That’s right...it’s not too late to make a boatload of money from oil’s huge upswing over the past few months.

But how on earth can you profit from skyrocketing oil prices after they’ve already gone up?

The secret is to find an oil company with huge growth potential that hasn’t had the new sky-high price fully factored into its share price. Yet.

Well, how about an oil company whose stock is so underpriced, buying its shares is like buying $80 barrels of oil for just $3.60 each?

And wouldn’t it be great if that same company was first in line for a coveted contract to start exploiting Iraq’s massive oil reserves?

Read on and prosper...

Dear Investor,

This is what I call a perfect profit storm: Multiple opportunities converging on a single investment.

You’ve probably been reading about how the price of oil has skyrocketed in the past few months. It’s over $80 a barrel as I write this—to the embarrassment of all those who said we’d never see $50 a barrel oil.

Had you invested in oil futures, you would have made a killing.

Ah, wouldn’t it be great if you could profit from something after it has already gone up? Well, now you can.

The mid-sized Russian oil company I’m very excited to tell you about is sitting on 16 billion barrels of proven oil reserve. That’s more than any other company in the world. More than Exxon-Mobil. More than Shell. More than British Petroleum.

Yet this company’s shares are so underpriced that if you took its market valuation (the price of all outstanding shares), and divided it by all those barrels of oil, it comes out to just $3.60 a barrel.

In other words, buying shares in this company is like buying $80 barrels of oil for just $3.60 each.

Oil at $80 a barrel means that projections of future profits for this company—which were impressive when they were computed with oil at $25 a barrel—are now completely off the charts.

Exploiting Iraq’s Vast Oil Reserves

But as I said, this is a perfect storm of raging investment opportunities coming together.

And the second part is that this company is first in line to start exploiting Iraq’s absolutely massive oil reserves (second only to Saudi Arabia).

Now that things are calming down a bit (both U.S. and Iraqi deaths have been decreasing steadily), the one thing that almost everyone in Iraq agrees on is that oil needs to start getting pumped out of the ground in earnest to finance Iraq’s rebuilding.

First of all, the mega-contract to help develop the massive West Qurna field in southern Iraq is up for grabs, and this company is the odds-on favorite to get the deal.

Why are they such an odds-on favorite?

This company has a lot of experience in Iraq. In fact, it had the contract to develop this field back in the 1990s. But, it’s hard to pump oil with a war going on, so the contract was “suspended.”

No wonder Iraq’s oil minister, Husayn al-Shahristani, recently said that this company’s previous experience in Iraq gives it a competitive advantage.

And here’s the kicker: Iraq owes Russia $10 billion dollars.

Russia has made it clear that it is willing to forgive that humongous I.O.U. if Iraq signs on the dotted line with this Russian company. (You’ve probably heard how things are done in the Middle East. Do you think a 10 billion-dollar “bribe” might influence the outcome just a bit?)

The Secret Texas Connection

Now perhaps you think there could be some reluctance to give this contract to a “Russian” company. And ordinarily, you might be right—there could be a bit of reluctance.

But here’s what dissolves the “Russian objection” and the final reason I’m so enthusiastic about this company’s prospects for this contract:

20% of it is owned by Conoco-Phillips, Inc., a company that’s not just based in the U.S., but is headquartered in Houston, Texas—practically right in George W. Bush’s backyard. And as you may know, Bush and Cheney have not exactly been shy about handing out favors to their old Houston oil buddies (Houston-based Halliburton has gone up 10 times over during the past 4 years!).

Now I ask you: Is this a perfect profit storm or what?

My name is Yiannis Mostrous, Editor of THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR. And I’ve been showing investors how to make big profits with international investing since long before global investing became “the next big thing.” (Quick bit of bragging: In the year and a half since I started THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR, we’re up 50.2%, versus a mere 18.2% for the S&P, and just 27.2% for our benchmark, the MSCI World Index.)

Look, I’ve been covering and recommending international investments—in PERSONAL FINANCE and other publications—for over 20 years. But I’ve never seen a “perfect profit storm” quite like this one before.

