Britain's Going Bust AGAIN! - Fleet Street Letter

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Dear Reader,

In 1976 the Government’s mismanagement of the economy slashed the wealth of every Briton in this country.

Inflation soared... taxes skyrocketed... sterling nosedived...

It forced us to go cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund for a £2.3 billion 'bail-out' loan... or go bankrupt.

The following years were some of the worst in British economic history.

By 1980, £1 would buy you what it would only have cost 41p to buy six years before.


In the last year we’ve had crisis after crisis...

The credit crunch... the banking sector breakdown... tumbling house prices... rising inflation...

Lehman Brothers collapsed... other household names have been nationalized... and the financial authorities are throwing money at the problems hoping they just go away.

These crises have already taken their toll on the stock market — the FTSE 100 has fallen 26.1% in the last year!

But the worst is far from over.

In fact, our current problems have sown the seeds of an even bigger disaster that again threatens the value of EVERY asset British investors own.


Now I know this sounds depressing... but please don’t worry, there IS a way out of it.

If you read the information in this letter — and take the action we recommend — you can prepare yourself for what’s to come.

In fact, you could actually make money, while most investors lose theirs...

In a moment I’ll explain why in precise detail - and why you should act on this information as soon as you possibly can.

I’ll also explain how these crisis situations can sometimes make industry insiders boatloads of money.

In fact you’ll see how — even in the coming economic turmoil — you could multiply your money from a unique few companies poised to soar during this predictable yet devastating event.

But for now, this goes beyond simply making money and protecting your wealth.

It’s also about blowing the lid off one of the biggest impending financial disasters since the 'run on the pound' ripped our economy apart in the mid-1970s...

Because this time, the implications are worse — much worse.

Allow me to tell you exactly what’s at stake...


Our government is near broke.

Tax revenues don’t even begin to cover public spending. And this problem gets worse and worse with every passing year.

Once the downturn hits, tax revenues will fall off a cliff.

Income tax... corporation tax... stamp duty on shares and houses... VAT receipts... all these government revenue streams — plus many more besides — will get slam dunked.

Meanwhile, the Government will be forced to spend more money on key services... right at a time when the Treasury has less money coming through the door.

Benefit payments will rise as more and more Britons become unemployed. Public sector workers — some of whom have already gone on strike this year — will demand higher pay to keep up with inflation.

It all sounds eerily familiar.. .


The warning signs are as clear as day...

• A large — and growing — budget deficit (exacerbated today by the fact Britain is involved in two wars)...
• Wrangling over pay in the public sector...
• A surge in the cost of energy, particularly oil...
• A slowing economy while prices are rising...
• An unelected Labour PM who’s drowning in the polls, held to ransom by the unions...

A strong government would turn the unions down flat.

But a strong government is something Britain sorely lacks. That’s because 90% of Labour Party funds come from the unions!

So do you really think Gordon Brown (or whoever replaces him when he finally goes) will take a firm line?

No. What we’ll see is a classic, 1970s-style wage-price spiral in the public sector.

The Government will grant its workers higher wages — which will put further upwards pressure on inflation. And then the whole merry-go-round will begin again!

But this isn’t the crisis I want to warn you about.

No, this is just the prelude...


Ernst & Young recently reported 98 profit warnings from UK companies in the second quarter alone. That’s the highest figure in seven years.

And remember — Britain’s economy is still NOT officially in recession.

Once the downturn gets underway, expect many more companies to issue profit warnings.

I don’t need to tell you what that will mean for their share prices.

And what of Britain’s famously indebted consumers?

UK personal debt exceeds national GDP.

That’s right — the ENTIRE value of everything this country produces is NOT enough to pay off our loans and credit cards!

And this happened a year ago — when most people hadn’t even heard the term 'credit crunch'.

You don’t need me to hammer the point home...

An economic downturn will only make things worse. More and more Britons will have to drastically curb their spending to have any hope of making ends meet. As they cut back, it will pull the economy further and further down...

Which brings me to what I want to warn you about...


