{"id":25832,"date":"2011-12-06T22:07:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T03:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/2011\/12\/06\/investing-in-the-market-for-survival-and-prosperity\/"},"modified":"2011-12-06T22:07:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T03:07:15","slug":"investing-in-the-market-for-survival-and-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/12\/06\/investing-in-the-market-for-survival-and-prosperity\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in the Market for Survival and Prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By MoneyMorning.com.au<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even though Blind Freddy can&#8217;t read <em>Money Morning<\/em>, he knows the world economy is dripping in rotting debt. He can smell the pungent stench pouring off the US and Europe&#8217;s balance sheets. He can hear the whirr, click, buzz, zap of the central bank printing presses&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And he can feel the hot rush of freshly minted bank notes flying around the world.<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>market<\/strong> is over-regulated. And manipulated to the point where there is no way you can know for sure whether your shares will jump, dive or drift next.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just take a look at the Aussie market over the past 90 days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">ASX200 &#8211; up 4.46% in 90 days&#8230; But WHAT A RIDE!<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207a_lge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207a_sml.jpg\" alt=\"ASX200 - up 4.46% in 90 days... But WHAT A RIDE!\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207a_lge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to enlarge<\/div>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Source: Google Finance<\/div>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Couple that with these recent headlines&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;S&#038;P warns European nations of downgrades&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; news.com.au<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Top China officials sound alarm on growth&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; perthnow.com.au<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Headline\/rogers-us-depression-mess\/2011\/12\/05\/id\/419995\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Jim Rogers: US Falling Into &#8220;Deeper Trouble,&#8221; Faces 2013 Depression&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; NewsMax.com<\/p>\n<p>And you can see why legendary investor Jim Rogers says: <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The power is shifting&#8230; to the producers of real goods. The place [for     you] to be is in commodities, raw materials, natural resources.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Diggers &#038; Drillers<\/em> Dr Alex Cowie has never put it in those words. But his current investment focus is on what you could call <strong>survival assets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A sneak peak at his new report (due out Thursday) reveals the assets he believes look bullish for the next year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Precious metals<\/li>\n<li>Energy<\/li>\n<li>Certain base metals<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural commodities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you add in tinned peaches and shotgun shells and you&#8217;ve got <strong>the ultimate investors survival kit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Energy&#8230; Precious metals&#8230; Base metals&#8230; Agriculture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>These are staple commodities with fixed (and growing) demand. They&#8217;re the type of commodities Warren Buffett might say have a moat built around them.<\/p>\n<p>Just take a look at how strong they look right now. That&#8217;s no mean feat in this market.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207b.jpg\" alt=\"Asia-Pacific Agriculture Index\" border=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Source: Bloomberg.com<\/div>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207c_lge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207c_sml.jpg\" alt=\"Commodity Metals Price Index\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/images\/mm20111207c_lge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to enlarge<\/div>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Source: IndexMundi<\/div>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And 86-year-old Richard Russell, the granddad of investment gurus, says there&#8217;s only one business to back right now if you want to prosper in this market&#8230; <strong>The survival business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why, like Alex, it might pay you to shift your focus to survival assets.<\/p>\n<p>The kind of assets you can invest in to protect your wealth from inflation&#8230; or a world-wide financial crisis that could lead to the greater depression&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The kind of assets that will boom even when businesses are failing, stock prices are plunging and loaves of bread cost $238&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What are they?<\/p>\n<p>Where do you find them?<\/p>\n<p>And can you really invest in them and profit even in the face of a total market collapse?<\/p>\n<p>Watch out for Alex&#8217;s report later this week where he&#8217;ll answer some of those questions for you. And introduce you to the most profitable investment class of 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Tyrrell<br \/>\nEditor, <em>Money Morning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related Articles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111005\/why-the-feds-actions-make-perfect-sense.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Fed&#8217;s Actions Make Perfect Sense<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111004\/too-big-to-bail.html\" target=\"_blank\">Too Big to Bail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20110907\/swiss-national-bank-intervenes-in-currency-market-to-devalue-swiss-franc.html\" target=\"_blank\">Swiss National Bank Intervenes&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20110723\/bailouts-still-boosting-the-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bailouts Still Boosting the Market<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20110510\/was-this-just-another-rigged-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">Was This Just Another Rigged Market?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From the Archives&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111202\/how-to-profit-from-silver-with-the-inevitable-return-to-sound-money.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Profit from the Inevitable Return to Sound Money<\/a><br \/>\n2011-12-02 &#8211; Kris Sayce<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111201\/two-reasons-the-markets-should-have-fallen-last-night.html\" target=\"_blank\">Two Reasons the Market Should Have Fallen&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n2011-12-01 &#8211; Shae Smith<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111130\/ditch-your-investor-pride-to-avoid-an-investing-fall.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ditch Your Investor Pride to Avoid an Investing Fall<\/a><br \/>\n2011-11-30 &#8211; Kris Sayce<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111129\/how-to-play-a-volatile-market-for-profit.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Play a Volatile Market for Profit<\/a><br \/>\n2011-11-29 &#8211; Kris Sayce<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111128\/no-thanks-to-central-banks.html\" target=\"_blank\">No Thanks to Central Banks<\/a><br \/>\n2011-11-28 &#8211; Kris Sayce<\/p>\n<p>For editorial enquiries and feedback, email <a href=\"mailto:moneymorning@moneymorning.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">moneymorning@moneymorning.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=GXM8zJ5lF6A:va99HAm0-Lw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=GXM8zJ5lF6A:va99HAm0-Lw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?i=GXM8zJ5lF6A:va99HAm0-Lw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=GXM8zJ5lF6A:va99HAm0-Lw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?i=GXM8zJ5lF6A:va99HAm0-Lw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MoneyMorningAustralia\/~4\/GXM8zJ5lF6A\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/MoneyMorningAustralia\/~3\/GXM8zJ5lF6A\/investing-in-the-market-for-survival-and-prosperity.html\" target=\"_blank\">Investing in the Market for Survival and Prosperity <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MoneyMorning.com.au Even though Blind Freddy can&#8217;t read Money Morning, he knows the world economy is dripping in rotting debt. He can smell the pungent stench pouring off the US and Europe&#8217;s balance sheets. He can hear the whirr, click, buzz, zap of the central bank printing presses&#8230; And he can feel the hot rush &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/12\/06\/investing-in-the-market-for-survival-and-prosperity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Investing in the Market for Survival and Prosperity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}