Because with its underpriced reserves and strong position in the world’s energy markets, I’d be enthusiastically recommending this company (in fact, I have been) even if it were totally out of the running for this contract.

But it is in the running. In fact, it’s way out in front of the running with nobody else even close. And because it’s a mid-sized company—not one of the industry giants like Exxon-Mobil or British Petroleum—this contract will have a huge impact on its bottom line. In fact, the minute the contract is signed, I expect the share price to at least triple or quadruple.

Let me send you all the fascinating details in a brand new Special Report called Russian Riches: Top Stocks from the 21st Century Energy Giant. I’d like to send it to you absolutely FREE. All I ask is that you try my newsletter, THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR. Just sign up for a no-risk trial subscription. You don’t risk a penny, and the report is yours to keep no matter what.

Getting Rich from the Russian Paradox

Like me, you’ve probably been reading some of the less than complimentary things about Russia in the press lately. But that’s just what makes Russian stocks such an incredible bargain right now.

Because while the news media fills pages and airtime with stories of the suppression of democracy and Russian saber-rattling, knowledgeable investors are getting in and cleaning up!

Just last year, foreign direct investment (FDI) doubled to $30 billion. Investment growth hit 27% this summer—the same as the “Asian Tigers.”

Big investors don’t care about Russia’s bumpy transition to democracy, foreign policy debates, or what Russia’s intelligence agencies may or may not be up to.

They care about the fact that the Russian economy is growing like it’s on steroids, and that there is the political stability so essential for continued growth. And that’s what Russia so clearly has going for it today.

Over the next 10 years, Russia will be investing $1,000 billion in infrastructure. That’s huge. And 80% will come from private investors, taking Russian economic growth to a whole new level.

The opportunity in Russian right now is incredible—all the more so because it’s hidden behind the media’s negative bias toward the country.

It’s like...China after the Tianammen Square protests. The Hong Kong Index took a big hit. But investors who ignored the bad press enjoyed a mega bull run over the next 5 years as it soared 800%.

It’s like...India in May, 2004, when a new party took over that the press delighted in bashing. While almost everyone else was bailing out, I recommended stocking up on undervalued Indian bargains. Sure enough, Indian stocks soon tripled.

It’s like...Brazil in 2002 when President Lula was elected. Reading the financial press, you’d have thought a serial killer was taking over. I was one of the few analysts left still recommending Brazilian stocks. Well, Brazilian stocks have soared 700% in U.S. dollars since Lula took over.

And it’s like...Asian stocks in July, 2002. That was just 18 months after the big Asian collapse, and press coverage of Asia was only slightly more positive than that of Enron. I told my readers the time was right for a turnaround. Sure enough, we got in at virtually the bottom of the “V,” Asian stocks more than doubled, and are currently at record highs.

The situation now unfolding with Russia is very similar: Bad press is creating a great buying opportunity (led by the mid-sized oil company that’s like buying $80 barrels of oil for just $3.60).

Look, how can you go wrong with Russia? It’s a stable, democratic country whose energy reserves alone are enough to ensure a very, very rich future. They pump twice as much oil as Iran, and only slightly less than the Saudis (yet they’re not in the highly volatile Middle East). And with both the price of and demand for oil skyrocketing, they’re in the catbird seat.

Their economy is booming, domestic consumption is strong, they’ve paid off all their debts, and price-to-earnings ratios of their stocks are, on average, insanely low compared to the U.S., China, and India

Last but not least, while Putin may talk tough, you’ve got to look at what he’s actually done. For example, he recently signed an agreement that gets the ball rolling for Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Foreign investors can even open ruble-denominated bank accounts, and both Russians and foreigners can now take rubles abroad—a huge boost for every Russian business.

Russia’s indisputable success has finally forced a few big investment firms to start devoting some research coverage to it. And hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and other large investors have started putting money into Russia—a sure sign prices are going to head up in coming months.

