McDonald’s began with one restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California. Ray Kroc, a seller of milkshake machines, learned that Richard and Maurice (Dick and Mac) were using eight of his high-tech Multimixers. His curiosity was piqued, and he went to San Bernardino to take a look at the McDonald’s restaurant.

Kroc was impressed with McDonald’s streamlined, self-serve operation. The menu was simple: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, shakes, soft drinks, and apple pie. Mac and Dick had taken great care in setting up their kitchen like an assembly line, to ensure maximum efficiency.

Believing that the McDonald formula was the ticket to success, Kroc suggested that they franchise their restaurants throughout the country. When the McDonald brothers hesitated to take on this additional burden, Kroc volunteered to do it for them. He returned to his home outside of Chicago with rights to set up fast-food restaurants throughout the country, and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) was born.

Over the years, McDonald’s has turned thousands of savvy investors into millionaires and helped propel regular everyday people from all walks of life into the elite ranks of the super-rich.

McDonald’s has consistently been what I like to call a Millionaire Factory!

You’ve probably driven by the iconic Golden Arches thousands of times all around the country over the years. Have you ever wondered what if? What if you’d purchased a few shares of the legendary burger giant years ago? How would your life be different today?

If you had merely dipped your toe into the investment waters and purchased 100 shares of McDonald’s stock with about half of one of your paychecks years ago, your holdings would have dramatically increased to 74,360 shares 12 stock splits later.

And if you sold your stock today and closed out your brokerage account, you would be able to walk into your local bank right now and deposit a check in the amount of $2.8 million!

Am I recommending you go out and put in a market order to buy McDonald’s stock this week?

No! Absolutely NOT. While the burger giant might well grow going forward, the heady days of stock split after split after split are over.

What I AM recommending, after scouring the entire globe with my team of brilliant and experienced researchers, is...

A NEW Millionaire Factory!

My latest growth stock recommendation is Bigger Than McDonald’s!

Yes, this story is even Bigger Than McDonald’s.

I know what you’re thinking...

Who has the audacity to say that? Nobody could be bigger than McDonald’s. After all, McDonald’s forever changed the way Americans eat. Was there even fast food or a drive-thru before McDonalds became the norm? Didn’t McDonald’s capture the appetite of every little kid with its Happy Meals and Ronald McDonald character?

The answers to all the above questions are yes. McDonald’s set the table (pardon the pun) to the way we view and eat fast food. And their $1 menu is a stroke of marketing genius that has fueled earnings in a bad domestic economy.

So, who is going to be bigger than McDonald’s?

The answer is...

My Top-Secret New Stock Recommendation

McDonald’s is the first name that comes to your mind when someone asks about fast-food restaurant. However, if you ask the same question in the Philippines, the answer that you’ll get will be very different.

My top-secret new stock recommendation may not be a household name when it comes to the global market yet. But in the Philippines, it’s the undisputed king of the burger market.

The rivalry between my top-secret new stock recommendation and McDonald’s looks like no contest at first glance. McDonald’s has more than 31,000 outlets in more than 100 countries, out of which 3,000 outlets are in Asia. My top-secret new stock recommendation has only 600 outlets and over 50 international outlets.

But in the Philippines, my top-secret new stock recommendation has humbled the global giant. This future darling of emerging market hedge funds and mutual funds has captured more than 75% share of the hamburger market in the Philippines. This is more than half of the fast-food market as a whole and about twice McDonald’s sales in the country. Its revenues are growing rapidly and profitably.

Bottom Line: My top-secret new stock recommendation is the undisputed king of the fast-food market in the Philippines.

How Do They Compete With McDonald’s?

Their secret is Smart Niching, or concentrating on serving the unique tastes of Filipino consumers, whereas McDonald’s exports largely standardized fare to consumers around the world. Their menu and flavors are specially suited to Filipino tastes. The local chain cooks up sweet, spicy burgers and serves seasoned chicken and spaghetti with sweet sauce, the way Filipinos like it.

