35 a pound. The spot price of uranium is about $45 a pound.

So we’re looking at a fat $10 per pound profit.

Not only does it have a patented extraction process, it also has a customer: China. It has signed a deal with the China National Nuclear Corporation to extract uranium from a coal dump.

And let’s be clear: China doesn’t care what the uranium costs, only that it has access to it. China has 21 new nuclear power plants under construction. And they won’t produce a single watt without uranium.

Luckily for China, it has 2.7 billion tons of coal ash. Which means they are sitting on $5 billion of uranium that only this company can extract for them.

At a 22% profit margin of $10 per pound, that’s $1.1 billion in profits. You don’t think that will make this penny stock take off like a rocket?

The nice thing about this pick is that it already has a solid gold mining business. So that takes a lot of the risk out of this small stock. Its uranium recovery project is a bonus.

I think this stock has “10 to 1″ written all over it. It’s a true swing-for-the-fences play.

It’s trading at just under 10 cents a share. At that price you can buy a ton of the stock and have some fun.

So why not take a flyer and buy 50,000 shares?

As soon as this technology is put into the field, you’re going to see a lot of interest in this stock. If that happens, look out. You could get a split and see your 50,000 shares turn into 100,000.

Source: Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Fast-Track Millionaire
More details here: My Own Portfolio