Ignoring This Opportunity is Like Betting the World Will End

By Amy Calistri, StreetAuthority's Stock of the Month

     I've found an investment you can profit from for a lifetime. It's propelled by trends that have been in force since the dawn of time... and that will stay in force as long as the world's population keeps growing. It's hard to find a trend with stronger momentum than that.

     I'm talking about agriculture -- the food business. Specifically, I like companies that make seeds that resist drought and disease -- and fertilizers that make those seeds grow faster.

     Better seeds and fertilizers are both critical for improving crop yields. With the amount of arable land shrinking and the world's population constantly growing, this industry is getting a lot of business. At the recent G8 Summit, the world's richest countries proposed spending up to $20 billion on fertilizers, genetically modified seeds and farm equipment.

     And the G8's billions are just the icing on the cake for fertilizer and seed companies. Many of these businesses already have profit margins that put Google to shame. Google's 20.6% net profit margin is pretty hefty, but fertilizer giant Mosaic boasts a net profit margin of 22.8%. Better yet... Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan enjoys an almost unheard of net profit margin of 39.5%.

     On top of their fat margins, these crop-boosting companies are seeing an uptick in demand for their products, which should give them a nice tailwind as we head into a global recovery.

     I like at least half a dozen fertilizer companies and engineered seed producers at today's prices. Conveniently, I've found one ETF that owns them all.

     This agriculture ETF is in my "Stock of the Month" portfolio. It owns industry heavy hitters like Monsanto and Mosaic. And it also gives you access to a few hard-to-reach foreign players that don't trade on U.S. exchanges.

     Join Stock of the Month today and you'll get the name of this powerhouse agriculture ETF -- along with my complete analysis.

     To learn more about Stock of the Month, and see just how profitable it has been to invest our way, keep reading...

Her Gutsy Contrarian Moves Have Made
Her Up to +650%...

And Now You Can Get Her Single
Favorite Pick Every Month

How a Bright Young Engineering Student Became a Poker Junkie -- and Why That’s Good News for Investors      Hello, I'm Amy Calistri.      I run StreetAuthority's Stock of the Month advisory... but I've never worked a day on Wall Street.      I've rarely even worked in an office. In fact, I've spent more time at a poker table than behind a desk. And I'm a better investor for it.      Poker and investing are kissing cousins. You have to know when to place a bet... when to go all in... and when to fold. But the real key to winning at both is to be a ruthless money manager.      I didn't set out to be a poker junkie. I got an engineering degree at Columbia... and a masters at the University of Texas.      I earned a Series 3 certification in commodities and futures. I've created investment education courses used by the major investment houses. I've been published in economics and statistics. I've provided financial analysis in commercial litigation. (My legal team once won a $100 million settlement for a telecom patent holder.)      When people hear that I play poker, they envision a reckless gambler. As an investor, they think I must feed off wild speculative plays. That couldn't be further from the truth.      Any time I put my cash on the line -- at the table or in the market -- I want to know the odds are on my side. That's what Stock of the Month is all about: Finding just one great investment idea each month, where the odds are squarely stacked in your favor. And I'm thrilled by the odds for my very first pick.      Who wouldn't love a stock that has actually held its ground over the past tumultuous year? When most of the world's economies were in recession, this British company not only held its own, it grew profits by +6% and its EPS by +9%. And in a good economy, this stock kicks into overdrive.      But it would be hard to find many U.S. investors who feel the same way about it.      It's not a cultural thing, it's a currency thing. You see, while its shares trade on the London Exchange, they also trade as ADRs on the New York Stock Exchange. The London share price has held up quite nicely. The U.S. share price, converted from British pounds into in dollars, has dropped almost -15% in the past year.      Same rock-solid company -- same great earnings -- but the dramatic devaluation of the British pound just kicked the snot out of the ADRs.      Right now, however, you can lock into this strong, attractively valued, company -- with far less risk than your British counterparts. Not only that, you stand to get an added boost as the British pound recovers.      You'll find this security in my Stock of the Month portfolio -- which you can get now when you subscribe for just $19.95.      Stocks like this remind me why I love my job so much. By covering the investment waterfront -- and not just a single sector -- I'm always finding  something in a bull market. And that's what I'll bring to you in every issue of Stock of the Month. -- Amy Calistri

    I've dealt with plenty of colorful characters in my 26 years in investment publishing. But I've never run across anyone quite like Amy Calistri.

