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FREE 30-day SMI Web Membership — try us out!

SMI wants to give you something for Christmas! Right now, we're offering a 30-day free trial Web Membership — just for the asking. But don't delay because the offer ends Dec. 31.

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).

Still not sure? Consider what some of our readers have told us:

SMI was an answer to prayer! We've developed a workable budget, paid off debt, started a contingency fund, opened college savings accounts, and went from negative returns in our retirement accounts to positive returns — immediately. Best of all, we get our financial advice from a source that truly puts God first. Cate Brizzell, NY Subscriber since 2000
We so appreciate SMI! Thank you for all that you do. You are, without a doubt, the best "one stop" resource for anyone's total financial needs. Bobby and Carla Sullivan, KY Web Member since 2005
The Sound Mind Investing newsletter has given me access to a proven investing method that is simple to follow and will return the cost of my annual subscription many times over. The Sound Mind Investing website and message board are a great place to ask investing questions and get great advice from other subscribers. Craig Weeks, TX Web Member since 2005

These are just a few of the thousands of readers who benefit day after day from the information provided by Sound Mind Investing. (More testimonials here.)

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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