Our favorite economist is Nouriel Roubini, a New York University professor who predicted last year’s economic crisis. Today, March 26, 2009, and reported on Bloomberg.com, he stated “U.S. stocks will fall and the government will nationalize more banks as the economy contracts through the end of 2009″.

According to Stephen Leeb, PhD and Editor of The Complete Investor, you can “forget bonds, your CDs and your blue-chip safe harbors. They will stumble and fall in the last days of the Industrial Age”. (Obviously, Leeb is looking even longer term.)

Leeb goes on to say, “The tables on Wall Street have turned. But, investors are still playing the old game. They’re still pinning their hopes on the next Microsofts and the next Googles, hoping beyond hope for the next generation of super-stocks to bail them out.”

“As you’ll soon see the new game on Wall Street will be vastly different from any that most investors today will be familiar with. It will be more like the’70s, where oil shocks, commodity crunches, and spiraling inflation almost ruptured the very fabric of American society”, Leeb adds.

What’s his point? There are “New Rules of the Game”. Successful retirement investing potential lies not on Wall Street, but on Main Street. And, your success will be entirely dependent upon your ability to control your own wealth building future by investing in what you know…not what you think someone else knows.

Traditional retirement investing dictates mostly investing in stocks, bonds and mutual funds. But, Self Directed IRA investing (utilizing a Checkbook IRA, Real Estate IRA, Solo 401k or a Business Funding IRA) opens up a whole new world of options.

Alternative investment options include Secured & Unsecured Notes, Tax Liens & Deeds, Judgments & Structured Settlements, Accounts Receivable Factoring, Commercial Paper, Equipment Leasing, Private Company Stock…and much more.

Non-traditional asset investing can provide terrific growth potential. That is, if you’ve done your homework. So, don’t hold back. Find something that interests you and become an expert. Then, go out and put that knowledge to good use.

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