You and I both know the recently-passed stimulus package is far from perfect.
Only the naïve could've thought that such a massive piece of legislation wouldn't get riddled with pet projects and favors.
But whether we agree with the entire package or not is irrelevant. The government support it offers to a few choice market segments will be more than enough for investors to walk away with nice gains.
And I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater. So I'll tolerate the bad while using the good to transform Wall Street and Washington resentment into pure profits.
One of the best ways I've found to do that is by investing in infrastructure, because the government is virtually guaranteeing a robust market for years to come.
They'll funnel billions into road and bridge construction, electricity grid improvement, and water infrastructure upgrades.
And the companies executing the projects are going to make a fortune... on the taxpayers' dime.
Why not personally profit in the process?
Congress and the White House are busy hashing out the final details, and the full bill could be signed by Monday, the 16th.
When that happens, the sectors receiving handouts will surge on the Street. So you need to be prepared today.
America is - quite literally - falling apart.
Consider this recent example - one that could've come straight from a Hollywood disaster flick:
On December 23, 2008 at about 8 a.m., a 60-inch water main burst along a major road in Bethesda, MD, hurtling 135 million gallons of water per minute over streets and lawns.
Without a second to prepare, drivers in this sprawling D.C. suburb were stricken with terror as a 5-foot wave of icy water - 60 feet wide in some areas - barreled down, trapping them in their cars...
Boulders, trees, and even cars were suddenly swept up in the flood. Cell phone calls from panicked motorists overwhelmed even the 911 dispatchers.
The street called River Road turned into an actual river.
But here's what's truly horrific...
This was just one of 1,357 water main breaks in Montgomery County, Maryland in 2008 (down from 2007's record 2,129 breaks)... In many of these cases, homeowners were left without water or electricity.
In fact, another pipe recently burst there, closing over 800 restaurants and leaving tens of thousands of people hunting for water clean enough to drink.
And water main breaks just like the ones above attack roughly 255,500 locations every single year across the U.S.
What if the same road you've driven thousands of times over... was the next one to cave in?
Truth is, it's all part of...
America's Underground Epidemic
... And we have no choice but to fix it. Here's why:
The oldest pipes in our nation's infrastructure date all the way back to the late 1800s, are made of cast iron, and typically last about 120 years.
During the Roaring '20s, more pipes were laid to accommodate our expanding population. But these pipes normally start to crumble long before their 100th birthday.
The last major installation of pipes came during the boom after World War II. These pipes are scheduled to last 75 years.
A quick look at the following table will tell you just how real this scenario is:
| Installed | Durability | Replacement |
| 1890s | 120 years | 2010-2020 |
| 1920s | 100 years | 2020-2030 |
| 1940s | 75 years | 2015-2025 |
By all measures, we've reached critical mass when it comes to having to replace the bulk of the country's water pipes.
On average, 700 water main breaks happen every day in North America, and the results are often disastrous...
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On December 26, 2006, a several-ton Portland city truck nose-dived into a massive sinkhole, injuring two workers, rupturing a water line, and causing a natural gas leak...
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On May 2, 2007, a broken water main in Seattle caused a 10-foot deep and 20-foot wide sinkhole that swallowed a car and a minivan, and flooded a neighboring district with water and mud...
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A Hollywood water main break this New Year's Eve damaged the roofs of two apartments and left 60 to 70 residents without water...
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Last April, 294,000 gallons of untreated sewage flowed into Seattle's Lake Washington after a pump failure went undetected for 3 days...
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And just this month, a million-dollar court case was settled involving a misplaced sewer line in Milwaukee drained groundwater and rotted wood pilings beneath an office building during a construction project.
But within America's monstrous infrastructure problem lies a billion-dollar "shovel-ready" solution... one that's virtually guaranteed to make informed investors like you exceedingly wealthy.
How so?
Just imagine how much money you could make, knowing which specific companies will be hired to fix this rapidly expanding problem... before they're called to do it.
Even better, imagine also knowing the specific date that a national project to fix them all starts.
Timing it right, you'd be setting yourself up to collect an absolute fortune!
And it all starts with...
The $697.3 Billion Problem
The money about to flow into infrastructure projects is going to dwarf the amount spent on some of the biggest events in U.S. history (adjusted for today's dollars).