We believe the pound is going to fall — HARD.

Don’t get me wrong. A weakening pound, in itself, is hardly breaking news. Since the start of the year, sterling has taken over the US dollar’s role as the whipping boy of the currency markets.

You probably remember the hubbub about the pound reaching an eye-popping $2.11 last November — a 26-year high.

Since then it’s dropped more than 18%. And sterling has now hit an all time low against the euro.

"But while that sounds like a big deal," says MoneyWeek analyst Eoin Gleeson, "odds are it is just the beginning of a nasty collapse of our currency against most others."

He’s not the only one... a growing chorus of market-watchers and economists say the pound has further to fall:

• Simon Derrick, a currencies strategist at Bank of New York Mellon, recently told the Dow Jones Newswires: "It seems likely that investors will continue to shun the pound for some time to come. We are reminded once again that when the pound falls, it falls hard."
  
  
• Lee Hardman, currency strategist at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi London says: "The outlook for the pound continues to remain very dire."
  
  
• BNP Paribas says the British pound is now more overvalued than it was on Black Wednesday in September 1992 when George Soros 'broke the Bank of England' by betting the pound would fall.
  
  
• And one London trader told Reuters on 29 August: "There’s no saving the pound... she’s still as soft as warm butter."

Now here’s the thing...

The value of a currency is a direct reflection of the state of the economy it represents.

And if the data we’re witnessing every day is correct...

...then the UK economy is in far more serious and imminent trouble than even the most bearish commentators think.

You see, we don’t believe sterling is just going to lose value in the rest of 2008.

It’s going to TANK.

In fact we calculate that, over the next 10 months, the pound could fall further — and faster — than at any time over the last 20 years.

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

Well...


The fact is, Britain imports more than it exports. As the pound falls, everything we import gets more expensive.

It will further push up the cost of living — and the cost of doing business.

As the economy continues to deteriorate more and more investors will sell their sterling denominated positions.

The little we do manage to save will get hit with the 'double whammy' of high inflation...


History doesn’t lie...

And history shows that EVERY Labour government has had a sterling crisis...

In 1931, Britain abandoned the gold standard and allowed the pound to fall. Further crises occurred in 1949 and 1967.

And it’s NOT just exclusive to Labour — the Tories were embarrassed in 1992 when the pound crashed out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism.

In each crisis, hard-working Britons saw their net wealth slashed overnight.

But the most dramatic catastrophe took place in the 1970s...

In early 1975 the pound traded as high as $2.40. Then it started to fall. By the end of the year it hovered just above $2. Inflation hit 24%.

Investors who held their assets in pounds got battered. But worse was to come...

In March 1976, the Bank of England sold sterling and cut interest rates. The aim was to weaken sterling just enough to boost the economy by making exports cheaper for foreigners.

But the plan backfired...

It sent the pound into freefall.

By autumn the pound was down to $1.63.

And it was only by going begging to the International Monetary Fund in December did the British government ward off an utter collapse of the entire economy.

Sure, the pound then stabilised on the currency markets.

But back home inflation soared... poverty skyrocketed... and every household in the UK was poorer for years to come.


You and your family’s standard of living is already squeezed... the combination of food, fuel and household energy prices already fast outpaces salary rises.

Millions are being pushed into the red...

And it threatens misery for consumers and disaster for the economy.

The 1978 crisis sparked a series of industrial actions, culminating in the Winter of Discontent...

I believe we will see similar industrial unrest.

In fact, it’s already begun...

Figures in an official report published in the Daily Mail show over one million working days were lost due to strikes last year alone.

In all there were 90 separate stoppages, including walkouts by prison officers, tube staff and postal workers.

City analysts describe the current state of affairs as a 'nightmare', 'appalling' and 'horrendous'...

At the same time, the price manufacturers charge retailers for their goods rose 8.9% - the fastest rate for 26 years!

Michael Saunders, chief UK economist at Citigroup said: "Inflation is going up and the standard of living is going down... we haven’t had anything like this since the two oil shocks (of the ‘70s)."

