Editor's Note: Below is an important message from Porter's long-time friend and business partner, Bill Bonner – founder of The Agora. Please take a moment to read it now.

Dear Reader,

Several years ago my son Will and I wrote a book on "family money" – about how families get and hold onto fortunes over generations.

My family never had any money. So, in many ways I was unqualified to write about it.

Still, it is a fascinating subject.

The resulting book turned into something quite unexpected. It is not a treatise on "safe, conservative" investment strategies, as you might expect.

Instead, it is a manifesto for the most dynamic capitalism on the planet.

What I've discovered is that if you want to have money, and hold onto it, you have to do things very differently.

You have to be much bolder. And much more ambitious.

Especially if you want to pass on your wealth to the next generation. Many people are surprised when I tell them, despite my well-known outlook on the global economy, I allocate about one-third of my investment capital to investing in stocks.

Many were surprised further still when I allocated several million dollars from my family trust to following Chris Mayer's stock recommendations earlier this year.

As most people know, I don't typically invest in the recommendations we publish. In fact, this may be the first time I can recall ever investing in the stock recommendations of any editor in my network.

So why Chris Mayer? And why now?

Fair questions.

I could say it's because an independent CPA from Alpha Performance Verification Services in Richmond, Virginia showed Chris beat the market by 3 to 1, between 2004 and 2014.

I could tell you it's because that same auditor's report showed every $100,000 invested in Chris's ideas between that period would have grown into more than $480,000...

A track record that outperformed Carl Icahn, George Soros, David Einhorn and the book value of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway by as much as two to one over the same time frame.

But the truth is much simpler.

You see, during my 37 years researching, analyzing and publishing investment research… And meeting and following hundreds of the brightest financial minds—hedge fund managers, brokers, advisors, and quants of all sorts…

Many self-professed "experts" have paraded into my office, loaded with charts and systems and theories and phonied-up track record claims.

But while many of them have come and gone, I've been a big admirer of Chris' work since 2004.

His research has been published in Grant's Interest Rate Observer, Lew Rockwell, Mises, Individual Investor Magazine, and even mainstream news media like The Washington Post. Like Warren Buffett, Chris approaches every investment as a level-headed businessman.

He believes in investing in the best businesses in the world when they're trading at great prices. For his subscribers, I've seen the proof that Chris' method has paid off in spades.

And long experience has taught me he is someone worth listening to – and anything he recommends is at least worth a look.

That brings me to why I'm writing you today.

You see, my friend Chris Mayer is revealing the most ambitious investment project of his career – and to tell you all about it he's hosting a free "investment masterclass" Saturday February 4th at 3 p.m. ET sharp.

In this presentation, Chris is revealing what he calls "the biggest breakthrough of my career."

And he's giving away the names of 6 companies from his current watch list. (You can get more of the details about this here.)

Chris, as you probably know, is one of the most successful securities analysts in my global investment network. And he's the Chief Investment Strategist of Bonner Private Portfolio – which I've committed $5 million of my family trust money to following.

But is his "masterclass" worth your time and attention? I'm certainly not going to try to sell you on the idea... or on Chris' research. But let me show you why I think you may want to attend.

His free investment masterclass is called: "The Mayer Method": How to find tomorrow's biggest stock market winners today.

And despite the hokey title, it's filled with the kind of plain old horse-sense that has been responsible for building some of the biggest investment fortunes in history.

Some of what Chris has to say may challenge you. But I guarantee it will be the most profitable time you spend thinking about investing this month…

You see, Chris has spent three years and more than $100,000 studying the highest-returning stocks between 1962 and 2014. He has cross-referenced 2.3 million data sets, and believes he has reverse-engineered a blueprint that can help you identify the biggest stock market winners of the future trading in their early stages today… years before anyone on Wall Street pays any attention to them.

In this free training video, Chris is going to reveal his method for free. Whether like me, you choose to follow Chris' stock recommendations or not, I know his ideas can make you a smarter and more profitable investor.

And if he's right about this idea, even if he picks the wrong stock 99 times out of 100 – which even I have to admit, seems unlikely – if just one of his ideas pay-off, it could be enough to fund your whole retirement.

Don't take my word for it. But please keep an open mind, and withhold judgement until you've reviewed his research for yourself.

Click here to access the first three training videos in Chris Mayer's free investment masterclass now.

Regards,

Bill Bonner
Chairman, Bonner & Partners

P.S. To prove how well his new investment breakthrough works, Chris has agreed to share the names and ticker symbols of 6 stocks from his watch-list with everyone who watches his extended webinar training tomorrow at 3 p.m. He'll also hold an extended Q&A session. Write this date and time down now, while it's fresh in your mind.