Hi (Name,) this is Patrick Barttels again, and yes, I was that guy.
I was the guy behind that fateful trade, sending off Yankee legend Mickey Mantle
for the entire Chicago Cubs team.
It was 1960 and I was just a boy with a fresh pack of baseball cards. Five baseball
cards AND a big, pink slab of bubble gum, all for a nickel. I tore open that pack and, lo and behold, there was The Mick, smiling back at me! I was one happy little kid . . .
Because I parlayed that Mickey Mantle into a trade for a stack of Chicago Cubs
cards about an inch thick. For me, it was quantity over quality. Bad call on my part; that card in good condition now is fetching about $1,200. In fact, a Mantle rookie card from eight years earlier just sold for $2,880,000! Yeah, I know. Who’da thunk it, right? Who would have thought a nickel pack of cards could produce a fortune? I mean, how does someone have enough on the ball to foresee that kind of gain?
Well, Tom and David Gardner are the “who,” and the Rising Stars Portfolio is the
“how.”Brothers Tom and David Gardner founded The Motley Fool in 1993. Since that time “Fool” has helped millions of people attain financial freedom. That’s right, I said millions. They specialize in finding the fortunes among those “nickel” purchases. Mostly through their website and premium investing services. The Rising Stars Portfolio is one of those services. The company provides their most promising stock analysts with the funds to manage on the Fool’s behalf.
Real money, in real time. Walking the walk. And you are invited to follow along with these stock picks. Think you could make a few bucks off this idea? These rising stars already provide analytics and investing ideas for the company’s premium services.
Many of them will now be managing their own portfolios and sharing the results
with the world as the Rising Stars.
Don’t get me wrong, this is NOT get-rich-quick. The Motley Fool has always believed in get-rich-steady. Does this approach work? How does TRIPLE the profits of the stock market over the last 13 years sound? It’s all documented. And you’re invited to share in this. Need more convincing?
How about the gains on these trades. . .
DISNEY, up 6,023%. AMAZON.COM, up 12,197%. And NETFLIX, up 17,502%. That’s more than 175 TIMES our initial investment! In fact, three of the Motley Fools’ premium services were named to the TOP THREE SPOTS in the Wall Street Journal columnist Mark Hulbert’s ranking of more than 200 stock market services. Most of us don’t have the time to sink into doing all that research. Doesn’t it make more sense to let these award-winning pros do the donkey work? And let us reap the rewards of their efforts? Makes all kinds of sense to me. And faster than you can say “cherry-picking,” ALL the results will be tracked and posted on the Rising Star Portfolio’s main page. Winners and losers alike, no stacking the deck. Does it get any easier than this?
In the realm of no-brainers this ranks way up there as an easy call. World-class investors do the work and we pocket the returns. What can you do with your returns? Anything you want . . . Let your profits ride. Take some out of the market and buy yourself something you always wanted. It’s your money, it’s up to you.
Hey, buy some baseball cards. And be sure to save the Mantles.
Happy investing!
Patrick Barttels
Executive Vice President
P.S. This many investors and the whole stock market to choose from, things are
bound to happen fast. And while haste isn’t always wise, the history of the Motley Fools’ picks says getting in early is better. So why are you just sitting there?
Hello (Name,) it’s Patrick Barttels from the Motley Fool again, just sitting and
watching Dancing with the Stars. Ever seen it?
It’s a dance competition, with a little twist. The format of the show features a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. The celebrities come from all fields, actors, singers and athletes among others. It’s fascinating to see some bruiser football player transformed over the course of the competition into Fred Astaire.
Well, maybe not that good, but entertaining anyway. The key, you see, is the professional. They take the celebrities by the hand and teach them the moves.
It’s like that in finance too. Having a money pro makes all the difference. That’s how the Motley Fool stays on top of that competition.
