Barron's  Exposes
Reclusive Oregon Man...

Who Helps Retirees Collect An Extra $4,023 a Month

Recently, we sent a researcher to the Oregon foothills
to track this gentleman down.

One week later, we learned his top 5 retirement ideas...

Dear Reader,

Last week I found myself wandering a long country road in Oregon, behind a field of orchards and windmills... a suitcase in one hand… and scribbled directions in the other.

In any other situation – with any other financial pro – I'd be 3,000 miles East… speeding towards Wall Street in a cab.

But I was here – in rural Oregon, searching for a gentleman who values his privacy and anonymity more than the glamour of high-stakes finance.

Recently, Barron's published an article exposing this reclusive financial master…

As it turns out, he's the secret weapon behind many of the top financial advisors in America.

In fact, this recluse's research is what makes many professionals – at Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, UBS, Wachovia Securities, AG Edwards and countless others – so successful.

What I didn't understand was: if these companies spend millions on research staff... why were they seeking this man's advice?

And what were the five best retirement stocks he hinted at in the Barron's interview?

That's what I'll reveal in this letter – what I came here to find out. To uncover this man's secrets and hopefully his best ideas…

My directions finally led me to a modern rancher, with a two-car garage – and a new minivan parked in front.

Odd.

Not what I expected from one of the world's top financial wizards.

I rang the doorbell… a dog barked inside. And seconds later, there he was. Grinning…

Mysterious Oregon man doubles retiree's investment account

He lives here because he values his privacy.

What impressed me most is that in spite of all the commotion his secrets generate – he hasn't let it get to his head.

He lives as humbly as the day he started his career. Looking at him, I couldn't begin to guess how much he's worth.

Even more startling is that though he's never worked on Wall Street, he's helped thousands of everyday Americans meet their retirement plans. For instance...

That's why I'm writing you today. And that's why I visited him recently in person.

I got his story. He showed me his investment secrets. And most importantly, he showed me the five top stocks he's recommending now. He believes they are your best chance of retiring rich in the next three years.

As recently retired Frances Grimes put it, "Your advice has taken me to a whole different level of investing. I have no fear of ups and downs in the market any more. And have a peace of mind. Buying [your] stocks certainly takes the stress out of investing."

In this letter, I'll not only show you exactly who this Oregon recluse is, I'll reveal his simple stock-picking secrets and how to invest in the only five stocks he's recommending right now...

How to find stocks that generate a 363% return

Imagine making a three-figure gain nearly all the time. As much as three times your money with a single stock... That's a 300% return. It turns $5,000 into $20,000... and $50,000 into $200,000...

“These are exactly the type of investment opportunities for which I have been searching for my long term investment accounts. This is the type of research I never receive or hear about.” -- Laura Attwater Pensacola FL

You get the point. Most investors spend their lives chasing these kind of returns.

But not the stock picker from Oregon. He does whatever it takes to find these large returns.

One time for instance, he went through 2,901 companies to find two stocks. He studied each one's financial statements... page by page. It took him three weeks of fourteen-hour days. But the results were worth it...

One of the stocks he found made 363% so far... and it's still going up!

On the surface, there was nothing special about this company. American RE Partners (ACP) was just another publicly listed holding company. No headline-worthy stories... no buyout possibilities... no new products or discoveries...

But you don't need any of those to make money in stocks. The stock took off 363% so far...

And the other one he found at that time also made a respectable 328% gain...

How typical are these gains?

Let me show you his current model portf0lio so you get an idea. These are all stocks in his recommended portfolio except for the ones he's recommending right now. (I'll tell you how to invest in them in a minute.)

Did you notice how the stocks at the top of the list have the biggest gains... while the ones at the bottom, the smallest?

That's because he's held the stocks at the top the longest. The ones at the bottom are his newer ones.

In short, the longer you hold on to these stocks, the higher they go.

They have one thing in common: eventually, they all go up.

What's amazing about this fellow's portfolio is that he makes these gains with some of the safest stocks around. None of those companies were risky or speculative long-shots. Each was an established business, with an incredible balance sheet... and safe enough to invest a large portion of your retirement account.

Obviously, a portfolio that does this is rare. That's why so many professionals follow this man's advice.

But who is this fellow, and how does he find these stocks?