Back then firemen, nurses, teachers... even gravediggers went on strike... marching through streets piled high with rotting rubbish.

Think it can’t happen again?

We beg to differ.



The omens for sterling look dire.

European demand for British goods has weakened drastically. American demand is unusually frail...

According to David Bloom, Chief Currency Strategist for HSBC, "UK growth is falling to pieces. The pound is going to get absolutely thrashed."

The worry for the Bank of England is that a falling pound will lead to fewer imported goods — but MORE imported inflation.

The worry for YOU is that while you’re getting no richer... the pounds in your pocket are worth less... and prices will rise anyway.

But the good news is you CAN prepare and protect your wealth from this unfortunate situation.

In fact, not only is there a way to protect your money in the years ahead, but you can potentially MULTIPLY your wealth too.

I’ll show you how very soon.

First, let me explain why I can be so confident about what I’m telling you...


My name’s Ben Traynor. I’m the editor of The Fleet Street Letter — an independent investment advisory dedicated to deciphering world trends for a handful of intelligent readers across the UK.

Right now we are celebrating our 70th year of publication.

For seven decades, we've helped individuals like you get ready for world-changing financial events.

Ever 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... energy booms and energy crises... prosperity and hard times.

By warning them of the potential consequences, we’ve protected ordinary people from the impact of serious world crises...

And even offered ways they can make money by going against the majority opinion and crowd hysteria.

For instance, long before the banking system’s debt crisis came to a head we warned how easy credit would lure investors over a very steep cliff.

Our readers were already aware of the problems being triggered by reckless lending to Americans with shaky credit records...

We could see the lunacy of US banks that packaged up millions of these dodgy 'sub-prime' mortgages... and selling them on to investors around the world.

Sure enough, home owners began defaulting in their droves...

On 14 July 2007 — exactly one week before the credit bubble burst sending the FTSE reeling — we issued a wake-up call for investors that financial institutions were 'dicing with risks which none of us understand with any precision...'

Our headline stated: "The Reckoning Day for Financial Derivatives"


We predicted the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East could trigger a world oil crisis. This was Spring 2000... 18 months before the 11th September attacks.

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

"At some point in this decade, oil supplies are likely to peak," he wrote. "From then on, prices can only be expected to rise."

Lord Rees-Mogg was right on both counts. In 2003 the US and Britain invaded Iraq. Over the following years the price of oil leapt from $34 to over $70. It’s now above $100.

Today we’re issuing a new warning...


We recommend you prepare for this immediately...

How?

The action I’m urging my readers to take right now is a very special investment denominated in euros.

Now, recommending a euro play is by NO means a ringing endorsement of the Eurozone economy. Continental Europe shares many of our problems — plus has a few of its own.

In fact, the Eurozone economy actually SHRANK in the second quarter of the year!

So you may wonder why we’re backing that currency. After all, plenty of commentators right now will happily tell you the euro is overvalued!

But The Fleet Street Letter has never been afraid to go against the grain. We’ve lasted 70 years by stepping back from crowd hysteria and looking squarely at what’s really going on in the world. We view the true facts...

And right now, the facts tell us that the euro has two key advantages over sterling:

1) The first is in trade...

When France, Spain or any of the Eurozone countries buy and sell goods with each other, no other currencies enter the equation.

This makes it much LESS likely they’ll run up a huge trade deficit.

2) The other is that the European Central Bank is TRULY independent...

They don’t have to answer to a single national government.

By not having to explain itself in detail, they can get on with the job of fighting inflation.

This is why we believe the long-term prospects for the euro look attractive. It’s coming of age as a truly global currency.

The European Central Bank has taken a firmer line on inflation than either the US Fed or the Bank of England. And the economic size of the Eurozone means, in time, the euro could trump the ailing dollar as the world’s reserve currency — something the pound will never be again!

So, do we suggest you simply swap a load of banknotes down the Bureau de Change?

No, that’s NOT the way to protect your wealth. Besides, the exchange rate spread would be murderous!

