July 23, 2012 By gpc1981
‘Many times people write to us asking, “Why are you called
It’s a great question. Usually most research firms base their
names on the firm’s founder. I can think of at least two large newsletter
companies whose names are simply a guy’s name followed by the word “research.”
While this is great from an ego-purpose (who doesn’t want to see
their name plastered everywhere?), when I was asked to be Chief Market
Strategist for this company I purposely decided to avoid this sort of name
because I think it emphasizes the “I sell
my research to my
clients” aspect of this industry too much.
This works great for some companies. But it’s now how I, and the
rest of the folks at
Let me explain.
When you sign up to read our research or pay us to provide you
with premium level insights as well as investment strategies, you are trusting
us to provide you with:
1) Top-notch insights that will help you understand
the markets and the socio-economic/political forces that impact them.
2) Investment strategies that will help you make money.
So while we take great pride in the work we produce, it is your trust in us as well as your demand
for our research that keeps us in business.
So, when it came time to name this business, we chose the name
We did this based on the mythical Grecian bird, the Phoenix, which
would die every 500 years, burning away its old form to emerge newborn and
glorious to enter a new age.
To us the
From an investment/economic standpoint, it is these very cycles
that allow us to achieve sustainable growth by cleaning out the weak players/
bad debts in the market and economy, much as a forest fire cleanses a forest to
allow the next round of growth to begin.
However, for us, the
In this sense the Phoenix symbolizes being aware of reality,
acknowledging the cycles and changes that occur, and taking steps to insure
that you not only prepare for these cycles, but that you get through the tough
ones even BETTER than you were before them.
In simple terms, the
We also added the word “Capital” to our name because we work in
the investment research industry. So our job is to help your capital be like the
Finally, we sell Research.
We don’t manage funds nor do we broker
deals. We sell Research. So
our Research is the
vessel through which we help our clients and their capital become Phoenixes.
Thus, we are
This philosophy permeates everything we do. After all, our
business, like a
Thus, by providing the very best, honest, and insightful research
possible, we are taking steps to insure that we ourselves will be like the
So when we say, “we are”
Put another way, your success is our bread and butter.
This philosophy guides everything we do. It’s why we’re not called
Summers Research. It’s also why you don’t see the words “Authority” or some
other term that elevates us above our clients. We’re all in this together. And
claiming that we’re great and you’re lucky to know about us and our name is
just pure arrogance.
No, WE are lucky to have YOU as our clients. Because
we’re in this together. Your success following our research means that we will be successful. That is the reality of the research industry.
If clients become Phoenixes, so will we.
We are
With that in mind, it’s clear now that the world is entering a
period of wealth destruction.
After that will come
This will mean:
1) Many major banks disappearing, as well as
numerous potentially lengthy bank holidays (think
2) Multiple sovereign defaults as well as broad
economic contractions and their commensurate unemployment/ civil unrest/
erasure of retirement accounts/ pensions (this process has already begun in
some US municipals, e.g. San Bernandino and Stockton
California as well as Harrisburg Pennsylvania).
3) Possibly new currencies being introduced or new
denominations of currencies (say one new unit being worth 1,000 of the old one)
4) Massive wealth destruction to the tune of tens of
trillions of Dollars (think MF Global i.e. the money is gone… only systemically… in fact we just
had another such instance with PF)
5) A global contraction that will result in new
political/ power structures being implemented as well as the breakup of various
countries/ unions.
6) Very serious trade wars to begin (see Obama’s
recent attack on
If the above make you frightened, you’re not alone. As I’ve dug
deeper and deeper into the inner workings of the global financial system over
the past months, the information I’ve come across has only gotten worse. I’ve
been holding off writing all of this because up until roughly April/May it
seemed possible that the world might
veer towards another outcome.
I no longer view this to be the case. I am almost certain that
what I’ve written above will come to pass. I know that much of what I’ve
written to you in the past could be labeled as “gloom and doom.” However, I
want you to know that I do not use the words “systemic collapse” lightly. Indeed, I wish I wasn’t
mentioning them now, but I’d be doing you a disservice not to bring them up
because we’re well on our way towards it.
At
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