| Can you make good gains in stock and mutual | | | | A better alternative |
| funds? Well the facts suggest you cant and the | | | | A great investment is land. You may never have |
| risk reward is against you. If you do then you | | | | considered this but its cheap, easy to do has low |
| don't make much. | | | | risk and you can make big profits quickly. |
| Mutual funds simply are a bad investment and | | | | You don't need insider information or even to do |
| with soaring oil prices choking economic growth | | | | a lot of work, but you will be able to get better |
| the near term future is bleak. | | | | growth than the best mutual fund performance. |
| Let's look at the facts. | | | | A great investment in land is |
| 1. 90% of mutual funds have performance that | | | | Costa Rica. Land prices has been steadily |
| doesn't even beat the index | | | | increasing year after year and many investors |
| 2. Those that do, consider a mutual fund | | | | are doubling their investment in just a couple of |
| performance as 10% + good. Add in inflation and | | | | years and that's way ahead of the best mutual |
| that doesn't leave you much. | | | | fund performance. |
| 3. Downside risk is high and many mutual funds | | | | Why is it increasing in value |
| can drop by 30% and some even more | | | | Well the reasons are simple and compelling |
| 4. Mutual funds that do badly simply disappear and | | | | Costa Rica is just a 3 hour flight from the US and |
| another with a short term track record comes in | | | | property is 70% cheaper and so to are living |
| its place and that if it fails it gets replaced. | | | | costs. |
| 5. Mutual funds are selling organisations and the | | | | Americans in record numbers are buying property |
| sales patter always sounds great but if you | | | | here to improve their lifestyle and these |
| wrote to one and asked for an aggregate of all | | | | properties need to be built on land in fact, |
| funds ever managed you wont get a reply | | | | investment is at record highs. |
| 6. Do mutual funds go out of business of they | | | | Why this bull makret will continue |
| lose money? No, they still have their fees so | | | | Land bought in the way of the influx of new |
| performing is not an issue. | | | | buyers can be sold quickly, at big profits and this |
| So reality is over 10 years if you make double | | | | bull market is set to continue. Why? |
| figures consistently, that's good in terms of | | | | With 70 million baby boomers retiring in the next |
| mutual fund performance, but not good if you are | | | | 15 years, with most unable to maintain their |
| interested in building wealth. | | | | existing lifestyles means they will continue to go |
| The best mutual performance (if your lucky to | | | | to Costa Rica for the good life at far lower cost |
| get it ) wont make you rich so what are the | | | | they can get in the US. |
| alternatives? | | | | By land here and you can beat the best |
| Firstly, you can find better performing | | | | performing mutual trust and have less risk. |
| investments with lower downside risk and you do | | | | We don't have room here to explain all the |
| not have to blindly give your money to a fund | | | | advantages such as tax efficiency and ease of |
| manager to lose. | | | | purchase but if you look into the facts you will |
| Do a bit of research and homework - it wont | | | | see why this is a much better investment to build |
| take much effort and you will find a better | | | | wealth longer term than even the best |
| investment. | | | | performing mutual fund. |