Warren Buffett calls it “a drug.”

Ireland’s finance minister calls it “a weapon.”

It’s one of the ultimate temptations for politicians.

And, quite frankly, we’re about to see a lot more of it.

Best of all though, the market is rewarding investors who have taken steps to protect themselves and profit from it.

Learn what "it" is and how you to can take advantage of this quickly emerging opportunity here

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We’re entering earnings season once again and most investors are on edge.

Will companies be able to top estimates again? Earnings estimates are low, but they’re not as low as they were last quarter when 70% of the S&P 500 beat estimates.

Will the $3.5 trillion parked in money market funds continue to make its way back into the market? Once cash and bank deposits are added in, there’s $9.55 trillion ready to be spent once consumer confidence returns or that could go chasing after stocks.

Will the Fed put an end to the party and start raising interest rates sooner than later? Australia’s central bank started raising rates yesterday.

These are all questions for the short-term though and, if they’ve been on your mind, you know how easy they are to get caught up in. But I want to step aside from the daily upheavals and look at where some of the savviest investors with a time horizon of three to five years see the biggest rewards.

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 "The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible." – Bernard Baruch

The market is set to make a move…a very big move.

And it could be in a direction that would surprise and prove very costly to a lot of investors.

The markets have been struggling for the past week. Yesterday's 200 point drop in the Dow was quick and widely anticipated. It's the strongest test the bulls have had in months. So far, they're not faring to well.

But as I watched the markets fall yesterday (normally, we try and avoid the day-to-day stuff) I couldn't help but wonder if it is a sign of reality setting in? Or is it just a healthy correction to suck in even more bulls into this rally?

As we've seen time and time again, no one knows the answer. But if we look at what's going on in the markets, we can get a good idea of what's likely to happen next. And a few indicators right now are showing the market's next big move may make a large and growing group of investors look like fools.

Are You Scared Yet?

The last few weeks have been tough on quite a few investors. Most investors are on edge. Take Dania Leon for example. She's a 41-year old Pasadena resident who has held out throughout the ups and downs of the past year. She's the "typical" investor. She recently told the Los Angeles Times:

"I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared. Why are we up, especially with unemployment as high as it is? I don't feel great because I worry that we could have a 500- or 600-point drop in a day and I won't be quick enough to pull out of it in time."

That's how most investors are feeling right now. But if we look at the markets, the case for something more extreme than most anyone is expecting could be just around the corner...

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Last Friday the folks at Fox Business News invited your editor on to talk about gold (view clip here – I come on at about the 21 minute mark).

If you watch the video, it won't take long to see Fox Business probably won’t be having me back on anytime soon.

The reason I won't be back is not because I did a terrible job or anything like that. It's because of something else. It's because of something 99% of investors don't know, but if they did, most of them would instantly become better investors and, in this case, reveal to them exactly how to maximize their gains from the ongoing gold bull market. Let me explain.

The Truth about TV

The media industry is different than any other.

Media companies are simple businesses. They make money by keeping viewers tuned in. They provide the information the masses want, whether that is good information at the right time or not. That's why they chase after "hot" news stories just like most investors. It's more exciting. It's more fun.

That's why with gold passing $1,000 an ounce and holding up, the herd wants more information about gold. They want predictions. They want to hear someone say gold is going to $500 or someone who’s going to say gold's going to $5,000. And from the media company’s perspective, the more outlandish the prediction the better (outlandish = entertaining/interesting = viewers staying tuned).

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Why I Won’t Be Back

Take my Fox Business spot about gold for instance. We went over what are the potential prices of gold, the different ways to value it, and the key things that need to happen before gold prices take the next big step forward.

The general tone of everything was the big run in gold is going to take a lot longer than most folks expect.

The U.S. dollar has been the world's reserve currency for decades and it's not going to unwind in a year or two.

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Stock stories just don't get better than this.

What if I told you I've found a relatively small company shaping up to be one of the future leaders in the lithium/hybrid car battery industry?

You'd be somewhat interested, right?

Well, what if I also to you this is not your average battery company. Its battery technology was developed at MIT. It was originally financed by Sequoia Capital - the same early investors behind YouTube, Cisco, eBay, Yahoo, etc. It has a close relationship with General Electric. The U.S. government has already cut a $249 million check to help it ramp up production. And finally that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were going to be big supporters.

You'd certainly be more than interested, right?

Well it's a real company. I'd say it's the best "story stock" to hit the market in a long time. More importantly, it proves how you can align your interests with Wall Street's to ensure the big money players have a personally vested interest in making you money.

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