And another $20 Trillion will be wiped off Global stock markets. And no amount of Fat-Chance Packages or Bailout Band-aids from the Fed will help this time. But this one bombed-out investment (that’s been trading at depression level prices for 18 years now) could soar two to ten fold as the world comes undone. John Pugsley By John Pugsley Chairman, The Sovereign Society The nightmare scenario has begun. We’ve been warning people about it for over 4 years now. And while the powers at be would love you to think that they’ve got everything under control, you’ll soon see that once the next wave of the global derivatives disaster hits, no amount of Fed fiddling will be able to contain the crisis this time. While we originally warned that JP Morgan might be ground zero for the global derivatives disaster, Jamie Dimon (who’s been called the world’s greatest banker) was soon employed to unwind their giant derivatives portfolio and reduce their exposure and risk. Although he managed to do this with some success, other players took up the slack and the derivatives bubble continued to grow unchecked and unregulated. We later sent out warnings of a new demon derivative that had begun to proliferate like wildfire…which threatened to take down banks like Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Deustche Bank, and hundreds of other hedge funds and financial institutions. “There are about 700 banks in critical condition…100-150 of them, with $1 trillion in assets, will essentially go bankrupt in the next year.” Newsmax, September 29, 2008 Bill Gross, the legendary bond investor, called this particular type of derivative one of the banks’ most “egregious concoctions” to date! It’s the now infamous investment, which goes by the name of the Subprime CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligation). The investment derives its value from the subprime mortgage markets. These investments were basically bets on whether or not the average American homeowner with a poor credit rating could make his monthly mortgage payment on his inflated home. For bankers and mortgage brokers, loan applicants who previously would have been considered bad risks suddenly became great clients. That’s because the higher risk these borrowers represented, meant ultimately the lender could charge higher rates and fees…and then quickly sell the loan off to unsuspecting institutions. And in a world of low interest rates, low inflation and easy credit they were a gloriously effortless way for banks and hedge funds to reach for yield. The risk was low and the reward high…at least until everything started to go wrong…and these miracle bets began to rapidly unwind… Pop Goes the Largest Leveraged Asset and Credit Bubble in History You see, as we mentioned before, these derivative bets are bought on an enormous amount of leverage. For example, any wealthy individual can go to a broker these days and put down $1 million, and then leverage this amount 3 times. The resulting $4 million ($1 million equity, $3 million debt) can be invested in a fund of funds that will in turn leverage this $4 million another 3 or 4 times and invest them in a hedge fund; then the hedge fund will take these funds and leverage them another 3 or 4 times and buy derivatives like subprime CDOs, which are often themselves leveraged 9 or 10 times! At the end of this long credit chain, the initial $1 million of equity can become a $100 million investment, out of which $99 million is debt (leverage) and only $1 million is equity. So we get an overall leverage ratio of 100 to 1. It was this kind of new Super-Leverage which helped create the largest asset and credit bubbles in the history of humanity, including a global real estate bubble, a mortgage bubble, a bond bubble, a credit bubble, a commodity bubble, a private equity bubble, a hedge fund bubble and the mother of all economic bubbles: the global derivatives bubble. It’s how global stock markets grew from $25 trillion to $50 trillion in just 5 years, and how the global derivatives market leapt from $100 trillion to almost $600 trillion. In economic terms, these bubbles grew in the blink of an eye. And now they’ve all begun to bust at the same time—plunging us into the deepest de-leveraging since the Great Depression. “…total global losses from the coming financial meltdown could easily reach $25,000 billion to $30,000 billion.” Financial Times, June 25, 2008 You see, when you have this kind of monstrous amount of leverage built into the system, a mere 1% fall in the price of the final investment (the CDO) can wipe out the initial equity, and create a chain of margin calls. And here’s where the real problem lies: The one we’ve been warning investors about for over four years now…the one at the very core of the credit crisis. The amount all these traders have to put down in order to place their derivative bets is based upon their credit rating. The stronger their credit rating, the less they have to put down. Now if their credit rating is downgraded, they have to put up more money to cover the bet. In order to do that, the bank, hedge fund, money market fund, private equity fund, etc. must sell its investments. Problem is, it’s unable to sell many of its investments (like CDOs) - because nobody wants them, so it has to sell its good investments (like its stocks). And naturally when things sell, prices drop, which causes further selling, and further downgrades and so on… And that’s what we are seeing