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Understanding Options Symbols

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:17:47 +0000

Options symbols follow an outline. Once you know the rules you can assemble and understand options symbols.

The fundamental parts of an option symbol are as follows:

Option root symbol + Expiration date code + Strike price code

For example, the International Business Machines (IBM) December Call Options with a strike price of 80 would be listed as options symbol: (IBMLP).

For NYSE/AMEX stocks, the option root symbol is typically the same as the symbol used on the stock exchange.

Keep in mind that the root options symbol is not always the same as the underlying stock ticker symbol. For example, NASDAQ stock symbols are a minimum of four letters, whereas the base symbol of an option is three letters or less. So the options authorities will assign an option root symbol for each NASDAQ stock that has options traded on it.

You want to always look at the option chain or check with your broker to find the corresponding root options symbol.

Once you know the root options symbol, you can use the tables below to aid you in creating or deciphering options symbols.

Here are the expiration month codes:

And here are the standard strike price codes:

One exception is LEAPS options symbols as the ‘expiration month letter’ format typically differs from the chart above.

Another exception is if the options strike price is not typical like 17.5 or 19, in this case ’strike price letter’ format differs from the chart above.

Make sure you get the correct options symbol by pulling up an option chain or check with your broker. One of the best free sites to look up options chains is Yahoo Finance. Here is the link:

http://finance.yahoo.com/

Simply enter the stock symbol and click “GET QUOTES”

Then, click on “Options” on the left hand side to pull up the options chain.

Source: Understanding Options Symbols

How to Buy Short-Sale Properties

Ted Peroulakis — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:26:30 +0000

I received a question on my recent article titled “The Golden Age of America” and I wanted to post my response for your benefit.

Here was the question:

I would love to buy a piece of America now while prices are suppressed especially income producing real estate properties in the U.S. But, specifically, exactly how do you find and pick up some great deals on bank-owned and short-sale properties.

I would love to purchase a single family home in beautiful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for only $65,000. I just don’t think the vast majority of people — myself included — know how to find this type of property and then close the deal.

I guess I just don’t know the right people.

I’ll tell you how I got a great deal on a short-sale property. My wife and I looked at many homes on realtor.com until we found a few properties that were good candidates for rental properties. One of these was a nice property listed for $99,000. This home was going for $250,000 a couple of years ago.

We called the listing agent directly and inspected the property thoroughly. I suggest you work with the listing agent directly. The listing agent will work extra hard for you because they will get the maximum commission by being the agent for both the buyer and the seller.

The owner of the single family home owed the banks $200,000 for his two mortgages. We offered a low-ball offer of $55K and he accepted, because the bank was going to take the hit in the short-sale and he just wanted to get rid of the property. The whole process took five months and the banks finally accepted $65,000 for the house.

An impatient person would have asked for their deposit back after a couple of months of waiting – and that’s why most short-sales don’t get completed. The key to getting a fantastic deal on short-sale properties is to have plenty of patience. Short-sales take time to close and can be frustrating at times, but you could truly get the deal of the century in today’s real estate market.

Best Wishes,

Ted Peroulakis

Source: How to Buy Short-Sale Properties

Freeport-McMoRan Is Off to the Races

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:33:33 +0000

I’ve been quite bullish on Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) for some time now. In fact, the stock is up over 119% since I first recommended it to Investor’s Daily Edge readers on February 12th of this year.

And I’m still recommending the company as a strong buy.

Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world’s biggest copper miners, with 12 producing mines in Indonesia, North America, and South America, along with exploration projects in Africa. As of December 31, 2008, consolidated recoverable proven and probable reserves totaled 102.0 billion pounds of copper. As copper prices rise, the value of the ore they have in the ground increases, resulting in a higher stock price.

Freeport-McMoRan is well positioned to capitalize on rising demand for copper. The company’s copper production totaled 4.0 billion pounds last year, while gold production totaled 1.3 million ounces.

I expect a full recovery in the demand for copper and much less supply. Copper is at $2.80 per pound and it could easily go over $3 per pound in a couple of months. Production of copper can’t keep up with demand, as production at existing mines is dropping and a smaller number new mines start production. Falling scrap supplies are also leading to lower copper inventories.