     How many market analysts have written a chapter in a book entitled Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View... and have also played keyboard in a band named "Guido and the Scum Puppies"?

     Fresh out of college, and two weeks into her first job at IBM, she made her first investment in the market. By the time she was 24, while her friends were still playing beer pong, she made the down payment on her first house with the profits.

     Amy is now our go-to researcher here at StreetAuthority. No matter what her big-picture outlook for the market is she is full of creative market plays. Whenever our analysts are stumped they end up at Amy's desk. In a firm of free-thinking analysts, she's the most independent-minded of the bunch.

     I've seen this maverick streak pay off for her again and again and again.


The +650% Insight -- In the fall of 1999, oil was $20 a barrel. Natural gas was trading at just $2.50 per thousand cubic feet. Analysts were convinced that energy prices were headed lower, predicting $10 a barrel oil before long.

     Amy didn't see it that way. U.S. GDP growth was running above +4%. The Internet was booming, and energy-intensive server farms were sprouting up around the country. And new natural gas-burning power plants were coming online fast.

     So Amy put her IRA into Burlington Resources, which has huge natural gas reserves. She's up +650% to date.

The "Idiot" Move that Made Her 45% -- At the start of 2001, the economy looked like it was beginning to turn ugly. Amy took a position in Hecla, a silver and gold mining company.

     Diane Swonk, the former chief economist for Bank One and financial talking head, publicly called her an idiot for investing in gold. Amy made +45% on her investment.

     At that meeting, Swonk claimed the U.S. economy wasn't in a recession, with the catchy phrase, "I've seen a recession, baby, and this ain't it." It turns out that at the moment she uttered that phrase, the economy was in a recession. Amy was right.

Calling the Mortgage Mess -- In May of 2007, the subprime crisis had started to unfold. Notable subprime lenders were already lining up for bankruptcy. But most analysts were predicting the problem would stay isolated to the sector.

     Amy didn't buy it. Even as the market continued to climb higher, she put a big chunk of her portfolio in cash. She added T-bills to her portfolio in late 2007, which missed the entire bear market. A few months ago she cashed out of her T-bills for a total return of +22% -- not bad considering that the S&P 500 plunged -40% over the same time period.

Getting Out at the Top -- Even though Amy made +650% on Burlington Resources (later bought out by ConocoPhillips), she's not married to energy stocks. She sold off half her position in oil and gas in 2008, before oil prices started their free-fall and sent energy stocks plunging -80%.

     She made more than seven times her money on the way up... and completely sidestepped the brutal bear market on the way down.
 

Taking Her One Best Shot
 

     Her "Pick of the Month" is not always a stock -- it can be an ETF, a mutual fund or even a bond. But it's always just one idea that Amy likes best of all.

     So far, she's given us a long string of winners. Here are just a few of her calls that stand out strongest in my mind right now...

     I wish I had listened to her back in May 2007 when she told me to get out of the market and go into T-bills. That's what she did. Not only did she avoid the market crash -- she made +22% on her T-bills to boot!

     Last October 2008, Amy noticed that even though gold had soared, most gold stocks hadn't kept pace. This disconnect made no sense to her. Gold firms were mining gold at a cost of $300 per ounce. With gold over $800 per ounce, these miners were extraordinarily profitable. But with the stock market in free-fall, money-making gold stocks had been dragged down indiscriminately with everything else.

     She told me that either gold would have to plunge or these stocks would eventually soar. She urged me to buy the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF. It's now up +85%.

     This past December 2008 she urged me to get into shipping stocks because she was sure a rebound was coming in that devastated industry.

     Of all the industries hurt by the credit crisis, none had been more viciously mauled than the shippers. Not even basket case financial stocks had suffered as much as the -94% plunge in the Baltic Dry Index, a proxy for shipping stocks.

     The way Amy put it, unless the world suddenly stopped eating and building, trade would continue, and normalcy would return to this critical industry. And when it did, she predicted a monster rebound in shipping stocks.

