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The free market works. It is the most fertile breeding ground for wealth possible. It benefits nearly everyone – the only losers are career politicians and businesses looking for special favors.

The free market is just. In the marketplace, the hallmark of fairness is agreement between buyer and seller. It is a breach of moral decency for any self-appointed third party to stand between a buyer and a seller.

Interference with the free market leaves everyone poorer (except career politicians and businesses looking for special favors). But for alert investors who understand how the free market works, the distortions caused by such interference can be rich in opportunity.

How does the free market work today? Well, from our perspective, there are numerous impediments worldwide to the larger market’s functionality. Most of these blockages come from the expected source – government and its related entities. The amount of regulation, bureaucracy and general public problem-solving is at an all time high.

Every regulation aimed at solving one problem likely causes another one because regulation inevitably excludes competition. When competition is not allowed – when the invisible hand cannot operate – then processes become inefficient and queues occur. The competence of the operation is mislaid and inefficiencies become manifold.

In such an environment, one needs guidance both domestically and globally. The free-market does operate regardless and the trick for the savvy, concerned investor is to figure out where and how. There are plenty of perfectly legal methodologies that can provide a motivated individual with additional asset protection alongside extra profit potential.

Freedom and property are close companions. Private property is freedom’s strongest friend because it is government’s biggest obstacle. By expanding one’s portion of wealth and reducing one’s exposure – legally – to government takings, one provides additional security to one’s family and manages his or her portfolio for maximum growth as well.

We are pleased you’ve decided to join us in our quest to find markets and strategies that are most appropriate for a free-market environment in an age of increasing governmental controls. One would even be tempted to say that it is imperative concerned investors do so. And of course the publisher of Swiss Confidential will not interfere with the decisions of any person – including its own affiliates – to buy or sell any investment at any time.