Dear Fellow Investor,

Over the past few years, an elite group of investors has earned blockbuster returns using highly sophisticated hedge funds, turning many of them into multi-millionaires -- even billionaires.

Take the Trophy Fund, for example. This fund rose 437% over the past three years, while the S&P 500 has only eked out a small gain.

Other funds, like JB Investments Fund, did even better. Shareholders of this fund enjoyed a 631.5% return over the same period.

Then there's the Prosperity Quest. This fund skyrocketed 1,587% through the most savage bear market since the Great Depression.

Yet despite spectacular profits like these, not one investor in ten thousand owns these funds. Why?

Two reasons, chiefly . . .

First, because the government forbids them to. You see, most hedge funds don't register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), so the U.S. government can prevent you from investing in them unless you can prove you're an "accredited investor." (That means you must have a net worth of more than $1.5 million, or income in excess of $200,000 in each of the last two years.)

Second, most hedge funds also have a six-figure investment minimum. And for some of the good ones, it's $1 million or more. Even if you're already rich, it can be tough to free up this kind of cash.

So, while the rich are using hedge funds to get considerably richer, the vast majority of investors have been left out in the cold.

Until now...

I'm about to show you how you can simply and easily capture the same fabulous returns of world-class hedge funds, without any of the hassle, red tape or high minimums required to own these funds.

That means you can look forward to:

	Big profits in both up and down markets.
	Gains generated independent of what the broad market is doing.
	Sudden volatility helping -- instead of hurting -- your portfolio.
	Double- and triple-digit returns in a matter of weeks... and sometimes days.
	And, best of all, keeping all these big-time profits for yourself, because you won't pay a dime to any money manager, hedge fund, or full-service broker.

In the process, you'll build a legacy of lasting wealth -- safely and securely -- just like the richest families in America.

How to "Crash" the Billionaire Elite's
Exclusive Hedge-Fund Party

How the Ultra-Rich Get Ultra-Richer

Each year as I travel around the country and around the globe, I meet with hundreds of individual investors. Many of them are probably like you.

They want the financial freedom to enjoy life. They want to take care of the people they love... preferably, with a bit of style. They'd like to leave a legacy of wealth to their children and grandchildren... or to their favorite charity.

These are fine sentiments, I tell them, and worthy goals. But how do you get there? My answer is you get there by using a proven system for generating great wealth.

You generally won't find that talking to traditional stockbrokers or reading investment magazines. Such secrets have always been closely guarded. The ultra-rich have been using them for years to build seven- and eight-figure fortunes. And I'm about to share these secrets with you today.

I know the immensely profitable world of hedge funds appears exotic and mysterious to some investors... and is often misunderstood.

But, as you'll soon see, you don't need to actually invest in an offshore hedge fund to enjoy these fabulous short-term profits. (In fact, as I'll show you, investing in a hedge fund may actually be counter-productive.)

But you do have to think like a hedge fund manager and -- at times -- invest like one.

So let me start at the beginning.

Hedge Fund Secret #1: Endless Flexibility

Hedge funds are like mutual funds in some respects. Investors pool their money to be managed by an investment professional. And their shares can be redeemed on demand.

But that's where the similarities end.

Hedge funds are almost infinitely flexible and -- as you'll see -- can do things mutual fund managers can only dream about. A hedge trader can also invest in anything: stocks, bonds, currencies, real estate trusts, or precious metals. He can seek out special situations like takeover targets or potential merger candidates.

It's this endless flexibility -- and the profitability that comes with it -- that has always attracted the world's richest, most well-heeled investors.

And here's another big difference...

Hedge Fund Secret #2: High Absolute Returns

Mutual funds seek high relative returns. Hedge funds, on the other hand, go after high absolute returns.

The difference is crucial. And it explains why the average investor often feels like his mutual funds are moving in slow motion.

For example, if the stock market drops 20% one year and your mutual fund falls only 15%, the fund company will often boast of their high "relative returns."

But all they really have is... a lot of nerve. If you invested $100,000 in such a fund, you've now lost $15,000. Yet while you're licking your wounds, the fund company is sending the manager a big bonus and a bouquet of roses for "beating the market."