My top-secret new stock recommendation’s signature burger with sweet pink sauce KOs the Big Mac. Its Crispylicious and Juicylicious chicken with rice makes McDonald’s chicken nuggets taste like pencil erasers. And its peach mango pie handily beats McDonald’s apple version (my lead researcher came back to the States raving about this pie!).

In addition to the special understanding of the Filipino palate, this national favorite has also mastered the country’s culture and lifestyle. They’ve succeeded in capturing the youth demographic with in-store play activities and a cast of captivating characters. Their mascot with orange jacket and the blonde spaghetti-haired girl are better known and loved in the Philippines than Ronald McDonald.

Although my top-secret new stock recommendation is much smaller than McDonald’s in global terms, they concentrate most of their resources within the Philippines, where their restaurants outnumber McDonald’s.  But their primary advantage comes from simply doing a better job of giving Filipino consumers what they want.

In the Philippines, and even in some key neighborhood markets in Southern California, my top-secret new stock recommendation has taken over the reign of McDonald’s. Sales and revenues have exploded in the past 24 months.

Tailoring the menu to local taste buds in the Philippines, China, the United States and other key markets around the world is driving astronomical sales and profits.

I’m absolutely convinced...

This Growth Rocket is a 10-Bagger!

One of my mentors, Peter Lynch, coined the investment phrase ’10-bagger’ (a stock that goes up 10x its value) during his incredible run at Fidelity Magellan.

When the investment legend first recommended Dunkin’ Donuts, analysts on Wall Street snickered, calling his pick a ’quirky investment.’

But the pick was certainly no fluke as Dunkin’ Donuts ended up being a 10-bagger.

Lynch followed this up with a 28-bagger when he backed the truck up and aggressively started buying Taco Bell before anybody had ever heard of it. Ultimately, Taco Bell common stock blasted to the moon before being acquired.

Ever hear about the day laborers out in Southern California who invested in Taco Bell early after eating cheap tacos on their lunch breaks? The story goes that after their Taco Bell stock zoomed into the stratosphere, they sold their shares and drove a wheelbarrow full of cash through the old neighborhood.

It’s the ’getting in early’ part that is critically important. And that’s always been the case.

Why?

I have traveled around the world to study stock markets and uncover highly-lucrative emerging market investment opportunities for my loyal Silk Road Investor subscribers.

And in every single country, without exception, from Manila to Milan, the same ’herd mentality’ that dominates Wall Street is the rule.

Intelligent investors find and buy shares of stock in some undiscovered growth rocket on an exchange, and get in early. Analysts eventually see the amazing profit opportunity as the quarterly earnings growth overwhelms.

Soon enough, hedge funds and mutual funds start buying huge blocks of the stock and the share price goes ballistic. When the stock explodes and becomes a 10-bagger, the intelligent investors wisely close their positions and start carting money down to their bank.

And that’s what I see happening with my top-secret new stock recommendation. My research team and I have carefully watched the stock. This growth rocket is about to take flight.

Understand, I didn’t just find this stunning opportunity yesterday. You see, I never recommend a stock to my Silk Road Investor newsletter subscribers unless and until my team has carefully researched the underlying company and tracked their progress for eight consecutive quarters.

We’ve been watching my top-secret new stock recommendation in stealth mode. The fundamentals and the chart now parallel Taco Bell, Dunkin’ Donuts and a hundred other 10-baggers around the world that have since rocketed higher, making ordinary investors millionaires in the process.

And if it isn’t enough for you that this growth rocket is poised to lift off, consider...

This is the PERFECT time
to invest in the Philippines!

The Philippines was once referred to in the international investment community as the Pearl of the Orient. Strong ties to the U.S. have always given the Philippines important economic advantages. There was amazing growth and prosperity prior to WWII. But the war and corrupt Marcos dictatorship devastated the Republic between the 1940s and the 1980s.

