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Rough Lessons from Howard Ruff
“And I hope when I get old I don’t just sit around thinking about it, but I probably will. Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory days.” — Bruce Springsteen, “Glory Days” “He was a self-made millionaire. Twice. He lost it all. Twice. He often said he learned more from […]
Trump Victory Energizes Wall Street: How to Profit
“We have reason to be optimistic.” — John Stossel, Fox Business Last night, I attended the Reason Media Awards dinner, hosted by libertarian and “Price is Right” host Drew Carey. John Stossel of Fox Business was there to receive an award. Stossel told the audience he was surprisingly optimistic and hopeful after seeing President-elect Trump […]
Trump Towers over Clinton… What It Means to America, the World and the Markets
I predicted last week that if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was going to win, it would take “an exhausting night,” like it took for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series for the first time in a century. Indeed, we didn’t find out who would be the 45th president of the United States […]
Easy Way to Double Your Returns
“The easiest way to double your returns is to double your time horizon.” — Tom Gardner, CEO, Motley Fool Last week, I was the guest of John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, who sponsors an annual Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit in Austin, Texas. Top CEOs included Jostein Solheim (Ben & Jerry’s), Dan Cathy (Chick-fil-A) […]
Is the U.S. Stock Market Dying? View This Scary Chart
Wall Street seems to be in an ebullient mood as the Dow Jones Industrial Average is near an all-time high and has enjoyed a seven-year bull run. At my newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, we are enjoying the ride. We are 100% invested and taking advantage of high-dividend paying stocks and funds during a low-interest, low-inflation environment. But […]
Good News for Those Who Hate Wall Street
“The business of investing is not the same as investing in a business.” — Mark Skousen, “The Maxims of Wall Street” I spent a day in Las Vegas last week, but not to gamble. I was there to speak to the Las Vegas Investment Club. It is not a typical investment club that discusses stocks and […]
The #1 Secret to Predicting the Future on Wall Street
“Looking at earnings, dividends and P/E ratios in order to predict future stock prices are all a waste of time.” — Bert Dohmen In his latest issue of the Wellington Letter, financial guru Bert Dohmen warned that “fundamental” analysis doesn’t always work, particularly when using price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios to choose which stocks to buy. Dohmen […]
Imagine No-Cost Medical Care, Education, Food and Even Money
“The problem is that pretty soon you run out of other people’s money.” — Margaret Thatcher Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” presidential candidate, is attracting big crowds and millions of votes by promising taxpayer-funded college education, universal healthcare and a minimum wage that will instantly end poverty. Never mind how much these “free” […]
New GO Data Points to Recession ahead, but No Bear Market
My gross output (GO) statistic for the fourth quarter was released today by the federal government. Here’s what it showed: U.S. economic activity continued to slow dramatically in fourth-quarter 2015, threatening recession. As a whole, the growth rate of the economy was anemic, almost flat, for 2015. This is why the Fed has aggressively been pumping new money […]
Don’t Look Now, But Gold Is Moving Higher
Wall Street has struggled this week, but gold is moving higher. Today gold is up $12 to $1,238 an ounce, and gold stocks are sharply higher. I gave a strong sell signal for gold back in December 2011, when gold was approaching $2,000 an ounce. It was a good call. Gold fell 50% in the […]
