Fleet Street Letter - Britain's Economic Crisis

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The team who predicted the Credit Crisis, the banking breakdown and the plunge in the pound reveal the truth about Britain in 2009 – and it’s much worse than you thought:

RUN!!!

These 4 investment time bombs are about to go off in your face

The clock’s counted down… the ticking’s stopped…
and if you do nothing your wealth and investments…
could be blown to pieces!

Think I’m bluffing? Take a look at this:

Financial D-DAY! This threat is greater than any war we’ve faced, and has the potential to financially wipe out thousands. But there’s one way you can turn this deadly threat on its head - and even make a windfall in the years ahead. We’ll show you how in this letter...

FTSE to Crash almost 30% Learn why this plunging emerging market economy could be about to blast the FTSE 100 below 3,000... and the three “world beater” shares that could FLY out of the rubble in the years that follow...

Total Sterling Collapse! We see the pound getting annihilated in 2009 leaving the cash in your pocket - and your savings - little better than monopoly money. But use the secret “Jigoro Strategy” TODAY... and you could protect your wealth (and actually watch it GROW) as the pound gets crushed!

House Prices Cut in HALF! Think last year’s falls were bad? Well brace yourself… this report reveals exactly how much further house prices are likely to plummet... and the clever, little-known “crash play” set to profit as the chaos unfolds.

Dear Reader,

I hope you’re not easily scared...

Because every single penny you have invested is in perilous danger.

As you read this, four almost completely ignored cataclysmic time bombs are converging to form a perfect storm that could strike at the very heart of the UK economy in 2009.

Right now millions of investors don’t understand the severity of what’s coming. They see the events of the last 18 months and think the worst is over. Many even feel untouched by what’s happened so far...

But they are in for the SHOCK of their lives.

Because what you think you know about your future - and your money - might be about to change forever.

One thing’s for sure… do nothing and you could stand to lose a fortune.

But make the few simple “crisis moves” outlined in this report today... and you could safeguard your livelihood and even grow your net wealth through what’s to come.

Here’s the thing...

These four signature events are not something far away in the future. In some cases they’ve already started. They’re not things we can stop.

That time has come and gone.

The evening news does not address the true state of affairs. Neither do the Government. They’ll tell you “everything is under control”... use words like “fiscal stimulus.” They try to dazzle you with vague pie-in-the-sky plans to reinvent the economic landscape.

But don’t you believe them.

Truth is… it’s their own actions that have exacerbated this almost certain eventuality... and made the terrifying outcome ever more likely.

Now there’s no turning back.

What massive events are we talking about?

It’s not just the recession. But a permanent… sustained… and wholly new crisis that will make previous busts like that of the early nineties... and even the 1970s... pale in comparison.

That’s exactly why I’m writing to you today.

I want to show you what’s really happening… and what is very likely to happen from here on in. To give you the shocking facts nobody else wants to share… or even admit.

And most importantly, to show you how to prepare for what comes next...

The question is: will YOU be among the fortunate few who take action to secure their futures? Or will you be among the millions of ordinary Britons whose investments crumble thanks to unseen events this year?

Welcome to
"Britain on the Brink"

In this report we reveal specific financial moves you should make today that could protect and expand your wealth - while others watch their wealth contract at a shocking rate.

Even if you do nothing else, this FREE information could protect you from a lot of future heartache.

Our past advice has protected investors from the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987... the Asian currency crisis of 1996... the "tech wreck" of 2000... the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in 2000... the record oil price spikes from 2004 and the bursting of the credit bubble in 2007.

But it was at the very start of 2008 when we issued perhaps our most direct, urgent warning: "The City’s dream run is about to end... and it could trigger our worst recession in 35 years."

Our forecasts for housing... unemployment... writedowns... a crushing halt in UK economic growth... the weakening pound... all came true with startling accuracy. But crucially, we offered solutions as to how you could best avoid and prepare for these events.

Of course, we don’t predict every event with 100% accuracy, but when it comes to preparing for the BIG events - the events that can really affect your financial health - we’re ALWAYS ahead of the curve.

Now I want to illustrate just how important our next predictions could be if you’re prepared to give five minutes of your time to read on...

Because if we’re correct again, you’ll not only be well placed to survive the next 12 months, you could greatly prosper too...

TIMEBOMB #1:Financial D-DAY! How you could protect yourself - and profit - from the coming Debt Disaster...

In June 1944 Britain and her allies secretly shored-up on the beaches of Normandy to rid the world of an evil tyranny.

