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The Baby Boomers’ $10 Trillion Riptide |
When my kids Nick and Rachie were growing up,
my wife used to joke with them: “Okay, which one of you will take us in
when we’re old and grey?” “I will.” “No, I will.” Both wanted to be
their parents’ keeper ... God bless them.
But the last thing we want is to have to move
in with our children. And when I say that, I think I can speak for all
of my fellow boomers too.
Boomers who have not yet secured their
financial future don’t have much time left. Many have retired or will be
retiring soon. But they do have one remaining weapon: a $10
trillion riptide that will be coursing through the U.S.
financial system.
It’s going to catch a lot of investors by
surprise. But those who know what it is and know it’s coming can make a
lot of money from it.
Boomer Power!
For the last 50 years, boomers have been
pouring cash into their favorite products and causes. In fact, they’ve
been the dominant commercial force in the U.S. since 1946.
The flow of cash began with the parents of
boomers. They spent liberally on their children – on everything from
Gerber foods to hula-hoops – before the boomers themselves took over.
The boomers then helped themselves to ever-bigger houses, cars, and TVs.
They grew addicted to the convenience of fast food, cellphones, and
indoor malls. And they cemented the reputations of iconic brands – from
Coke to Jack, T-Bird to Cadillac, and Kleenex to Clorox.
With boomer patronage, businesses grew into
giant global companies, and their share prices grew accordingly.
Companies favored by boomers like Coke, Clorox, McDonald’s, and
Brown-Forman (maker of Jack Daniels) have all gone up around 2,000
percent in just the past 25 years.
Making the Money Last
Now, boomers are scared that they’ll outlive
their nest eggs. A research report from BlackRock indicates that 70
percent of their retirement-age clients would be willing to move their
accounts to another firm, if that firm could help them avoid running out
of money.
Boomers can’t afford any more losses. They
have no choice but to play it safe. That’s why I expect that riptide –
at least $10 trillion of boomer money – to flood into conservative
investments like bonds and the big companies the boomers helped build.
Investments in those “boring” companies would give the boomers some
much-needed cash income and stretch out their savings.
Playing It Safe With the Best of the Big Global Companies
The best of the boring big companies are in my
“Elite 88.” These companies hate to disappoint their shareholders. And
they’ve been raising their dividends year in and year out, doubling
those payments every 5-10 years. Four percent becomes 8 percent, 8
percent becomes 16 percent, and so on. It adds up to astonishing sums.
In just two decades, these companies gave enormous profits to
shareholders ...
For more than half a century, businesses and
individuals have been making money by tapping into boomer trends and
lifestyle choices. Boomers have one last trend in them. And that gives
you one last chance to climb aboard the boomer bandwagon.
If you’re interested in the “Elite 88,” you
can find out more about them in the Sound Profts investment
service. Just click
here.
Gold Stocks’ Next Big Breakout
I don’t know anybody who knows more about gold
and gold stocks than Rusty McDougal, who runs IDE’s The
Resource Speculator.
He says gold stocks are going up. No doubt
about it.
And when they do, he expects them to rise
between 20 percent and 30 percent over a 3-4 day period. Some will
double.
That doesn’t give you much time to take
action.
You can learn more about the explosive
opportunities in the gold market and Rusty's service
here.
The Banks' $3 Trillion Payback
Home sales in the Hamptons are rising. They
surged 32 percent in the third quarter. Detroit’s sales are dropping
like a lead balloon. Anything surprising here?
The industrial powerhouse that once was
America is no more. Say good-bye to “What’s good for GM is good for the
country.” Say hello to “What’s good for Wall Street is good for the
country.” The government gave out hundreds of billions of dollars to
save our big banks. And now bankers are making big bonuses again ... and
again buying mansions in the Hamptons.
The eventual bill to American taxpayers will
climb into the trillions, according to the Peterson Institute for
International Economics. They say: “The amount of working capital you’d
expect the government to take into this would be around $3 trillion to
$4 trillion.”
The government took over GM and dismissed its
CEO. It gave strict orders to Detroit’s “Big 3” to shrink. So far, GM
has let go over 21,000 workers.
Meanwhile, central bank money is almost free.
Big banks are helping themselves to dollops. They’re doing more trading
than lending with it. And their profits have surged. Can’t argue with
the bottom line, can we?
U.S. carmakers got a one-month buying surge in
August from the clunker program. Sales in September were horrible.
The Obama government has already decided not
to limit the size of banks. And at the first sign of trouble, the
government will have their backs. But remember what happened when two of
the big three auto companies got into trouble? They were allowed to go
into Chapter 11.
Getting the picture?
The big banks own Washington lock, stock, and
barrel. Coddled and protected by the government, they have all the
juice. And the auto industry is getting squeezed.
IDE’s Ted Peroulakis thinks it stinks. But
that didn’t prevent him from betting on the financial sector at the
beginning of earnings season. And he made a cool 100 percent profit for
subscribers of Options Power Trader. For how you can
participate in Ted’s other options plays, click
here.
Invest Safely,
Andrew Gordon
Investor's Daily Edge
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