     She flatly stated that the Baltic Dry Index had hit its bottom. On that day the index was at 774. Yesterday, just seven months later, it closed at 3520 -- up +354.8%.

Introducing StreetAuthority's Stock of the Month...
Investing Doesn't Get Any Easier Than This

     Amy has hit the nail on the head so often that it finally hit me: why not send Amy's monthly memos to everyone?

     So I started Stock of the Month. It's the perfect way to go public with what Amy's doing with her own money.

     Why am I taking this step now? Because Amy has great market-timing instincts and has made huge profits in this bear market.

     Switching her portfolio into cash last summer was a gutsy move. But it saved her from the vicious downdraft in the market and actually put money in her pocket instead. I think any investor would like to know the next move she takes to make money in a bear market. I certainly do.
 

The World's Most Exclusive Portfolio:
Just One Stock a Month

     Stock of the Month is radically different from most newsletters. It is as simple as investing gets -- just one pick per month. Amy will send you her best investment idea every month -- just like she's been doing for us in-house for the past few years.

     Just like her internal memos, Amy's "Stock of the Month" might occasionally be an ETF, a mutual fund or even a bond. But it's always just one idea -- no exceptions.

     I like that idea. Nothing focuses the mind like knowing that you only have one shot at the prize... and that there are no "do-overs." Give an archer 10 shots at a target and his first few will probably be warmups. Give him one shot -- and you get his absolute best effort.

     Now and then Amy offers an alternative to her Stock of the Month for investors looking for more income or a cheaper price point. But she focuses on only one pick a month, and adds just one pick to her portfolio, Amy also gives you stop losses and target prices for her picks -- so you know when to take your profits and when to get out if things don’t work out.

How Is She Doing So Far?

     Right now, Amy has eight stocks in her portfolio. All of them are up. Average gain: +27.8%. Average holding period: three months. Anyone who put $50,000 in these picks already has $63,900.

     Here are her picks below to show you exactly what she's accomplished so far, in just a few months...

     This isn't one of those services that gives you five portfolios with 20 stocks in each one. You might as well just buy a mutual fund and let somebody else deal with the headaches.

     Stock of the Month will not only make your investing life less complicated, but something else will happen too: When you're only making one buy a month, there's no reason you can't buy every recommendation and make the same profits Amy does.

I'm Putting $50,000 Into These Picks

      Most newsletters have a hypothetical portfolio. Not Stock of the Month. Our portfolio is the real thing.

      Amy actually buys and sells each month's pick in a real brokerage account. I gave her $50,000 to put into a real account at Interactive Brokers. (I wanted to put in $250,000, but she convinced me to start off slow.)

     I may be the publisher, but I want to make money in the market, too. With the boss's money on the line, that should keep her focused!

     Every month Amy will send you a new recommendation. 48 hours later, she'll actually buy it in our Interactive Brokers account. We'll provide a link to our monthly statement in every issue of Stock of the Month. You'll see exactly how well we're doing -- after commissions -- with zero BS.

     Wall Street is packed with so-called analysts who tell you all day which stocks to buy. Not many have the courage to put their money where their mouths are.

     By contrast, StreetAuthority invests alongside its customers. You'll not only mirror our performance, you might well beat it. Because we'll always wait until 48 hours after Amy recommends a trade before we buy it for our own portfolio. With a 48-hour advance warning, you can beat us to the punch.

     At the end of the year, we'll have 12 names in the portfolio (unless Amy has sold any along the way). But we'll never have more than 12.

     With only 12 stocks, Amy can watch over each one like a hawk.

     Once the portfolio is fully loaded with 12 stocks and Amy wants to add another, she will kick out the weakest link using the ''pigs at the trough'' strategy. When a hungry pig approaches a crowded feeding bin, it has to shove aside a weaker one to get in. She'll use this same survival-of-the-fittest approach to replace good stocks with even-better ones.

      Even before the portfolio reaches 12, if Amy thinks a stock has run its course,  she'll remove it. She doesn't have to wait until the portfolio is full to start selling. As a subscriber, you'll receive alerts whenever Amy decides to sell a stock -- even if it's between issues.