Today, it’s our shores about to be invaded by an enemy. When it finally lands, there’ll be hell to pay.

Of course we won’t be attacked with bombs or tanks... but it could be just as financially destructive for every single taxpayer, homeowner and investor in the UK.

And yet it’s one threat
NO-ONE sees coming...

Right now, the whole nation drags round heavy chains of debt - banks, government and people. We’re strangled by it.

Our national debt alone stands at a terrifying £400 billion. But that figure - in itself frightfully high - is a drop in the ocean compared with the collective indebtedness of the banks now under effective government control.

Don’t get me wrong. I know this is hardly breaking news.

No, it’s what the Government is doing about it that alarms us... and the fact it pervades almost every "expert" view out there.

Already another £250 billion of taxpayer’s money - YOUR money - has been pledged to prop up our failing banks.

But it’s not working.

Banks still refuse to lend. Everything’s ground to a halt. Shops are closing... job vacancies are drying up... unemployment is surging... property values are plummeting...

And meanwhile Britain’s debt curve is going straight UP.

Why should this concern you? Your investments? Your retirement? Your savings?

Very soon every pound you own could
be worth a whole lot less

It’s no longer difficult to imagine the national debt doubling or even tripling as the banking crisis persists.

If the UK is moved to nationalise more - or even ALL - of our banks... in one fell swoop it will dump another £4 TRILLION of debt on to the country’s balance sheet.

Even if just a tiny percentage of those debts went bad due to recession... the financial burden on each and every one of us would be unbearable...

As far as we can see, the Government will do one of two things, (or even both) to avoid this outcome:

1) Drastically hike up taxes to pay for the hefty debt burden... meaning LESS money in the bank for hardworking Britons like yourself...

2) Or print more money... sending inflation rocketing and sterling into meltdown.

The "freight train" headed
straight for your wealth

The last time we were this close to going bankrupt was 1976...

Back then the Government only warded off an utter collapse of the entire economy by going begging to the International Monetary Fund for an emergency "bailout" loan.

The following years were some of the worst in British economic history. Inflation soared... poverty skyrocketed... and every household in the UK was poorer for years to come.

At most, we’re on the brink of repeating one of these scenarios, if not all three.

And it’s a freight train headed straight for your wealth... a timebomb that could explode in our face at any moment.

You and your family’s standard of living is already squeezed by this recession. And if it hasn’t been yet, it could be very soon.

Each day that passes the picture gets worse...

£154 million gets added to UK debt every 24 hours
1,490 are made unemployed...
And the average house price has haemorrhaged £100 every day since December 2007

Breaking point is looming, fast.

Of course you can ignore this warning. If you’re happy to put your feet up and see your wealth get eaten away... that’s absolutely fine.

But if you ARE concerned about the way things are going... and you DO want to do something to protect yourself - and even potentially PROFIT - from this situation... turn your attention here...

What you can do before the
timebomb goes OFF

Look. We may not be able to avoid the blast... but there IS a way you could turn these events to your advantage.

All it takes is one carefully placed stake in what our analysts call the best investment of the next six years.

You see it’s especially designed to make returns in situations just like this.

And right now it’s working incredibly well. As markets the world over have been dragged through the wringer, THIS has actually gone UP since it went live on 15 December 2008.

Of course there are no guarantees this performance will continue, after all, past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. But I’d love to show you exactly how this could work for you in the years ahead.

Because not only are incredible triple digit returns possible with this, there’s a way you can GUARANTEE your initial stake.

This is a forecast. Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Of course there are conditions that come with that, but if you’re a serious long-term investor I promise you NONE of them will be a problem.

In fact, when you have this information for yourself I’m pretty sure you’ll be dying to start this up immediately.

Make no mistake... our economy, once a world leader, is rapidly going down the tubes. All our indicators point to it getting pulverised over the coming 12 months... and it’ll make this recession longer, deeper and darker than anyone expects...

And this one simple investment is perfectly placed to help you turn these dire times into a financial windfall.

All the details can be in your hands within the next five minutes. I’ll show you how in a moment - along with the three other economic timebombs that threaten to ambush every unsuspecting investor.

But first, allow me to introduce myself and explain why you should heed these warnings...

How you could protect your wealth -
and profit - from global economic shocks

My name is Sarah Lintern. I’m the publisher of The Fleet Street Letter - an independent investment advisory service dedicated to deciphering world trends for a select group of intelligent readers across the UK.

Since we warned our first readers back in 1938 that Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler would never stop the dictator... we’ve served our readers through war and peace... hard times and prosperity.