in global markets right now. It’s why stocks, investments and markets that seem far removed from the subprime mortgage meltdown are being affected by it. But the worst is yet to come. The Catalog of Crises It’s not only that we have a financial crisis, we also have a banking crisis, a credit crisis, a food crisis, an energy crisis and a commodity crisis. We’ve already seen $10 trillion wiped off global stock exchanges in just a month. And that was after trillions of dollars had been injected into the system from central banks the globe over… And now the next demon derivative is about to whip down Wall Street and wipe a further $20 trillion off global exchanges, spinning the world into what might end up being a global deflationary collapse. We’ll tell you about this demon derivative in this Special Crisis and Opportunity Issue on the derivatives time bomb…and we’ll show you how you can not only protect yourself from it, but multiply your wealth many times over by buying the small clutch of alternative investments, which are poised to leap 2-10 fold when the derivatives bubble finally blows. We’ll tell you about the countries that leveraged the most, and those that leveraged the least, and we’ll show little-known ways to make money off them all…more money than you may have ever made in your life. We’ll introduce you to radical new financial innovations that can give you access to exotic currencies, booming markets and opportunities that were once reserved only for the world’s richest investors. We’ll show you how to invest more like the world’s best-performing university endowments, but for no more than it would cost you to purchase a stock or mutual fund on American markets. But before we do, let me first tell you why no amount of fed fiddling, bailout band-aids or fat-chance packages will save the markets this time. Wall Street sign Wall Street’s Next Demon Derivative Delivers Final Blow You’ve heard of the subprime CDO (the derivative at the core of the current crisis). Now another kind of demon derivative is about to take the spotlight. It’s called the CDS (Credit Default Swap). And you’ll soon understand why, no matter what central banks do, it will deal the final blow to the global financial system. At its very simplest a CDS is an insurance contract. And it’s made between two parties, one of whom is giving insurance to the other in hopes that he will be paid in the event that a financial institution or corporation, fails. However, Wall Street big-wigs have been very careful not to call this investment an insurance contract because if it were insurance, it would be regulated. So instead they use a magic substitute word called a 'swap,' which by virtue of federal law is deregulated. And this is where we run into trouble. Because what was originally intended as insurance has now often become once again a highly leveraged speculative bet. Now in a typical CDS deal, a hedge fund will sell protection to a bank, which will then resell the same protection to another bank, and such dealing will continue, sometimes in a circle. And this practice has the potential to put investors into webs of relationships which are not transparent. Since the U.S. Treasury has not classified these derivatives as “insurance,” they trade free of any government regulations. Because of that, the firm selling the CDS is not required to set aside any reserves from the premiums received to insure against possible future loss claims. “…the kind of wrenching financial crisis that comes along only once in a century.” Alan Greenspan, New York Times, October 9, 2008 This obviously makes the sale of the Credit Default Swaps potentially very profitable. But if the bet goes sour, and the company defaults or goes bankrupt, then that small bet can get very expensive. So what was essentially supposed to be a safe insurance contract is now a series of highly leveraged dangerous bets. And in the past seven years trading in this market has leapt a mind-boggling hundred-fold. This new CDS market now stands at a size larger than the entire capitalization of all the world’s stock markets combined. And since these bets are all based on the future credit worthiness of a country, company or consumer (basically a bet on the ability of a party to repay his debts), they’re all about to go horribly wrong. In a global economy made up of thousands of corporations and institutions, many of which borrowed 10-100 times their capital in the past few years, most will be un able to repay their future debts – meaning these new demon derivates are going to unwind at a rapid rate…with fall-out so large it will dwarf the current damage caused by the crisis so far. Why Bailout Band-Aids Won’t Save the System Central banks around the globe have already injected trillions of dollars into the system. And while these bailout band-aids have helped, the problem is too big now. A band-aid might be good to cover a blemish or an abrasion, but we now have a gaping hole in the financial system: One that is growing larger every day. Plus the government’s ability to deal with a crisis of this magnitude is unfortunately limited. Over 700 banks are already in critical condition…150 of them (with a trillion dollars in assets alone) have Texas Ratios of 1:1. (A Texas ratio is a measure of the banks’ credit troubles. And historically when banks have reached 1:1, they fail.) While the Fed does have the ability to bail out banks, how many more will they have to bail out before