Copper is one of the best conductors of electricity. It doesn’t corrode easily and it’s bendable and strong. Copper is used in every industry and is absolutely necessary to sustain our society. It’s widely used in construction, coinage, electronics and automobiles, and the price is closely tied to economic activity. Economic activity is showing signs of a recovery and copper prices will benefit.

China, the world’s biggest metals user, should also help revive copper prices with a new wave of government stimulus spending, leading to steady construction and infrastructure activity. Copper demand is already picking up in China during its peak construction season. It also appears that China desires to triple its government copper reserves.

Other countries are also increasing spending on infrastructure projects like roads and bridges as well, which will boost demand for the copper used in wires and pipes.

Worldwide government stimulus spending programs spur economic growth and encourage higher copper consumption. Copper will benefit from the “reflation trade”, which is playing out due to central governments attempting to stimulate the economy by increasing the money supply. This “reflation” can cause inflation and benefit copper prices, and therefore FCX.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock looks good from a technical perspective as well. The 50-day moving average is rising (a bullish indicator). Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) and relative strength is bullish. And the stock recently broke a double-top chart formation which is very positive, see the chart below:

I recommend you own some Freeport-McMoRan stock (FCX) as a long-term core holding for your stock portfolio. Also, I have my eye on a new round of call options on Freeport-McMoRan that have the potential to produce gains of 200% or more as the stock moves higher.

My Options Power Trader takes all the guesswork out of selecting the right options contracts. I will send you all the details on the options contracts that have maximum profit potential with limited downside. There are many opportunities in these fast moving markets for options profits. Click here to find out more about the Options Power Trader.

Best Wishes,

Ted Peroulakis

Source: Freeport-McMoRan Is Off to the Races

The Swine Flu Play

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:00:17 +0000

In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) alerted the public that a worldwide pandemic of swine flu (H1N1) was sweeping the globe. Health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have stated that the swine flu virus could infect up to 40% of Americans over the next couple of years. At last count, the CDC said there are 43,771 swine flu cases that have been reported in America, and 302 deaths have been associated with the disease.

Many medical experts say that washing your hands with soap and water or an alcohol–based hand sanitizer are the most effective means of minimizing the spread of the swine flu.

I have been researching a small company focused on the development of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune diseases and viral infections. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) is presently conducting trials for a new flu treatment called Peramivir that is said to be more effective than Tamiflu. Currently, the drug Tamiflu is the preferred treatment for swine flu. On July 17th BioCryst Pharmaceuticals released positive results from two Phase III studies of intravenous Peramivir in patients with seasonal influenza.

If Peramivir proves to be effective in fighting seasonal influenza it could quickly become the leading anti-viral treatment for the flu. And, BioCryst stock should head much higher if Peramivir is included in any national stockpiles of swine flu treatments.

Buying BioCryst stock is a speculative endeavor because its Peramivir drug has not been fully approved. Please keep in mind that BioCryst is an extremely high-risk trade, as the stock is up 1,100% since November of 2008.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BCRX) will announce its second quarter 2009 financial results today, July 30, 2009. If you wish to purchase shares, you should wait until after the earnings announcement to avoid any possible downside surprises.

Best Wishes,

Ted Peroulakis

Source: The Swine Flu Play

Buy Chesapeake (NYSE:CHK) Energy Stock

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:21:50 +0000

Recently, natural gas prices have been lower due to reduced demand during this recession and excessive supply from domestic natural gas fields. Natural Gas prices are poised to head much higher. This gives you an opportunity to accumulate one of the best natural gas companies Chesapeake Energy stock (CHK) at a great value.

There is plenty of room for the price of natural gas to rise and still be a great deal for consumers. Natural gas prices are down almost 40% this year. Natural gas costs $3.83 per thousand cubic feet, which is equivalent to almost eight gallons of gasoline. Natural gas is clearly the cleaner and cheaper alternative to our dependence on foreign oil.

Natural gas burns more cleanly than other fossil fuels, like oil and coal. Natural gas produces about 30% less carbon dioxide than burning oil and about 45% less than burning coal.