In fact, the Fool’s newsletter services earned the top three spots in Wall Street Journal’s Mark Hulbert’s ranking of similar services . . . And that ranks more than 200 such services. The Fool’s flagship newsletter is called the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, and hundreds of thousands of investors subscribe to this newsletter.
Hundreds. Of. Thousands.
Motley Fool invests for the long haul. No hit-and-run tactics, no day trades. The idea is to find strong companies and buy them with an eye toward long-term profits. And then fill your basket with these strong companies.
Companies like Disney (up 6,094%,) Amazon (up more than 11,541%) and Netflix
(up 16,773%.) If that doesn’t start your engine, I don’t know what will. The Fool not only names each stock pick but gives compelling reasons for that choice, with the upside and possible downside explained.
And you won’t just be jumping into the middle of things. When you subscribe you
will also receive:
1. Best Buys Now – Best stocks chosen since the service started.
2. Starter Stocks – A handful of stocks to lay a great base coat.
3. Community – Join the greatest community of investors.
4. Knowledge Base – Educational tools from the top experts.
Here at the Fool, we will put you in position to win as an investor. Each month you will receive two stock recommendations. Timely stocks, fully vetted. These will be in addition to all current and former Stock Advisor picks since inception. The average of these picks is up 343% since being added to the list. Nothing up our sleeves, you will see winners and losers alike.
In that same month the founders, Tom and David Gardner, will give you a list of ten stocks they believe are the best investment opportunities right now. This entire package may be all you’ll ever need to build lasting wealth. Backed by the entire Motley Fool staff with 24/7 support. How could this possibly get better? How about the lowest investment for this service ever? Like I said at the start, the key is the professional. Fill your dance card with the Motley Fool, and while you may not move like Astaire, your investing is bound to give you happy feet. Let’s dance!
To your wealth
Patrick Barttels
Executive Vice President
P.S. Naturally, as with all Motley Fool products, there is a complete money-back
guarantee. If you don’t feel like this is a fit for you, you will receive every penny
back in the first thirty days. You can’t lose.
P.P.S. Did I forget to mention the special reports? There are three special reports
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Hello (name,) it’s George Coburn of the Oxford Club again, here to give you the
keys to the kingdom. You know how that goes, when the king passes away, his successor is his kid, son or daughter. That person then ascends the throne and becomes the new king or queen. All the late king’s possessions, all his lands and the people on them become the property of the new ruler. Like the man said, it’s good to be king!
And thanks to the Oxford Club, you can pass the keys to the kingdom down, from
generation to generation. (More on that in a moment.)
For more than 30 years the Oxford Club has provided members with timely
financial strategies . . . Strategies to give those members the quickest and shortest path to financial independence. Long-lasting wealth. Generational wealth.
The Oxford Club’s Director’s Circle was created from the notion the best opportunities are found not in the mainstream press. . . Instead, it is the personal connections between like-minded investors that leads to this type of gain.
What type of gain is that? Well, followers of just three of Oxford Club’s
newsletters closed out eight double- (and triple-) digit gains last year.
Heck, just $1,000 invested in the top five performers would have yielded an astonishing $13,476. In one year!
Those three newsletters include:
– The Oxford Communique: The Club’s flagship newsletter, named one of the top 10 investment letters by Hulbert Financial Digest for more than a decade.
– The Oxford Income Letter: This shows members how to get rich with dividends and other income-producing strategies. This is the letter that led to more than 35 super-sized winners over just the last five years.
– The Oxford Resource Explorer: Focusing on technology and resource
opportunities, over four years readers have been exposed to 24 multi-digit gains. With your Director’s Circle membership, all three are free. For life. If that doesn’t steam up your glasses, I don’t know what will.