However, the country has reinvented itself in the world economy during the past two decades. The Philippines has succeeded in paying back some of the IMF and World Bank loans taken out by Marcos and his cronies as they plundered the Philippines in the early ’80s. Foreign investment has flooded into the country.

The Philippines is the third-largest English-speaking country in the world. Flanked by the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, its strategic location makes it a critical entry point to some 500 million people in the ASEAN market—offering vast trade opportunities—and an ideal base for business.

Being an archipelago, the Philippines has much to offer as well in terms of natural resources. Its 7,100 islands boast numerous white and black sand beaches, making it eminently attractive to vacationers and tourists. Its amazing marine biodiversity affords abundant species of flora and fauna. Land-wise, it is also among the biggest producers of copper and gold in the world.

Business policies of the government tend to be very investor-friendly. It has allowed more private-sector participation in the development of infrastructure and services through privatization. The innovative Build-Operate-Transfer scheme has been adopted by the government. Foreign ownership of up to 100% is also allowed in almost all economic sectors. Attractive incentives are offered in numerous Special Economic Zones and Industrial Estates, which are being promoted as agricultural, industrial, commercial and recreational hubs.

Private consumption is the key driver of the Philippines economy as it represents more than 70% of GDP, an astronomically high level compared to regional peers. This private consumption is also fueled by the high level of remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Remittances represented 10% of the GDP in 2009 with more than $16 billion.

Bottom Line: My team and I have studied the Philippines relentlessly. There is talk of shuttered U.S. bases being reestablished. This is no surprise as Washington and Manila have always been close allies. And with the always tenuous relationship between China and Taiwan, the White House has a perpetual interest in the Philippines. Both the former Bush administration and the current Obama administration have been vocal cheerleaders of the Philippines economic resurgence.

It’s not every day that your investment returns are essentially government backed!

So, if there were only two countries you could invest in during 2010, I would suggest the Philippines be one choice.

And Why Listen To Me?

Because when my top-secret new stock recommendation goes parabolic on the charts and helps you join a private club of super-wealthy emerging market investors, I’m going to invite you and my other Silk Road Investor subscribers over to the Philippines.

Beautiful women with flowers will meet our boats when we arrive on the Island of Boracay. We’ll eat freshly grilled prawns and succulent squid pulled from the Pacific. And we’ll raise a toast to our 10-bagger in this tropical paradise with bottles of ice-cold Red Horse Beer.

When you’re standing on a black, volcanic sand beach and watching one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world, you’ll look back on this moment and thank your Creator that you listened to me and ordered my Silk Road Investor investment newsletter.

Is this guy serious, you ask?

I am serious. Very serious (I never joke about money or beer!).

And frankly, my track record as it relates to investing in emerging markets speaks for itself...

• Called the November 2007 market top. Just a week after the global markets peaked, I informed my readers that it was time to get out and that at the very least they should book the huge profits we had accumulated together.

At the same time I offered some immediate shorter-term action to hedge long positions.

• Shorted China Life for a 40% gain in 4 months
• Shorted Chinese insurance company PICC for a 50 % gain in 4 months
• Bought gold for a 25% gain over 4 months
• The S&P was down 13% in those 4 months

On October 28, 2008, I sent out a Flash Alert just one day after the emerging markets hit rock bottom. After profiting from the carnage for almost a year, I told my subscribers to jump back in to long positions:

• Bought China Life Insurance for a 50% gain in 7 months. And we’re still holding on for more.
• Bought PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia for a 55% gain in 7 months.

What did the S&P 500 do in that time? A whopping 2%!

But How Much Has the
Entire Portfolio Returned?

• Since the launch of Silk Road Investor in February 2006, we’re up 42%.
• And since the market bottom on October 27, 2008, we’ve got 98% gains!

I know emerging market investing. It’s my life’s work. At an absolute minimum, you need some investment in these explosive markets to diversify your U.S. exposure. The Philippines, Singapore, China, India and the rest of Asia no longer bear more risk than investing in the U.S. markets. In fact, the U.S. has now become the risky bet.

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