Natural gas is a major source of electricity generation and is supplied to homes across America. Best of all, natural gas is a cleaner alternative to other automobile fuels like gasoline and diesel.

Our society is moving towards cleaner sources of energy, which should lead to a new decade-long bull market in natural gas. Here is how to play it:

Chesapeake is one of the biggest independent explorers for natural gas and the largest producer of natural gas in the U.S. The company focuses on discovering, acquiring, development, and production of natural gas reserves.

At the end of 2008, Chesapeake owned an interest in over 41,000 producing oil and gas wells. Last year, Chesapeake drilled over 1,800 company-operated wells and their drilling success rate was 99%.

Chesapeake boosted its natural gas production by 18% in 2008 and the company is well positioned to increase production once natural gas prices head higher.

I’m bullish on Chesapeake Energy because I believe they can produce more natural gas than the majority of analysts expect and I forecast higher natural gas prices which will boost company profits.

My favorite way to play rising natural gas prices is to buy stock in the Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK). This is a great longer term hold. If you decide to take a position in Chesapeake, accumulate a position over time because natural gas prices tend to be quite volatile.

Source: Buy Chesapeake Energy Stock

How to Make a Fortune with the Reflation Trade

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:17:16 +0000

America is witnessing a mammoth increase in the money supply. According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, seasonally adjusted M2 has gone from $7.25 trillion in July of 2007 – to over $8.37 trillion today. That’s 15.44% more money circulating around the economy in just two years, a colossal $1.12 trillion increase.

This phenomenon will push price inflation much higher, giving you an opportunity to profit on the “reflation trade” that will play out over the next decade.

M2 is calculated by totaling up the value of cash held by the public, checkable deposits, household savings deposits, small time deposits, and money market mutual funds. M2 is an important economic indicator used to forecast inflation. If you have too much money or M2 awash in the economy chasing too few goods and services, the result is higher inflation.

Since the start of this global economic crisis, the U.S. government has been injecting massive amounts new currency into the financial system to prevent deflation and stimulate economic growth. This is referred to as reflation.

This large injection of currency into our economy will certainly lead to higher inflation, which will be further amplified due to our fractional reserve banking system. In a fractional-reserve banking system a new sum of money is created whenever a bank gives out a loan. Here’s how it works…

A U.S. based bank is required to keep only 10% of deposits in reserves. They can loan out the remaining 90% of the deposits. This money multiplier effect tends to enlarge money in circulation by tenfold. For example, if you deposit $10,000 in a bank, the bank is required to keep only $1,000 of your money on reserve and it can lend out the remaining $9,000.

Essentially, the bank has turned $10,000 into $19,000 by giving you a $10,000 credit on your deposit and then lending the additional $9,000 out to someone else.

Now, if the bank does this over and over, your original $10,000 deposit can become $100,000 under our 10% fractional reserve banking system. Here’s how:

You deposit $10,000–The bank loans someone else $9,000

That person deposits $9,000–The bank loans someone else $8,100

That person deposits $8,100–The bank loans someone else $7,290

And so on…

Eventually, your initial deposit of $10,000 can grow into $100,000 under a 10% reserve requirement. Every new dollar that is injected into our economy can essentially become ten dollars.

Bottom line: The massive amounts of new currency being dumped into the U.S. economy will be multiplied under our fractional-reserve banking system, which will lead to higher inflation. This will be a disaster for savers, whose nest eggs will be devalued. But it can be quite profitable for those who are prepared.

What is the reflation trade?

We will see a large spike in prices for goods and services when we finally emerge from this global economic crisis, which could be within a year. Hard assets like oil, gold and agricultural products will see substantial price increases in the coming high inflationary environment. Commodities will be one of the strongest sectors over the next decade or more.

This huge underpinning force in the equities markets opens up an once-in-a-lifetime trading opportunity. Here are my top reflation plays:

HAP – This ETF closely tracks the Hard Assets Producers index which consists of over 250 companies engaged in the production and distribution of hard assets and related products and services.

GLD – This gold tracking Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) mirrors the price of gold.

SLV – This silver tracking ETF mirrors the price of silver.

