The focus of this letter is to show people how to make money through investing in fast growing, highly profitable companies which have stiff, long-term macroeconomic winds at their backs. That means I ignore a large part of the US economy whose time has passed and are headed for the dustbin of history. According to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the eight industries listed below are least likely to generate positive job growth in the next decade. As most of these stocks are already bombed out, it is way too late to short them. As an investor, you should consider this a 'no go' list. I have added my comments, not all of which should be taken seriously. 1) Realtors - Despite a halving of prices, and therefore commissions, the number of realtors is only down 10% from its 1.3 million peak in 2006. This business is dying? for a major rationalization. 2) Pharmaceuticals - With a number of blockbuster drugs seeing patents expire soon and going generic, the downsizing at the major firms has been ferocious. The survivors will merge to cut costs, sending more masses to the unemployment office. 3) Newspapers - these probably won't exist in five years, save the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, as five decades of hurtling technological advances have already shrunk the labor force by 90%. Go online, or go away. 4) Airline employees - This is your worst nightmare of an industry, as management has no idea what interest rates, fuel costs, or the economy will do, which are the largest inputs into their business. Pilots will eventually work for minimum wage just to keep their flight hours up. 5) Big telecom - Can you hear me now? Nobody uses landlines anymore, leaving these companies with giant rusting networks that are costly to maintain. Since cell phone market penetration is 90%, survivors are slugging it out through price competition, cost cutting, and all that annoying advertising. 6) State and Local Government - With employment still at levels private industry hasn't seen since the seventies, firing state and municipal workers will be the principal method of balancing ailing budgets. Expect class sizes to soar to 80, to put out your own damn fires, and to keep the 9 mm loaded and the back door booby-trapped for home protection. 7) Installation, Maintenance, and Repair - I have explained to my mechanic that the electric motor in my new Tesla S-1has only five moving parts, compared to 300 in my old clunker, and this won't be good for business. But he just doesn't get it. The winding down of our wars in the Middle East is about to dump a million more applicants into this sector. The last refuge of the trained blue-collar worker is about to get cleaned out. 8) Bank Tellers - Since the ATM made its debut in 1968, this profession has been on a long downhill slide. Banks have lost so much money in the financial crisis, they can't afford to hire humans any more. It hasn't helped that 283 banks have closed during the recession, with many survivors merging to cut costs (read fire more people). Your next bank teller may be a Terminator.

Out With the Old

And in With the New

The Trade Alert Service of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader has posted a 26.01% profit year to date, taking it to another new all time high. The 26-month total return has punched through to an awesome 81.06%, compared to a miserable 15% return for the Dow average during the same period. That raises the average annualized return for the service to 36%, elevating it to the pinnacle of hedge fund ranks.

My bet that the stock markets would move sideways to up small during the month of February has paid off big time, as I continued to run sizeable long positions in the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 (IWM). In the end, the Dow gained only 80 points for the month, an increase of only 57 basis points. My substantial short volatility positions are contributing to profits daily. I booked nice profits from holdings in American International Group (AIG) and copper producer, Freeport McMoRan (FCX). I also prudently doubled up my short positions in the Japanese yen.

It has truly been a month where everything is working. Even my short positions in deep out of the money calls on the (SPY) are substantially contributing to my P&L. While the (SPY) has been going up, it has not been appreciating fast enough to hurt the position. In the meantime, I have been able to dodge the bullets that have been killing off other hedge funds, including those in gold (GLD), oil (USO), and commodities (CORN), (CU).

All told, the last 18 consecutive recommendations of the Trade Alert Service have been profitable. I have eight trades to go to beat this record. Watch this space.

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