investors start to lose faith in the whole American financial system. But even if they were to take the unlikely action of bailing out every bank, it still wouldn’t be enough. They’d need to bail out the hundreds of non-banking institutions too, including all the hedge funds, money market funds and private equity funds that are also on the brink. And they’d need to bail out the thousands of crashing corporations and the millions of already bankrupt mortgage holders. That’s what is needed to save the system…to prevent a tsunami of foreclosures, an implosion of the corporate sector, not to mention the coming torrent of defaults on credit cards, auto loans and student loans. And the tragic reality is it can’t be done. These kind of non-banking bailouts lie beyond the abilities of the Fed. 1 In fact, in another urgent investment bulletin we sent out to investors in the summer of 2007 entitled “Gluttons at the Gate” we warned about the coming bursting of the Private Equity bubble. Ten of the biggest Private Equity outfits (Ex-president’s clubs, as we called them), were busily buying up hundreds of companies on extravagant amounts of leverage. And they weren’t just buying up small firms, they were buying up some of America’s most iconic brands, including: Hertz, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Music, Neiman Marcus, J Crew and Toys “R” Us. They de-listed these companies from the public exchanges, stripped them down, cut their costs and their workforces, loaded them up with debt, charged them questionable fees and rushed them back to public markets at warp speed. To quote industry insiders, they “bought them, stripped them and flipped them.” But the success of this buyout binge hinged on one very important factor: a booming economy. You see Private Equity firms use the rising sales of the companies they acquire to pay back their enormous debt loads. But in a recession when sales tumble, they will be unable to make the crippling repayments. They will default. This is what we’re starting to see happen. Since they bought up trillions of dollars worth of companies (a significant swath of the global economy) the impact will be enormous. Corporate bankruptcies will soar. Private Equity firms will be unable to launch them back onto public exchanges. They’ll be stuck owning ailing assets. And many will get crushed under the burden of their huge debt loads. Global Stock Market’s Next $20 Trillion Culling Corporate default rates were a mere 0.6% in 2006 and 2007. But in a typical U.S. recession these rates surge above 10%. In a severe recession they’ll soar even higher. And once the tsunami of corporate bankruptcies start to flood the market, it is then that we will bear witness once again to the devastating power that these demon derivatives carry. For the intricate web of relationships, including all the banks, hedge funds, money market funds and investors that bought insurance on these faltering companies, will want to be paid. Problem is, many won’t have the funds to pay up. They’ll go bankrupt. It’s why AIG – the world’s biggest insurance company— fell and had to be bailed out by the banks. And it’s why Lehman Brothers also went bankrupt. And even if the Fed had saved them it would’ve only slowed down the meltdown. It wouldn’t have stopped it. Because this time, the bets have been too big, and they’ve burrowed too deep into the global financial system… Nothing will be able to stop the coming catastrophic implosion of the Credit Default Swap market. Even if the Fed could inject funds into every hedge fund, money-market fund and corporation (which they can’t), the sums would need to be so large that it would destroy the very fabric of the American financial system anyway. Once the CDS marker starts to implode, there will be a run on the banks…and a run on stocks. And expect the coming CDS—driven global stock market crash to dwarf the last crash, which saw $10 trillion wiped off global exchanges in a matter of weeks, as investors priced in a global recession. This time they’ll be pricing in a severe recession and maybe a depression. Expect a further $20 trillion to get wiped off. And because of the lack of transparency in the CDS market, everyone will hoard cash, making the credit crunch even worse…leading to a complete systemic financial collapse. The curtain will have finally fallen on the Wall Street era. In this time there will only be a few profitable money havens left: A small clutch of markets who were not built on phantom finance…whose stock, real-estate and bond markets were not pumped up on super-leverage and hot financial air…whose governments support massive surpluses NOT crippling deficits…and whose citizens rank among the world’s greatest savers, not the world’s greatest spenders. Some of these economies are also awash in natural resources, others are sitting on trillions of dollars in cash. Their banks are among the best capitalized in the world. They barely dipped their toes into the risky subprime CDO and CDS markets. They are thus far better equipped to weather the coming financial storm than most other bubble economies. And thanks to The Sovereign Society, and their vast array of global contacts, you’ll be able to access them more easily and cheaply than ever before, including: “The One Investment that ALWAYS Flies When Almost Everything Else Falls!” The world’s biggest credit and asset bubbles ever created in the history of humanity are all starting to burst at the