DBA – This ETF tracks widely traded agricultural commodities like corn, wheat, soy beans and sugar. As agricultural prices rise the price of this ETF goes up.

MOO – This ETF comprises a basket of companies engaged in various sectors of agribusiness, like agricultural chemicals, livestock operations, agricultural equipment and ethanol/biodiesel.

PCL – One of the best timber producer stocks. Historically, timber prices have done exceptionally well under inflationary circumstances.

FCX – Freeport McMoRan is one of the world’s largest copper producers. This stock goes up when copper prices rise.

XOM – Buy Exxon Mobil stock to invest in oil. XOM is well positioned to benefit from higher crude oil prices and is one of the best managed companies in the energy sector. XOM has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years and has excellent earnings, dividend growth and stability.

Source: How to Make a Fortune with the Reflation Trade

Gold Will Blast Above $1,000 Per Ounce Within 100 Days!

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:23:30 +0000

It’s just a matter of time before $1,000 becomes the floor price for gold. Once gold breaks above the $1,000 per ounce psychological resistance level, the sky is the limit. Gold could easily hit $1,200 or even $1,300 per ounce by year end. But you must act fast, because you may never see gold under $1,000 per ounce again. Investors that position themselves correctly today will have the opportunity to make 100% or more gains in the months ahead. Let me explain why…

Inflation is just one of the reasons to buy gold. The U.S. government is on track to spend $1.8 trillion more this year than it brings in. America’s national debt is well over $11 trillion. This is the largest debt ever accumulated in the history of man.

It’s unlikely that America can continue to borrow $3.7 billion per day. Eventually, overseas investors will stop supporting our lavish spending habits and cut us off. The U.S. government will have no choice but to print up new currency to pay off this crushing debt load, setting up higher price inflation and a devalued dollar.

Gold is priced in dollars, therefore when the U.S. dollar goes down – gold prices go up. Gold is a hard-asset which historically holds its purchasing power and performs well in inflationary times.

China holds trillions in U.S. government debt and they are becoming alarmed with America’s out-of-control debt. A leading Chinese government official recently implied that China plans to dump U.S. Treasuries and buy gold.

China recently stated that since 2003 it had silently enlarged its holdings in gold from 600 to 1,054 metric tonnes. And, China could start buying a lot more gold in the future, which would boost demand and push gold prices well over $1,000 per ounce.

China currently holds foreign reserves of $2 trillion. If China decides to move just 25% of these reserves into gold it would need to buy more than 16,780 metric tonnes. That is more than 7 times the world’s annual gold production.

Just a small pickup in demand in gold could send prices soaring. Gold is already is short supply. Accord¬ing to the World Gold Coun¬cil, the average annual global demand for gold was 3,674 metric tons from 2003-2007. And, annual new production of gold for that period of time was about 2,209 metric tons. That’s a 1,465 metric ton shortfall. This shortfall is made up by central bank sales and recycling, but the banks are running out of gold to sell… or are becoming more reluctant to get rid of it in a rising gold market.

It simple economics, when demand greatly exceeds supply, prices rise. And, gold supply is falling off, gold mine output last year dropped to a 12-year low, even though gold prices are higher. All these events are setting up a huge bull market in gold.

Plus, gold has seasonal patterns in its price movement. Historically over the last 35-years of data, gold tends to run higher just after the summer months. Consequently, you want to position yourself to profit now.

And finally gold looks very strong from a technical perspective. You will notice on the chart below that gold’s resistance is just under the $1,000 level. And, gold is in a confirmed uptrend (see up-trendline). These form an ascending continuation triangle chart pattern. The ascending triangle is seen as bullish formation that indicates accumulation. The up-trendline has a tendency to push gold above resistance. Once gold trades above resistance around $1,000 per ounce, then $1,000 will become support and gold can blast higher. You must act now! Profits are to be made in gold.

Bottom Line: Make sure you own gold. If you have a greater appetite for risk, you can buy stock options on superlative gold mining companies and target 100% gains or more in gold’s next leg up. But the options I’m looking at will not be this low priced for very long. You have to buy them now.

I just recommended call options on one of these superlative gold miners in my new options newsletter, the Options Power Trader.

