An Introduction to Maverick Investing

By Rob Best

Maverick Investors specialise in seeking out non-standard, little-known investment routes. They don't believe that investment is necessarily 'difficult', or that it should be left entirely in the hands of 'experts'. Experts have their place, of course, but the investment industry wants you to believe that they are vital, and your only route to smart investment strategies.

That simply isn't true.

Let's take a look at a couple of examples of what a Maverick Investor might be doing, even as you read this article.

Example 1 - Covered Call Options. It would take too long to explain this in depth, but it's a bit like renting out the stock you own for a monthly income. Is it safe? Well, it's allowed within your 401k, so the US government certainly think it is! Does it require huge expertise? No! You need to know how to do it, of course, but you can learn that in a day. From then on, it'll take you two or three hours a month to implement. Is it worth it? Well, that depends on your criteria. However, you can safely expect to make a return of between 3% and 6% a month if done correctly - and that's way more than any bank or brokerage house will offer you!

Example 2 - Online Businesses. If you've ever tried (or are trying right now) to find a way to make money online, you'll probably know it to be a frustrating, time-consuming, and ultimately fruitless task. And yet, and yet....there are some people out there who are making consistent fortunes on the Internet, day in, day out, without working that hard for it. In fact, I know a guy who is consistently making $100,000 a month in what he would class as a largely passive income, i.e. he does very little, if anything, to 'earn' it. So, what's the difference between him and you (apart from that income figure!)? The difference is, he has a largely automated system, and a way of thinking strategically, that puts him streets ahead. That's the bad news. The good news is, he'll teach you all he knows, and he won't charge you a fortune for it!

Example 3 - Volatility Trading. The biggest stock market myth is the idea that some people can consistently predict the direction of a given market or stock with a high degree of accuracy over an extended period of time - years, say. It's not true. Nobody has that ability. However, what if you had a technique where you could a) predict which stocks are due for a large move, b) predict, with some accuracy (a matter of days), when this large move is likely to take place and c) position yourself in the market so you would make money on that move regardless of which direction the move took. Wouldn't that transform your investment performance in the stock market? Well, there is such a technique, and it's there for the taking.

Example 4 - Below Market Value Real Estate. In the realm of real estate investing, what sort of a difference would it make if you could consistently buy property without using any of your own money, and instantly turn those properties into money-generating cash cows? How many would you need in order to give up your job and be a full-time Maverick Investor? Not many, let me tell you! And yet there are no real estate brokers out there who will show you how to buy houses and apartments 10%, 20%, 30% and more below their retail value. I wonder why?

Now, there's way too much hype around on the Internet for me to want to add to it in any way at all. So let's just back off a little way and put some of the above examples together in a very conservative 'what if' scenario.

What if you already have a $50,000 stock portfolio - by implementing a covered call strategy, you could be making 3% a month on that, giving you an income of $1,500 a month for a couple of hours work, and leave your portfolio largely untouched. And what if you were able to plug into an online business system that is generating one man $100,000 a month, and what if it 'only' made you 1% of that - that's still another $1,000 a month in largely passive income.

Using just two of the four examples above, and taking super-conservative estimates, you're already up to $2,500 a month for very little extra effort.

This is the power of the Maverick Investor! Find out more about these and other Maverick Investor strategies at www.maverick-investor.com

Rob Best is a writer, researcher and Maverick Investor who is one of the people behind...

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Published at Dec, 07 '07 , Read 391 times.

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