By E.B. Tucker, editor, Strategic Investor On September 22, 2008, about a half hour before the stock market opened, I made a decision that changed my life. “Sell LNC at market on the open,” I said, my voice straining through the cell phone. At the time, LNC was my largest stock holding. LNC is Lincoln National, a major life insurance and annuity company. In 2006, LNC had acquired a smaller life insurance company in a stock deal. I owned shares of that company, so when LNC bought it at a premium, I held onto the stock. I looked at the company as a long-term holding – a well-run life insurance business can be a great long-term stock investment… The annuity business LNC focused on, however, worried me. I believed that the company’s big push into annuities was about to be its undoing. “Are you sure you want to do this?” asked my stockbroker at the time. “Yes,” I insisted. “Get the trade in now.” My stockbroker did get my order in that morning. He sold my LNC shares at $54. Over the next 43 days, shares fell 91% to a low of $5.07. 
Not long after that, in November 2008, I bought back all of the shares I sold, and even increased my position by 16%. I paid $10.93 per share on that repurchase, which means I kept $43.07 per share. I now had cash – dry powder – as the market bounced from its March 2009 low. (The S&P 500 was up more than 30% by May and over 60% by the end of 2009.) This was more than a trade. | Recommended Link | | TEEKA: "The Truth Is Ugly"
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He told me, “We’re sold out for the rest of the year.” He said business was so good recently they couldn’t take on any more scheduled work until the following year. That was enough for me. I paid $22.82 for Rinker shares in early 2004 and sold them three years later for $79.25 a share – a 247% profit. Concrete giant Cemex bought the company the same year. I ended up with a great yield, too… nearly 15% on my buy price. When a business gets good, it gushes cash. Over time, I had winners and losers. I bought into great stories. Some worked out, others didn’t. But I was never afraid to learn about and invest in something new. In fact, I sought it out. Then something happened. As time passed, I had more and more winners. I had fewer and fewer losers. I started to develop a knack for getting it right. But more importantly, I knew which factors to look for and which ones to ignore. I Started to Notice Patterns I could suddenly see predictable patterns and outcomes – well in advance – because I’d seen them before. And I developed strategic maneuvers to profit from those patterns time and time again. In early 2009, I realized that the U.S. housing bust would create a generation of renters. I raised money and bought a large portfolio of single-family rental houses at rock-bottom prices… as low as 10 cents on the dollar. Today, I still have a passive income stream that yields around 20% per year. In 2018, I strategically avoided bitcoin’s collapse… while making a 15,000% profit on a blockchain mining deal. Again, this isn’t luck. It comes down to experience and noticing similar patterns that no one else is looking for. I’m constantly talking to people, traveling, attending shareholder meetings, and doing boots-on-the-ground research. And I’m never afraid to go against the crowd. That’s what being a contrarian is all about. It’s how I got my edge. And today, I’m seeing something big… something that every smart investor needs to have on their radar… It has to do with the next wave of cellular technology called 5G. It’s going to change our lives as well as become one of the top investing trends of the decade. And this week, I’ll tell you all you need to know about 5G… so you can take advantage and secure huge gains as this technology takes off in the years to come. Stay tuned. Regards, ![[signature]](https://d1w116sruyx1mf.cloudfront.net/ee-assets/channels/article_default/eb_sig.jpg) E.B. Tucker
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