By warning them of the potential consequences, we’ve protected ordinary people from the impact of serious world crises... and offered ways they could make money by going against majority opinion and crowd hysteria.

Take "Black Monday" when thousands of ordinary British people lost their savings in the stock market crash in October 1987...

Fortunately for our readers, the month before we’d given a warning about high share prices...

"Hold some cash and gold," we said, "we are almost certainly about to see a period of significant correction." On 10th October, we told readers even more plainly, "time to be out!"

Five days later, the FTSE began one of the biggest declines in recorded stock market history falling 21.7% in just two days.

Our predictions have often shocked our
readers, but they usually come true

We ourselves were shocked when our warnings of a world oil crisis triggered by Islamic fundamentalism - made 18 months before the attacks on the World Trade Centre - came true on 11 September, 2001.

At the time our Editor-in-Chief William Rees-Mogg, explained that getting access to oil at acceptable prices was the most important issue of national policy for the US.

By early 2003 the US and Britain were securing the oil fields of Iraq. Over the following years we watched as oil doubled and then tripled in value.

Most importantly, we offered ideas and investment strategies to help readers benefit from these events.

Take the Credit Crisis...

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At The Fleet Street Letter we’ve always believed there is money to be made by the smart investor - even when it seems like the world is crashing down around them. Through all the dominant trends of the last 71 years - social, political and economic - we’ve kept a cool head and helped our readers stay with the smart money.

As outlined in this report, the 12 month outlook for global equity markets as a whole does not look rosy. Across the Atlantic, the fading stimulus from interest rate cuts, along with poor employment figures and wage growth, casts extreme doubt on equity markets making much headway in 2009.

As you’ve read, we believe that now is the time to act defensively with your money, and hold on for when the time is right to get into cheap growth shares. Another report we’d like to send will tell which companies to buy and crucially, when to buy them.

But the weak prognosis for the general markets makes it even more important to protect yourself against "unknown market events." Whether it’s a renewed threat to oil supplies... a global property crash... or a large scale terrorist outrage... the already unstable markets could be hit very hard if something jumps out of nowhere to take investors by surprise.

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You may remember when Gordon Brown stood in front of the press and said no-one could have foreseen the damage reaped by the subprime fallout...

Well our readers did... it was something we’d been warning them about for some time.

Years before the papers even used the term "credit crunch" we highlighted the reckless lending between banks. Our chief predicted colossal bail-outs... and massive losses for shareholders:

"A bail-out of the banking system, which the authorities will surely attempt in the event of a debt collapse, does not mean a bail-out of bank holding companies or shareholders...

"Depending upon the political climate and administration at the time the music stops, there might even be a de facto nationalisation of major American banks...

"In a time of crisis, the government may be the only entity large enough to save the vulnerable banks."

True enough, only the US Government was big enough to rescue A.I.G... as was our government for Northern Rock, HBOS, Lloyds, Bradford & Bingley and RBS.

Of course we take pride in the fact we called these events before anyone else.

But do we claim to get every issue right? No. But we DID see the cracks in the global financial system. And we took these trends seriously when most didn’t.

In fact, we watch all these trends carefully. We try to anticipate them. We try to understand them. And when we get them right - our readers can do very, very well.

And this is how we approach all our investment research.

Now you have our latest predictions
in your hands...

The Fleet Street Letter believes that four major trends will cause financial havoc in 2009. The first being the deepening of the great financial unwinding and the crippling knock-on effects it poses for Britain.

As the UK’s economic situation dramatically worsens over the next year thanks to soaring debt, high unemployment and a huge backslide in consumer spending... we believe the investment we’ve researched will be crucial if you want to turn the coming events to your advantage.

For example, since this recommendation went live just one month ago we’re already over 5% up! In the same time frame the FTSE is down over 30%.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

I’d like to send you all the details - including exactly what this is, how it guarantees your initial investment and step-by-step instructions on how you can take advantage. As you’ll see, over the next six years you could more than double your money, safely.

This is a forecast. Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future results.

This is a forecast. Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

We think it’s a MUST-BUY for any portfolio in the years ahead.

But you don’t have to take my word for it...

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You can receive our full research report on this investment for no charge, simply for reviewing The Fleet Street Letter for three months.

During that time, we’ll send you bulletins packed with our experts’ no-nonsense analysis of world events that could affect you and your family... including political and financial insights and little-known investment opportunities.

Because 2009 will throw up three other investment opportunities that you could profit from...