Today, the Louisiana Purchase would cost a mere $217 billion. And we could go to the moon and back 4 times with the gobs of dough about to be spent on transmission lines and sewer pipes alone.
Bringing the country's fundamental support systems up-to-date will be recorded in the history books, along with The New Deal, as one of America's greatest moments.
The profits made from it will be equally legendary. And you can be a part of it all.
You see, our nation's infrastructure is in need of a drastic overhaul.
Take the Seattle sinkhole I just mentioned... the water main at fault was installed in 1912. And the pipe behind the Bethesda flood was installed in 1964.
But frankly, that's just the norm.
(In fact, some of the water pipes running under our streets here in Baltimore date back to the 19th century. Some of them are even wooden.)
But the U.S. government has ignored the problem for so long that water - the most essential substance on earth - has now become a multi-billion dollar dilemma.
The EPA estimates that the necessary upgrades to wastewater treatment and collection, sewage, and storm water management systems will cost a bare minimum of $202.5 billion over the next 20 years... And that's not including the $276.8 billion investment we'll need to upgrade our drinking water systems.
But these inadequate water systems aren't the only symptom of our crumbling infrastructure...
- It would take 40 cents a gallon more in gas taxes over the next five years to keep our nation's highways in their current condition... and even still, they'd be subpar...
- One quarter of U.S. bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, and bringing them up to code will cost $140 billion...
- The Texas Transportation Institute says highway congestion costs us $78 billion each year due to the 4.2 billion hours and 2.9 billion gallons of gas we waste being stuck in traffic...
Even our telecommunications system is far slower than the broadband speeds of competing countries. But these problems mean more than just hellish rush hour traffic or poorly streaming YouTube videos...
Our Failing Infrastructure Is a Threat to Our Economy
Just look at California...
New federal restrictions on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could cut water supplies in half for some citizens of the Golden State.
That combined with the drought that has dried California's reservoirs to their lowest levels in years and the economic crisis that continues to grip the entire country, could have drastic consequences...
According to a recent study commissioned by The Association of California Public Water Agencies, "the economic impact of a 30% water supply cutback could range from $500 million annually to more than $3 billion during prolonged dry periods."
And as California boasts America's largest GDP - and is one of the ten largest economies in the world - such a massive hit to its economy will soon be felt by us all...
As Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio, put it, "We're basically sliding toward Third World status. It's pathetic."
And the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) couldn't agree more...
The United States Is a D-List Country
That's because America is nearly last in line to take the infrastructure bull by the horns.
China, for instance, is constructing a new 53,000-mile national highway system, while our own roads are checkered with potholes, cracks, and uneven pavement...
In fact, according to Pennsylvania's transportation secretary Allen D. Biehler, "China is spending 9% of its GDP on infrastructure, and we're spending something like 1% or 2%."
Plus, Japan, Taiwan, and 17 other nations have already beaten us in broadband deployment.
And for America to play catch up, the ASCE estimates we'll need $1.6 trillion in government investment over the next 5 years...
But with foreign nations making these major infrastructure investments first, more and more U.S. jobs could be moved overseas... in what could be a punishing blow to our already-unstable economy.
Infrastructure, as it turns out, is...
America's Defining Crisis. And It's the New Way to Build a Massive Fortune.
All told, failing infrastructure could be the crisis that defines the U.S. Its impact on our country could overshadow the effects of both peak oil and climate change...
But the lucrative investment opportunities to emerge from this crisis will assuredly be plentiful.
You see, behind the scenes, billions of dollars are already pouring into solving this national epidemic...
And just as savvy investment minds took advantage of skyrocketing oil prices not long ago...
I want to show you how you can personally benefit from...
The $825 Billion "Green Infrastructure Stimulus"
Chances are, you've already heard about our 44th President Barack Obama's plans to invest $825 billion in our nation's infrastructure...
An investment that will more than dwarf Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system launch of the 1950s.
And as you can plainly see, this investment is long overdue.
In fact, history has proven that now is the time for an infrastructure overhaul...
President Roosevelt invested $11.4 billion in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression (that's about $175 billion in today's dollars)...
And despite the 25% unemployment rate, that WPA investment created 8.5 million jobs between 1935 and 1943.
