My first mini-series with Ashfordradio.com came to a conclusion on Thursday, March 8. In many ways it was an end to the beginning. As such, let me start by thanking Ashford for breaking the Lose Your Broker story and allowing me to advance the independent investor message on their network. They will always be the...Read More
Many of us forget that a global competition for profit begins with a global competition for investment capital – a.k.a. a global competition for money. Investment capital is the fuel for economic growth and prosperity. It creates jobs, raises wages and standards of living. It is the solution to poverty, unemployment, and stagnant economies. Needless...Read More
I stumbled across an interesting interview with Blackrock Management’s Laurence Fink yesterday afternoon on CNBC. Blackrock is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the world. Mr. Fink, who should have appeared on my book cover with a clown nose on his face, is their CEO. He was out trying to coax investors into...Read More
Those who have read my book know that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the 15-51 Indicator started 1996 at 5,117. The Dow closed over 13,000 points today and for the first time since May 2008. Some thought it was a big deal. Not me. The 15-51 strength Indicator closed the day at 59,633 – up...Read More
I keep hearing television pundits’ claim that there is no threat of a “double-dip” recession. To offer one specific example, Larry Kudlow has recently promulgated such a notion. And Larry’s has a lot of creds; he worked in the Reagan White House and has popular shows on CNBC and ABC radio. But he’s dead wrong...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed Friday’s trading at a 52 Week high – 12,950. It’s had quite a run, indeed, but let’s not forget it’s just an average portfolio. It shouldn’t be the high watermark when it comes to stock performance. To achieve financial success independence your entire portfolio should beat “the market.”...Read More
As demonstrated in LOSE YOUR BROKER NOT YOUR MONEY, investing is an extremely personal task. It doesn’t require Ivy League degrees and Wall Street experience. Investment success only requires basic knowledge and common sense. And you have that. Right now successful long-term investors are mostly spectators – watching stock market activity and waiting for the goods...Read More
According to his own public admissions, President Obama is part of the “evil one-percenters” – those people in the highest income tax brackets. He’s one of them. Just one. And that one person has spent one-third of our entire national debt in just one-four-year-term as president of the United States. That’s one man, fours years,...Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that the trade deficit widened to $49 billion for December. Also in today’s news, President Obama unveiled a budget that calls for another trillion-dollar-plus operating deficit for 2012. An operating deficit occurs when expenses are greater than revenues — in other words, spending beyond ones means —...Read More