same time. So where do you go for safety and profits? I’ll tell you where: The one investment on Earth that didn’t get pumped up on cheap credit and phantom finance…the one investment that didn’t boom when almost everything else did…the one investment that went nowhere in the last 18 years, only enjoying brief booms when the rest of the world started falling apart – like in 1998 after the collapse of LTCM, 9/11, etc. Enjoy Access to Research From an Unrivalled Team of Europe’s Top Bankers and Money Managers The Sovereign Society boasts an impressive list of top bankers and experts who have been long established in the strong regions in which we research. You’ll get first-hand knowledge from them on how best to profit from the many booming opportunities that lie in these areas. This is just a selection of them… Robert VrijhofRobert Vrijhof: Top Swiss money manager. Robert has held senior positions with some of the top banks in the world, including Credit Suisse and Foreign Commerce Bank. From Robert you’ll learn about some of Switzerland’s and Europe’s strongest and safest investments. Thomas FischerThomas Fischer: A Danish banker with over two decades experience as a foreign exchange dealer, broker and banker. Thomas currently holds a senior position at one of Denmark’s oldest banks. Andrew GrieblAndrew Griebl: Director of Private Banking at Euram (European American Investment Bank AG) in Vienna, Austria. Andrew has acted as investment counsel to high net worth U.S., U.K., and Latin American families and their advisors. This investment thrives on chaos…flies when everything else falls…dances when everything else dies… I’m talking about t Japanese yen. Ironically it was the yen (and the Bank of Japan) that was also the single biggest source of cheap money, which helped fuel the recent and unprecedented bull markets in stocks, real estate and commodities. But it didn’t do it to inflate global asset bubbles. It did it in hopes of jump-starting its own depressed economy. So it offered investors the globe over the cheapest source of financing on the planet…loans at near 0% interest. It was basically FREE money. And so irresistible was it, that investors came from everywhere to dip their toes into the deep waters of this enchanted money pool. Everyone from Private Equity firms to hedge funds…from money market funds to Japanese housewives dived in. - Hide quoted text - These firms and investors borrowed up every cent they could – some estimates say the sums reached as high as $2 trillion. Problem was, instead of plowing this money back into Japan’s depressed market, as the authorities had hoped, the bet back-fired. Instead these investors took the cheap money and plowed it into greener financial pastures, which largely was anything that could offer them a bigger yield than 1%. They piled into New Zealand and Australian dollar currency CDs, Chinese, Brazilian, Russian and Indian stocks, emerging market bonds, Eastern European banks, oil, gas, copper, corn, Google, global real estate, DOW stocks and a whole lot more. And why not? If you can borrow money at near 0% interest, then deposit it elsewhere and reap 3, 10 even 20% annual returns, it’s a license to print money. And for a long time it was. The market has a name for this kind of fairy-tale bet. It’s called a carry trade. Problem is this carry trade is coming to a tragic end. Make 2-10 Times Your Money as the World’s Biggest Bet Unwinds You see in order for the Japanese yen carry trade to continue, it depends on one very important factor. Japan and the yen have to stay depressed. Japan in effect has to sacrifice itself in order to save everyone else. For if its market and currency start to take off, so too could its interest rates, which would be catastrophic for the thousands of betters who borrowed these cheap Japanese yen loans. Their loan payments would quickly soar. All those who become unable to make their higher monthly payments would have to start to cash out of the investments they bought with the loan. Many would start to panic too, in fear that their interest rate would continue to climb and the yen would continue to strengthen, making their payments increasingly harder to make. “…derivatives are a center piece of the crisis” New York Times, October 9, 2008 This would lead to a massive global sell-off of all these high-yielding bubble assets, and money would flood back to Japan, which would in turn enforce the trend even more. And the cycle would feed on itself. The world’s biggest bet would rapidly unwind, deflating asset bubbles the globe over, but it would also finally turn one of the world’s worst-performing investments (the long-depressed Japanese yen) into one of the world’s best. And that’s what we’re seeing happening in global markets right now. But it’s only just beginning. When the Credit Default Swaps market implodes, it will spin the world into deeper chaos, and more and more money will flood back to Japan, setting off a yen currency rally like the world has never known. The yen is the ultimate crisis-proof investment. And we’ll show you the best ways to play it, including revolutionary new financial instruments that can allow you to invest in the yen currency just as easy and as cheaply as you would a DOW stock. Plus we’ll show you little-known ways to magnify the returns on this currency play 10, 20 - even 30 times. That means every 10% that the yen appreciates against other major currencies, you could make up to 300%. You’ll