Want to get in on the action? In Russian Riches: Top Stocks from the 21st Century Energy Giant, in addition to the mid-sized oil company that’s set to triple or quadruple when Iraq signs on the dotted line, I’ll also tell you about these other red-hot Russian stocks:

• Levi Strauss’ sure-fire secret for getting rich in a gold rush – When the largest country in the world (with the second largest oil reserves in the world) decides to get serious about exploiting their energy resources, that means lots of business for oil services companies. However, Russia’s own oil services companies don’t have the expertise of Western ones, and are basically a bunch of mom-and-pop companies. One international firm has aggressively stepped in to supply everything from seismic mapping services to production enhancement for older wells.
  
  Already their customer list includes all the major integrated firms and most of the larger independents. And, just for good measure (and political correctness), they just bought a majority stake in the largest independent services firm in Russia.
  
  In the 1800s gold rush, the people who got rich were mostly those who sold goods and services to the miners (like Levi Strauss and his blue jeans). Today, a great energy rush is on in Russia, and this is the best way to get in on the action without an oil rig. But you need to act now, while Russia is aggressively expanding their exploration capabilities.
  
• America’s natural gas shortage is your natural profit opportunity – Liquid natural gas reserves in the U.S. are approaching dangerously low levels, and a dependable replacement source is desperately needed. One Russian company with huge natural gas reserves is on the verge of stepping up to solve the problem. Right now, it’s negotiating the purchase of its own pipelines and terminating facilities in the U.S. Once its millions of cubic feet of gas start flowing, they will heat millions of homes across America and set the portfolios of far-sighted investors on fire.
  
• This company’s ships are coming in (now yours could be, too) – The cost of shipping natural gas is two to three times the cost of the gas itself. And right now, there aren’t enough ships to do the job. Think about what that means for the company that owns the world’s largest fleet of liquid natural gas tankers. They (and you if you grab some shares) stand to make some nice profits as natural gas companies around the world clamor for their services.

The FREE Special Report with all these great opportunities is just one of FIVE FREE reports I want to send you right now.

In addition to being filled with explosive profit opportunities, these Special Reports will change not just the way you look at international investing, but the way you look at investing altogether, as you bring the profit power of an international perspective to your portfolio.

For example…

Japanese financial stocks: About to trigger a profit tsunami

Not all the best foreign stocks are in “emerging markets” like Russia.

Sometimes the economy of a “first-world,” highly industrialized country has been beaten down so far, it’s ready to spring back up anew with the speed of a hot emerging market.

And that’s just the case with Japan right now.

Remember how in the 1980s everyone was worried that Japan was soon going to execute a corporate takeover of the whole world? But then, in 1990, the rising sun went down in flames as Japan’s real estate bubble exploded.

Now, Japan has cleaned up its act, worked the kinks out of the system, and is just starting to come out of its 15-year deflationary funk. The banks are finally off life support and some are thriving nicely. Demand for real estate is once again starting to outstrip supply (and not just in Tokyo’s richest districts). And this isolationist island is actually beginning to develop closer ties with the lucrative markets of its fast-growing Asian neighbors.

As this economic rebirth turns into a full-fledged boom, there’s one industry you want to be sure is in your portfolio—an industry that, time and time again, gets undervalued during bad times, then leads the turnaround in good ones. The industry: financial services.

Banks, brokerage houses, and other financial institutions make their money keeping the wheels of commerce well-greased with capital. So when those wheels grind to a halt, financial stocks take a big hit. But when the economy shows even the slightest sign of coming back to life, they’re among the first to bounce back up, because everyone is desperately in need of their services.

You’ll find my current favorite Japanese financial stocks in the second FREE Special Report I want to send you with your no-risk trial subscription to THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR: Japan Reborn: The Greatest Bull Market of This Decade.

That’s where you’ll get the inside scoop on…

• Make money as Japan goes stock crazy — In Japan, savings accounts are bursting at the seams. However, a huge tsunami of that wealth is about to go into stocks. And that’s sure to send the profits of my favorite Japanese securities and brokerage firm through the roof.
  