That means President Obama's $825 billion "green infrastructure stimulus" is really just history repeating...
But solving modern problems means investing in modern solutions. Which is why Obama is putting such a major emphasis on renewable energy with his stimulus package...
In fact, Obama's plan is set to double clean energy generating capacity over the next three years. That's enough to power 6 million American homes...
More importantly, it's 3 years of easy profits for those who know where to get in now...
And for every $1 billion invested in infrastructure, an estimated 35,000 jobs will be created... And those 28.9 million jobs will have, as Biehler puts it, "a strong multiplier effect on the larger economy."
... But the really good news is you can take a direct cut of this massive stimulus fund for your own private portfolio.
For instance, $100 billion of the "green infrastructure stimulus" has already been earmarked for upgrading America's electricy grid with 3,000 miles of new transmission lines.
And word from the White House is the work will be underway this President's Day--- February 16.
Now, if you wanted to profit from this massive project, you'd need to know the names of the companies responisble for the installation now...
And that's precisely why I'm writing to you today.
So, let me show you exactly how to land a...
302% gain in Less Than 5 Months There's No Better Time to Load up Than Right Now
I'm sure you know by now: things always begin brewing behind the scenes long before the mainstream media breaks the story.
This "green infrastructure stimulus" is no exception...
Those in the know have already booked some impressive gains in the green infrastructure sector.
Why, in the water industry alone, you could've made:
But now that Barack Obama's plans for an $825 billion investment have gone public...
Well, remember what happened when the financial bailout was passed? Financial institutions like Citi, AIG, and Barclays saw their stock values increase by 50% or more.
The "green infrastructure stimulus" is doing the same, only on a grander scale.
That's because, rather than bailing out failing financial institutions, it's going to create jobs and pump up the economy as a whole.
To put it simply, it's a sure bet.
And I'll prove it to you...
The Alternative Energy Speculator
My name is Nick Hodge. And I'm the managing editor of the Alternative Energy Speculator.
All through 2008 - even during one of the absolute worst markets in recorded history - I've helped investors like you avoid the pitfalls of this full-blown market meltdown, while successfully leading them to double- and triple-digit gains in the alternative energy and infrastructure sectors.
From a 121% gain on a Canadian marine energy play to a 262% gain on a tiny thin-film solar company (not to mention all 5 of the water-industry winners I just told you about), Alternative Energy Speculators were cashing in while the Dow nose-dived into oblivion... and Wall Street ran for cover.
And because we've been so successful this year, I decided to put together two brand-new special reports - Infrastructure Investing: Sky-High Underground Profits and Water: Profiting from the Disappearance of the World's Most Valuable Resource - to help my readers get off to the best possible start in 2009.
With these reports, my readers will be able to strategically position themselves to get as much out of this $825 billion government investment as they can...
You see, I've found 10 specific water and electric infrastructure stocks that will deliver the quick boost your portfolio surely needs after one of the worst years in market history.
In fact, I've put together two additional special reports that spell out specifically...
And much, much more.
My readers will know how to profit from every angle of the infrastructure boom, from bridges to bandwidth...
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I promise you, the 10 infrastructure picks I'm going to reveal to you in my free special reports are just the beginning...
I've got my sights on a whole year's worth of money-making infrastructure plays... because with Barack Obama's backing, this is sure to be one of the most exciting - and one of the most profitable - years in the history of alternative energy.
In fact, at this very moment we have 14 new stocks in our queue.
That means at any moment, we're going to issue as many as 14 new recommendations...
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Because this is a charter membership offer, I want to extend a one-time deal to you...
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In other words, we had to cover our own cost of unearthing these gems. Since we do a great deal of travel, meet with CEOs, and inspect many of the companies with our own eyes, it tends to get pricey... especially when you consider how many opportunities we turn down before we actually find one worth getting excited about.
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Now, there's no way I can keep an offer like this on the table for too long...
In fact, after February 16th, I'll have to bump the price back to its normal level...
That's the date Obama himself has set for the launch of his stimulus plan, and that's when the starter pistol will go off for these infrastructure companies... and once they're off, the profits will go to the investors who got in early.
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February 16 is just moments away. So time is not a luxury if you want to make the most of your portfolio in 2009.
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