The Weekend Edition is pulled from the daily Stansberry Digest.
In this industry, you don't come across tear-jerker moments very often...
But we – along with thousands of other viewers – saw one this past Wednesday.
In Matt McCall's debut event with Stansberry Research that day, we heard from his very first money-management client... from back in the early days of his career in 2004 in Colorado...
Her name is Barb, and she sent in a note to share with everyone who tuned in. It began by describing Matt as "one of the most favorite people in life"...
I met Matt while he was working on a radio show in Boulder, Colorado called Winning on Wall Street with Marc Mandell. I listened to the show as I was driving around town in Denver. One day, he said they were having a seminar at the Omni Hotel in Boulder. As soon as I got home, I told my husband Bill that I'd like to go to the seminar to hear this young guy talk about stocks, etc.
We went. The rest is history. We were his first client after he started managing money... Matt has been managing my portfolio ever since. Plus, we've remained good friends all these years. After my husband's death, I was 100% sure that Matt would manage my finances as he had in the past. I was so right. Whatever new adventure Matt is undertaking, he will make it a huge success. Of that, I have no doubt. Best of luck, Matt. Barb.
Our newest senior analyst at Stansberry Research admitted he had to hold back tears after hearing her words read aloud during the broadcast. He shared that Barb was at his wedding, and he attended her late husband's funeral...
She and her late husband took a huge chance on me many years ago and I'll always treat her as family.
We also heard from another believer in Matt who met him more recently...
In January 2020, Joel – who appeared live during the event – got to know Matt, first by following him on social media and listening to podcasts and then as a client...
Of course, this was right before the market started to tank due to COVID-19 fears a month or so later...
Like many investors in March 2020, Joel's stock portfolio dipped roughly 35%, but he followed Matt's advice, which told him this was the precise time to buy shares of great companies with long growth runways.
As Joel put it, he's happy he listened...
Matt really did a good job... of just talking about long term, thinking long term, kind of drowning the media out, and encouraging people to buy into these great companies. I bought in and did it and really grew my portfolio over today in the 3x to 4x range.
What's more, a pair of cryptocurrency recommendations from Matt has returned even more, including the alt-coin Cardano (ADA), which Joel said he bought at 5 cents thanks to Matt's guidance. It's now up 100-fold in his portfolio.
I bring up these testimonials not just to sing Matt's praises...
But to introduce to you the kind of loyal following he has developed over 20 years in the business... how he has done it... and what he brings to Stansberry Research readers today.
As we've explained over the last week or so leading up to Matt's debut this past Wednesday, Matt's guiding light is to think of the long term... and he's relentlessly optimistic about how that long term will play out.
Being so bullish has paid off over the last decade. Matt has picked more than 40 stocks that have soared 1,000%... and has identified hundreds more that have doubled, delivering meaningful returns to his subscribers and clients.
Now, he's eyeing 100X gains.
But let's be clear...
This does not mean Matt has his head in the sand. He doesn't think that inflation is not a threat to the economy or that many stocks might be overvalued...
And we're not saying that every one of Matt's picks is a winner. Not all of them return 2X... 10X... or 100X.
Matt says he is more bullish than True Wealth editor Steve Sjuggerud. And he says if you want to bet on the future – and find the next Amazons, Alphabets, and Apples of the world – there's a specific way to do it that tilts the odds in your favor.
It's how he went from being a poor kid in Pennsylvania to starting and growing his own money-management firm, which he just sold a few weeks ago before officially joining our team.
He says that if you listen to most financial "experts" – especially in the ratings-chasing mainstream financial media, of which he used to be a part of – you will hear mostly about everything that can go wrong. Instead, Matt prefers to think about what can go right...
Your instinct is always going to be to doubt what is likely to happen in the future. It's extremely difficult for us biologically to understand what's going to happen to us or the world in the next 10 years...
Most people fear the future more than anything else. And the media preys on that fear. But this cycle of negativity makes you forget all the good that's happening in the world and that this good can happen to you. I am definitely not the norm for many reasons. For me, the future excites me more than anything. It's why I'm so optimistic today despite everything that you're seeing in the news.
