“Hi Mike, four years ago my mom asked me to join her at the 2020 World Outlook Financial Conference. You made time for a brief chat and I asked you how to get started. You said the best way was to have some skin in the game and told me that you thought uranium had a bright future, but to stick to the blue chip in the group – Cameco. I bought my first ever 100 shares at just under US$17. So thank you – the stock’s up 230%, and is just one of the many investments I’ve subsequently made based on recommendations at the Conference.
I look forward to this year’s event in February and hope we can get a moment to chat again.
~ John P.

I never get tired of hearing stories like that, and we hear from people of all ages. Some who’ve been coming to the Conference since the early 90s and others who came for the first time last year. I’m still shaking my head at Sheila S. who came to the Conference from Calgary with her husband and said it was a “wonderfully romantic getaway.” Yes, the Westin Bayshore Hotel is lovely but who would have thought price/earnings multiples, cash flow and the latest on gold would ignite the cuddle combustion engine.

I make no bones about it. I’m big on giving a ticket to the World Outlook Financial Conference for Christmas. It beats “another sweater” or “oh, Justin Trudeau has socks just like these.” I don’t know about you but I’ve been down that long, lonely road in search of the perfect Christmas gift only to come up short. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Giving a ticket to the Outlook Conference could put you in the Gift Givers Hall of Fame.

And why not – at last year’s Conference Paul Beattie’s top recommendation was Radisson Mining at $0.35 and is now up over 160%. Ryan Irvine’s pick Orbit Garant Drilling is up over 50%. Tony Greer and James Thorne pounded the table for gold which has had a spectacular year.

So if you really want to hit a Christmas homerun – why not buy them a ticket to the World Outlook Conference AND THEN buy them a share of Microsoft, or 2 shares of Shopify. With fractional trading you can buy as little as one share – or even a fraction of one share – of any listed stock and usually with little or no transaction fees.

And I promise it will be a big winner. It’s awfully fun to have your spouse, child or a good friend be able to walk around telling people they got a gift of Amazon, Google or the like.  And if you buy even a few shares of a dividend stock – they’ll be reminded what a great person you are every quarter when the dividend arrives.

A ticket to the Conference makes a terrific Christmas or Hanukkah gift, even better if you share the experience.  I’ve had plenty of people come up over the years to say they’ve absolutely loved that the Conference provides an opportunity to spend time with family, friends, or co-workers.

So Merry Christmas from me and the MoneyTalks team, and I hope to see you in February 6th & 7th at the Westin Bayshore Hotel & Conference Centre in Vancouver. Go to worldoutlookconference.com to get tickets.

All the best
Mike