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What Happens to the Stock Market When the Communists Take Over
Look at the chart below. Which of these two countries was the better investment? The chart shows the returns on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange from 1865 to 1917 (the data is in U.S. dollar terms and excludes dividends). During that period, Russia clearly outperformed the United States. Russia […]
Can ‘It’ Happen Again?
“We will not have any more crashes in our time.” — John Maynard Keynes (1926) All last year a prominent ad ran in Yahoo Finance and elsewhere predicting an “80 Percent Collapse in Stocks.” A lot of Cassandras are wiping the egg off their faces, having predicted another stock market crash, economic depression or a dollar […]
Nobel Calling: A Painless Way to Triple Your Retirement Income
Do you live in fear that you haven’t saved enough for retirement? Join the crowd. The clear majority of investors have not saved enough for retirement, and live in fear of running out of money before they die, leaving themselves too dependent on Social Security and their heirs for assistance, or significantly downsizing their lifestyle. According […]
Stockholm Calling: How High Can Stocks Go?
“It is the producer who as a rule initiates economic change, and consumers are educated by him if necessary; they are taught to want new things.” — Joseph Schumpeter (1934) “Gross output, long advocated by Mark Skousen, will have a profound and manifestly positive impact on economic policy.” — Steve Forbes (2014) I was invited to Stockholm, Sweden, the home […]
Mises-Hayek Walking Tour in Vienna Shows How to Profit from Austrian Economics
The Mises-Hayek walking tour of Vienna on Sept. 28 took place as part of the FreedomFest Austrian Economics cruise down the blue Danube River. The tour, arranged by Barbara Kolm, director of the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Austria, attracted around 25 FreedomFest attendees. It made for a busy day. After visiting the magnificent Fine […]
Why It Pays to be Bullish
“Those who are bearish on America over the long term are out of their minds.” — Warren Buffett On Tuesday evening, Sept. 19, Steve Forbes, along with several hundred people, celebrated 100 years of Forbes magazine in New York City. B. C. (“Bertie”) Forbes began America’s foremost pro-capitalist publication in September 1917. My wife and […]
Global Investing Giant Jim Rogers Warns of Cyclical Downturn ‘Soon’
“FreedomFest doesn’t just ride the wave, it invents the wave.” — John Fund, National Review It was a triumph! Our 10th anniversary celebration of FreedomFest was a huge success, with over 2,100 subscribers, wealthy investors and concerned citizens joining us at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas. CNN did a major story on us. Watch […]
What Can We Learn from Canada? A Lot!
Over the years, I’ve visited Canada many times, mainly to speak at investment conferences. I’ve been to Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Last year, my wife and I, along with Newt Gingrich, his wife Callista and subscribers of my Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter, took a cruise to Eastern Canada. It personally was a gratifying trip […]
Is Bitcoin Entering a New Megatrend?
Bitcoin, the most successful computer-generated cryptocurrency, hit an all-time high today, and is now trading around $2,500 due to Japan announcing it would accept Bitcoin as an official payment for retail purchases in that country. Unfortunately, the United States is more backward — or perhaps more controlling. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently denied approval of an […]
Why Communism Doesn’t Work, but Still Has Romantic Appeal
“Communism doesn’t heal all suffering, but only the suffering caused by capitalism.” – Bini Adamczak, “Communism for Kids” (MIT Press, 2017) I am in Seoul, South Korea, to give a lecture on gross output (GO) at the Mont Pelerin Society meetings. As part of our conference, we visit the de-militarized zone (DMZ) to see the […]
