Ever make 1,000% on one investment? How about on 30 of them?
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I remember vividly the day Hank Aaron hit home run #715.
I was an avid baseball fan as a boy and Babe Ruth's home run record had stood for decades. My father and I were watching the game on television. I dressed in my baseball uniform and sat cross-legged on the floor to watch the game.
Except for when "Hammerin' Hank" was up. Then I couldn't sit still. I stood, I walked and ran circles around the living room and kitchen.
The moment he hit home run #715 was thrilling. I don't think I stopped smiling for hours. My father took a picture of me I still have. (No, I'm not sharing that.)
Even though Barry Bonds now holds the record for most career home runs, Hank Aaron's career home run number of 755 has stuck in my head since those days.
Since then, lots of numbers have stuck in my head. Some are associated with sports, but others have stayed with me just because they are so incredible.
The world's highest mountain? Mt. Everest: 29,028 feet
The world's longest river? The Nile at more than 4,132 miles
Everyone in investing is a little obsessed with numbers like these. I'm going to guess you know that the world's richest man is Jeff Bezos, who is reportedly worth about $131 billion. And you know other names on the list like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.
And since I've been covering investing, another number has stuck with me. One that seems too incredible to be true, but is true nonetheless.
Thirty investments that gained more than 1,000%.
In case you don't know why this is so incredible, let me put this in a little context for you. Investing experts are lucky to get one 1,000% call. It's rare to have more than one, but it does occasionally happen.
But 30?
That's not just above the rest, that's in the stratosphere.
So, let me tell you more about Eric Fry -- the man we call "Mr. 1,000%."
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Eric Fry, the editor of our newly launched product, Eric Fry's Investment Report has called nearly every significant market move of the past 25 years ... and he's made more stock recommendations that resulted in 1,000%+ gains than anyone in the financial newsletter industry.
While most newsletter promotions tout huge "hypothetical" returns that never came from an actual recommendation, Eric is the real deal.
His track record includes a stunning 4,114% gain ... a 7,908% gain ... and an incredible 5,997% gain (a 61-bagger).
He's gotten so many major calls right, it's difficult to put them all in one essay.
Eric shorted the dot-com bubble, identifying over a dozen stocks that plummeted more than 50% in value. Traders who bought puts on those stocks could have made hundreds -- even thousands -- of percent gains.
In one 12-month period during the dot-com meltdown, he told his subscribers to sell or sell short:
• Infosys in February. That stock tumbled 80%.
• Taiwan Semiconductor in March. That stock dropped 76%.
• Power-One in September. That stock plunged 94%.
• Ariba in September. That one blew up completely, falling 99%.
• Motorola in September. Down 82%.
• Cisco in October. Down 84%.
• Celestica in October. Down 86%.
• Solectron in November. Down 76%.
• Flextronics in November. Down 71%.
• JDS Uniphase in November. Down 97%.
• Williams in December. That one went bankrupt.
• Corning in December. Down 95%.
Eric's negative analysis of Corning was so compelling that the editor-in-chief of Barron's profiled it in his lead story.
Eric was also one of the first analysts to forecast the financial crisis of 2008 ... telling his readers to short dozens of the big banks and mortgage companies that eventually went bust.
People who followed his recommendations could have walked away with gains like 1,415% on Countrywide Financial, 4,408% on Fannie Mae, and even 6,425% on Freddie Mac.
But he doesn't just play the negative side.
In 2002, Eric urged readers to buy gold ... it soared over 500% in the years that followed. Many gold stocks gained over 1,000% during the historic gold rally.
In 2015, Eric issued a special report calling Bitcoin one of his "5 Best Investments," shortly before that revolutionary crypto-currency rocketed nearly 80-fold in value.
Here are some details behind some of his biggest calls.
***A Stunning 11,237% Gain
In 1999, the Thailand-based Royal Garden was one of Asia's premier hotel operators. But the company's stock had tumbled 40% from the high it reached 5 years earlier.
Thanks to the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis, the region's economies and stock markets had spiraled to deeply depressed levels.
Ironically, the same currency crisis that crushed Royal Garden's share price sowed the seeds of the company's powerful recovery.
Because the value of the Thai baht and other regional currencies had plummeted against the US dollar and other major world currencies, Eric believed foreigners would begin flocking to tourist destinations throughout Asia.
So, he recommended Royal Garden shares to his professional money manager readers.
Eight years and two months later, Royal Garden shares had soared more than 2,000%. The stock continued its breathtaking advance to gain more than 6,000% after 14 years and an astonishing 11,237% after 19 years. (Amazon, one of the great growth stocks of all-time, gained just 1,242% over the same timeframe).
[Minor International is the successor company of Royal Garden]
***1,239% Gains in Adidas
In 1999, Eric identified the German shoe maker Adidas as one of the cheapest high-quality stocks in the world ... and recommended shares of the company to professional investors.
In the years that followed, the world came around to Eric's way of thinking. During the next 19 years, Adidas shares climbed 1,269%.
***A 1,972% Gain in the Oil Business
In 2003, Eric believed the depressed Russian stock market was one of the cheapest, most promising stock markets on the planet.
Even though 5 years had passed since the Russian default and currency crisis of 1998, Russian stocks remained extremely depressed. That looked like a major mis-pricing.
The Russian economy was clearly on the mend. And yet, its stocks were priced for recessionary conditions.
So, he recommended shares of a Stockholm-based investment fund called Vostok Nafta to his readers. This little-known investment vehicle held a concentrated portfolio of Russian oil & gas stocks.
In the years that followed, the Russian stock market became one of the world's top performing stock markets. Shares of Vostok Nafta soared as high as 2,526% ... a 20-bagger.
I could describe another 27 or so of these, but you get the idea.
We just launched Eric Fry's Investment Report, and if you haven't checked it out you really should.
Whether the market is going up or down or sideways, Eric is the global macro investor who finds ways to make money.
Not everyone has a memory for big numbers, but 30 calls that gained more than 1,000% should stick with you when deciding who can deliver great investing guidance.
We don't call him "Mr. 1,000%" for nothing ...
Enjoy your weekend,
Luis Hernandez
Editor in Chief, InvestorPlace
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