learn all about it in a special investment alert we’ll send you absolutely FREE when you sign up for a risk-free trial membership to The Sovereign Society. It’s called The Great Unwind: How to Make 100-1000% on the Collapse of the Carry Trade. And that’s just one of the many extraordinary benefits you’ll receive as a member of The Sovereign Society. Easy Profits on the "Recession Currency" When the DOW Goes Down, the YEN Goes Up 1 (You see, whenever the DOW takes a hit, the yen rallies. Few investors know this: but the yen has been an almost fail-proof hedge against sputtering stock markets. This isn't some random coincidence. In truth, Japan is the "black market" of credit that funds the DOW - to a very large degree. And when that credit becomes more expensive, the world's biggest investors have no choice— they MUST sell off assets and repay their loans. This cycle feeds on itself: As yen loans are repaid, the value of the yen rises— pushing other debtors' interest rates higher. And as more and more debtors sell off investments to repay their ballooning loans— a massive deflationary effect spreads across the world. Cash becomes scarcer... Nearly everything is worth less. Except the Japanese yen. It flies! The Harder the Crash the Bigger Your Yen Currency Gains Will Be In the last 21 years, three major market crashes were coupled with huge rises in the yen's value. Take a quick look below: Back in 1987 the year of "Black Monday"... When Markets Went Haywire in 1998... And most recently, in the heart of the 2007-08 Credit Crunch... (As you can see, the yen is not just a safe-haven— it's a huge profit source during times of uncertainty.) The One Investment that May Even Trump Japan’s Juggernaut In times of crisis, people grasp for tangible investments, things like gold and silver, and other essential commodities that the global economy simply can’t do without. In the last commodities bull market, gold went up a staggering 23-fold. That was through the inflationary ‘70s – one of the worst periods for U.S. stocks in economic history. In times of uncertainty, investors rush to gold. And in the oil-credit-confidence and commodity-shocked-times ahead, gold will shoot to the stars. How We Maintain an Impressive Track Record in Times of Chaos The Sovereign Society provides its readers with entire financial solutions – not just the latest random hot stock tip. Our solutions are long-term…and are in accordance with the Advisory Board’s strict investment philosophy of capital preservation. Our track record eclipses just about every other investment newsletters’ track record out there. But that's because we're not just a stock letter. We are a financial publishing alliance— made up of not just one investment expert— but an unparalleled team of more than 30 of the world's leading financial and professional experts. We combine simple time-tested strategies and other alternative investment opportunities including special types of funds, foreign bonds and annuities, currencies, precious metal investments, gold stocks, commodities and emerging market investments – to help you create a well-balanced portfolio. Our experts and their global network of contacts preen global markets looking for low-risk, high-return opportunities. Every recommendation we make has been meticulously chosen – and must be in alignment with the Advisory Board’s particular philosophy and its investment consensus. It must be ultra-safe and potentially offer at the very least a small real return. By employing this strict investment philosophy it ensures the safety and security of our readers’ capital. Above everything this is our goal. With banks and brokers continuously peddling stocks and products that benefit them rather than you – The Sovereign Society is a voice you can trust. It’s a real investment community who look out for one another. To join us, click below. This won’t be like the gold bull market in the ‘70s. It will be much bigger. For we now have a lot of new players on the global stage. And as energy shocks, commodity crunches and derivatives disasters continue to rock global markets, these new players will get very hungry for the immortal metal. The 2.3 billion Chinese and Indians have already begun to show their voracious appetite for the metal. But this is only the beginning. When gold lust spreads from the contrarians to mainstream investors to the general public, then you’ll truly see that there is no rush like a great global gold rush. 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But just in case you have any doubts, I want to give you a unique opportunity to take a risk-free look at us. In other words – you won’t have to risk a penny until you are convinced that a Sovereign Society membership is right for you. If at any time you decide The Sovereign Society is not for you – just cancel your subscription – and we will give you a pro-rated refund on your fees (with full money back within the first 30 days). No questions asked. But you can still keep your free reports – whatever you decide. That’s our guarantee to you. Over 30 of the world’s leading financial and professional experts on your side… You may be wondering how the Sovereign Society has managed to maintain such an impressive track record in the midst of all this market mayhem. As I said, we’ve merely paid homage to history…and taken advantage of major new economic mega-trends. However, our unrivalled financial team of more than 30 international experts