  The main reason for this coming surge is that, thanks to years of deflation, most Japanese savings accounts earn very little interest. That’s why, as the economy begins to heat up and stocks begin to rise, Japanese savers will quickly morph into investors. What’s more, the postal savings system—Japan’s version of Social Security—is being reformed in a way that will release an additional flood of savings for investment.
  
  All this means that the profits of Japanese securities and brokerage firms are about to soar. If I were a stockbroker, I’d learn Japanese and go over there and make a killing. Instead, you can buy shares of my favorite Japanese brokerage firm and share in all the commission profits they’re about to enjoy. They’re already reporting a steady rise in retail investment interest for dividend stocks. With volume steadily climbing on the Nikkei, commission income is already starting to take off. (Potential Return: 160%. Risk: Minimal.)
  
  
• Get rich in real estate—without buying real estate — When Japan’s real estate bubble finally burst in 1990, things over-corrected in the opposite direction. Real estate and stocks plunged. But the excesses have been worked out of the system. Real Estate Trusts (REITs) are legal once again, there’s a countrywide upturn in land prices, and real estate is fast becoming the most exciting investing theme in Japan today.
  
  To profit from this, I’ve found a corporation that’s been around for over four decades and is known as one of Japan’s most forward-thinking financial services companies. They’re right at the epicenter of where the action will be in the coming boom in Japanese real estate: arranging financing for REITs, developing and selling new real estate projects, and operating and maintaining everything from office buildings and condos to golf courses and hotels.
  
  If you’re getting hit by declining housing prices here in the U.S., here’s your chance to go (and profit) where the action is now.
  
  
• The Godzilla of Japanese banking — For the past few years, this bank has quietly been taking advantage of the downturn to gobble up weaker banking rivals and turn them around. After years of sharpening their competitive edge on the whetstone of bad times, they’re perfectly positioned to explode now that Japan is finally seeing better times.

Naturally, the media is far behind in covering Japan’s economic resurgence. And completely clueless as to how it will impact Japan’s financial services companies. Better hurry—before they catch up and alert the masses.

Imagine if you had been able to invest in the best companies in the U.S.—100 years ago!

A former English colony which gained its independence after a bitter struggle, this young liberal democracy is filled with unlimited potential, thanks to vast natural resources, an industrious and well-educated population (English is its most important language), and an abundance of coastline facing two of the world’s most important oceans.

America in the early 1900s? Nope. India right now!

But there’s a big difference. America’s astonishing growth in subsequent years occurred at a time when goods and information moved only as fast as a person, horse, or ship could travel. But today, India has the advantage of being able to ship its goods at jet speed—and send and receive information at the speed of light.

Speedy shipment of goods and information is what’s making “globalization” possible, and it’s what’s lighting a fire under the Indian economy. But India’s real competitive advantage is low-cost brainpower.

Indian universities turn out 2.3 million grads a year—a million more than those in the U.S. And India’s highly educated workers can afford to work for much less than those in many other countries, because prices are so low in India. Nowhere can you get more brain for your buck (or rupee) than India.

That’s why over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies outsource work to India. It’s why India is home to the most pharmaceutical plants outside the U.S. that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration. And it’s why big U.S. information technology companies like IBM, Accenture, and EDS are setting up shop in India. They’re dying to compete directly with fast-growing local companies that are grabbing a big share of the world market in software and other information technologies.

But India’s big potential is hardly the world’s best kept secret (we’ve already made 175%, 210%, and 203% on my favorite Indian stocks). These days, if you want to power your portfolio with India’s inevitable growth, you’ve got to be a little choosier about the companies you keep.

Don’t worry—the extraordinary bargains are still out there. I’ll tell you about the best ones in your third FREE bonus report: India’s Finest: The Best Stocks in Asia’s Top Market. It, too, is yours just for giving THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR a try (and will be emailed to you immediately after you accept this extraordinary offer of a no-risk trial).