Billionaires and other wealthy hedge fund shareholders will stand for none of this nonsense. Hedge funds describe success only one way: high absolute returns. That means you must have a lot more money than when you started.

Here's just a few examples. The Aggressive Appreciation 100 Fund recently rose 63% in a single month. The Zazove Aggressive Growth Fund rose 148.7% in a 12-month period when the S&P 500 was down. And the Welch Life Sciences Fund rose 311.5% during the recent 3-year bear market.

Hedge Fund Secret #3:
Profits in Any Kind of Market

Hedge funds can generate these returns because they're designed to profit in any type of market: up, down or sideways.

That's because a hedge fund manager can bet on share prices either rising or falling. If a stock drops 50%, for instance, he can take a 50% profit. (Or a 500% profit, if he's using leverage.)

And, as we all know, stocks go down a lot faster than they go up. So when the profits from shorting stocks come, they often come very quickly.

Think about how quickly Enron plummeted. Or Worldcom. Hedge funds made fortunes on stocks like these... while the average investor was left holding the bag.

It's this ability to profit from virtually anything, trending up or down, that allows unique trading opportunities.

Hedge Fund Secret #4: No Geographic Restrictions

Hedge funds are also free to invest in any market anywhere in the world. That's important. Because while bull markets and bear markets are a fact of life, there's always a bull market happening somewhere.

And often when the market here is moving down or sideways, markets overseas are just taking off. That means you can look forward to capital gains and currency appreciation, as well.

Hedge funds are quick to capitalize on that. They can buy shares wherever the best returns are occurring. Maybe that's in Japan. Or Britain. Or Australia. Or Hong Kong.

And maybe it's right here at home.

It really doesn't matter. Because a hedge fund has no geographic restrictions.

And since more than two-thirds of the world's stock market opportunities exist outside the U.S., there are plenty of great possibilities from which a hedge trader can choose.

Hedge Fund Secret #5: Concentrated Positions

Hedge fund managers also have an unfair advantage over mutual funds by taking highly concentrated positions. That means they don't have to diversify into dozens or hundreds of investments, just to satisfy some requirement in their prospectus.

If a hedge fund manager sees only 5 great opportunities at a given time, he needn't invest beyond those 5.

He can keep the rest of your money safe in cash.

But a mutual fund manager who was caught with only 5 positions in his fund would get hauled off to the hoosegow. Most mutual funds are required by law to diversify broadly. And that's why their returns often suffer by comparison.

Don't get me wrong. Diversification can be a good thing. But if a fund has dozens or hundreds of individual stocks, it's very hard to post great numbers. Especially after deducting management fees and other annual expenses.

Overdiversification -- combined with layers of fees -- is why 3 out of 4 mutual funds cannot beat an unmanaged index like the S&P 500.

As Wall Street legend Gerald Loeb once said in his classic book, The Battle for Investment Survival:

"Diversification is a necessity for the
beginner. On the other hand, the really
great fortunes were made by concentration."

We all know this to be true. Take Bill Gates, for instance. He never rushed to sell his shares of Microsoft and diversify into other stocks. Rather he became the world's richest man precisely because he didn't.

Hedge fund managers know that taking a few successful positions beats overdiversifying any day of the week.

Hedge Fund Secret #6: Leverage

Hedge funds have yet another advantage as well. They are able to use "leverage" to magnify their returns. And this can make a tremendous difference when your investments are winners.

Let me give you just one very famous example:

Back in 1992, Britain's currency was a part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), along with the German mark, the French franc, the Italian lira, and others. That means it was only allowed to fluctuate against these currencies within prescribed limits.

However good this idea seemed in theory, it was a disaster in practice. Because different economies in Europe were experiencing different levels of growth, inflation and unemployment, their currencies could not move in unison.

Realistically, these national economies were simply too diverse to be lumped together. Top hedge fund manager George Soros realized this. And he positioned his hedge fund, the Quantum Fund, to take maximum advantage of it.