We signed a deal with
the mysterious analyst from Oregon

His name is Dan Ferris.

He works from home. The way he likes it. His computer desk is covered with stacks of annual reports, books... pages of hand-written notes and numbers.

"I do my best work alone," he offered. "Noisy cities distract me. Besides, there's nothing I can't find out from here or by jumping on a plane."

"True," I thought. The international airport I flew into was just ten minutes away.

As I listened to his story, I saw signs of his success all around me. A Martin guitar leaning by the bookcase. It looked like he hadn't touched it in months. Maybe years.

In many ways, he lives the same way he invests... he has a new, but modest family home. No mortgage... He drives a car built for safety – with the latest creature comforts – but one that's not flashy.

The point is, he doesn't flaunt his wealth. Yet he's completely obsessed with making money.

As I've mentioned, his research is the first place many of the world's biggest firms look when they're researching stocks. Firms like Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, UBS, Wachovia Securities, AG Edwards and many others.

Five years ago, we ironed out a deal that gives you full access to his picks.

He agreed to give our best customers exclusive access to his research, which we publish under the name Extreme Value Investor.

This is where you'll find his top research picks every month.
 
Since we've hired him, he's traveled coast to coast investigating some of the most profitable and undervalued companies... from Los Angeles to New York... And at times, leaving the continental U.S... like the time he flew to Hawaii where he found a company with prime Hawaiian real estate at $150 an acre.

Let me show you an example of the unusual, off-the-beaten-path opportunities he finds, and why they are so profitable...

Company makes 670,000% but nobody notices

One of the companies Dan Ferris recommended in his Extreme Value service was Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), a Hawaiian sugar grower.

If you've ever opened a packet of 'Sugar in the Raw' into your coffee at a coffee shop, you know the company I'm talking about.

Dan came across it in 2002. And at the time it owned 90,600 acres of plantation land.

What nobody seemed to notice was that Alexander & Baldwin bought its land almost 100 years ago for roughly $150 an acre. And for tax purposes, they left it at this value on their accounting books...

Just this fact alone made it an incredible buy. But there was another detail that made it an even better investment: The company was selling off those properties to developers for up to $1 million per acre.

In other words: It was making a 670,000% profit on the sale of those lands – yet nobody was noticing!

It sounded too good to be true – and had to be checked out.

 So Dan flew to Hawaii and searched the deeds at the Land Titles Office... he checked out the current property sales... investigated the local real estate markets... and confirmed the opportunity was real.

His calculations were correct – the company was incredibly undervalued. And exactly the kind of investment he was looking for.

In fact, his investigation revealed the company was worth 18 times more than the price of its shares.

The stock was indeed worth a fortune.
 
He passed the details on to his readers. And the stock took off as high as 167% in the following months.

Today, the company is still an excellent investment. And he expects it to keep gaining for many years to come.

Dan is the only one who researched the company to that degree. No other analyst or investor I know of is willing to do that much work.

Picking stocks is the only thing Dan cares about. That's how he makes his living. It's all he does.

I don't know about you, but I don't have the time to go through thousands of pages of financial records, and then spend days following up on one, just to find out if it's a great investment or not.

But that's how Dan built his incredible track record.

If you had put $5,000 into each of Dan's recommendations since 2003, you could have turned it into $423,550 by now.

Those are incredible gains, but is Dan's record flawless?

I have a confession to make...

I really should've been upfront about this earlier.

You see, over the past five years, Dan has uncovered a total of 57 stocks. Of those, four sold at a loss.

The point is, over the past five years he's picked only four bad stocks.

So no, Dan's research isn't 100% accurate. But it's as close to perfection as you'll get in the investment world.

Nine out of every ten stocks he picks are winners!

As far as I know, no another analyst on earth can boast a similar track record.

What's remarkable about the companies Dan finds, is that on the surface, they seem deceptively ordinary. Most investors and analysts would pass them by. But amazingly, nearly each stock went into a new bull market following Dan's recommendation.

In other words, if you had followed his recommendations over the past five years, you could have made money in every bull market since then...

The real estate boom...

China's industrial growth...

The oil boom...

Gold and commodities...

And countless other booms that most investors were only vaguely aware off – but were equally profitable...

