The most important Digest of 2013...

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Would you give this revolutionary oil and gas billionaire another billion dollars?...

One of the smartest and most controversial men in the oil business is raising money to try something no other company has tried before... If successful, his company will make a fortune.

And as Porter explains in today's Digest Premium... he's done this several times before.

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Would you give this revolutionary oil and gas billionaire another billion dollars?...

One of the smartest and most controversial men in the oil business is raising money to try something no other company has tried before... If successful, his company will make a fortune.

And as Porter explains in today's Digest Premium... he's done this several times before.

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The most important Digest of 2013... By far the biggest lie that you believe... An utterly offensive audio clip...

We have a very, very unusual Digest for you today...

It is without a doubt the most important Digest of 2013... maybe the most important ever.

Today, we take a break from our normal writings about investment and global finance. We're sharing information with you that is 1,000 times more important than any stock recommendation... or any new investment strategy.

Before we go further, a warning...

This information will challenge one of your most cherished beliefs about America. If you're like a lot of people, you will be deeply offended. As the saying goes, "viewer discretion is advised."

Regular readers know we don't shy away from controversial topics. Unlike Wall Street, the government, and the mainstream media, we exist only to serve our readers. We collect no taxes, banking fees, or kickbacks. Thus, we have no biases or conflicts of interest. No matter what our conclusions are, we share the information we would like to have if our roles were reversed.

Because of our willingness to cover controversial topics, we've helped level the playing field between our subscribers and the institutions of government and finance that seek to exploit them.

Readers also know we won't ignore the dangerous crisis facing our country... a crisis more dangerous than most people can imagine. That's why, today, we're sharing a short audio clip that aired last Thursday during our weekly Internet radio program, Stansberry Radio.

In this clip, Stansberry & Associates founder Porter Stansberry lays out a common-sense case that Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican... rich or poor... black or white, you need to hear this audio clip. Even if you disagree with (or are enraged by) Porter's conclusions, we guarantee they will make you think.

You can access this video clip here. (Please make sure your speakers or headphones are turned up.)

One last thing...

This is a grave situation. The more people who are aware of it, the more likely we can change things for the better. You have our permission to share it with anyone and everyone you care about. So "tweet" it to your followers on Twitter… share it on your Facebook page… e-mail it to the folks in your address book... and blare it from speakers on your rooftop. Working together, we just may be able to change things before it's too late.

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 Whenever the subject of Social Security comes up, our mailbag explodes. If you want to weigh in, send your e-mail to feedback@stansberryresearch.com.

Regards,

Brian Hunt
Editor in Chief, Stansberry & Associates
Delray Beach, Florida
November 12, 2013

Would you give this revolutionary oil and gas billionaire another billion dollars?...

Editor's note: Yesterday's Digest Premium quoted expert resource investor Rick Rule – chairman of Sprott Global Resources – describing why he's optimistic about the mining sector.

In today's Digest Premium, we excerpt more of Rick's conversation with Porter Stansberry, which originally aired on episode 108 of our Stansberry Radio Premium podcast. In the first half of the piece, Porter explains why he thinks mining giant Freeport-McMoRan is an attractive company. It's a stock Porter recommended to his Investment Advisory subscribers in October. Rick's response is fascinating…

Porter Stansberry: I'm really excited today about the deepwater Gulf. My analysts and I have been working on it for probably six months now (though I'm admittedly late to the party). And the size of these oil reservoirs and the economics of tapping them are really attractive.

I'm really interested in these wells, like the Davy Jones Locker well and the other ones like it that are in shallow water. They're only a mile or two offshore. But they're incredibly deep wells – 25,000 feet, they're drilling now.

One well costs $1 billion. And the guys at McMoRan have been incredibly successful over long periods of time by doing things that, from an engineering standpoint, other people in the resources world said couldn't be done.

Co-founder and CEO Jim Bob Moffett is the guy who has done this again and again and again and again. He is now saying that he can produce economic oil and gas from 25,000 feet, and he just needs another $1 billion to prove it...

Anyway, I think that Freeport-McMoRan, as a stock, is trading at a discount to its asset base that is nearly as large as any discount that I have seen over the last 20 years. And that's not attributing any value whatsoever to the potentially 20 trillion cubic feet of gas that it is now sitting on in the deepwater Gulf. Ugh!

Rick Rule: Remember three things: That $1 billion-per-well cost comes down after you've drilled a couple. And when I say it comes down, I mean it falls by 90%.

The second thing is that when you look at that gas, it's liquids-rich gas… which means it's gas you can sell, unlike some gas on the continent.

And the third thing is that with regards to those liquids, he sends that liquid to the greatest petrochemical complex on the face of the earth – the massive oil-and-gas infrastructure we have in the U.S.

Editor's note: Rick appeared on the subscriber-only Stansberry Radio Premium version of the podcast. To learn more about a subscription to Stansberry Radio Premium (which would give you access to Rick's full interview), click here.