Finally... You Can Stop Worrying
About "The Market"

     Amy's service is a stock-picker's letter. She's not investing in "the stock market," but in individual companies. Invest this way and the worries that bedevil most investors simply vanish. You don't have to worry about oil prices, interest rates, the dollar, or what the Fed is up to -- because every "bad" economic development actually helps some investment or other.

     Even in this lousy market plenty of stocks are doing great. The recession has been a bonanza for for-profit education companies as tens of thousands of laid-off job hunters sign up for retraining. In the past year the stock of Career Education has jumped +58%... Corinthian Colleges is up +33%... and Apollo Group is up +21%.

     Companies that cater to tougher economic times are doing well, too. 99 Cents Only Stores is up an appropriate +99% over the past year… Aaron Rents is up +26%... Family Dollar is up +27%... and Dollar Tree is up +20%. And the budget-oriented car rental firm, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, is up +302%.

     Do-it-yourselfers who want to save money on car repairs in these lean times have helped drive up the stock of Autozone by +17% in the past 12 months. Advance Auto Parts is up +15%... and Monro Muffler is also up +15%.

     Don't forget that some economies around the world are still thriving. Which means U.S. companies that sell to those markets are also doing well.

     Coca-Cola just reported impressive earnings thanks to overseas demand. IBM sells its products and services in 166 countries, so it is profiting, too. It recently beat its quarterly earnings expectations by so much that its stock jumped +12% in a single day.

     And despite the economic headwinds, the biotech space is humming.  Immunogen is up +164% over the past year... Geron is up +120%... Biovail is up +71%... Optimer Pharmaceuticals is up +95%... and Dendreon is up a stunning +422%.

     You don't have to be right 100% of the time -- no one is. And you don't have to perfectly time the tops and the bottoms. As the stocks above prove, all it takes to outperform the market is just one good idea. That's what Stock of the Month is all about.

     If Amy has been able to find pockets of rising stocks in this bear market, imagine what is in store for us as the market turns around.

     The market is looking better than it has in months, and I'm going to be investing right along with her every time Amy makes a call. I plan on making some serious money. I hope you join me.
 

Your Charter Invitation to the Most Selective
Stock Picks in the World
 

      If you'd like to invest alongside Amy in her single favorite idea each month, I invite you to take a no-risk look at Stock of the Month today. Here's everything you'll get with your charter subscription...

Amy's Pick of the Month -- Amy's in-depth profile of her favorite investing idea right now. These picks have done so well that I decided to start an entirely new publication to showcase them. Like the gold-miners' ETF she recommended that is up +85% in nine months.

Twelve issues of Stock of the Month Newsletter -- Each monthly issue is loaded with fresh new investing ideas as well as updated advice on Amy's previous picks. She also talks about the latest happenings here at StreetAuthority... so you know what all our editors are focusing on... where they think the market is going... what they're buying... and what they're avoiding.

Subscribers-Only Web Site -- Including easy access to current and past issues, news flashes, portfolios, and a host of invaluable educational materials.

Instant Alerts when Breaking News Hits -- On top of your monthly issues, Amy also alerts you to any important breaking news. The market doesn't pay attention to her publication schedule so she needs to make sure you have her up-to-the-minute advice when conditions change fast.

Subscriber Emails Answered by Amy Every Month -- In addition to Amy's relentless research, she answers questions from subscribers in her Instant Email Alerts every month. This way you can regularly interact with her on the issues that matter most to you.

Amy's "Top 12" Portfolio -- These are her 12 favorite investments for your money right now. She'll add a new pick every month, and once the portfolio is loaded with 12, she'll kick out the weakest link. When a hungry pig approaches a crowded feeding bin, it has to shove aside a weaker one to get in. Amy will use this same survival-of-the-fittest approach to replace good stocks with even-better ones.

My Personal Guarantee: ZERO RISK for 90 Days -- If you're not completely satisfied for any reason, simply click on the cancel link at the bottom of each and every issue -- for a full 100% refund. The issues and research reports you received are yours to keep. If you decide to cancel after 90 days you'll receive a refund on all remaining issues. You have nothing to lose and you can cancel at any time.

