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Introducing a New Investment Strategy that Follows the Masters

Welcome to the first issue of Smart Money Masters! As I hinted last week, my publisher and I have been working hard to revamp the format of the Alpha Investor Letter.

Smart Money Masters is replacing your Alpha Investor Letter subscription starting this week. All of the terms of your current subscription will remain in place. You may have noticed that I have been focusing more on tracking the biggest bets of Wall Street’s “smartest money.”

My three most recent recommendations have included George Soros’ top bet, Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Bill Ackman’s #1 pick, Restaurant Brands International (QSR), and Warren Buffett’s biggest play, Kraft Heinz (KHC). These recommendations have a couple of things in common.

First, some of the best investors in the world have put both their money and reputations on the line by investing big in these positions. You can be sure that the smartest minds in finance put a lot of thought into these investments before they made them. Second, these positions aren’t household names. Chances are you hadn’t heard much about George Soros’ #1 bet, Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), before. Yet, that position is up 22.42% just since Nov. 11. Smart Money Masters’ first recommendation, Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) — billionaire investor Wilbur Ross’ top investment — follows this same approach.

Each issue of Smart Money Masters will also include some color on one of these investing greats, including a “Meet the Manager” personal profile, a discussion of the investor’s investment philosophy and other unique tidbits. I think you will enjoy it. Finally, I’ve screened all of your current Alpha Investor Letter recommendations through the new Smart Money Masters methodology. Based on this, I am recommending that you close your positions in The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Alphabet (GOOGL), Cambria Global Value ETF (GVAL), WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index (DGS), Home Depot Inc. (HD), iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany (HEWG), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) and the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP).

Nicholas Vardy

Nicholas Vardy has a unique background that has proven his knack for making money in different markets around the world. He was the Editor of The Global Guru, a free weekly e-newsletter, and also edited the trading services Momentum Trader Alert, which focused on making short-term profits in the hottest markets in the world, and The Alpha Algorithm, which was designed specifically to deliver big, fast triple-digit winners, month after month. He was also the editor of Smart Money Masters, a monthly service focused on longer term investments recommended by the brightest minds in the business. Mr. Vardy has been a regular commentator on CNN International and the Fox Business Network. He has also published articles in The New Republic, The World and I, and The Baker & McKenzie Legal Review. The Global Guru/Nicholas Vardy has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox Business News, CBS MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance, and MSN Money Central. Mr. Vardy graduated from Stanford with a B.A. — with honors and distinction — in both Economics and History, and he also earned an M.A in Modern European Intellectual History. After winning a Fulbright Scholarship, he earned a J.D. degree at Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. When not uncovering investment opportunities for his subscribers and investors, Mr. Vardy is a keep-fit enthusiast and an avid student of classical music.