TIMEBOMB #2:Countdown to stock market oblivion! But there are three major, cash-rich companies you should snap-up while other investors flee. As soon as we give you their details: BUY

The consequences of Britain’s "Financial D-Day" won’t end with a sharp markdown in domestic economic growth.

No. This time things are going GLOBAL.

And this fact alone poses another - bigger - threat to our already battered indices here in the UK.

You see, incredibly, many investors still cling to the hope that growth in countries like China, India and Brazil will deliver returns through a western recession. So says Albert Edwards, Equity Strategist for Société Générale:

"The consensus still touchingly believes that despite a deep economic downturn in developed economies, continued rapid emerging market growth will keep overall world growth resilient."

In other words, the majority of analysts still think these countries have the ability to grow the profits of some UK-listed companies.

BIG mistake...

At last count, China was growing 8% per year. Now that may not strike you as bad news. But consider this... the year before last it grew close to 12%. It’s fallen a long way. According to Forbes Magazine it has further to go: "The economy of the so-called world’s factory is now decelerating."

Total City slaughter imminent - and
most people are none the wiser!

China accounts for almost a quarter of global growth. If it stops pulling its weight, it will directly hit the engines of Western corporate growth for companies in nearly every sector in the stock market.

Most stock market pundits don’t see this coming. Their forecasts are downbeat, but not nearly enough.

This recession is unprecedented. Virtually nobody alive remembers the devastation caused by the last credit bear market of the 1930s. Investors continue to underestimate what a full-scale credit unwinding really means.

And the over-estimated economic health of China will play a MASSIVE part in bringing them crashing down to earth with potentially devastating consequences.

Investors got a shock last year. But this realisation will extinguish any remaining hope the diehards have in stocks. They will put their hands up and sell.

And it could send the FTSE into freefall, right down to 3,000.

Of course it’s impossible to say exactly when that might happen. But it could be as soon as China announce its quarterly growth figures.

But here’s the thing... our experts believe this presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, if you’re willing to think "outside the box"...

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As bad as all this sounds, there is a HUGE silver lining to all this...

Our analysts believe it’s around this time - what insiders call the "capitulation point" - shares will truly "bottom" out... where everyone who wants out, has sold... when the last bull has lost any hope in the stock market. And there are three very special stocks that could make you some serious money coming out of the stock market rubble.

Make no mistake... these shares are down with the rest of them. And right now they are trading at ridiculously low prices.

But it’s this "flight to cash" that has given clear-headed medium to long-term investors the best buying conditions we’ll ever see in our lifetime! Each of these three businesses is cash-generative and dominates their industry.

Throughout the downturn, they’ve bought up their rivals and swallowed market share. This has given them diversification too. Running product lines in many different regions allows them to hedge their bets. If one product line fails they have another to take its place.

They also have unrivalled potential to do something big blue chips have not done for a long time: Go up in a BIG way.

We’ll give you all the details on these three companies. You’ll be let in on what our analysts believe are three criminally cheap bargains.

Think about it... the Credit Crunch has been caused and felt hardest by the financial sector. Asset managers and hedge funds have been forced to sell their positions. When they return, what stock will they be buying?

The biggest and the best.

Now of course there may be more volatility to come in the market. But if you can stomach a bit of risk... we believe these companies will be instrumental in leading the recovery after the stock market bottoms in 2009. And if things shape up as we predict they could make you a whole lot of money over the long-term.

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This will include the next recommendation... an extraordinary way to insulate your wealth and get an INCOME... just as the decimation of sterling begins Phase Two...

TIMEBOMB #3:What you MUST do before the pound is crushed!

"Sterling isn’t just going to lose value... It’s going to NOSEDIVE"
That was our warning in a special Fleet Street Letter report issued in February 2008.

Not many people listened...

The pound had just reached an eye-popping $2.11 - a 26-year high. But few realised how vulnerable a position we were really in. Even fewer saw where we were headed.

What’s happened since?

Sterling’s dropped over 30% - to its lowest point in six years. It’s hit a new all time low against the Euro.

Now it’s fallen off a cliff.

"Sharpest drop for Sterling since 1931"

City AM headline, 19th December 2008

"Sterling plunged again yesterday, making its annual fall the largest since the height of the Great Depression in 1931, when the pound was forced off the gold standard."

...so led the front page of City AM on 19th December.

This one-day slump outweighed the 1992 collapse, when the pound was forced out of the ERM... as well as the near bankruptcy of the 1976 crisis, when the UK had to seek emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund.