We’ve just finished writing a brand new special investment report that deals with this exact issue. It’s called How to Protect Your Wealth from a Run on the Pound.

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Not only do we expect its value to increase as sterling falls, you look to get a consistent income stream from it too!


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While you decide... let me quickly tell you about something else I’d like to rush you — for free —today.

You see, I don’t want to just simply help you protect your wealth. I want you to MULTIPLY it.

And as you’re about to discover, this is not only possible... but very, very likely...


Up till now I’ve given you a pretty gloomy picture of the state of our domestic economy.

I’m afraid to say, it’s not going to get better anytime soon.

Ken Rogoff, former Chief Economist for the IMF says: "I think the crisis is at the halfway point, perhaps. I would even go further to say the worst is to come."

Fact is... Britain is WAY overspent...

According to The Telegraph Britain’s total personal debt now stands at a terrifying £1.4 TRILLION!

But it wasn’t always so.

For 200 years we dominated invention, science and manufacturing... like no other country before or, possibly, ever since.

Modern shipping... communications... a deeper understanding of the benefits of trade... we gave it all to the world.

Above all we made real things to sell for real money...

We invested capital... we developed labour... we had ideas. And we combined these ingredients to create real wealth.

Countries all over the world caught on. They adopted our ideals, and they grew wealthy too.

But the sad irony is, those in power in Britain today have completely IGNORED those ideals...

The consequences won’t be pretty...

Month after month of apocalyptic headlines... of nervous borrowers... nervous lenders... nervous consumers... nervous businesses.

Fear breeds fear... and it will linger in the air, making any recession longer, deeper and darker.

A run on the pound could tip many UK investors over the edge.

But you know what...


For the past 100 years the entire world economy has depended on the US, Europe and Japan to prop it up...

Just like a train engine pulls along the rest of the carriage... when the US grows fast, developing countries grow with it. When the US slows down, it slows everyone else down too.

So when we in the West go into recession, we take the global economy down with us!

America sneezes, so the saying goes, and the world catches a cold.

But not any more.

Over the last decade there’s been a MASSIVE shift in the balance of the world’s economic power.

Countries like Brazil, Russia, India, China — what analysts call 'emerging markets' or the BRIC economies — are stepping up. And they’re growing at an incredible rate.

Just take a look at the graph below.


It’s clear as day: These countries are taking over the world economy’s driving seat.

And they are NOT getting battered by the financial storms of the West.

Over the past four years the US has slowed, but the rest of the world has grown.

In fact the world growth rate between 2004 and 2007 was far MORE rapid than at any time since the early 1970s!

According to The Economist... "the idea that the world economy was being pushed along in an American supermarket trolley was always an exaggeration. The difference now is that the rest of the world is doing more of the carrying."

It’s not hard to see why... the evidence is everywhere!

Every time you go for a jog in your Nike running shoes made in China... when you make calls on your Samsung made in Korea... when you write an email on your IBM Novo Thinkpad designed in Taiwan... when you book a hotel reservation through an agent based in India... when you fly a plane built in Brazil... relax with a Corona beer from Mexico... or cook on your gas hob, with energy supplied by Russia...

These are countries doing the very same things that Britain did in the 19th century... and what America did in the 20th...

They are building real factories... producing real products... and they are saving and investing real money... creating real wealth.

There are no two ways about it... if you’re interested in making decent returns today, your portfolio needs exposure to these markets.


...That these 'emerging markets' are too far away... too foreign... and too risky.

And I’ll tell you straightaway — you’re absolutely right!

However, there IS a way you can benefit from this booming market WITHOUT taking unnecessary risks.

You see, away from the limelight, three British companies are making a packet by selling their expertise to customers in these markets.

These companies saw the emerging markets opportunity years before the rest. They looked beyond these shores... they invested... made deals and those deals are now paying off.

How do we know? Because these companies’ financial results prove it!

They already have earning streams from emerging markets. They’re reaping the benefits of their earlier foresight. They’re banking profits based on real wealth.

