There aren't too many hard and fast rules to be a successful investor.

After all, investing successfully at times requires you to flexible or rigid, take action in a plodding or swift manner, patient or impatient, and it all depends on ever-changing circumstances.

There are a few rules, however, which can be used in any market. Below are 10 rules developed by Bob Farrell who rose to the chief market analyst spot at Merrill Lynch during his 25 year career. The rules, although developed years ago, seem tailored for the current market conditions...

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The most powerful people in the financial world are doing anything they can to prevent it.

Central bankers fear it. CEO's hate it. Banks get destroyed by it.

Don't worry though, they have banded together to beat it...at any cost. And you can rest assured, they will beat it. As for the costs, well, that's a problem for tomorrow.

Over the past few weeks though, a few of world's most successful investors have been getting prepared to protect themselves and profit from those eventual and virtually inevitable costs.

You too can get prepared too. Here's how.

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It's the single best way to make a fortune investing.

It works in any market too.

Folks have used it to make fortunes during economically good times and during tough times like the Great Depression and the 1970's.

Most of the wealthiest people in the world have used it. In the Forbes Top 10 you'll see Bill Gates, Lakshmi Mittal, Karl and Theo Albrecht, and Ingvar Kamprad. They all used it to amass some of the largest fortunes in the world.

On top of that, it has nothing to do with the daily market ups and downs. There's no complex, high-risk leveraged trading strategy which require good time and better luck. And you don have to worry about timing a "true" bottom in the markets to use it profitably.

It's much, much simpler than that.

Sounds pretty good right?

Well it is. But still, 99% of investors never use it.

Today we'll go over this strategy which has created the greatest fortunes in the world. How you can use this time-tested strategy too. And the one industry where you can use it to double your money and probably make a lot more in the years to come.

Let me start at the beginning though...

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What if I asked you to forget everything you ever learned about the Great Depression?

You'd say I was crazy.

But hold on for a moment and consider a slightly different perspective. A perspective that you won't find in too many history books. And, quite frankly, a perspective that could allow your portfolio to be much better positioned for the years ahead.

After all, with everything going on the world and the repeated references to the "worst downturn since the Great Depression," learning the lessons of history is probably more crucial to your investment success than ever before.

Nobel Laureate Peal S. Buck probably put it best, "If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday."

That's why I'm eager to share with you a different perspective on the Great Depression today from Dr. Robert Murphy - a "politically incorrect" one.

Dr. Murphy is a former economics professor and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal.

In an exclusive interview with Andrew Mickey, Q1's Chief Investment Strategist, Dr. Murphy reveals:

- The single biggest thing that made the 1930's so awful
- The true "cost" of the $787 billion stimulus program
- Why unemployment is on the verge of going higher than anyone expects
- How some investors were able to profit handsomely during the Great Depression
- The real impact of a 200% increase in taxes and why it could be coming again

All that and more is discussed below in this irreverent and thoughtful look at the Great Depression.

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More in our exclusive interview with Dr. Robert Murhpy, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal.

The surprisingly realistic, interesting, and detailed analysis of the causes of the Great Depression and why it looks we could be headed down the exact same road.

This is a must read for any investor concerned about where the economy is going and how to stay protected as well as profit in the decade ahead.

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