| Dear Friend, John and I have been bowled over by the number of readers who have joined us this week at Over My Shoulder. We also got quite a few questions—so today, I thought I’d answer some of the most-frequently asked ones for you. This is pretty inexpensive. Will the price go up? We’re able to offer Over My Shoulder to you for just $9.95 per month for a strictly limited time—through October 29 only. We’re doing so because you’re a loyal reader… it’s not possible to offer it to everyone for just $9.95 per month. We also guarantee that the price will not go up, for as long as you remain a member. You can cancel at any time, but if you wish to rejoin at a later date, the price will be higher. At midnight on October 29, the price will revert to the normal retail price of $14.95. That’s still a great deal, but it does mean your potential savings of 33% will be gone. So if you want to try it out for the lowest price possible, now really is the time. I don’t think I’ll have time to keep up with Over My Shoulder… We’re all being bombarded with so much information on a daily basis. Just keeping up with that (not to mention extracting value from it) is a Sisyphean task. Over My Shoulder can work for you, whether you have a little time to dedicate to it, or a lot. To save you time on particularly busy days, John and I will send you a brief intro, short explanation of why the article or piece of research matters, key points, and the “bottom line.” Quite honestly, it has never been easier to benefit from a weighty piece of research… in only a minute or two! Does it contain actionable investing advice? Over My Shoulder is a research service—that means it’s not like any of our other publications. There is no model portfolio or direct investing advice from John or me. But actionable information? The pieces we send to you are intended not only to make you better-informed in a quick, easy-to-digest way, but to make you a better investor. For example, John sent Over My Shoulder readers a piece from the brilliant Peter Boockvar in February 2015, in which he made a high-conviction call that the commodities bear market was in its final stages. You don’t need me to connect the dots on how useful that piece was to readers. More recently, Charles Gave explained how he hedges his company portfolio against turbulent markets. (That article, by the way, is part of your Bonus Gift #2, the curated selection of Over My Shoulder issues that comes with your subscription.) So there are definitely practical takeaways for you. There are so many contributors… won't all the different viewpoints be confusing? In Over My Shoulder, we include work from a long and varied list of investment analysts, economic researchers, famous thinkers, renowned journalists, and more. You will never agree with everything we send you… if you do, we’re not doing our job properly. I read a study recently, out of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which found that “our brains rapidly and automatically process opinions we agree with as if they are facts.” This means we must all strive to always engage critical thinking, whether we agree with something or not. Over My Shoulder is intended to strengthen your critical thinking, and in doing so, to help you separate signal from noise. Will Thoughts from the Frontline remain free? Short answer: yes, it will remain free… as long as people support our premium publications, like Over My Shoulder. An inside take here—it’s tough to make the “free content” model work. The newspaper industry never really did, and the trend is definitely toward paywalls. And we don’t ever want to send our free letters to you with ads for other people’s products. You see enough of those everywhere else! So, our solution is to price Over My Shoulder as low as we possibly can, and invite our most loyal readers to join at an even lower price than that. We believe this helps bring you the very best of what we have to offer, while also ensuring that the cost of producing Over My Shoulder (and Thoughts from the Frontline!) is covered. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions, and I hope my answers have helped. Before I go, I should remind you that your special offer to join Over My Shoulder for just $9.95 per month expires in four days, at midnight on October 29. Click the link below if you’re interested in joining John and me now. Join Over My Shoulder for just $9.95 per month Hope to see you looking over my shoulder soon. See you at the top, Patrick Watson
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