He did this by selling short the British currency, the pound. (In effect, betting the pound would fall.) At first, Britain raised interest rates to fend off his attacks. But eventually, they realized the folly of their policy... and the pound was forced out of the ERM, crashing in value.

The end result? Soros made his hedge fund $1 billion in a single day! Imagine how his shareholders felt.

When was the last time a U.S. mutual fund manager -- or a stockbroker -- made his clients a billion dollars in one day? The very question is laughable. It's never happened... and there's no reason to think it ever will.

Only the flexibility and sophisticated trading techniques used by top hedge fund managers make these enormous short-term returns possible.

A Few Other Things You Should
Know About Hedge Funds...

For all the advantages of hedge funds, they have their disadvantages too.

The main one, as I said before, is that unless you're already rich, Uncle Sam won't even let you in the door. Neither will most hedge funds, with their prohibitively high investment minimums.

But even if you meet the financial requirements, there are still other drawbacks to hedge funds...

Like the trouble and expense of opening an offshore account, and dealing with a voice on the phone in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, or the Isle of Man.

Then there's the fact that hedge funds don't have daily liquidity. Most allow you to withdraw your money only once each quarter... or only once a year. Not good if you need cash in a pinch.

And not all of these funds are reputable. For example, the managers at one Connecticut hedge fund, Bayou Management, recently pleaded guilty to fraud -- after losing more than $300 million of shareholders' money.

And, finally, there are fees. Lots of them. Most hedge funds charge shareholders 1% to 2% a year in management fees. But there's more.

Most hedge fund managers also take 20% of the net profits. That's right -- 20%!

It's called an "incentive bonus." The idea is that you attract the most talented managers by coughing up 20% of your winnings in addition to the annual management fee.

What if the fund suffers a short-term loss? Rest assured, a hedge fund manager shares in none of that.

It seems unfair, I know, but these are simply the rules of the hedge fund game.

The Skousen Solution: All the Benefits of
Hedge Funds... With None of the Drawbacks

So, what do you do if you want to enjoy spectacular hedge fund profits without the hassles, high minimums and fees of hedge funds themselves?

Well, I'm excited to tell you a much better alternative to hedge funds now exists. And while it may make you a multi-millionaire, you don't have to be one to get started.

It's a fast-paced trading service I launched over two years ago that invests in the same opportunities, and uses many of the same trading techniques, as the world's top hedge funds.

However, there are no minimum investment levels here. Nor do you need to open an offshore account. Your own discount broker is fine.

There are no net-worth requirements. And there's no illiquidity either. (You can cash in your investments whenever you want.)

Furthermore, you won't pay a management fee to anyone or be required to share even one dime of your profits.

Now, You Can Join an Elite Group of Investors
Who are Creating Their Own Private "Hedge Funds"

If enjoying all the benefits of hedge fund ownership without any of the costs, hassles or drawbacks sounds like a pipe dream, I understand. But I head up an elite group of traders who are doing exactly that.

Instead of shouldering the burdens of becoming a hedge fund shareholder, I'm going to share my best and most timely ideas with you, so you can execute these trades in your own brokerage account.

In effect, you'll be creating your own custom-made, private hedge fund!

Imagine... profiting in both bull and bear markets, using the same proven techniques as the world's top hedgers.

We'll take advantage of short-term profit opportunities anywhere in the world, enjoying both capital gains and currency gains. And I'll show you how to use options -- if you choose -- to leverage your returns even more.

And I'll stick to just a few concentrated positions at a time -- so you get more bang for your buck.

With my investment experience and economic background -- and my proven trading techniques -- I'll help you build short-term profits and long-term wealth.

Double- and Triple-Digit Gains Like Clockwork

Regardless how good an investment system sounds, the proof is in the pudding. And my subscribers have had much to celebrate.

While the market has continued on its up and down spiral over the past couple years, we've been locking in double- and triple-digit gains with almost monotonous regularity.

And we've been using a whole arsenal of weapons to capture the market's very best profits. For example, when Apple conquered the digital music world with its iPod music player, we were there -- and locked in a 155% profit on their stock in just over five months.

