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Another Christian leader recommends SMI ... try it FREE!

This Christmas, we're offering a 30-day free trial Web Membership — just for the asking. But don't delay because the offer ends soon.

How reputable is SMI? Josh McDowell has just joined a list of others endorsing the work of Sound Mind Investing:

"As a communicator, I'm always on the lookout for resources that speak clearly and knowledgeably to the point at hand. My long-time friend Austin Pryor does exactly that in his financial newsletter and The Sound Mind Investing Handbook. They are thorough, easy-to-understand, and grounded in 30 years of successful investing experience. Both are valuable sources of practical guidance for anyone who wants their financial decisions to line up with biblical principles.

"Austin and Sound Mind Investing get my highest recommendation."

Josh McDowell
Josh McDowell Ministry
Author of More Than a Carpenter

"If you're looking for an attractive easy-to-follow investment guide written in plain English, look no further. Austin Pryor writes without vested interests in any specific plan or fund. This means greater candor and objectivity. I'm frankly skeptical of a lot of stuff coming out of the financial realm with its short-term 'for this life only' perspective. Austin is a man with a larger and better perspective. May every reader seek to make wise investments of money and time in God's kingdom, investments that will pay off not only in this life, but in the eternal life to come!"

Randy Alcorn
Director of Eternal Perspective Ministries
Author of Money, Possessions & Eternity

"I have had the privilege of knowing Austin Pryor since the beginning of my Christian life. There are few that I have as much respect for and confidence in than Austin. His counsel in the investment area has proven to be extraordinarily wise and discerning over a long time period. I can recommend this book without hesitation as a 'must read' for anyone interested in investing in very uncertain economic times. I consider it a privilege to be able to make this recommendation."

Ron Blue
Founding Partner of Ronald Blue & Co.

"When I wrote The Glorious Journey I had to include a quote by Austin Pryor in my book. Here is a man of great insight who has the ability to make difficult subjects easy to comprehend. It is obvious that Sound Mind Investing combines Biblical wisdom with very practical and understandable application. Anyone would profit from reading this book."

Dr. Charles F. Stanley
Senior Pastor / First Baptist Church of Atlanta

What do you get with an SMI Web Membership? Sign up today and you'll gain access to the online archive of both the Sound Mind Investing monthly newsletter and our daily Members' Weblog — that's hundreds of searchable articles on everything from investing strategies to biblical precepts of wise stewardship.

Plus you'll get:

• SMI's Retirement Plan Fund Tracker (shown at right) that generates a custom report that tracks the specific funds available in your retirement plan, so you can know which funds to choose and when. (If you have money in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, this feature alone makes our 30-day trial well worth checking out!)

• Our Fund Performance Rankings report — the latest data on the performance of more than 1,500 mutual funds.

You'll also gain access to our core investing strategy, Fund Upgrading, that's beaten the overall market in 10 of the past 11 years (and it looks like the record will be 11 out of 12 years once the numbers from 2010 are tallied!). During the 11-year period from 1999-2009, U.S. stocks gained a total of 21.5% (as measured by the Wilshire 5000). During that same time, SMI's Upgrading strategy gained 141.9%!

The graph above puts Upgrading's performance in dollar terms. If you had invested $25,000 in the overall market at the beginning of 1999, it would have grown to $30,372 by the end of last year. But if the same money had been invested according to SMI's Upgrading strategy, it would have grown to $60,532. In other words, the Upgrading portfolio was worth almost twice as much after 11 years than a portfolio that simply earned the market's return!

Our simplified Just-the-Basics strategy has done pretty well, too, returning 39.3% over those 11 years (compared to just 21.5% for the overall market).

NO LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. We want you to be completely satisfied. So if SMI doesn't live up to your expectations, just cancel your Web Membership within the first 30 days and you'll never be charged.

This special end-of-the-year offer is good only through Dec. 31, so sign up today!

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