Correction or Crash?
Correction or Crash? The difference between a correction and a crash is usually your portfolio. Was this week a correction or a crash? It depends. Do you know the general trend of your portfolio for the last five years? If your portfolio has been sideways to down over that time period then this week was…
Investment Whiplash
Investment Whiplash High frequency trading, burning European banks and continued government manipulation… is it any wonder the average conventional investor’s portfolio is getting whipped around like a rag doll? Join me in my monthly Comprehensive Market Review where I speak plainly and clearly about what changes are happening and why your portfolio’s future is based on how good you…
Blame It on the Boomers
Blame It on the Boomers You may have heard that we will not have another recession but instead a “protracted recovery”. Don’t get giddy yet. I think we will have another recession…and soon. And in this day and age of finger wagging and scapegoating, I know just whom to blame. Blame it on the Boomers.…
Have A Coke And A Smile
Have a Coke and a Smile Save yourself the calories and the tooth decay and buy the stock instead. The companies that have weathered the storm in the last four weeks are well established, big name companies with rising dividends. Just look at the price chart above. The yellow line (the bottom line in the…
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies Do you want to crash-proof your portfolio? A lot can be learned from a near disaster. The last 15 trading days in the stock market has been an actual disaster for many investors. In the past three weeks the S&P500 fell from 1356 to 1100 bringing down world equities and eliminating $5.5…
All Is Well, Remain Calm…?
Is this what your week in the market has felt like? Watch below. . How can you remain calm when there is chaos all around? Here’s what I recommend you do today. 1) Make sure all of your individual stock positions and sector holdings have a 25% trailing stop loss on them. And then when…
The Evolution of Investing
Where are you in the evolution of investing? As an investor, are you walking upright or are you still swinging from the trees? What do you really know about the world of money? People often think about the world of money but actually there is the world of “earning money” and the world of “growing…
Eureka!
Eureka! I have to admit, even I feel like I talk about gold too much. This feeling gets reinforced when I show Burgess, my wife, what I’m going to write about for the week. When she sees the “g” word, she usually sighs and says, “Again? Why don’t you write about something else, like your…
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time…blah, blah, blah. The fairytales about our economy that governments, bankers, Wall Street, and conventional investment advisors have been telling us are seemingly not coming true. I am feeling increasingly cynical. The following news items from the past few days made me realize I’m not being cynical enough. The World Bank has a…
America’s Secret Elixir
What happens to the American Miracle when America can no longer take on more debt? America is the most powerful county this Earth has ever known. Not even the Ming Dynasty came close to the power and influence that modern day America has. So how did this happen? Are Americans smarter, taller, faster or better…
