Has It Really Come Down To This…?
I always have the exact same thought every four years during election time… Out of the 340 million people that live in the United States…is this really the list I have to choose from? How can this be? Where did this country go wrong? Do we really think they are the best candidates for the…
Gold vs. The US Dollar
Stop me if you’ve heard this one… If the dollar goes up, then gold goes down. If oil goes up, then stocks go down. If interest rates go up, then stocks go down. If stocks go down, then bonds go up. etc…. etc….. etc….. etc….. The above is true, except when it isn’t of…
It’s Getting Worse
Did you realize that if you are invested in the stock market, you’re a momentum investor? The biggest momentum game on the planet is the US stock market. From 1896 until today, it has been in a stable uptrend phase 78% of that time, with the other 22% being in an unstable, unpredictable downtrend phase.…
There’s A 100% Chance of A Stock Market Crash in the Next Three Years
Did You Read That Subject Line? It’s a doozy. If I read it and I was already worried about the stock market crashing I would instantly open that email and look for information that aligned with what I already believed. And that’s the problem. People are most interested in learning about “new” information that already aligns with what…
Look Here Last… 168 Reasons Why People Keep Loosing
I wanted to do something a bit special for this weekend given that it’s a 3-day weekend. This is a podcast that I’ve been wanting to do for more than five years…maybe longer. Note, there are no price charts…partially because nothing really happened this week. Gold is still in an uptrend. The S&P500 is still…
This One Trick Eliminates 90% Of Market Noise
Do you know anyone in this cycle? There’s a cycle that investors go through in an attempt to find out what really works in investing. And it’s in the second phase of this cycle that people unknowingly end up repeatedly hurting themselves…badly. The cycle starts with people going to a conventional adviser. Conventional advisers…
But This Is Actually Happening
The market’s going to crash… You know how I know? I read it. Seriously, I read it in a newspaper. The article was written by an English major who graduated from an IVY league school (I believe it was Harvard). And do you know how he covers his mortgage costs? He writes for a…
Why Fear Works
There are two things kids cannot tolerate. They cannot tolerate (1) not knowing the rules and (2) not belonging to their family of origin. I want to talk to you about point #1, not knowing the rules. Why do you think kids want to know the rules? Seriously think about this, you were once a…
The Loneliest Financial Belief…
My day did not go how I thought it was going to go…This stuff sometimes happens even if you don’t have two kids under the age of 10 like I do… I’ll tell you more on the podcast… And because today didn’t go how I planned, this part (the actual email) of my weekly connection…
What’s Your Financial Religion?
Imagine the following… You belong to a religious group that demands you ALWAYS have a foot on the break when you drive. And not just your foot resting on the break but actually putting downward pressure on the breaks. And the older you are the more pressure you should be putting on the breaks.…