For example…

• This little Indian company could be the next IBM – Although not the largest information technology company in India, this little gem is tops in many other ways:
  
  1. They work with over 541 global companies, including 158 Fortune 500 corporations, and have a presence in 55 countries across six continents.
     
  2. They’re ranked the 3rd best company to work for in all of India. They won the prestigious Asian MAKE Award “for delivering knowledge-based products and solutions and for transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value.”
     
  3. They were ranked the number two outsourcing vendor in the world by the Black Book of Outsourcing (and I’m sure you know how popular outsourcing is these days!)
     
  4. And they have been recognized as one of the best-managed companies in all of India by Business Today.

  No wonder their profits last year soared by 54% and their growth was a record 36%! In addition, management has been making the right moves and preparing to take the company to the next level. For example, their new Strategic Deals Group is ready to win large multi-year contracts of $100+ million. And they’ve hired the former chief marketing officer of Accenture, the big global American consulting firm. These guys are serious!

  With India rapidly becoming the next Silicon Valley, I wouldn’t be surprised if we soon see this company join the big leagues—right up there with IBM, HP, and EDS—giving shareholders with enough foresight to get in early (that means now!) some major league returns along the way.

• India spends—you profit — As you can probably tell, I love banks. Because they’re where the money is. That’s especially true in a country like India, where the rapidly growing economy means consumers want more and more money to buy more and more things.
  
  The bank I’ll introduce you to in this report specializes in consumer finance. It’s small—with only a 3% share of the loan market. So it has lots of room to grow. And it will, since it is one of the most efficient banks in India, with the lowest operating costs among its main competitors.
  
  Already this bank is one of the fastest growing banks not just in Asia but in the entire world. Retail loans are soaring by an astonishing 70% annually. Customer assets are piling up by 35% a year. Deposits are growing at 36%. Naturally, their fee income continues to grow as well.
  
  This is why we’ve tripled our money in this stock since I recommended it in 2003. And that was just a juvenile growth spurt: The best is yet to come. As an investor, you’re not going to get more from any bank in the world (unless your uncle owns it).
  
  
• Invest in India without investing in India — I’ll also tell you about two terrific international companies that are sure to profit from India’s growth. One is a mobile phone company. (India operates the 8th largest wireless communications network in the world and has 13 million more cell phone subscribers than land lines.)
  
  The other is a pharmaceutical giant with a formidable presence in India’s red-hot pharmaceutical market. They’re expanding their very profitable vaccine business, already have four manufacturing units in India, and will soon be part of a cancer research program to be conducted at leading clinics throughout India.
  
  Even without the India connection, both of these are super stocks that belong in every growth-oriented investor’s portfolio. With the India connection, they’re a must-buy.

Make a Lot of Money by Helping to Feed the World

It absolutely amazes me that people who study the market twist themselves in knots trying to spot and predict trends.

Will imports rise? Will exports fall? Is the Malaysian ringgit headed back up?

Yet they overlook the biggest (around a trillion bucks), most inevitable, most irreversible trend on the planet—one with huge moneymaking potential.

And that is that the world’s population is growing by almost one and a half million people every week! We’re at 6 billion right now and headed for 9 billion by 2050. And what does every single one of those people—man, woman, and child—have to do?

They all gotta eat!

Feeding all these people means a bull market for the world’s leading food producers and processors. But what makes this even better is that, in emerging markets, as soon as people start to make more money, one of the first things (if not the first thing) they do is to Westernize their diet. Out go the bowls of rice and other grains and in come the more expensive (and much more profitable) “meats and sweets!”

Certain companies are in ideal positions to reap the benefits from this locked-in trend. That’s why I’ve prepared yet another FREE Special Report: Mouthwatering Profits: Who’s Winning the Trillion-Dollar Race to Feed the World. It’s yours with a two-year no-risk trial subscription to THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR. (I strongly suggest going with a two-year subscription. You get all the FREE reports and are still covered by the three-month complete money-back guarantee. Plus, you’ll lock in the absolute lowest per-year price.)