In June of 2005, I sent a special alert to my subscribers, telling them "MBNA, in my opinion, is a prime takeover candidate. It needs the wider product platform of a bank or major financial services company to become competitive again." I told them to buy both the stock and the December $25 calls.

Just three weeks later the stock soared on news of a buyout by Bank of America. And our options really took off. In fact, we locked in a 322% profit in just seventeen days!

This was no fluke. Within a matter of days, we did it again.

I sent a special alert to subscribers telling them to expect a buy-out of Canadian oil and gas producer, PetroKazakhstan. The next month we sold our shares on news of a buyout. Our gain? 42% in just six weeks and 223% on the call options.

We've had plenty of other successes, as well. And many of our returns are nothing short of spectacular. We've locked in gains of 146% in 7 days, 182% in 2 weeks, 213% in 10 weeks, 328% in nine days, 360% in 3 months, 420% in 5 weeks, 422% in 10 weeks, and 510% in 3 months.

Not all of our trades have been winners, of course. But we cut short any losses immediately. (My #1 rule is "never let a small loss turn into an unacceptably large loss.")

And we have consistently beaten the market over time -- and by a substantial margin.

How have we done it? By going both long and short. Buying growth and value. Investing here and abroad. In short, by taking smart, calculated risks and ignoring Wall Street's mainstream advice.

Yes, our numbers are huge. This, quite frankly, is how millionaires and billionaires are made.

And now you can join them... by becoming a subscriber to my fast-moving trading service, the Skousen Hedge Fund Trader™.

I'm committed to bringing you my very best trading ideas every week -- by e-mail or fax -- so that you can both reduce the risk in your portfolio and enjoy the same fabulous short-term results as the world's top hedge funds.

No one will know my next trading move before you do -- my recommendations will be sent directly to you via e-mail or fax immediately after making the decision.

More importantly, with every pick you'll have both a conservative way and an aggressive way to take advantage of the opportunity. You can enjoy safe high returns... or spectacular higher-risk returns. The choice is yours.

Here's How It Works...

Whenever I see a fast-moving opportunity that promises big profit potential, I immediately write it up and send a trading alert to you by e-mail or fax (your choice).

Each recommendation will include the facts behind each trade as well as explicit instructions to read to your broker or enter online. (I recommend using a deep-discount broker to maximize your returns).

There is no exact timetable for these trading alerts. Sometimes ideas will come fast and furious. Other times the opportunities may be more scarce. But you will always receive at least one trading alert per week from me, either detailing a new trading opportunity or updating you on my existing ones.

Let me remind you this service is not for everyone. If you're one of the many conservative investors who prefers to generally buy-and-hold, this is not for you.

But if you like short-term trading -- and the fun, excitement and potential big profits that come with running your own private "hedge fund" -- don't let this opportunity pass you by.

I'm able to offer this exciting trading service to you -- for a limited time -- at the charter rate of just $995 for a year's subscription. (Quarterly billing is available if you prefer.) Soon subscriptions may be offered only at the regular rate of $1,250.

A Profitable Beginning

As you've seen, this exciting service has been very profitable. A good hedge fund manager expects to see his long positions going up and his short positions going down, regardless of what the market is doing. This is exactly what we've seen in our portfolio.

Strictly Limited Membership

Subscriptions to this service are limited to 2,000 members this year, since too many traders could potentially move the market with some special situations. And we are within a few hundred subscribers of reaching our cap.

We accept subscribers on a first-come, first-served basis. (We will, however, maintain an active waiting list.)

Join us now, while space is still available and you'll be receiving my next trading alert -- and the potential profits that come with it.

Chances are, you've never seen an opportunity like this before... nor are you likely to again.

Reserve your membership in the Skousen Hedge Fund Trader™ now by clicking the "Subscribe Now" button below or calling our toll-free number at 1.888.219.4750. And you receive my 100% no-risk guarantee -- try the service for 60 days. If you are not satisfied... we will refund you every penny.

I look forward to welcoming you aboard!

Sincerely,

Mark Skousen

P.S. The enormous profits that were once just the province of the super-rich now can be yours for the taking. With the Skousen Hedge Fund Trader™, life-changing results are just a phone call or a click away.