And I’d like to offer YOU the chance to bank a lot of that wealth by holding these emerging markets-exposed British firms.


All the details you need about these opportunities are in a very special report called The 3 Best Investments for the Next Big Wave.

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Why do we believe they could multiply your money over the next decade?

Because we’ve seen these same conditions before, as you’ll find out in the report, every time enormous profits were made. [Past Performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.]

But the phenomenon we’re witnessing now is bigger than any of them!

Exactly how big are the returns you can expect to make? It could be 100%... it could be 1,000%.

But don’t get me wrong. That’s not a promise...

After 70 years we’ve learnt not to make promises.


This will be the century of the Emerging Markets.

And those who realise this NOW and adapt their investments will be infinitely better off in the coming years.

Things are really heading down for British people who are not alert to these fundamental economic and political shifts.

A whopping 60% of the world’s GDP comes from emerging markets. And it will just get bigger from here on in!

Every day we compete with developing nations for petrol... for food... for resources.

These countries have large populations, massive resource bases and even bigger markets... they’re restructuring their economies along market-orientated lines presenting a wealth of opportunities in trade, technology and foreign investment.

The three companies detailed in your FREE report The 3 Best Investments for the Next Big Wave have taken this very idea on board. They went where the action is... they took risks, and those risks are now paying off. Yet they’ve kept their roots firmly in the UK.

With the domestic economy looking unsure, these three companies offer you the chance to do what we as investors have always set out to do — invest our money so it will grow.

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We believe the key secret to successful investing in the 21st century is found in fundamental analysis at a deeper and broader level — what we like to call the 'mega-political' level.

It’s at this level that largely unseen patterns and subtle changes in the world and economy can undermine the foundations upon which your investments rest.

Let me explain...

Suppose you’re interested in buying a house. To understand whether it’s a good buy you look at the fundamentals, you focus on the house itself...

You check the electrics, find out whether the roof is solid, have tests done for damp, and so on. That’s equivalent to analysis of economic fundamentals.

A different kind of fundamental approach would be to look at political and economic factors that might influence the outcome of your decision.

For example, you might find out that though the house you pick is physically a fine specimen, it will be worth a lot less in the future because politicians plan to authorise a new stretch of motorway to cross through your back garden.

That’s the kind of information that cannot be turned up by carefully checking for woodworm or damp. Yet it might have a major bearing on the success of your investment.

Probably most important, if you want to make money on your house... you need to know where it stands in the larger cycles of human economic history.

Even if the beams were in fine shape, if you'd bought a house in Rome just before the Vandal Invasion of 429 BC — you probably would have lost money for the next 1000 years!

But if you'd bought in Palm Beach in the 1930s, even a rickety bungalow probably would have paid off handsomely!

Of course, I’m exaggerating to make my point. But we take trends very seriously and we watch these trends carefully. We try to anticipate them. We try to understand them. And when we get them right — our readers do very, very well.

And this is how we at The Fleet Street Letter approach our investment research.


Following our alternative approach to the markets could have prevented you losing money in the crash of ‘87, warned you of the new economy share correction of March 2000... and not only that - we would have told you exactly how to profit from these events.

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Year after year, we’ve given people countless accurate, critical forecasts to help them secure their wealth and profit. Here are just a few of them:

• The collapse of communism. Our Editor-in-Chief, Lord Rees-Mogg, predicted the collapse of communism before anyone had even heard of Gorbachev. While the fall of the Berlin Wall and the revolutionary changes sweeping across Europe shocked the world, they didn't surprise our readers. We also told them how to profit from these momentous events.
  
  
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• The bull market in Taiwanese shares. In March 1996, we recommended buying Taiwanese shares after a panic about Chinese invasion made the market drop to a low of 5,000. We weren't afraid to invest where others were not. The Taiwanese market more than doubled in 18 months — hitting a new high of 10,117 in August 1997.
  
  
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With every historical milestone, the rules of the investment game change.

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Now is one of those times where smart investors need to adapt. We’d like to show you how...


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