This gold miner has vast proven and probable gold ore reserves of 2,330 metric tonnes! As gold prices go up so does the value of the company’s gold reserves, which leads to an increase in earnings. The stock price could skyrocket with just a small rise in gold prices.

If you join my options newsletter you will get all the details on this recommendation which can easily make you 100% or more in a few months. Click here for all the details.

Best Wishes,

Ted Peroulakis

Source: Gold Will Blast Above $1,000 Per Ounce Within 100 Days!

A New Bull Market is Coming in Wind Power – Here’s How To Profit

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:28:22 +0000

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into electricity using turbines. Wind is gaining worldwide popularity as a large scale clean energy source. Currently, wind power provides only 1.5% of global energy consumption. But the potential for growth is astonishing.

Theoretically, the wind power available in the atmosphere is much greater than current world energy consumption, so the growth prospects are virtually unlimited. Generous government subsidies and lower wind turbine prices will open a new bull market in wind stocks.

The global wind energy industry has seen record breaking growth over the last few years and is now used in more than 70 countries, with the U.S. and China leading the way.

Wind power is already cost-effective and the cost is expected to go down over time as the technology for turbines becomes cheaper and more efficient. Plus, wind power produces no air pollution and can help meet growing energy demand without increasing fossil fuel consumption.

Wind energy cost a fifth of what it did in the 1980s, and I expect that downward trend to continue as larger multi-megawatt turbines are mass-produced. The biggest turbines can already produce enough power for 5,000 households. The 7+ megawatt Enercon E-126 is pictured below:

Last Tuesday, President Obama said he wants to promote clean energy sources like wind power and gave his full endorsement to pending energy and climate change legislation.

As a long-term play, I recommend the exchange-traded fund, First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN). This ETF tracks the ISE Global Wind Energy index and holds companies that provide goods and services to the wind energy industry, like Gamesa, Vestas and Broadwind Energy.

Source: A New Bull Market is Coming in Wind Power – Here’s How To Profit

Capital One Is Doomed, Buy Put Options

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:30:50 +0000

In a moment, I will tell you exactly how you can make some heavily leveraged gains as the stock of Capital One plummets. But first, here’s an interesting true story.

Crystal is a single mother with three great kids. Two years ago her mail box was stuffed with credit card offers. Credit was so easy to come by then. All she had to do was sign her name and mail back the application in the little postage-paid envelope. A week or two later, her shiny new credit card arrived.

Crystal is a great mother, and her children are her pride and joy. She owned her own home and always paid her bills on time… until she lost her job.

You see, Crystal had already tapped out her home-equity line of credit. And the only way she could feed her kids was to buy groceries on her credit card.

Crystal’s credit card company was easy to work with… until she missed a payment. That’s when she got hit with a $39 late-fee and her rate was raised to 29.4%. Crystal wanted to pay her bills but she did the right thing instead, she fed her kids first.

The credit card company unleashed a vicious collection agency on Crystal that would harass her family and call at all hours of the night. It got so bad that she had to file for bankruptcy to get the frustrating calls to stop.

In the bankruptcy, Crystal’s credit card debt was “discharged” by the judge, meaning the credit card company took the full hit and Crystal didn’t owe them any money. At this moment, the good news is that Crystal still owns her home, her kids are great and she just landed a new job…

Stories like this are quite common in America today. In fact, U.S. credit card defaults rose to a record high in May. Consumers remain under severe stress and credit card losses across the industry are on pace to surpass 10% this year which would lead to write-offs of over $70 billion for credit card issuers.

Unemployment hit 9.4% in May, which is at the highest level since 1983. If people don’t have jobs they can’t pay their bills.

Real estate prices have dropped so people can’t borrow against their home anymore–therefore they tend to run up their credit cards. In fact, American households have been loading up on credit card debt like crazy, with balances rising 75% since 1999. The average credit card debt per U.S. household is now well over $8,000.

Credit card issuers are attempting to protect themselves against defaults by lowering people’s credit limits and closing accounts. They have also been hitting consumers with higher interest rates, jacking up fees and canceling reward programs.