There’s something for every trader. Every risk tolerance. For those who prefer slow-and-steady, there is a “set-it-and-forget-it” plan. Solid as bedrock and built to give long-term returns to ensure a dream retirement. More of a home-run hitter? There’s a plan built for folks with a higher risk-to-reward mantra aiming for explosive growth on huge returns. This discipline has given members of the Oxford Club the chance to turn an initial investment of $100,000 in 1999 into $7,289,600 today. That is not a misprint, my friend. Oh, and about that passing-down through the generations, the Oxford Club allows you to bequeath your membership to the next generation, and on to the next. Imagine this: That $100,000 you started with in 1999 is worth more than seven
million dollars today. If the next generation starts at the current number, what sort
of fortune can they produce? And then, the next generation. Like I said, literally generational growth.
There are seven exclusive parts to the Director’s Club, the three newsletters we
spoke of and four more extensive benefits to this package. Remember, all the profits we spoke of were a result of just the three newsletters. What more comes with this package?
The keys to the kingdom. For generations to come.
We’ll see you in the Winner’s Circle
George Coburn
Executive Vice President
The Oxford Club
P.S. Of course this comes without risk to you. If you believe the Oxford Club can’t help you create a fabulous life, you can opt out in 90 days, no questions asked. But this a virtual pot of gold. Take a look inside and see what’s at the end of this rainbow.
P.P.S. Naturally this not an offer we can make for long. This is only available to those who act quickly. Respond by April 15 to take advantage. After that, this offer goes away.
Hi (Name,) it’s Patrick Barttels again, and I owe my marriage to my sister-in-law Dana. Well, it’s actually due to the Tempurpedic Ergo Smart Base with Sleeptracker, but Dana’s gloating smile was my introduction.
You see, my brother Chris and I, we are world-class snorers. Not the little kitten “purr” snore, more like the Freddy Krueger “chain saw” snore. And Dana was close to reaching her limit. Then out of the blue, one day, she walks in with a big ol’ smile and tells me this story.
It seems Chris has just started up the chain saw one night after going to bed, and before Dana could smother him with a pillow, the mattress quietly raised its head a couple inches. Chris’s snores faded away to “sleep mumbles,” and Dana spared him his fate.
Wait, what? I asked. She grinned at me and said they had just purchased a new Tempurpedic mattress, and they added an adjustable base, the Ergo Smart Base with Sleeptracker to complete the set.
“Well, when the Sleeptracker senses a certain level of snoring,” she explained, “the Ergo base raises the head of the bed by 12 degrees.” Apparently this opens the sleeper’s breathing passages and often reduces snoring to a low rumble.
Let me get this straight, YOU didn’t adjust the bed, the base did it all on its own? I asked. After congratulating me on being such a quick study (that’s Dana for you,) she said yes.
That Ergo base and Sleeptracker more than completed the set. More like produced a miracle.
She went on to tell me more about this little marvel.
The Sleeptracker is included with any Smart Base by Tempurpedic (doesn’t raise the price by a nickel,) and goes way beyond recording each person’s sleeping stats.
Without wearing any devices, it will measure the length of sleep, quality (such as light sleep or REM sleep,) tossing and turning, time awake–minute by minute. And in the morning it reports your night, again by the minute, and offers coaching on how to improve on those numbers.
What would you do for a great night’s sleep? Not once, but every night?
I pondered this for about half a second and realized me and the missus had been looking for something just like this. We just had no idea it was going to be this good.
So now we are the proud owners of a Ergo Smart Base with Sleeptracker on our own Tempurpedic Of course, the mattress is world class, but add the Sleeptracker (did I mention it was free?) and our nights are much more restful and our days more fulfilling.
And as I said, it saved my marriage. Possibly my life—I am positive my wife could hold me down with a pillow long enough.
Pleasant dreams!
Patrick Barttels
P.S. As of right now, the Sleeptracker is included with each Tempurpedic Ergo and Ergo Extend base for no additional charge, but I suspect it may go to a retail price of $299 before long. Better take advantage of it while it is still included!
The mattress, the base and the tracker, all made by Tempurpedic? How could it possibly get any better?