But while that sounds like a big deal... the truth is, it’s just the beginning of a sustained collapse of our currency against most others.

Three reasons
why Sterling will get HAMMERED in 2009

#1.As recession bites more and more traders will dump the pound for the euro and the dollar...

The credit crunch has turned the currency market on its head. As more investment firms go under the less players there are in the market.

Bottom line: transactions have dramatically decreased compared to 2007. This lack of liquidity has made sterling much more volatile. And with investors and traders riding millions on each decimal point movement... managing their risk is near impossible. The result? Those still in the market will flee the pound to more liquid "safe haven" currencies.

The more traders run... the lower the pound will fall... and the weaker it will remain.

Just look what happened to the Icelandic Krona! Iceland’s banking and liquidity crisis pushed the krona down 38% in the last 12 months. Sterling is down 25% and counting.

#2. Labour’s spending binge will push the pound further down the doldrums!

Over-bloated public sector employment is becoming a significant drag on our already faltering economy. Public sector jobs have increased by a staggering rate since 1997... miles faster than jobs in the private sector.

At the same time, private sector firms are knee-deep in a year-long bloodbath sending unemployment rocketing.

Meanwhile, Governments tax revenues are getting hit - HARD. They’ll be forced to spend ,strong>more money on key services right at a time when the Treasury has LESS money coming in through the door

As far as we can see, Alistair Darling faces three options: increase taxes to pay for the programmes; cut back spending; or further increase Government borrowing when the Exchequer’s shortfall already tops £400 billion.

Each of these options will knock UK growth for six over the coming year. It spells more bad news for the economy... and DISASTER for the pound.

"I would urge you to sell any sterling you might have... It’s finished. I hate to say it, but I would not put any money in the UK." Jim Rogers World Renowned Investment Guru

“I would urge you to sell any sterling you might have... It’s finished. I hate to say it, but I would not put any money in the UK.”

Jim Rogers
World Renowned Investment Guru

#3. Falling interest rates have taken away sterling’s only saving grace.

Money follows the highest yield. It’s as simple as that.

And right now, for the first time since its inception... the EU has a higher interest rate than Britain.

The wider the difference between UK and Eurozone rates, the more pressure there will be on the pound to fall.

The question is... what should YOU be doing about it?

The "Jigoro Strategy": How to protect
yourself from the death of the pound -
and get PAID for it too!

Let me explain.

All his life the Japanese martial artist, Jigoro Kano, had been trying to beat his master in a duel. After 40 years he finally did it. How? By learning how to use his opponent’s attacking momentum against him to win the battle.

We’ve been using the very same principle in a very special investment that goes up when the pound’s momentum is going down.

In fact, it’s an asset traditionally guarded as the safest of ALL havens: Gold.

The Fleet Street Letter’s view on gold is well known... it correlation with stock markets is low, and so adds valuable diversity to your portfolio.

But gold is also a hedge against inflation and currency debasement – making it an essential hold for British investors in 2009, as the pound devalues against most other currencies.

We first recommended buying gold to our readers nearly 10 years ago (we showed them exactly how to do it).

Why? Because Gordon Brown had announced he was going to do the exact opposite!

In July 1999, Mr Brown told the world he was going to sell 415 tons of Britain’s gold reserves... a staggering 58% of the nation’s entire stock.

“Those reserves,” we told our readers, “provide the ultimate defence against a run on the pound”.

But Mr Brown didn’t care. In fact, he cost the British taxpayer at least £400 million, as his foolish announcement sent the price of gold crashing 10% in a matter of weeks – down to a two-decade low.

Since then, the value of gold has gone up more than 200%.

What of the future? Our experts believe holding a portion of gold will be vital in the years ahead.

A falling dollar... a failing pound... and continuing geopolitical instability will all serve to boost the price of gold even further this year.

We’ve prepared a special investment report that tells you the very best way of buying and holding gold for wealth protection, and potential profit. This, along with all the other reports I’ve talked about in this letter, is yours free.

Accept a three month-trial of The Fleet Street Letter at the end of this letter and you’ll be ready to receive all of this valuable information... knowledge that could make all the difference as sterling – and our economy – sails towards oblivion.

Remember, all I ask is that you review The Fleet Street Letter, with absolutely no obligation to subscribe, for three months.

TIMEBOMB #4:Steer clear of the housing market before it gets cut in half - and place a small portion of your capital in THIS instead...

We expect house prices to halve and take nigh on a decade doing it.

I don’t say this to scare you. I’m deadly serious. From peak to bottom UK residential and commercial property could easily fall an eyewatering 50% before they even begin to recover.