But Uncle Sam is putting his foot down. The U.S. government recently passed a law limiting credit card fees and interest rates. This will stop credit card companies from socking-it to the American consumer. But it will be even harder to get a credit card once this law goes into effect–and will increase defaults as consumers find it more difficult to refinance their debts.

Bottom Line: Credit card issuers are doomed! How can you play it?

Put options on the goliath credit card issuer Capital One could deliver you some hefty gains as their stock goes down.

You see, Capital One is still losing money hand over fist. They had a net loss of over $111 million in the first quarter of 2009. And they lost $46 million in 2008.

I expect Capital One’s revenues to continue to fall, due to slowing consumer spending and a troubled U.S. economy.

The company is in big trouble as a result of a continuing rise in delinquencies and charge-offs in Capital One’s credit card and home equity lines businesses. Its credit card default rate rose to 9.41% and lower real estate prices have crushed their home equity line portfolio.

Plus, top rating firm Reuters has Capital One rated “Underperform”, and Standard & Poor’s rates the stock a “Sell”.

From a technical perspective, the 200 day moving average is falling which is bearish. Furthermore, the Up/Down volume pattern indicates that the stock is under distribution, which means investors are offloading the stock. See the chart:

Buy Put Options on Capital One Financial.

Please keep in mind that option trading is speculative. Of course I can’t guarantee profits and losses are entirely possible. You should only invest funds you can afford to risk.

The high-powered, strictly limited-risk option I suggest trades under the symbol (YFNME). I say limited risk because you can’t lose more than your initial investment.

One options contract will give you the option to sell 100 shares of the Capital One Financial stock (COF) at $25 per share.

This options contract (YFNME) gives you the right to sell (COF) until January 15th of 2010 at $25 per share. If Capital One stock drops to $15 per share then you will have a minimum gain of 67%. If it drops to $10 per share your gain would be 150% at the very least.

Here are the details for the option recommendation:

Option: January 2010 – 25.00 puts (YFNME)
Underlying symbol: COF
Breakeven point at expiration: $25.00 – $6.00= $19.00
Estimated Cost: $1,200 (2 contracts x 100 Shares x $6.00 premium)
Expiration date: January 15, 2010 at 4:00pm EST

After you have done your homework and if you agree with my recommendation, enter the trade online or call your stock broker and say:

“I want to BUY 2 contracts of Capital One Financial Corp. January 2010 Put Options, with a strike price of 25.00, symbol YFNME, at 6.00 points or less, to open. This order is good ‘til cancelled.”

Close the position if the option trades 50% below your entry price.

Sell the first half of the position if the option trades 100% above your entry price.

Let the second half ride for maximum profits.

If you buy this position and the option is in the money you should exit this position on or before January 15, 2010.

Stock options give you the leverage you need in today’s fast moving markets. I give 2 to 4 new options picks like this every month in my new options newsletter the Options Power Trader. Click here if you would like to learn more.

Source: Capital One Is Doomed, Buy Put Options

Invest in Hard Assets!

Ted Peroulakis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:55:58 +0000

I love hard assets… like energy, agriculture and metals. Why? Because there is a good chance that inflation is going to devalue paper currency around the globe.

You need to have a portion of your wealth in something tangible—something you can hold in your hand, like a hard asset. I’m talking about oil, grains, livestock, sugar, copper, aluminum, gold, silver, platinum and even forest products like lumber.

The price of oil will never go to zero! Someone will always be in the market to buy gasoline. Gold has never been worth $0. Silver could always buy you a meal–even in ancient times.

But can the value of a stock or a paper currency go to zero? Yes, indeed. One good way to invest in hard assets is to buy the Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Exchange Traded Fund (HAP). This ETF closely tracks the Hard Assets Producers index which consists of over 250 companies engaged in the production and distribution of hard assets and related products and services.

The Hard Assets Producers index was developed by the legendary international investor Jim Rogers. It includes water and renewable energy sources like wind and solar which are ever more important natural resources. Some of the big holdings of the index are Monsanto, Exxon Mobil, Potash, Syngenta, BHP Billiton, Archer-Daniels-Midland and Gazprom.

Protect your wealth and invest in hard assets.

Source: Invest in Hard Assets!