Food processors and fertilizer manufacturers certainly aren’t the most glamorous companies in the world. But while other investors chase after the latest flashy, high-tech, high-concept stock that will quickly flame out, we’ll just have to content ourselves with boring fortune-makers, like these from the pages of Mouthwatering Profits…

• Make a fortune in oil…vegetable oil — This company buys soybeans and other oilseed crops from farmers and turns them into oils, meals, and other very in-demand products.
  
  Hard to think of a less glamorous business. But read some labels. Vegetable oils are in practically every processed food product. It’s a huge business. For example, India and Russia, two of the fastest growing economies on the planet, are both big end markets. And worldwide processing capacity is barely sufficient to meet demand! That’s great news for this company, which owns many processing plants around the world.
  
  Now, remember earlier I said that people in emerging markets are eating more and more meat? From America to Zaire, the livestock they get the meat from eats processed soybean meal—a product from this company. Meat loving China, for example, imports it by the boatload.
  
  Unless people stop eating, I expect this company to reap a very rich harvest of profits for itself and its investors.
  
• Miracle-Gro for your portfolio — Let’s do the math: Less farmland plus more people plus more demand for food equals lots of profits—for companies whose products enable farmers to grow more in less acreage. In other words: Fertilizer companies! (Yes, I know, the glamour quotient continues to plunge. But big money is sprouting up in fertilizer.)
  
  The company I’ll tell you about is perfectly positioned to cash in on this increasing demand. A recent merger has made it one of the largest and most integrated fertilizer companies in the world. They also have distribution and transportation resources that are second to none in the industry, including actual operations in most of their key markets, such as China and Brazil. (With a high volume product like fertilizer, distribution and transportation are key advantages.)
  
  Best of all, thanks to economies of scale, this company can command higher prices and drive production costs down. Plant some shares in your portfolio and watch your returns grow.
  
  
• One heck of a sweet stock — When emerging markets start emerging, one of the first things they do is get one heck of a sweet tooth. The Chinese, for example, already consume more of the sweet stuff per capita than sugar-loving Americans.
  
• This global food giant makes many of the best-known candies in the world. And supermarket shelves around the world are packed with its products: two of the best known bottled waters, other bottled beverages, coffees and all types of prepackaged foods. Not to mention pet food.
  
• More and more, people in emerging markets demand the same brand names they see people enjoy in other countries. This company has the products and distribution to meet that demand. With the world beating down its doors for its products, the sky’s the limit for its growth.

Food-producer stocks won’t stay undervalued for long. Investors hungry for profits are starting to catch on to the fact that growing population plus growing disposable income means boom times for companies who put food on people’s tables.

Don’t miss out. Get your copy of Mouthwatering Profits FREE with your no-risk two-year trial subscription to THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR.

The secret international bull market almost nobody knows about

Imagine a big, wide pipeline.

Money gets pumped into one end. You can’t see it traveling through the pipeline. But eventually, it will come out at the other end—where you can get a piece of the action!

In much the same way, you can benefit from the vast oil profits (petrodollars) that are heading down the pipeline into the economy of the oil-rich countries of the world.

Oil is selling for around $70 as I write this—almost twice as much as most analysts expected just two years ago. Yet it costs no more to produce. That’s a whole lot of petrodollar profits flowing into the economic pipelines of the world’s energy-rich countries. No wonder members of OPEC took home half a trillion dollars for their black goop in 2006.

Wouldn’t you like to know what it will be spent on when it comes out the other end of the pipeline into the hands of those with the power to spend it: consumers, businesses and the government? It’s inevitable. It’s how these profits have been spent time and time again for decades. They will be spent on investment banking, luxury items, and infrastructure.

That’s why, if you want to make money from energy profits—those to come as well as those already pouring down through the economy right now—you must invest in the companies that stand to benefit when those profits are spent.

I’ve prepared a Special Report (it, too, is FREE with your two-year no-risk trial subscription) called The Secret Bull Market. It will open your eyes to the companies that are sure to profit from these petrodollar profits.

