There are two ways to make money during a “gold rush.”

Mine for gold, or sell picks and shovels.

History has shown that you can make money doing both. But selling picks and shovels provides solid returns with less risk.

The thing is, there’s a modern-day gold rush taking place…

Pop Quiz:

Someone offers you a 99% probability of earning 8% to 12% per year…

You:

a.  Ask them if they’re related to Bernie Madoff, then quickly back away.
b.  Shut your eyes and give them your last cent to invest.
c.  Pause… then tell them…

My bank insults me.

They slap my face and give me the bird.

One-tenth of 1% interest on my savings accounts? 

C’mon. That insults my intelligence. It mocks my wallet.

But now, thanks to new crowdfunding sites that focus on yield, I can slap them back.

Today we’re going…

$1 trillion is a ridiculous number.

With 12 zeroes, it takes a couple of inches just to write it: $1,000,000,000,000.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s a little piece of trivia for you:

For the first time ever, U.S. student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion.

Today, once again, we’re breaking out our 2014 “crystal ball”!

We’re offering up a prediction about a major business trend, and dishing out advice about how to make money from it through equity crowdfunding.

Let’s start with a quote:

“Take teenagers 20 years ago and ask…

Get ready for action…

Over the next several weeks, we’re going to break out our “crystal ball”!

Wondering who’s going to win the Super Bowl, or the men’s downhill in the Winter Olympics?

Umm, if so, you might be reading the wrong email…

But if you’re looking for predictions about…

Let’s cut right to the chase…

The gift we promised you two weeks ago is finally ready!

Based on hundreds of your survey responses, most of you asked us to weigh in on the Abe’s Market deal being featured on OurCrowd.com.

So, as promised, we’ve put together an in-depth report…

Imagine yourself sitting in a high-backed leather chair in an oak-paneled office.

The year is 1905, and the first Ford Model-T’s have started to dot the road.

You live in Detroit, Michigan – ground zero for the automotive industry – and work at a small investment fund.

Entrepreneurs visit you…

When we hear about “startup investing,” we generally think of the big paydays that occur when an early-stage company is acquired or goes public – like Google, Facebook or Tumblr.

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An opportunity where it feels like you’re looking into a crystal ball – where you can see the future playing out before your eyes.

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