If you’ve been following my blog you’d know I’ve been predicting a double dip recession in the US and possibly globally, for some time.

I’ve also been predicting the US Share market will continue to decline as it is overvalued and I expect a significant drop before November 2010.

Plus, I’ve also predicted the US Property Market has not yet bottomed.

I also predicted sometime ago, re the recent Property Boom In Australia, over a year before it occurred – when the media was suggesting a Property Crash instead.

So why am I and others able to report what’s likely to happen economically, well before mainstream media, in both Australia and the US?

Is it because we have a crystal ball?  Or are we good at guessing?  Or perhaps smarter?

No . Not at all.

Actually…ok…maybe we are, at least smarter, than some lowly paid financial journalists.

It was only yesterday that the Financial Review in Australia headlined…..US Housing Slump Fuels Fear of a Double-Dip Recession.

And the day before, there were concerns the US stock market now has a strong chance of dropping to new lows within the next 40 days.

Why is there a delay in this information reaching the mainstream media?  Weeks or months more notice could have helped so many investors?  The same thing happened before the credit crisis.

Even one of the largest Hedge Fund Managers was critical that the mainstream media failed in its duty to forewarn investors when the writing was largely on the wall, of what was coming.

I mean, how did the US Media not raise concerns of impending credit crisis, when for years it was obvious what was happening with the US Property Market, with anyone being given a loan to prop up the market.

Is it because the main stream media is compliant with the US Federal Reserve and the US Government in not wanting the masses or investors to  know the likelihood of upcoming market and economy meltdowns.

Is it because they are hoping, if they can fool enough people for long enough, the reality may not happen?

Some may say that the markets depend on confidence, so its important they do try to keep the market’s confidence by not highlighting all the facts.

Whatever the reason, as an investor, you need to understand.

1. The mainstream media is often delayed in providing the information you need to make astute investment decisions.

Whether deliberate, or from incompetence, or it’s not in their best interest, the end result is if you wait to find out what’s happening via the same sources the masses do,  then you’ll be left dead as an investor…like the masses.

However, if you can source information and know certain things ahead of time, with a high degree of certainty, well before the masses, this gives you a massive advantage as an investor.

Thus why its critical as an investor to not only get educated initially, but to remain updated and continually educated.

This is one reason I allow my 21st Century Members access, for no additional charge, to 5 years worth of 4 Day Education For Life Seminars, so I can update them on what’s happening economically, in advance of the masses knowing.

As an investor that can be worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to know in advance what is likely to happen.

It is not good enough to be educated just once.

To be successful you need to enrol in ongoing education for life, to continually not only grow as a person, but to be updated with what’s happening in the investment markets.

Its very expensive otherwise, to wait until everyone else hears about it.

Information is power and as an investor, this equals money.

It doesn’t mean we will always predict correctly, nor always win.

However, its simply a matter of stacking the odds in your favor.

Be different

Be educated.

Become wealthy.

Jamie McIntyre
CEO 21st Century Education