Investor CAFÉ Newsletters
When Will the Bear Come Out of Hibernation?
“If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.” — Warren Buffett, “The Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 144 Despite the record bull market on Wall Street now spanning more than 10 years, the bears are still not licked. They keep coming out with doom-and-gloom predictions. The latest is from commodity guru and legendary investor Jim Rogers, who was […]
How to Be a Home Run King on Wall Street
“A man can’t worry and hit home runs.” — Babe Ruth I’ve been a lifelong baseball fan, especially of the New York Yankees, which lead the league with 27 World Series championships and are considered the most successful sports team in the United States. I like to go with winners, whether in sports or investments. […]
Sharing Three Financial Lessons From the Bible
“I, in my own mind, have always thought of America as a place in the divine scheme of things that was set aside as a Promised Land.” — Ronald Reagan This weekend Jews and Christians celebrate together their two most important holy days: Passover and Easter. In honor of this event, last Saturday I spoke at the Los […]
Dirty, Filthy, Stinkin’ Rich: In Defense Of Big Business
“If business is so bad, why does it remain so integral to the basic functioning of America?” — Tyler Cowen, George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times columnist, has a new book out, called “Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero.” I was fascinated with some of […]
My Meeting With Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Chief Economist
On Tuesday, April 2, I flew to Washington, D.C., for the premier of Steve Forbes’s and Elizabeth Ames’s documentary, “In Money We Trust?” in the nation’s capital. The event occurred at the Trump International Hotel. I’m one of several monetary experts interviewed in the film, along with Alan Greenspan, Paul Volker and Steve Forbes himself. You can watch the trailer […]
Steve Moore And Trump Fight The Fed … And The Economics Establishment
“Cheerleaders should be on the sidelines.” — Washington Post “Steve Moore isn’t qualified to be a member of the Fed. He doesn’t have the intellectual gravitas.” — Greg Mankiw, Harvard University Supply-side economist and long-time friend Steve Moore is under fire since being nominated by President Trump last week to fill a vacancy in the Federal […]
Proposing the Best Solution to Inequality
“A dangerous and growing inequality, the lack of upward mobility, is the defining challenge of our time.” — President Barack Obama (2013) Socialism has again reared its ugly head in American politics. The cause? The belief among many Americans that only the rich are benefiting from the Obama-Trump booming economy. The rich get richer, while the poor are […]
From Population Bomb to Bust: What It Means to Investors
“The burgeoning population growth means the inevitable: mass starvation.” — Paul Erhlich, “The Population Bomb” (1968) “We do not face the challenge of a population bomb but a population bust – a relentless, generation-after-generation culling of the human herd.” — John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker, “Empty Planet” (2019) In chapter 3 of my book, “The Making of Modern […]
The Book the New Socialists Fear the Most
“Avoid investing in those countries with a high level of socialist or government regulation of business. Business growth depends on a strong free-enterprise system.” — Sir John Templeton Sir John Templeton was the original international investor, who became a billionaire by creating the first investment fund. He made a point of investing in countries whose governments had […]
GOLD VS. STOCKS: WHICH IS BETTER?
“The magical metal is no match for the American mettle.” — Warren Buffett (2019) Like many of you, I am a big fan of Warren Buffett’s investment prowess (but not his views on taxes and government policy). In Warren Buffett’s just released annual report, he rejects the notion of market timing. He confesses, “I have no idea […]