has had something to do with it. This is your unique opportunity today to learn from them…and to start profiting from their wisdom. My colleagues and friends will help guide you through the volatile times ahead…and help you pick up gains of 1,794%…797% … 150% …when world markets crash around us! John PugsleySociety’s Chairman and Economic Forecaster, John A. Pugsley. I have written many books and reports on economics, investing and politics.My first book, Common Sense Economics (1974) accurately predicted the inflationary explosion that followed the final abandonment of the gold standard in the early 1970s. In 1980, my second book, The Alpha Strategy, accurately warned that the United States would experience “the largest deficits in the history of the nation in the next five years” and showed investors how to protect themselves. I am now honored to sit as the Chairman of The Sovereign Society – one of the world’s most powerful private financial publishing alliances. Eric RosemanOur Investment Director…Eric N. Roseman is also editor of Commodity Trend Alert, a weekly eletter which focuses on the strongest global trends in commodities-based securities. Eric is a shrewd value investor. From him you'll discover many unusual foreign investment strategies that you may otherwise not get to hear about. These are high-value strategies you won't learn about in the Wall Street Journal or Barron's…They’ve been showing our members excellent returns amid extended periods of stock market declines and economic distress.. Larry GrossmanOur Award-Winning Retirement Guru and one of Wharton School’s Finest, Larry Grossman has achieved a number of unique accomplishments in the financial world. Larry is one of only 1500 American financial advisors who have been awarded the prestigious designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst (a designation awarded in conjunction with the top Wharton School of Business). Larry was also one, if not the first, financial advisor in the country to develop a compliant method for helping clients take IRAs and pension plans offshore for asset protection and greater investment diversification (a move that is preserving many of our members’ capital against America’s ongoing stock and mutual fund massacre). You’ll learn about Larry’s unique financial strategies and his retirement planning techniques in The Sovereign Individual. Mark NestmannOne of Our International Tax and Asset Protection Experts, Mark Nestmann is one of the world’s most sought after writers and speakers on offshore topics. Mark has written many books on financial privacy and asset protection, including the well-known How to Achieve Financial Privacy in a Public Age and Asset Protection 2000. You’ll learn about many of his top international tax and asset protection strategies in The Sovereign Individual – they are strategies that, until recently, have mainly been enjoyed by the super rich… Colin BowenOur Offshore Insurance Expert, Colin Bowen is the Deputy Chairman of Isle of Man Assurance, Ltd.—one of the oldest and largest insurance companies on the island. From Colin you'll learn about the unique life insurance products available on the Isle of Man—some of which are among the strongest insurance products in the world – and can allow you to invest without excessive taxes. David NewmanPreviously a top financial advisor to a Fortune 300 company, David Newman is now our income investment expert. From him you’ll learn how to glean high yields from the market’s best income investment opportunities. Marc Andre SolaMarc-Andre Sola is a Managing Partner with NMG International Financial Services, Ltd. and specializes in insurance and financial consulting, pension administration and in tailoring investment solutions for private clients. Active in more than 16 countries with clients among the world’s leading financial service providers, Marc helps create sophisticated financial structures in an international environment designed to guarantee privacy, protect assets and provide diversification. Erica NolanSovereign Society Executive Director Erika Nolan has been Executive Director for The Sovereign Society since its inception in 1998. She travels extensively throughout Europe, the Caribbean, and Central America to find the most knowledgeable financial experts and banking opportunities for Sovereign Society subscribers and in 2007 started her own offshore consulting firm with a partner. Robert BaumanSovereign Society Legal Counsel Robert Bauman is a former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland (1973-1981). Robert currently serves as Legal Counsel for the Sovereign Society. He has authored, or co-authored, a number of books and reports. Robert has also been interviewed on CNBC and Worth Magazine for his insights on offshore havens. This is just a highlight of the world-class experts you'll get to know by becoming a member of The Sovereign Society! To start benefiting from their wisdom, just click below. The Best Financial Protection Available Today There has never been a more critical time to diversify your assets into safe havens offshore. As banks crash, credit ratings slide, liquidity dries up, and the derivatives disaster continues to wreak havoc on the global economy - U.S. markets may close (just as they did after September 11)…and a whole generation of stock and mutual fund investors will find themselves locked in a crashing market. 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