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Has your financial advisor been telling you recently that "the U.S. dollar is set for a historic collapse"? The reality is that as economic growth rates outside the U.S. show progressive disappointment, the much-maligned U.S. dollar is in the early months of a major rally which began on March 16, 2008. This crucial uptrend will likely continue and soon accelerate for the remainder of 2008 and into the early months of 2009. Even more importantly, emerging-market currencies including the Indian rupee, the Korean won, and the South African rand have recently slumped to multi-year lows. The critical implications of this information on everything from commodities to equities is discussed in detail in the daily updates of True Contrarian.

Do you keep hearing commodity analysts on cable TV scream about a "massive commodities breakout" each time that commodities are set for a sharp decline? Do you wonder why they keep promoting commodity funds at each intermediate-term top, while saying nothing at all at each bottom when there are truly fabulous profits to be made in this sector? The reality is that most commodity analysts are really commodity fund promoters. The honest ones know that it is much better to buy at a bottom, but they believe that the public will only be interested when something is setting a new multi-decade high and the media is screaming about "getting in before it's too late." So they go ahead and hawk their wares at all peaks even though they know that many naive investors will jump in when the sector is hot, only to jump out several months later in a panic after they have lost a third or more of their money. The dishonest analysts will actually sell their own holdings at the same time that they are promoting them. The simple fact is that if you buy gold whenever the media is screaming most loudly about how it will soon be at $2000 an ounce, or crude oil when you hear about $200 per barrel being imminent, or if you buy wheat or soybeans when you hear constantly about how you shouldn't miss out on the fabulous profits to be made in the "ags", then you will repeatedly lose 30%-50% of your money. True Contrarian subscribers learn a simple rule for identifying important bottoms for commodities and their shares, and which commodity-related funds provide the best potential rewards with the lowest expenses.

Were you convinced in June 2006, June 2007, and again in June 2008 (must be something in the blooming roses) that U.S. interest rates were going to "keep moving higher for the rest of the year and beyond"? So was practically everyone else. If you had been receiving the daily updates from True Contrarian, you would have taken advantage of these profitable opportunities to buy undervalued long-dated U.S. Treasury funds at important lows on all three occasions and sold them later on, making double-digit profits with very limited downside and no state or local taxes on the dividends.

Have you noticed that no one is talking any more about the Presidential cycle for global equity indices? This cycle has not failed since the U.S. Civil War which ended in 1865, and this is not likely to be the first time. If you don't understand the dangerous implications of the wild speculation in emerging markets around the world in 2007 and early 2008, and you are not positioned for a major worldwide equity correction over the next several months of 2008, then you're going to receive a nasty surprise in your portfolio instead of a handsome windfall.

If you're tired of constantly buying high and selling low, then you should consider a subscription to True Contrarian. Around 7 p.m. each day except for Saturdays--that's six days per week--you will get a timely e-mail recommendation that consistently goes in the opposite direction of whatever the unanimous herd is doing. My philosophy is simple: open any position only when the risk/reward scenario is most favorable and least popular, and close it once it has become clearly unfavorable and wildly desired.

Whenever I make any trade, I always immediately send an e-mail telling readers exactly what I bought or sold, how much (as a percentage of my total net worth), and at exactly what price. That way, readers can exactly mimic my actions, and can know exactly how much profit or loss is created once these positions are later closed.

Even more importantly, I give frequent lessons on money management: how to allocate your assets across sector groups; how to build a ladder of orders; how to be patient to wait for a few ideal trades instead of rushing to do dozens of mediocre ones. I explain how the various investment classes are closely interrelated, instead of trying to invest with blinders to the rest of the worldwide financial markets.

I also provide detailed e-mail support to all subscribers, answering any questions about asset allocations and giving customized guidance for those who desire help with how to place a ladder of orders, or which funds to emphasize based upon the subscriber's individual financial situation.

For a limited time, this subscription will be available at an annual rate of $119.50 (U.S. dollars) per year. Should you decide at any time to cancel, you will receive a full, pro-rated refund for the unused portion. If, instead, you would prefer a shorter term of subscription, you can select three months for $40. You are permitted to change the designated e-mail address as many times as you like, free of charge, during the lifetime of the subscription.

To make it completely clear exactly what a one-year subscription involves, here is first a list of what will NOT be included:

NO DAY TRADING: I am not a day trader, and will not recommend buying something on a Tuesday in order to sell it on Wednesday, or even on the following Wednesday. I usually hold positions for a period of at least several weeks, often several months, and sometimes for a year or two. On the rare occasion that I do recommend closing a position which was recently opened, it is because I realize that an unexpected change in circumstances caused my original analysis to be incorrect, and that one should therefore take a small loss before it grows into a big loss.

