I want to show you a surprising statistic. It’s nothing tricky or complicated. In fact, it’s really simple and straightforward.

My long-time readers know that I’m always on the lookout for “secrets of the pros.” I love to look at the wealth rich people have accumulated, and figure out how they did it.

So a few months ago, I dug into Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest people on Earth. I wanted to see if anything jumped out… if there were any patterns.#-ad_banner-#

Sure enough, there were. I found something that I think applies to every single one of us. It’s something that could help any investor — no matter their age or income level — earn a significant amount of money in the stock market.

What I found was this:

Approximately one-third of the people on Forbes’ top 400 list all made their money thanks to the same simple secret.

I’m talking about people like Donald Trump. Sure, the eccentric New Yorker made his billions in real estate. But as I looked into his fortune, he made it largely because of an important wealth secret.

Now he’s rich enough that he can buy pretty much anything he wants. He lives in a 30,000-square-foot Manhattan penthouse. It features a diamond and gold-covered front door, gold faucets, and a spiral gold staircase.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is the same way. He rarely talks about it, but he used the same secret as Trump. Without it, he probably wouldn’t own an island in the Puget Sound. Or a yacht equipped with two submarines, two helicopters, a swimming pool and a basketball court.

Bill Gates… Jack Welch… Sergey Brin… all of them and many more can trace their fortunes back to one simple wealth secret.

The amazing thing is, as I looked into it more and more, I found out that many other wealthy people who aren’t on the list also made their fortunes using this secret.

But here’s the really good news…

It sounds crazy, but thanks to a small group of stocks that didn’t even exist until recently, it’s possible for you, me and anyone else to get in on this wealth secret too.

It’s all thanks to a group of 17 stocks unlike any other. Because of the unusual circumstances surrounding their founding, they share the same wealth secret as many of the world’s richest people.

And they are using it to their advantage. Just look at their performance over the past decade…

They’ve beaten the market by nearly 7-to-1 and returned 529% to shareholders. And that was during the euro crisis, America’s debt downgrade, and one of the most difficult decades the stock market has ever had.

In fact, a $10,000 investment in one of these secret wealth stocks as recently as 2001 would be worth $177,200 today. Not only that, your dividend income would have increased nearly 600%.

You’d now be raking in $5,257 in dividends alone each and every year.

So you’re probably wondering… What’s the great wealth secret?

The truth is, I don’t have the space to explain it fully in today’s essay. But stay tuned, because I plan on sharing more details about this exciting wealth secret with you in the coming days. My Top 10 Stocks research team and I are very excited about what this could do for our readers — simply put, I think it’s one of the best ways to make a killing in the stock market.

In the meantime, I invite you to check out my full report fully explaining this amazing wealth secret. It gives you all the details on how these rich people are making their fortunes, including the stocks that could help you make a small fortune, too.

Of course, I can’t promise anything… but from the in-depth research I’ve done, I think learning all you can about this wealth secret — and the 17 stocks I’ve identified — could be the best way for you to grow your wealth for the long haul.

To get the full report, along with several names and ticker symbols, click here.