Robert Christy

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From: Robert Christy
To: Fellow Profit Seeking Investor

If you’re like most investors, you’ve been hit pretty hard if you’ve been in the stock market over the past year and a half. Making money in the stock market during good economic times is tough enough, but when you add it to the nonsense coming out of Washington these days to the mix, it’s downright near impossible.

Have you ever asked yourself why the average investor under-performs much of the time?

It’s because they do not have a system or process that protects them from themselves.

Let me explain. I started investing more than 30 years ago while I was a student in college. Since then, I have run the gamut having been a successful stockbroker, financial advisor, trader, and fund manager.

Today, I’m retired and do as I please trading my own account and those of a handful of friends. Lately, I’ve begun sharing my experience with others by teaching, writing and speaking.

It’s All About the Process

What makes me different is the process I developed and my strict adherence to it. This simple process has helped me outperform the market year in and year out AND allows me to do this regardless of the direction of the stock market, interest rates or the dollar.

This process is the formula I use to trade and invest my own money.

Performance That Speaks for Itself!

Since 1996, The Intelligent Trader has averaged

13.96% per year vs just 6.42% per year for the S&P 500.

(as of June 30, 2009)

	‘96	‘97	‘98	‘99	‘00	‘01	‘02	‘03	‘04	‘05	‘06	‘07	‘08	‘09
Long- Short	19.76	43.79	39.28	30.23	-42.95	16.23	1.25	53.56	3.97	26.62	6.29	17.01	-26.66	5.86
S&P 500	22.96	33.36	28.58	21.04	-9.11	-11.89	-22.10	28.68	10.88	4.91	15.80	3.53	-38.49	1.78

What does all of this have to do with me?

If your goal as a trader or investor is to be able to make money

in all types of market conditions regardless of the direction

of the stock market, interest rates, currencies, gold, oil, and etc.

then you need to consider the following:

The Intelligent Trader is for investors who are very much like you.

They are looking for:

Absolute Return. Today, absolute returns make absolute sense. The Intelligent Trader is designed to provide you with “Absolute Return” versus the investment industry’s pitiful performance measurement – “Relative Return”.

Growth Oriented. Why back yourself into a corner? Trading and investing is all about growth – period. Who cares whether it is classified as growth, value or blend? If I was forced at gunpoint to describe my style, I would call it Growth with a Twist.

Successful people have an edge and once you have it, you need to exploit it using stocks and/or exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Active Management. September 11, 2001 changed the investment landscape forever. The strategy of “buy and hold” is “dead and buried”. “Hope and Pray” is not an investment strategy and I hope it is not yours.

I don’t believe in that nonsense. I hold positions for as long as conditions warrant. This can be anywhere from a week to one year. I am not day-trader! Every one of my positions is managed according to my proprietary Five Step Investment Process.

Multi-Directional. Are you committed to making money each and every day in any market environment? I am which is why I want my portfolio to be both “long” and “short”. As you seen over the past few year, “long only” is only half right.

Multi-Style. Why is it that people are passive and wait for investments to come along? Experience is a great teacher and history has taught that the market is too dynamic and diverse to be locked into any one corner or segment of the investment universe. Instead of waiting for returns to come along, doesn’t it make sense to seek out the most favored markets, sectors and individual stocks and ETFs?

As a subscriber, here’s what you can expect

I. You get unfettered access to My Personal Stock Portfolio. This IS NOT a “model” portfolio or a “sample list of stocks” –

it’s my own personal stock portfolio.

These are trades that I AM DOING IN MY OWN ACCOUNT.

You get a front row seat to what I am doing every trading day. In the Member’s Only area of the website, you can follow along with my daily comments, Twitter posts, and position updates.

II. Advance Notice Emails and Faxes– When it’s time to make a trade, I’ll send you an email (or fax) telling you what I am about to do. I do this BEFORE I make the trade in my own account. This email will give you all of the trade particulars – such as the name, symbol, entry point, exit strategies (most important of which is the stop loss scenario), and my reasons for doing the trade. All you have to do is to go online and execute the trade in your own account.

III. “The Long and Short of It” – Each week, I’ll send you an e-letter that summarizes what’s going on in the stock market, what’s working, what’s not and why.

IV. The Intelligent Trader blog. Each day I post a comment or two about trading in general. It’s irreverent, opinionated and simply about what’s on my mind.

(Please note: I DO NOT talk about my holdings on the blogs)

Are You Ready?

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a sophisticated investor, an occasional trader or a novice just getting ready to make your first trade. In order to be successful, you need to master a process.

By trading and investing along side me, you will learn a process that you can either or modify to suit your own special circumstances. I know that you will become a become a better investor. My experience is your benefit.

Investing isn’t easy. If it was, everyone would be successful. The market’s a tough place to make money and these are the toughest markets I have ever encountered.

Look, I’m not going to insult your intelligence by guaranteeing you pie-in-the-sky profits like some folks do.

My track record speaks volumes. Nobody can predict what’s going to happen next. If they can, it’s just a lucky guess.

What I can guarantee you is this:

• The trades I make are real.
• They are done in real portfolios.
• There will be gains and a few losses.
• The results are real.
• There’s no fluff.

And if you absolutely want a guarantee, I’ll give you this as well …

If at any time you decide that your subscription to The Intelligent Trader isn’t right for you, just let me know and I’ll put a check in the mail to you for the cost of your subscription – no questions asked.

Read the above paragraph again. There’s no one else giving you that kind offer.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is this – By showing you how I invest and walking you through the whys and whatnots of what I am doing in my own account, you’ll learn a process that gives you the opportunity to make money in all market environments regardless of the direction of the stock market, interest rates, or the dollar.

Subscribing is easy. Just click on one of the links that follow. Most people choose the monthly option, but if you want an extra bonus, go with the annual rate.

(Subscriptions are $149 a year or $15 per month.)

    

With the guarantee that I’ve outlined above, you don’t have anything to lose – now do you?

If you want to know more, just send an email to rac@intelligent-trader.com.

Sincerely,

The Intelligent Trader

P.S. I don’t know when my next recommendation will be. Will you be one of the ones who profits? In today’s world, you can’t count on traditional investment strategies to bring you the money making opportunities that you desire.

Only a unique approach that offers you a combination of less risk and diversification will give you what you’re looking for. Join today and see for yourself.

    

Don’t forget this …

P.P.S. Not sure what you’re getting into. Don’t worry. If at any time you decide that your subscription to The Intelligent Trader isn’t right for you, just let me know and I’ll put a check in the mail to you for the entire cost of your subscription – no questions asked.