| Dear Friend, This year’s hurricane season has been a real humdinger. Here in Puerto Rico, where Shane and I have made our home, devastating hurricanes are a threat that we’ve learned to live with. We do make a point of preparing for worst-case scenarios by having extra food and water at hand, as well as batteries and a backup generator. As I said in my August 27 issue of Thoughts from the Frontline: So, the prudent course is to prepare for the worst, hope for the best—a trite saying but in this case it’s true. We would rather be overprepared than caught by surprise. Investors face hurricanes, too, with even more uncertainty. ... Right now, several potentially big storms are brewing. They could be minor annoyances or catastrophic disasters, or anywhere in between. I truly hope they all resolve with minimal fuss. But they may not. They could even combine into a perfect storm of even greater magnitude… so now is the time to prepare. The US Treasury is hitting the $28.5 trillion debt ceiling—a number so monstrous that 20–30 years ago, it would have been unthinkable to have a national debt of this size. Housing and construction are booming. Home prices and rents have gone through the roof. Add to that the fact that the longstanding Eviction Moratorium is expiring... and that almost 1.8 million homes are now in forbearance whose owners will have to resume making payments soon. To make things worse, prices of food, gasoline, and heating oil have risen considerably—and due to the semiconductor shortage, electronics and cars cost much more now (if you can get them). Taiwan Semiconductor just raised their prices 20%. Hong Kong/LA container prices have nearly doubled since the beginning of the year, and four times since last summer. All this is to say we need to prepare for the approaching storms... now. For that reason, my team and I have put together a special bundle that I call the “CAT-5 Asset Protection Kit.” It’s a combination of one year of my unique research service, Over My Shoulder, and three hand-selected video presentations from the Strategic Investment Conference (SIC) 2021. The thought behind this is to pool the best advice money can buy—from high-profile experts in economics, finance, and geopolitics—into one convenient, low-cost package and hand it to you for maximum protection. You can find all the details here. Don’t wait—you’ll have only 72 hours on this special offer. It expires on September 16 at midnight. Order your CAT-5 Asset Protection Kit now. Your ready to weather any storm analyst, John Mauldin
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