In it, you’ll discover…

• Two private Swiss banks poised to capture these new money flows — In oil-rich countries, especially in the Middle East, it’s an unfortunate fact of life that the money goes to the wealthy. And private banks like these are where the wealthy put their money to grow and protect it.
  
  One is the global leader in the high-margin world of private banking. The other enjoys one of the longest banking relationships in the Middle East, as well as in oil-rich Russia. With oil at $70, I strongly suggest you invest in at least one of these private banks to get your share of the profits from all the petrodollar wealth.
  
  
• What every infrastructure project needs — Countries with oil are usually countries who need to build (or rebuild) their infrastructure. That’s why billions of petrodollars profits are headed for desperately needed new construction, airports, bridges, and other projects.
  
  But nothing gets built without electrical and fluid power. That’s why my favorite infrastructure play is a U.S. company that’s a global leader in power systems and components. Earnings and sales have been and should stay strong. With windfall petrodollar profits fueling a global building boom, you can’t go wrong with the company that is powering much of it.

Don’t let this secret bull market pass you by, as it will millions of other investors. Try THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR for two-years at absolutely no risk (you can still cancel after 90 days and get all your money back) and you can download your copy of The Secret Bull Market immediately.

When you should avoid investing internationally

I’ve been passionately championing international investing for more than a decade. But until recently, I’ve felt like a lone voice crying out in the wilderness.

So I never thought that I’d live to see the day when I’d actually be telling investors that there are times when you should AVOID investing internationally.

Unfortunately, that’s what things have finally come to. International investing is “hot” and too many investors are getting burned. Money is pouring into emerging markets willy-nilly, often with no rhyme or economic reason. Too many markets and stocks are overrated and overvalued.

Nonetheless, it is true that in the coming months and years, the big action and big returns will continue to be outside the U.S. Consider this: While the S&P 500 actually went down from 2000 through 2006, I can easily name you two dozen overseas markets that positively exploded during that same timeframe (such as Ukraine, up 1,219%; Romania, up 1,112%; Russia, up 1,000%; Estonia, up 795%; Slovakia, up 775%; Peru, up 670%; Kuwait, up 648%; Pakistan, up 506%; Czech Republic, up 458%; and Qatar, up 432%).

That’s why thousands of savvy investors will make small fortunes by investing in the right companies in the right countries at the right time.

Still, for the ordinary investor, the potential for winding up shirtless is just too great…

...unless you know someone who can give you “street level” intelligence and investment advice.

By “street level” I mean someone who has actually walked the streets of that country and talked to the people and business leaders there.

I mean someone whose Rolodex is filled with insiders who are on the ground in that country or have privileged connections in that country—people he can get on the phone any time he needs the real scoop about what’s really going on there.

And I mean someone who gets their economic and political intelligence directly from sources in the country. Not—like the vast majority of analysts, TV talking heads and magazine or newsletter editors—from AP and Bloomberg wire stories. Or, worse yet, wire stories that have been regurgitated by newspaper and magazine stories from reporters who wouldn’t know a yuan from a fen.

I admit— I’m being a little harsh here. But I really feel that if you’re depending on brokers, financial publications—or even most investment newsletters—for advice about international investing, you’re better off staying with U.S. stocks. (I expect them to do decently enough in the long run.)

But if you really want to get in on the big profits being made in international investing today—safely and predictably—I believe I can help. And my track record backs me up on that. As you can see, we’ve got plenty of double digit gainers—often in less than a year. And our overall return for year one is 30%. (Thirty percent a year more than doubles your money every three years. And you should be able to build up a nice little nest egg doing that.)

Perhaps originally being from Europe (Greece) gives me an unfair advantage in terms of contacts and opportunities to travel around the world and see things for myself. I log hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles every year meeting with friends, financial analysts, and business and political contacts around the world. They give me a picture of what’s going on in a country that I could never get otherwise.

My international phone bill is thousands of dollars a year—because I’m constantly calling local professionals in the countries I recommend investments in to get additional background, verify (or debunk) reports and rumors, and checking up on stocks I’m considering recommending to my readers.