Of course politicians, the media and house sellers like to talk down any idea that this could be on the cards. Why? Because that’s what people want to hear! When people’s houses are worth more they feel richer... they’re more likely to spend their money... and vote the "right way" in the polls.

According to one of the UK’s leading estate agencies, Savills, house prices in the UK are set to recover and RISE by 2010... and the National Housing Federation agrees, saying the average house price will reach £274,700 over the next five years.

But be warned. We're CONVINCED they are wrong!

The mainstream always love to be optimistic about house prices.

But this has happened before...

"House prices to recover next year," reported The Times on 17 November, 1989... But it took another seven years for UK property to reach rock-bottom.

Interest rates were cut in each and every one of those years and it didn't make the blindest bit of difference. By 1996 the average home had lost 30% of its value!

Consumer spending went into tailspin... home repossessions and personal bankruptcies rocketed...

The same thing is happening again. Except this time we have a banking sector in meltdown... buy-to-let investors that have exacerbated the bubble... and a Credit Crunch thrown in the mix as well!

Worried about your mortgage? Thinking of upsizing? Or even getting on the ladder?

Don’t do a thing until you read this...

If you already own a house, you’re happy there and you’re comfortable with your mortgage debt, do nothing. If you’re looking to sell, wait for a recovery or invest elsewhere. Until then, enjoy your home.

But if you’re thinking about getting onto the ladder, or of upsizing, then I’d urge you to think again. According to our colleagues at MoneyWeek...

"The average price of a detached house in the UK is now £338.000. The average price of all property is now £219,000.

"If we’re right, and property comes down by 50%, le wpeopho buy the average detached house now could see £169,000 wiped off their assets.

"Plus you’ll be paying higher and higher mortgage fees to cover the original cost."

Our advice couldn’t be clearer: If you absolutely MUST buy a house to live in, then make sure you have a decent deposit and a sensible mortgage. One you can afford.

But if you don’t really need to buy, then don’t! Hold on. You’ll save money in the short-term. You’ll avoid paying more than your house is worth. And you’ll be positioned to snap up a bargain when house prices come further crashing down.

The Fleet Street Letter will tell you exactly when the time’s right to get back in to property. Scroll down to start your three-month trial right away.

Prices have already plummeted 17% in the last 12 months. But if we’re correct - and we absolutley believe we are - you could STILL be looking at another 35% being wiped off the average home over the coming years. But you know what? This could be great news if you have a small portion of capital to put to work on the back of this deadly trend. Let me explain...

One clever way you could turn The Great Crash to your advantage - and you can get in for mere pocket change!

When house prices drop everyone instinctively tightens their belts. It doesn't matter how those in charge like to spin it. Whether you’re an individual or a huge corporation... when times get tough you do everything you can to save and insulate the wealth you have.

And right now EVERYONE is hoarding their cash.

Unfortunately, it's having a disastrous effect on UK businesses.

Ernst & Young recently reported 449 profit warnings from UK companies during 2008. That’s the highest figure in eight years.

Take one look at the high street and you’ll see the evidence. Woolworths was the most recent victim. In 2009 you can expect this to happen again and again... thousands of firms will go down the pan.

But there’s one little-known and very unique company making an absolute killing in the midst of all this carnage. We first advised readers to buy a small stake in this remarkable business in 2006 because we could see a major recession looming on the horizon. We knew that when the financial bloodletting kicked off, it would be perfectly placed to clean up.

And that’s exactly what it’s doing.

"More money than ever before"

While other companies are laying-off staff, these guys are hiring... while most companies see their bottom lines fall, these chaps are pulling more and more revenue in the door!

In short, it’s making more money than ever before!

Now you’ll understand I can’t go into all the juicy details about it here. That would be disloyal to Fleet Street Letter members. What I CAN say though is that it’s counter-cyclical...

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The Fleet Street Letter is a regulated product issued by Fleet Street Publications Limited. Shares recommended may be small company shares. These can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade making them riskier than other investments. Some shares may be denominated in a currency other than sterling. The return from these may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations. All portfolio figures are based on virtual performance and are calculated using the closing mid-prices on the date on which shares are first recommended, they do not take into account subsequent re-recommendations at a different price. All gains are gross, and returns will be affected by dividend payments, dealing costs and taxes. A full portfolio is available on request. Profits from share dealing are a form of income and subject to taxation. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and may be subject to change in the future. Editors or contributors may have an interest in shares recommended.

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