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You should know you know you can subscribe to this 100% risk free. If, for whatever reason you are unsatisfied with the President’s List service I will personally guarantee a 100% refund within three months of purchase and a prorated refund thereafter.
That's not all though. As an added benefit, as an elite member you will also receive full member access to Andrew Mickey's Prudent Investing. This is Q1's other premium advisory service for select investors who demand the opportunity to receive steady returns and above average income.
In the case that you are still unsure if the President's List is right for you, I have compiled an FAQ that may help answer any questions. (If you have a question, and the answer isn't answered below, e-mail me personally at amickey@Q1Publishing.com and I'll get right back to you.)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I expect a lot from anyone claiming to be a financial expert. What makes you better than all the other “experts” out there?
A: Let me tell you about the “4 Steps to Becoming an Expert”.
Step #1: Build a website - If you can scrounge up $2,000 for a professionally done one - even better.
Step #2: Get on TV –After all, “If you’ve been on TV, you must know what you’re talking about.”
Step #3: Write a Book – It doesn’t matter if anyone ever buys it or if it’s good, getting it published is the most important thing.
Step #4: Get a Wikipedia Page – "Sheesh, this guy must be real. He has a Wikipedia page."
Those are the four steps to become a bona fide “expert”.
Seriously though, I am a bit different than the others you may or may not be familiar with. When it comes to the markets, you can be right for a few years, catch one or two big trends, and develop a good track record, but it rarely lasts.
Warren Buffett says, “When the tide goes out, you see who’s swimming naked”. If you don’t have the right rationale, when the market shifts or your bubble bursts, their lack of swimwear will become obvious.
To me, you can only hone your rationale through experience.
I joke about the “3 Steps to Becoming an Expert,” but the key to being a real expert is rationale. Luck eventually runs out and hot sectors fall out of favor. But well-researched, thoughtful ideas and deep risk/reward analysis leads to a sound and, ultimately, successful approach – which never goes out of style.
Q: You look very young. How could you possibly have more experience than everyone else out there trying to tell me what to do?
A: I may look young, but in my experience age really doesn’t matter much at all. I’ve worked with intelligent, yet completely clueless, people twice my age. I’ve worked with young people in their 20’s that have only impressed me day after day.
Age means absolutely nothing. Experience is what counts. I’m not going to go over my resume here, but I will tell you it doesn’t take long for my readers to see how I use my experience to find truly great investment ideas.
Frankly, you’re not going to find someone else who has worked their way up from the bottom, traveled the world in search of investment opportunities, shared dinners with billionaires, shared cigars with Russian oligarchs, advised the largest companies in the world…just to get started.
Q: I’ve subscribed to many newsletters and I am usually disappointed. What makes yours different?
A: There are two big reasons why mine is different. First of all, I own Q1 Publishing 100% outright. Every decision made here, every experience you have with us, falls on me.
Q1 is not run by marketers or savvy sales people looking to make a sale at any cost. It’s run by me and I’m responsible for everything - plain and simple.
As many people that know me will tell you I put a very high value on personal responsibility. So when I give you my word, it means something. That’s the only way to live as far as I’m concerned.
My business is pretty simple. If you try us out and like the research and the safe and original (and often emulated) ideas we come up with, and we help make you money, then you’ll want to stay on with us. If not…well, I won’t have any business at all.
As for being disappointed with past experiences, all I can say is you’ve probably never subscribed to my advisory service.
Q: I like what you offer, but it seems a bit expensive. Is it possible to try out the service for free?
A: Yes, you can try it out. I purposely offer a 100% refund within 30 days of purchase. I am so confident that you will find value in the service (as a lot of others have).
You’ve got to realize, the service has costs too. We retain complete independence from the companies we look at in the service. I receive no investment banking fees, advertising fees, or anything like that from any of the companies we look at.
I’d probably make a lot more money in the short-term by taking payment from companies. Have you ever read the fine print on those “paid” newsletters? I’ve seen some as high as $50K and $75K just to write a story and, of course, provide a “face” for whatever company they are touting.
In the long-term, you’d have no sustainable business. It’s tough to put a “sell” recommendation on the company paying your bills.
If you don’t believe me, ask the analysts who kept “buy” ratings on Enron from $80 per share all the way down to 50 cents.