For research, I disregard recycled second-hand reporting and instead ravenously devour primary sources, such as local newspapers and publications, company filings and financial statements.

All this is why, when stories about what’s happening in a country appear in publications such as Time or Newsweek, I’ve already known about them—and have been advising my readers on how to profit from them—for months!

Join me on the Silk Road to profits

Starting in the very first century A.D., investors who desired riches sponsored caravans along the 7,000-mile trade route known as the silk road. Today, I help modern investors share in the profits and wealth generated by the explosive growth of global trade—with my new international investing advisory, THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR.

But I need to be frank with you: THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR is no ordinary investment newsletter. And it’s not for everybody.

Because global markets move a bit faster than the average U.S. Fortune 500 stock, THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR is delivered electronically via the Internet. (Each time a new issue is posted on the members-only web site, I’ll send you an alert by email.)

Speed is important for two reasons. First, in order for you to take profits when the time is right to lock in gains—like 45% after just 5 months in Wimm-Bill-Dann foods, 80% after 6 months in Vimpel Communications, and 60% in ICICI after 5 months.

Another reason for speedy delivery is that sometimes I may need to send you a quick warning—like I did on the day before last year’s big sell off that began on May 11.

Aside from being posted on the web site, THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR is just like a traditional paper newsletter. You get articles detailing the thinking behind my recommendations, two easy-to-follow portfolios to choose from (or mix and match), and periodic special reports.

But unlike a paper newsletter, you don’t have to wait a month for your next issue. Plus, you have instant access to all past issues and can print out whatever you like, whenever you like.

I post a new article each week on the private, members-only web site and send you an email to let you know it’s waiting for you. Of course, if something happens that could (or did) have a major effect on the markets—or if an irresistible opportunity pops up out of the blue—I’ll email you immediately and tell you exactly what to do.

You’ll be part of a very special group of the world’s savviest international investors. And if you have any questions, you’ll have my private email address. I’ll be happy to help you in any way I can.

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1. Access to my private, members-only web site – That’s where you’ll find a new article every week and three portfolios with specific buy prices. Plus, in case you missed it, there’s a link to the original article with all the background information on why I made the call.
   
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I’m sure you’ve seen specialized trading services that sell for many hundreds—even thousands of dollars! I think that’s crazy.

The regular price for THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR is only $299 a year. A bargain, certainly, considering all the money it has made—and will make—for investors.

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That’s only 55 cents a day. That’s (I know you’ve heard it before but I just can’t resist) less than the price of a cup of coffee. And if you get lattes from Starbucks, one day’s coffee will pay for an entire week. (Of course, when you consider the many thousands of dollars in profits my readers have been making, the price really becomes virtually inconsequential.)

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Investing is not without risk. I would be lying to you if I said otherwise.

We won’t make money on every single one of our investments. International investments can, as you’ve probably heard, have their dips on the way up—and if you’re not prepared to weather a storm or two on the Silk Road to riches, my advisory service is probably not for you.

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Take a full three months (90 days) to examine the publication. Take some of the positions I recommend. See for yourself how good real diversification feels as you invest in the best, fastest-growing markets in the entire world. Enjoy the profits as they start to roll in.

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Of course, during those three months, you can read and print out 12 weekly issues, every back issue, and all your free reports. These are yours to keep and benefit from with my thanks, just for having given THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR a try.

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Sincerely,

Yiannis G. Mostrous
Editor, THE SILK ROAD INVESTOR

P.S. If you hold any international stocks at all—or are just thinking of buying some—please take me up on this no-risk trial offer, get the bonus reports, read everything on the site, and get the updates for the next three months. Even if you aren’t sure it’s for you.

Because even if you wind up asking for a refund, you’ll be a much better informed global investor. And that’s so crucial in times like these if you want to maximize your profits and minimize your losses.

But I’m betting that when you see the profits rolling in, you just might stick around for awhile.