"If You Think Like An Entrepreneur, This Is For You”
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Seems everyone wants to be an entrepreneur these days. The success of programmes such as “Dragon’s Den” and “The Apprentice” has made millions of people think – “Hey I could do that!”
Entrepreneurs tend to identify a market opportunity and then exploit it. But they take the risk of failure as well. They take the risk and therefore get all the rewards if they are successful.
Not surprisingly, many of our clients are successful entrepreneurs. All of our clients are entrepreneurial in their investment management.
At Stanley Gibbons, we offer entrepreneurs an ability to exploit the market opportunity that exists in rare stamps…
Our active management investment portfolios provide the potential for higher returns. The perfect investment for an entrepreneur – they allocate their capital wisely and, if successful, achieve great returns.
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A bit of a side story...
I know quite a few entrepreneurs very well and even met a famous one recently...
I bumped into Duncan Bannatyne from Dragon’s Den in the Flybe lounge at Southampton Airport a few weeks back. As a fellow Scot who started out in life - like me - with nothing, I have great respect for him.
I asked him, in between guzzling the free wine and watching the departure board for another one of my delayed flights out to Guernsey:
“Why would you want to be famous when you are already rich - surely it is better to be rich and unknown?”
I got the feeling this was a question he had heard many times before, as his response was immediate:
“Come back to me after you’ve been in business 40 years and tell me what you think then.”
Interestingly, Duncan had heard of Stanley Gibbons, having collected stamps as a boy. There is clearly a link between collecting and entrepreneurship...
From my experience the best definition of an entrepreneur is:
“Someone who does what no one else will.”
The kind of person that gets up at 6 am every day and hasn’t had a day off in two years. The guy that drives 500 miles to get the best price. Someone who negotiates to shave an extra £1,000 off a deal like they are bartering for their life.
Most entrepreneurs I know are obsessive in nature. They never stop – relaxation is tiring for them. They get irritated and want to get back to their obsession of making money as soon as possible.
Ironically, these qualities are the same attributes normally found in a specialist stamp collector. This is not a bad thing. Obsession brings focus and a relentless determination – two key attributes to success.
One thing is for sure, we need more entrepreneurs. The UK’s recent history of living off banking deception, confidence tricks and blind optimism without substance are well and truly over. We need to generate real products and provide real services in the future. Without entrepreneurs to take responsibility, we are doomed to a decade of decay.
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Active Management Investment Portfolios
We offer an investment product ideal for the entrepreneurial minded, our “Active Management Investment Portfolios”. We call them “AMP” for short.
With an AMP, you get to control your investment with absolute flexibility to buy and sell individual items within your portfolio at any time.
When you want to sell, we use our expertise in placing rare stamps with our extensive database of stamp collectors around the world to realise your investment. We sell on your behalf on a commission basis, so it is in our interests to make you a return.
Entrepreneurs like this product because there is a real opportunity for an attractive short term return of 5.6% over the next 12 months. Not only that, long term returns prove even more compelling. Over a 10 year period, we expect returns to average around 81% but it could be more, a lot more.
What entrepreneurs like even more about this investment is how exciting the returns become when you cash in and then re-invest your proceeds to achieve compound returns.
Compounding your returns is the easy way to riches. Your returns just keep multiplying against a higher and higher starting point. A compound return of 10% per annum turns £100,000 into £11.7 million in 50 years time.
With no long term commitment in this product, entrepreneurs can reallocate their capital somewhere else when they see a better opportunity. Right now though, it is difficult to find many markets that provide the compelling returns and capital security that the rare stamp market offers.
All entrepreneurs like a bargain and are price conscious. Consequently, they love the fact that this product offers a 10% discount to the catalogue price. That means that your investment starts with an immediate unrealised capital gain of 11%.
As an investor, you choose your desired holding period. You can go for a quick short term gain. The smart money though is in holding your investment into the long term and enjoying the benefits of the consistent returns from the rare stamp market.
Right now you will benefit from the buoyant market in rare stamps during a time when traditional investments are proving volatile and unpredictable.
The returns in this product are very impressive when compared to current bank interest rates, and this is an extremely low risk investment. After all, you have ownership of the rare stamp portfolio – these are tangible assets.
How This Can Work For You
The table below illustrates your potential returns under a range of different investment holding periods.
The illustration assumes an initial investment of £100,000 which would result in ownership of a portfolio of rare stamps with a catalogue value of £111,111:
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Year 6
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Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
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Year 10
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Sum invested
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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£100,000
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Value of portfolio
(note 1)
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£111,111
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£122,222
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£134,444
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£147,889
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£162,678
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£178,946
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£196,840
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£216,524
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£238,177
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£261,994
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Our Commission
(note 2)
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£5,556
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£11,111
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£17,222
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£23,944
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£31,339
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£39,473
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£48,420
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£58,262
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£69,088
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£80,997
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Your return
(note 3)
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£105,556
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£111,111
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£117,222
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£123,944
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£131,339
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£139,473
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£148,420
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£158,262
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£169,088
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£180,997
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Total Return %
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5.6%
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11.1%
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17.2%
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23.9%
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31.3%
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39.5%
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48.4%
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58.3%
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69.1%
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81.0%
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Annualised Return %
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5.6%
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5.6%
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5.7%
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6.0%
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6.3%
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6.6%
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6.9%
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7.3%
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7.7%
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8.1%
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Note 1
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Year 1 return includes benefit of 10% up-front discount. Returns in subsequent years assume 10% compound increase in value of portfolio.
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Note 2
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50% of profit
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Note 3
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Assumes all items are re-sold by Stanley Gibbons at full catalogue/retail prices.
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The sheer simplicity of our Active Management Investment Portfolios is what makes them so appealing. No prior knowledge of stamps is required. We do all the work for you – Stanley Gibbons only fully profits from the deal when we re-sell the items on your behalf.
Our customer base is growing all the time. We are recruiting, on average, 30,000 new collectors each year. The benefits of the worldwide ageing population (the exact demographic of a typical stamp collector) and the emergence of stamp collecting as a hobby in the Far East in recent years will dominate our market dynamics for some time to come.
Limited Supply
Subscriptions to our Active Management service are strictly limited. Availability is restricted by our ability to source the finest investment grade stamps where we believe liquidity in the market is sufficient to support a potential shorter-term exit horizon.
What you get is:
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The absolute flexibility to buy and sell at any time to achieve your investment objectives
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The benefit from a proactive and dedicated service from our professional sales advisers designed to realise the best price in the market for your investment
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Entry at a discounted level (10% below catalogue value)
To help you to understand this product more, please read the full product report on our Active Management Investment Portfolios below:
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If you are still not clear or have any questions after reading the report, please contact one of our sales advisers on +44(0)1481 708270; Toll free from the US +1 866 644 6146. Our team will be happy to help and answer any questions you may have.
Alternatively, you can e-mail me directly at mhall@stanleygibbons.co.uk and I will respond to you as soon as I can.
Once you are ready to proceed, please follow the link below to complete the application form:
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Entrepreneurs spot market opportunities and then exploit them – this is your chance to do the same.