Q: How can I be sure I’m getting your best ideas?
A: As too many people learned the hard way in 2008, there is a great moral hazard when it comes to Wall Street. Wall Street is made up of a bunch of risk takers – yet most of the time they would be taking risks with other people’s money. And paying themselves top dollar to do it. The whole process just doesn’t make any sense. And it will only last so long.
Would you listen to ideas about how to get rich from a homeless person?
Or have you ever worked for a boss who expected everyone to show up at 8:00 and leave at 5:00, yet he never showed up before 9:30 and was nowhere to be found after 4:00?
Here at Q1 Publishing, we eat our own cooking, so to speak. And we try to avoid the “do as I say, not as I do” moral hazard of Wall Street. We also have a full disclosure policy to ensure any and all potential conflicts of interest are addressed before any recommendation is issued.
Q: I’ve subscribed to other newsletters who always tout how stock X is going to the moon. Yet, all I ever get is an e-mail after its plummeted blaming the market or some other “unexpected” event. How do I know when to sell?
A: There are risks anytime you put your money on the line. I can’t make individual decisions for you either. I can show you, however, how to make good ones and find the low risk/high reward opportunities which make these hard decisions much, much easier.
As for those “unexpected” events you’re referring to, all I can say is they happen. To be honest, we will have the occasional loser too. It’s bound to happen.
However, as you’ll see early on, we won’t get crushed by the occasional trade that goes against us.
This is something that has always confused me. You see, average stockpickers spend 95% of the time figuring out what to buy and only 5% figuring out when to sell. This doesn’t make any sense.
Both decisions are equally important. I never go into anything without an exit strategy, investment related or otherwise. And I won’t let my readers do it either. In fact, the “sell” decision is made before we even say “buy.” It’s all part of the plan before we enter any position.
As for, what I call, “it was the market’s fault” e-mails, I don’t do that. Remember the issue about personal responsibility a few paragraphs ago? I apply the same standards to myself.
To blame a fictitious “market” or intangible Wall Street for your mistake is a recipe for disaster. If you accept responsibility for a mistake, you won’t make it again. If it’s “somebody else’s fault,” you’ll never learn. Once you come on board, you’ll see I’m a bit different from those types.
Q: How many trading ideas should I expect to receive on a weekly/monthly basis?
A: I’d love to tell you, “Every Wednesday we’ll buy or sell something.” That would make everything so much easier.
Is Wednesday the best day to make a move though? What about Monday when the week is just getting started?
Trading opportunities just don’t pop up according to a calendar or whether they’re convenient. The random market just doesn’t work that way. We can, however, work around that...and even use them to our advantage.
In a “normal” month, we’ll feature at least one “venture-capital” style opportunity (microcap, emerging tech company, or private). We’ll also come across three to six option/stock trades every month. That way, if you miss a fast-moving opportunity because you’re not watching your e-mail every second of every day, there will be another opportunity on its way soon.
We’ll be active, but not overactive. We’ll be disciplined, not irresponsible.
Q: How do you find you’re trading recommendations? Do you have one of those “Black Box” systems? I’ve never had any luck with those.
A: No. I’ve never seen anyone that actually worked either. Trading opportunities come along because of extreme market moves. Extreme moves are not caused by rational investors. They’re caused by fear and greed; panic and euphoria; etc.
These are the times when you want to jump on trading opportunities. Some of the smartest people in history create black box systems. Some of them worked over the short-term, but none of them worked over the long-term.
As a reader, you’ll quickly see how our “extreme trading” offers the best mix of risk and reward you’ll find.
Q: After I join, what happens if I decide that the service isn’t for me?
A: The service is 100% risk free. If you sign-up, take a quick scroll through our archives, and watch the analysis and research we publish for a couple of weeks and still don’t think it’s valuable, by all means call me up and I’ll give you all your money back.
We have a very fair refund policy which give you ample time to “test drive” us without having to pay a dime.
If I had no confidence in the level of research we provide, I wouldn’t be able to offer this. As we’ve learned from the positive experiences of our readers, we can offer this deal. So go ahead, you may be kicking yourself in a few days for at least not taking a look.
Q: I'm interested, but still have a few more questions. What should I do?
A: If you have a question and the answer wasn't listed above just drop me personally a quick e-mail at amickey@q1publishing.com and I will get back to you.