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Special Reports on 3 Must-Buy Investments

     As soon as we hear from you, we'll rush you these detailed reports Amy has released on three of her "must-buy" stocks right now:

1) Obama Healthcare Boom: This Niche Medical Player Will Profit from a Virtually Guaranteed Revenue Stream    

     This fast-growing small-cap is first in line for the $19 billion earmarked for electronic healthcare spending in Obama's latest stimulus package.

     The company offers a simple, one-stop solution for all electronic record keeping. It provides the software -- which covers everything from admissions to billing to chart sharing -- as well as the hardware and technical support. Customers pay a continual fee for this support so the revenue stream from a single sale lasts for years.

     It already serves 650 hospitals in almost every state... and that number should only increase because hospitals that adopt its digital record technology will get higher payments from Medicare and Medicaid in the future.

     Uncle Sam has given you a slam dunk with this one... a way to hit the digital record technology jackpot. It looks like the insiders agree. Three corporate officers have bought the stock recently and so far their investment is paying off. The stock is hitting all-time highs in this rough market. This is the sort of right-place, right-time stock that can give you a ten-bagger with a little patience.

2) Bonanza Down Under: Best Foreign Profit Play for the Next 12 Months

     When the global economy takes its first baby steps toward recovery, resource-rich Australia will rebound strongly... and well before most other countries.

     Amy's favorite way to reserve your profits now is with a closed-end fund yielding 14.2% that has consistently beaten the Australian market by a wide margin.

      Rather than spread assets thinly among hundreds of holdings, its managers stick to their few best ideas. They run a concentrated portfolio of about 30 stocks... but they cover everything from utilities to healthcare.

     These guys know what they're doing. In the boom times between 2003 and 2007, shareholders enjoyed five consecutive years of +20% or better gains. During that span the shares more than quadrupled in value. Even after the worldwide stock selloff, this fund is still up +246% since 2001 -- versus just +155% for the Australian market.

     Yes, Australian stocks have been hurt by the double whammy of a depreciating currency and the commodity meltdown. But with both these forces starting to reverse, and with a pair of new stimulus packages in the works, this market is ripe for a turnaround. And when it moves, this ETF will soar again.

3) Blue Gold: The Best Water Play in the World Right Now

     If you think oil is a must-have liquid, think about water for a second. No alternative exists for it. Nothing can ever replace it. Less than 3% of the world's water is fresh, and there's no more of it now than there was a million years ago. But six billion thirsty people must now share it.

     Already, more than one billion people each day don't get enough clean water to drink, bathe or wash clothes. The U.S. has its own share of water problems. Summer is still months away, yet California has already declared a water shortage "state of emergency," triggered by its third consecutive year of drought. Texas cattle ranchers have suffered $500 million in losses since November as they continue to struggle with a lack of water.

     Because people will spend their last dime for a substance they need to survive, Amy is bullish on water. Rising water prices will make fortunes for investors who position themselves now to profit from upcoming shortages.
The most obvious way to profit is to buy water-company stocks. And the easiest way to do that is with this gem of an ETF that has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than +100% since its inception.

     As infrastructure dollars flow from economic stimulus packages around the world, many countries will be pouring billions into upgrading and repairing their water works. This ETF gives you the world's largest water-infrastructure players in a single cost-efficient package. Powerful trends in economics, politics and our changing climate are in your favor on this one.

Just $19.95 for Charter Subscribers

     To celebrate the launch of Amy's service, I'm giving Charter Subscribers a way to sample it at an extremely low cost.

     I'm offering three-month subscriptions for just $19.95. That's 50% off the $39.95 I usually charge for quarterly subscriptions to our other premium investment advisories.

     The price is really immaterial at this point. Because you can try it free to see if you like it. If you vote thumbs down, I'll return every penny you paid. Simply notify us within the first 90 days. You can keep your three special reports and all of your issues as my thank-you gift for giving it a try.

     So what do you say? If you're ready to try the simplest and easiest way to invest you'll ever find... take me up on this no-lose offer today.

     Let me be the first to welcome you to Stock of the Month... and let's make some money together! I've got $50,000 on the line here... and I want it to be $100,000 by this time next year!

Sincerely,

Lou Betancourt, Publisher
StreetAuthority Stock of the Month
 

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