by Chris Weber – The Weber Global Opportunities Report July 15, 2014 As an investor, you are continually hearing quick-drawn, popular conclusions about some asset or other. That this agreed-upon, mainstream and conventional “wisdom” is usually the opposite of the real truth I think I have shown many times in my newsletter. Grasping that fact at the […]
By Chelsea J. Carter, Laura Smith-Spark, Ashley Fantz and Elise Labott, CNN June 19, 2014 — Updated 1851 GMT (0251 HKT) Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — As Islamist militants battle Iraqi security forces for control of towns and cities not far from Baghdad, the capital has taken on the tense feel of a city under siege. […]
June 19, 2014 Commodities in general have been under pressure for the last couple years. This can be seen by looking at the GCC Greenhaven Continuous Commodity ETF which holds a basket of resources. The weekly chart has formed a bullish bottom pattern, and as of last January it looks as though it’s now building […]
From Richard Russell’s Remark of May 28, 2014 — Matt’s Market Insights “It’s long been wondered where gold comes from. Until last year it was generally thought that gold was created during supernovas, the explosions signaling the death of giant stars. Stars are nature’s nuclear reactors, responsible for creating all elements heavier than hydrogen and […]
By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud Monday, April 21, 2014 “How do you track your investments?” “You tell us to use “trailing stops”… but how do you track them?” “What do you personally use for investment charts and data?” I get asked these questions all of the time. Two truths… We pay six figures a year in data and […]
By Mark Ford, wealth coach, The Palm Beach Letter , Thursday, March 20, 2014 I consider myself to be an expert of sorts on retirement. Not because I’ve studied the subject, but because I’ve retired three times. Yes, I’m a three-time failure at retiring. But I’ve learned from my mistakes. Today, I’d like to tell you about the worst […]
March 17, 2014 Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., has been involved in natural resource for four decades. Rick says he expects some familiar patterns to emerge in the coming year. See below for his most recent comments. Photo credit: Cambridge House International Sprott Global: Rick, you’ve predicted an impending bear-market bottom […]
Dennis Miller, Senior Editor, “Miller’s Money Forever” There are many creative ways to screw up your retirement. Let me show you how it’s done. Supporting adult children. My wife and I have friends with an unmarried, unemployed daughter who had a child. Our friends adopted their grandchild and are now in their late sixties raising […]
February 28, 2014 · by Chuck Butler Good Day! And a Happy Friday to one and all! Another week in the books… That takes me to less than 2 weeks before I head south to Spring Training… As I walked across the wind tunnel bridge, freezing my tail off this morning, I thought about how much I dislike […]
February 23, 2014 · by Timothy Smith At the beginning of last year, Wall Street analysts predicted commodities and precious metals would be the biggest winners of 2013. Their rationale was simple: with central banks around the globe printing money, the price of commodities should go up. We now know how wrong the analysts were. Gold, silver and […]