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How to Lose Money — Invest in Gold Stocks! (Part II)
“All that glitters isn’t gold, but the really good stuff is.” — Chip Wood Earlier this week, I wrote a column for Investment U that caused an uproar among gold bugs: “How to Lose Money — Invest in Gold Stocks!” Read the article here. Basically, I discovered that almost all gold mining stocks, including the majors, have […]
Is Fed Money Going from Easy Money to Tight Money?
“Don’t fight the Fed!” — Maxim of Wall Street Since the financial crisis of 2008, the Fed has adopted a three-pronged easy-money policy: Increase its balance sheet by purchasing and holding $4 trillion worth of Treasury securities and mortgages; Sharply reduce interest rates to practically zero; and Expand the supply of money (M2) at 6-8% […]
Do Young People Care about Saving for Retirement?
“Two of the hardest things to do are save when you’re young and spend when you’re old.” — “Maxims of Wall Street” Last week, I spoke before a group of several hundred college students at the Orlando MoneyShow. The one-day seminar was called MoneyShow University. The speaker before me was a bright young lady representing […]
Trump and the Return of the Luddites
“Protection will lead us to prosperity and strength.” — Donald J. Trump In his Inaugural Address, President Donald Trump began with a libertarian statement, “We are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.” That statement has helped the stock market hit new highs, and the Dow to go […]
Say’s Law vs. Keynes’ Law: Which More Accurately Reflects Reality?
“They say children are the future, but really teachers are the key to the future.” — Author Unknown We all know that teachers, especially at the college level when students are away from their parents, can have tremendous influence on young minds. Here’s a good example. I like to ask ask my economics students,“Which is […]
2017, The Year of the CEO: We’re Back in Business!
“After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these the moving impulses of our life.” — Calvin Coolidge (1925) “Small businesses are the […]
How to Make a Killing in the Market
“It is incredible the quantity of good that may be done in a country by a single man who will make a business out of it, and not suffer himself to be diverted from that purpose by different avocations, studies or amusements.” — Benjamin Franklin “More than anything else, I want to be rich.” — […]
Does Business Need a New Brand?
“Capitalism is awesome!” — John Mackey, co-CEO, Whole Foods Market This week I was a guest of John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, to attend the 10th anniversary of the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit in Austin, Texas. It was an incredible opportunity to listen to some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country who […]
King Dollar — What It Means to Investors
The dollar has rallied sharply in the past month, continuing a bullish trend since late 2011. It has risen significantly against the pound, the euro, the yen, the Aussie dollar and the Mexican peso lately. The dollar’s recent rise is reflected in the following chart of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish ETF (UUP). King Dollar […]
Why Keynes is Here to Stay… And What It Means to Investors
“Keynesian economics is a permanent revolution.” — Mark Blaug John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), the British economist, was the most influential economist of the 20th century. His theories justified big government, the welfare state, inflation, easy money, deficit spending and progressive taxation. Despite all of the efforts of free-market economists (the supply-siders, the Austrians and the […]