Including tech (124% with Gateway and 98% with Circuit City)... retail (95% with JAKKs Pacific)... and others.

The point is, if you had followed Dan's advice you would have taken advantage of every single trend.

I haven't heard of any other analyst who's done this. I asked Dan what his secret was.

"I'm just thorough – that's all. When I look for stocks, I go through the alphabet. Starting with all the companies whose names begin with the letter A."

But that's only the start of Dan's research. Once he finds a company to invest in, he digs in deeper than anyone I've heard of.

One time, for instance, he was looking at insurance company stocks. So he flew to Bermuda and met with CEO's and VP's of the clubby offshore insurance business.

Another time he followed up on leads in alternative energy stocks... He visited different research labs and company headquarters throughout the Northwest… in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and California…

Dan also meets with professionals like Mohnish Pabrai. (An investment manager whose fund grew from $1 million to $218 million and was featured in Forbes because it out-performed Warren Buffett for four straight years. In fact, Mr. Pabrai recently told me, "I read Extreme Value every month.")

Dan talks to some of the wealthiest and most respected people in finance... from Fortune 400 billionaires – to Wall Street fund managers in charge of some of the largest personal fortunes in America.

There are no shortcuts to picking great stocks. That's Dan's secret – he does a lot of hard legwork most investors just aren't willing to do.

Amazingly, Dan's research avoids risky, volatile stocks. Instead, he finds high-quality stocks that rise steadily for months. The perfect stocks to invest in your retirement account.

But just because Dan's picks are 'safe' doesn't mean they are ‘slow growing.' Have a look how fast your gains can add up...

124% gain in 5 months

In 2003, Dan came across a company called Gateway (GTW) a computer retailer.

Dan came across an announcement by Gateway's CFO that would spring the stock price in the next few months. The announcement went largely un-noticed. No analysts were following the stock at the time.

But Dan followed up – did his due diligence... and presented his research in that month's Extreme Value.

If you acted on Dan's advice, you would have made 124% in 5 months – turning a small $5,000 stake into $11,180. Or $50,000 into a respectable $111,820...

Dan's track record speaks for itself. That's why he's so confident about the five companies he's recommending now. They are the best companies you can put into your retirement account...

The only five stocks you need
in your retirement account...

Dan researched these stocks longer than any other group of companies.

The trail started four years ago. And led from Baltimore, Maryland... to New York... to Oregon.

During that time, Dan flew to 24 cities... interviewed countless CEO's, vice presidents, industry specialists and financial professionals.

His research materials alone totaled $26,000 each year... He combed through tens of thousands of pages of annual reports... balance sheets and company accounts.

When he completed his findings he was so confident about these five stocks, he issued a public challenge to other financial professionals:

"I'm issuing a challenge to billion-dollar money managers to outperform these five stocks between now and 2010!"

None accepted his challenge. None were confident enough.

And this is where your opportunity lies. These are the five best stocks you can invest in for the next three years.

Dan believes they will go up for at least three years no matter what happens in the markets in the meantime.

Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything more about the companies Dan found.

Dan spent too much time researching these stocks. It would be unfair to him, and to his readers, to discuss them in this open letter.

But there is a way you can find out about these stocks for free. Dan put all his research about them into a report called, The Only Five Stocks You Need to Retire On.

You'll get everything you need to know... including why he considers these the five best stocks... what price to pay... where to buy... when to add to your position... and when to sell.

Dan is making this report available now to readers willing to try his research service, Extreme Value.

Let me tell you a little more about Extreme Value so you can decide if it's right for you...

The easiest way to avoid high commission fees

Dan is a one-man operation. He has no research team, not a single assistant. He works from his home office, 3,000 miles from Wall Street.

The point is, this is how he keeps the cost of his research low. No expensive offices... no overpriced research staff... no unnecessary costs.

If you went to an exclusive hedge-fund manager or full service broker, you may get similar returns. But you'll also pay enormous fees.

(S.A.C. Capital for example, run by billionaire Steve Cohen, charges clients a whopping 50% performance fee on your profits – meaning they'll keep 50% of all the money you make.)

Dan on the other hand doesn't charge commissions... no performance fees...

The only way Dan makes money is by doing research. He follows up on more leads and hunts down more facts than anyone else is willing to.