Importantly, for our line of work, Matt loves expressing this view by sharing with everyday folks – like Barb and Joel and thousands of others – how they can make life-changing gains if they take a deliberate long-term view of the markets...
Which brings us back to Wednesday's event...
As we wrote last Thursday, Matt sees a "convergence of technologies" occurring in the decade ahead...
In short, he says the rapid technological development we will see over the "Roaring 2020s" – combining areas like artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, and more – will make the 1990s personal computer, Internet, and cellphone boom look like child's play...
You might have heard this story before. The idea that emerging technologies can have tremendous growth potential is not a new idea, but Matt makes an important distinction...
He's not a "tech investor." He's a spotter of "life-changing trends"...
After spending a little time with Matt recently, we can easily imagine him as the kind of person hundreds of years ago who saw the potential in the internal combustion engine during the time of the horse and buggy.
He looks at markets from the "top down," identifying "megatrends" and narrowing them down to companies worth your time and investment.
Nobody can say for sure what our future will look like...
We know it will look very different from now. But what won't be very different are the fundamentals of material change – concepts like cheaper, faster, and more efficient products...
The next generation of tech – like electric and self-driving vehicles and better batteries – will become unimaginably valued, Matt says, and will touch parts of the economy most people can't even begin to envision yet...
I'm not exaggerating when I say that every single industry on Earth is going to be reimagined. Every single industry... Think about companies like Amazon and Apple. Yes, they're tech companies, but they changed the way we live our lives.
Just look how drastically the top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 and Dow have shifted since 1999. Or look at how much crypto has changed our world in the last 10 years.
Never in your wildest dreams could you have guessed that almost 50 million Americans, plus some of the biggest banking corporate institutes in the world, would buy into 100%-digital and decentralized currency...
When you look back in 10 years, you may not even recognize your daily life, Matt says...
That's why I'm confident the next 10 years could be the best 10 years in stock market history. This is where fortunes will be made, folks. I'm willing to stake my reputation on it. We're about to see an exponential boom.
Matt knows how to bet responsibly on the world's megatrends...
As we've said, plenty of people might already be aware of the trends Matt is talking about. But not many have come up with an investing approach that can seize the market-leading companies within these trends... and the resulting outsized returns.
After all, how many people do you know who owned Amazon from the "start"... or then had the emotional fortitude to hold it (or even to add shares) through its significant pullbacks over the years?
In other words, betting on one horse to win a 10-year race can be difficult... and you risk losing all of your "all in" bet if you own the wrong horse.
The good thing about the markets is that there's another option...
Just like the beer commercials that remind you to "drink responsibly," we're here to remind you to "invest responsibly."
Matt recommends a "basket" approach to investing in the world's megatrends, spreading your risk among several companies in a particular sector. These are stocks that he has researched and believes have the best potential for 10X or even 100X gains over the long run.
Think of it like this. Let's say you believe in the future of electric vehicles. You can buy a handful of the best companies in the space... be it automakers, parts suppliers, or battery builders. And all it takes is one huge winner to make what I'll call a "basket bet" worth it, even if you have some losers in the group.
Said another way, why bet on just one horse to win a race when you can bet on all of the likely contenders?
Near the end of his debut event, Matt introduced viewers to his first basket of stocks for us...
He had been working on it for months, and it features 11 new recommendations that he says have the potential to return at least 10X your money... but not overnight. You need to hold them for the long run and not sell early.
To make outsized gains betting on what Matt describes as the megatrends unfolding during the "Roaring 2020s," you need to allow time to let the trends play out...
Sure, you'll likely see some big gains if you follow my recommendations, and sometimes they can come quickly. But this isn't gambling, folks. This is investing. You need to take a long-term approach.
You need to be smart with your position sizing, and you need to understand the risks involved with every one of my investment recommendations. That said, I want to help you get to a point where you have enough money that you enjoy the freedom of being able to do whatever you want.
All the best,
Corey McLaughlin
Editor's note: During his debut event this past Wednesday, Matt McCall revealed a basket of stocks that will return 10X... or even 100X gains during the Roaring 2020s. With the "convergence of technology" well underway, these companies are positioned to soar over the next decade from the manifesting megatrends. In case you missed Matt's must-see debut presentation, you can catch the replay right here.
