
Weekend Edition
Written by Sierra Hancock Subject: FoodThe global food crisis is upon us... Riots over milk and flour killed three people and injured
420 in Algeria this month. On January 10, the Serbian government said
it's considering an export tax on wheat to discourage shipments. India
halted onion exports in December after prices more than doubled.
Global food prices jumped 25% last year to an all-time high in
December. While we haven't yet experienced food shortages in the U.S.,
they could be coming. According to the USDA, higher prices will boost
U.S. agricultural exports 16% to a record $126.5 billion this year.
Already, major grocery chains are planning price increases.

And now this company is using synergies with the crop farm to build
one of the largest cattle ranches in the world. It has exclusive access
to more than 2 million acres of some of the most productive, fertile
farmland in the world... and the land is totally off-limits to all
possible competitors. It's virtually impossible to compete with this
company on the cost of primary inputs like farm machinery and labor, due
to its unique relationships with the providers of these goods and
services.
Extreme Value readers who took my advice on this stock are
already up more than 80%. I believe large, triple-digit gains lie ahead
in the next few years. With the way the food crisis is playing out, the
stock could double this year. I just raised my buy limit on it to
reflect the excellent performance of some of its other investments (like
its hoard of more than 70,000 ounces of gold bullion). To get access to
this opportunity and others just like it, click here.

Financial firms are expected to pay out an all-time high
compensation of $144 billion. The Federal Reserve earned record profits
of around $81 billion. Government spending is at an all-time record of
about $6.85 million per minute. And the number of Medicare recipients
hit a new record (50 million-plus).
By other measures, for regular people who need to keep working to
pay bills and eat, 2010 was a disastrous year... A record number of
people became so discouraged they stopped looking for work. The federal
debt hit $14 trillion. Banks foreclosed on more homes than ever before
(2.87 million). More homes were repossessed than ever before (more than 1
million). The average time needed to find a job hit an all-time record.
The number of Americans on food stamps hit a new all-time record (43
million-plus), and...
The value of the U.S. dollar hit an all-time low in 2010.

And again, I must reiterate for those of you looking for the No. 1
money-making strategy... the best way to make a fortune is to print it
up. That's what the Fed did. It printed maybe $1.5 trillion or so and
bought a bunch of securities with it. It earned record profits from the
yield.
Goldman only earned less than $6 billion in the first three
quarters of 2010. Say it makes $8 billion or so for the whole year.
That's less than one-tenth of what the Fed made. It's hard to stay ahead
of a counterfeiter...
Or is it? Another all-time record was set last year: The price of gold hit $1,400 an ounce.

You're probably aware of the string of huge winners Matt is generating for his subscribers right now. In just the past
year, he's booked a 542% gain in ATAC Resources, a 345% gain in Silver
Wheaton, a 339% gain in Jinshan Mines, a 198% gain in AuEx Ventures, and
a 161% gain in Rainy River.
One of Matt's biggest investment themes right now is to buy stakes
in the world's largest undeveloped resource deposits. The argument here
is giant mining companies see China and India's incredible potential
demand for natural resources like crude oil, natural gas, copper,
uranium, and agriculture... and are scrambling to lock up long-term
reserves. If the giants don't buy up these resources now, they run the
risk of dwindling reserves in the future.
One of the whoppers Matt is focused on is a gargantuan undeveloped
copper and gold deposit in Alaska known as "Pebble." At last count,
Pebble holds 80 billion pounds of copper... which makes it one of the
five largest copper deposits ever discovered. But that's just part of
the story...
The find also contains more than 100 million ounces of gold... which makes it one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered.
Back in March 2009, Matt recommended acquiring a stake in Pebble
through 50% owner Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK). Shares were trading
for $4.18.
The market is catching on to Matt's thesis... The stock has
exploded more than 100% in the past two months, handing Matt's readers a
total gain of nearly 350%. He thinks the move is attributable to
takeover talk... and he's tightening his stop loss to lock in this huge
gain.
While Matt is cautious on "hoarding" with precious metals stocks
right now, he's super-bullish on hoarding one of the world's largest
stores of energy.
The company that owns this hoard is trading for dirt-cheap, which
makes it a safe position. It also has a huge portfolio of undeveloped
reserves, which offer the shareholder tremendous future upside. The
stock also pays a safe dividend that can only rise during a period of
inflating resource prices. It's all in the latest issue of the S&A Resource Report. Learn more about his recent ideas here.
Regards,
S&A Research
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