By comparison, the only people I know who sell financial research like Dan are boutique Wall Street research firms like Ned Davis or David Tice and Associates. They'll charge you as much as $25,000 for a single report.

But to get Dan's research advice you won't pay nearly that much. Not even a tenth that amount.

Before I give you the details, let me tell you about another report Dan has prepared for you...

The closely-guarded secret of
the best stock picker of our time...

It's no mystery that Dan Ferris digs deeper than anyone else to find these stocks. But most people still think, "There's gotta be more to it than that."

And there is.

So to reveal his prized secret, Dan put all the details into an all-inclusive report he calls, The Secret.

If you're a serious investor, this is your investment bible to keep on hand... to consult any time you come across a stock and wonder if it's a good investment or not.

With The Secret, you have all the tools to know for sure.

To ensure The Secret is kept confidential, Dan asked we don't sell it to anyone... and make it available only to readers who subscribe to his advisory.

He collected these secrets through years of hard work... and many adventurous experiences. And he insists that once you receive a copy, you keep the information to yourself. He asks that you don't pass it on at cocktail parties... or leave it on your coffee table for discussion.

You can access this report as soon as you sign on to the Extreme Value members only web site. So if finding out the secrets to picking the best stocks for your retirement interests you – I urge you to act prudently, but quickly...

How to get started today

To get you started, here's what I recommend you do...

1.) Sign up now for a trial subscription to Dan Ferris' Extreme Value Investor. Within hours of signing up, we'll send you a username and password to the members-only website. There you'll access the free Research Report: The Only Five Stocks You Need to Retire On.

2. ) Then, every month, you'll receive Dan's Extreme Value report by email. As soon as it is published on the second Friday of every month. You'll also receive a copy of Dan's report by regular postal service a few days later.

3. ) You'll also get instant access to Dan's Ferris' The Secret. You can read Dan's secrets to picking stocks as soon as you log on.

As with all of our products, you can check it out before you make a decision. You can try Dan Ferris' research service, Extreme Value Investor without committing a single dollar.

Here's what I mean...

Your first 3 months are FREE

You can read Dan's latest research, and try out his recommendations without committing a single dollar.

If it doesn't meet your expectations, or you find this kind of investing is not for you, I'll give you a full refund at any time during the first 3 months. After that I'll give you a refund on the full remaining part of your service.

S0 how much does Extreme Value cost?

I'm not going to beat around the bush...

Extreme Value isn't cheap. But then, this isn't just another $99 newsletter. It's not written by a young stock-picker sitting behind his computer clicking a mouse all day…

If you want 'free picks' or an $99 newsletter, there are plenty of those around. But Extreme Value is in a completely different league.

I'm not the only one saying this. Look at what a few subscribers have told us recently:

"My biggest loss... was a double."

"I sleep peaceful when
I invest money in your picks..."

"A 554% gain on one investment alone."

The cost of Extreme Value Investor for one year – 12 research reports per year – is $1,000.

If you invest in just one or two of Dan's recommendations, they could pay for the service many times over, in just a month or two.

I believe that's a fair price for the kind of profits you can expect to receive. And the truth is, as you probably know yourself, you get what you pay for when it comes to investment research.

If you aren't sure about subscribing, I strongly encourage you to sign up, and at least get the full details on the five best stocks you can invest in right now.

You can read the report, watch Dan's research, and still have plenty of time to decide whether or not his work is right for you. You'll have 3 months to decide from the time you place your order.

To get started, you can choose to 'pay as you go' in quarterly installments. This option costs $275, billed four times per year. Obviously you get a better deal by paying for the whole year up-front. In either case, you can always cancel at any time.

The choice is yours:

You can continue investing in the same companies your neighbors and coworkers are buying... Get excited about a 20% return, and hope you'll have enough to live through retirement...

OR... you can use the same financial research that has already helped so many everyday readers reach their financial goals... And retire the way you've always wanted.

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Sincerely,

Vic Elias
May 9, 2007

PS: Imagine a bond that never matures and returns 13% a year... forever. Dan found such an investment and put his research into a report called, This Ultra-safe 'Bond' Is Paying 13%... And It Never Matures. You'll have access to this report immediately... this recommendation is actionable right now.

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