Dear Investor,

Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.

Not that I want to belittle the suffering investors have endured in recent years – resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis, the credit crunch, the collapse of major financial institutions, and the stock market crash of 2008. Nor do I think Congress and the Federal Reserve are wrong to wage historic stimulus campaigns and ramp up liquidity to unheard of levels. We likely need today's $1 trillion government deficit and the recent doubling of the monetary base to pull our economy out of recession. We may even need a 2nd stimulus package. Heck, we may even need the Fed to start dropping hordes of gold coins from helicopters.

But, as an investor, you need to be prepared for the consequences of these large-scale acts. More specifically, you need to start paying more attention to those few investments that will benefit from the side-effects of the economic cure. And believe me, when the cure takes this much effort, the side-effects will be equally huge.

Put simply, one cannot ramp up the money supply to astronomical levels without lowering the value of cash. Little wonder that the papers today are full of reports about the Middle East nations, China, Russia, and others looking for new ways to diversify out of the U.S. dollar. They can see where the dollar is headed, and they want to lessen the blow to themselves. And as the world moves away from using the dollar as the primary reserve currency, the dollar will only weaken further.

As the dollar starts to lose value, Americans will find it takes more and more dollars to buy most products. Inflation will likely hit levels even higher than we saw in the 1970s.

Even worse, this dollar-driven inflation will begin at the same time that global inflationary pressures receive a big boost from another, inescapable trend.

You see, in recent years, the GDP of the world's developing economies have grown to be equal those of the developed nations (in terms of purchasing power parity). And that strong growth continues despite our current recession. What's more, economic growth in the developing world really means industrialization – building new infrastructure and factories. And now, they’re churning out products for their own consumption at an ever faster rate.

Naturally, industrialization demands increasing amounts of raw materials and energy. And yet, while most of the world's population pushing to develop, the world appears to be reaching a permanent peak in the production of oil and many other commodities. We only have a short time before the developing supply/demand squeeze drives global prices higher at an unprecedented rate.

Of course, a shortage of oil contributed greatly to the problems in the 1970s. If you lived through those years of double-digit inflation, you'll know that they were a stifling environment for investors. Inflation cut deeply into the net returns from most assets. It eroded bond yields. It raised corporate expenses, which lowered profits and the net return from stocks. Even the cash in your wallet steadily lost purchasing power as higher energy prices drove up the cost of living.

In fact, only a few assets gained value during the 1970s. Fortunately, these few performed incredibly well. Some of the best performing asset groups made returns of roughly 30% a year for the entire decade – and the investors who bet heavily on them made fortunes while the average retired person saw his standard of living decline.

Inflation eventually declined in the early 1980s, thanks to tighter monetary policy and higher oil production. But it won't be that simple this time around.

First, the Federal Reserve today cannot risk fighting inflation by tightening monetary policy. The Fed tried keeping the money supply in check in 2008, in response to the spike in commodity prices, and the result was the current recession. No one wants to see an even deeper recession, so the monetary policy will remain loose for some time.

In the 1970s, oil supplies were tight thanks to OPEC embargoes. Plenty of oil remained in the ground, just waiting for someone to turn on the tap. But today, no large untapped oil reserves sit idly waiting – at least none that can be developed as long as oil prices remain under $100 a barrel. We're pumping all the cheap oil we can, and soon it won't be enough. We're already buying gasoline for nearly $3 a gallon. In a few years, it may cost $6 – and it will only go up from then on.

When $6 gasoline arrives, you'll want to be much richer than you are today – so you can pay for the lifestyle of your dreams, despite a higher cost of living. And you can get richer, despite the challenges. It's simply a matter of investing in companies and assets today that are leveraged to inflation. Investments whose value will shoot up even faster than the inflation rate.

The single best asset to own during a period of inflation is gold. It's the one currency that cannot be debased or diluted, that cannot be run off on a printing press or created electronically. Consequently, whenever the dollar loses value, the price of gold soars.

During the 1970s, shares in gold producers rose an astounding 18-fold – that's an annualized return of 37.5%, including dividends! Gold has already outperformed the S&P by more than 360% over the past 10 years. Because the coming inflation wave will be more firmly entrenched than that of the 1970s, the profits you make on the right gold shares could be equally greater.

Just consider how much money you could make from owning...

• Your Literal Golden Goose. Right now, the world's 2nd largest gold mining company is poised to raise its output by nearly 90% between now and 2012. And by incredible coincidence, this company is also one of the lowest-cost producers. That means every increase in the price of gold adds directly to the company's profit margin and earnings. Even better, most of its mines are located in politically stable places like North America and Australia. You simple could not find a better way to ensure your future wealth than getting in on this opportunity.
  

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But you have many others ways to profit from the coming inflation wave. Most commodities will benefit from a weakening dollar and increased demand. That's why you should consider investments such as...

• The Commodity Superstar. One stock certain to benefit from a general uptrend in raw material prices is the world's largest diversified mining enterprise. This outfit has a finger in every segment of the commodity pie, including diamonds, gold, coal, oil, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, manganese, nickel, and natural gas. In an inflationary environment, it looks poised to become a tower of strength and growth.
  

• The Latin American Energy King. Oil was one of the few investments to produce spectacular returns in the 1970s. Owner of arguably the biggest oil discovery in the past 30 years, this company will benefit handsomely as oil becomes increasingly scarce. But this company is a lot more than just an oil producer. It's also a leader in deepwater drilling, biofuels, solar power, and even wind energy. Plus it invests in natural gas, thermoelectric power, and fertilizers. Rising energy demand, especially from the developing world, seems certain to fatten the purses of this energy king.
  

And these are just a couple of opportunities for making returns as inflation rises. I've put together a Special Investor Report concerning some of the strongest investments I believe you could make today – investments that will put you in line to fight the higher inflation. The report is called the Inflation Survival Guide: How to Defend Yourself From Investors' Greatest Enemy. And you can have your personal copy FREE. No cost, no hassle…

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