NO PSYCHOBABBLE: I am not here to act as a shrink. So many web sites, when their recommendations are going poorly, resort to worthless cliches such as "you've got to hang in there for the long run" or "given the twin deficits, gold's bull market is sure to resume eventually". If you need constant psychological reassurance, you're better off subscribing to a different newsletter, or you might consider contacting one of those psychics that advertises on TV at 2:30 a.m.

NO WISHY-WASHY OPINIONS: Regardless of whether my predictions are accurate or not, I will not speak out of both sides of my mouth. I will never say to hold something as long as it doesn't go below a particular price, since that's sure to confuse readers. I know of one very well-known web site that was relatively accurate in being bullish on gold and its shares for most of 2002 (and kept bragging loudly about it), but after making the disastrous decision to remain bullish for months beyond the peak, suddenly turned "neutral" on gold in early March 2003 when HUI plunged below 120. At the key buying opportunity of that year, faithful readers of that web site didn't know what to do with their gold mining shares. Should they sell them? Or just hold on and pray? When they should have been buying aggressively, they were totally baffled. By the time this web site turned bullish again, HUI had risen 25% from its low. In my opinion, the worst sin of a newsletter writer is to confuse readers with ambiguity or with all kinds of complicated scenarios that are impossible to follow. If I recommend buying a particular fund at 17, I will recommend buying more if it drops to 16. If I recommend selling some at 44, I will recommend selling more if it rises further to 45. If I am wrong, I will be wrong with bells on, loudly and clearly.

Now that you know what the service will NOT include, here is a list of what I WILL do my best to provide on a timely basis:

CONSISTENT, INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS: Regular readers of my web site know that I strongly value an easily understandable explanation of what the future will bring in the financial markets. Anyone can develop a plausible story of why something happened last month; very few can explain logically what will happen next month. If one understands how reliable patterns in the financial markets characteristically develop, then one can more confidently invest. Having a solid grasp of the underlying forces is critical in having the courage to add to a position which initially moves in the opposite direction.

TIMELY, CLEAR RECOMMENDATIONS: If a particular fund appears to be making an important bottom on a Thursday at 10:15 a.m., I will not wait until after it rallies 7% by the close and then release a useless update saying "you should have bought this morning". I will immediately send an e-mail stating that it should be purchased NOW. As soon as possible, I will send a followup e-mail listing exactly which funds to buy, in what proportion, and what percentage of your entire account should be devoted to the purchase. It is usually the case that bottoming or topping is a process, rather than an event, so that only a small percentage of one's total intended position should be committed at any given time. I will clearly identify why particular funds or shares are a better bargain at any given moment, and exactly what limit prices should be used, or whether market orders are preferable.

ALL POSITIONS WILL BE CLOSED IN A TIMELY FASHION: A huge percentage of newsletter writers are always recommending buying certain shares, but never seem to be selling them. Other writers mysteriously abandon positions which are performing poorly. To me, this is ridiculous. Knowing when to sell is often even more important than knowing when to buy, since profits don't really exist until something which has been bought is finally sold. Sometimes, the only correct action is to act swiftly and close out a position at a loss. All opening positions will always be diligently followed through all the way until they are closed, without exception.

A PRECISE PLAN OF ACTION WILL BE DEVELOPED: The financial markets often act in unexpected ways. Having a detailed plan of action, so that one responds intelligently to whatever happens, is usually far more important than any other factor in achieving success in the financial markets. I will explain how to establish long-term goals, and how to make periodic adjustments in order to achieve those objectives. The principles of money management, the ideal way to accumulate positions, and how to optimize one's asset allocation will all be discussed in detail.

ANY QUESTIONS? If you have any questions about this subscription service, or about anything else, click here to contact me, or send an e-mail to sjkaplan@earthlink.net. I will gladly send a few recent daily updates upon request.

IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED, this subscription is being offered for a brief time at $119.50 (U.S. dollars) per year. You can choose instead to pay $40 for a trial period of three months. All subscriptions are fully refundable for their pro-rated unused portion. If you decide to subscribe on July 31, 2008, then your subscription will continue through July 31, 2009. You will receive sufficient notice before expiration, so that you will be able to continue receiving your subscription without interruption. Note #1: if you want your subscription to be sent to an e-mail address which differs from your PayPal e-mail address, please list your desired e-mail address where it says "E-Mail Address, If Different:". Note #2: if you do not have an e-mail address, then please do not subscribe. The reason is that any hardcopy equivalent would not be sufficiently timely. You are permitted to change the designated e-mail address as many times as you like without charge during the lifetime of the subscription. Please understand that the information contained in the e-mail is not intended to be resent to nonsubscribers or posted on any publicly accessible web site, and any such action if discovered will be considered as legally binding you to pay for a full-year subscription for each such nonsubscriber.

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