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Will a Government Shutdown Hurt Stocks?
“No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” — Judge Gideon Tucker (1866) Once again, it’s possible that the federal government will shut down many of its operations on midnight Friday because the Treasury has run out of money. Talk about a libertarian’s dream! Yet Wall Street doesn’t seem very concerned. Stocks […]
Second Tech Revolution and the ‘Stock Trade of the Year’
SPECIAL REBROADCAST: Click here to watch Mark Skousen and Jim Woods’ 2018 Trade of the Year, and learn about their 1,000% outperformance guarantee.—————————————————-It was a case of the old versus the new at the annual American Economic Association meetings last week. Harvard University economist Larry Summers clung to his doomsday scenario that America is enduring a period of slow growth […]
Interview with Top CEO: Golden Age of Income Investing is Not Over!
“Dividends are the critical factor giving the edge to most winning stocks in the long run.” — Jeremy Siegel, Wizard of Wharton My wife and I traveled across America last week from Florida to California, where we will be teaching at Chapman University for the next five months. On the way, I visited the beautiful headquarters […]
The Biggest New Story of 2017
“A wise trader never ceases to study general conditions.” — Edwin Lefevre The media highlight the biggest new stories at the end of each year. Among the key events are President Donald Trump’s first year in office, two major hurricanes, the North Korean threat of nuclear war, the national anthem controversy, sexual harassment exposés, the […]
Will Tax Relief Send Stocks Higher in 2018?
Tax cut fever already has propelled the stock market higher as we finish up 2017. Now that the tax bill will become law on January 1, 2018, will Wall Street enjoy another banner year? Or will the maxim, “buy on the rumor, sell on the news” be more appropriate, especially given that the market has not suffered […]
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Update on Bitcoin — Separate the Wheat from the Chaff so You Don’t Get the Shaft
“Don’t be that Fool. Bitcon is a bubble and it will end badly.” — Gary Smith, Professor of Economics, Pomona College Alabama voters this week rejected the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Roy Moore, and saved themselves an embarrassment. Even though that choice will make it more difficult to pass legislation, voters made the right decision. The results were […]
How to be a Scrooge Investor During the Holidays
“Save your money, nephew! Pennies saved today are dollars in your pocket tomorrow!” — Uncle Scrooge McDuck Today, I appeared on CNBC with Rick Santelli to talk about the economy, the Santa Claus rally and Bitcoin euphoria. Watch the three-minute interview here. One of the traditions during the Christmas holidays is to read Charles Dickens’ famous book “A Christmas Carol,” or […]
Are Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies for Real?
“If you’re stupid enough to buy Bitcoin, you’ll pay the price for it one day.” — Jamie Dimon, CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase “Bitcoin should be outlawed. It serves no socially useful function. It’s a bubble and when the government starts regulating it, it will collapse.” — Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University Famous last words! Like many of […]
Ben Franklin’s Politically Incorrect Telling of the First Thanksgiving
Did you know that the day we celebrate as Thanksgiving was supposed to be a fast? It took one politically incorrect farmer to change the course of history. When the government tried to impose a fast, he called for a grand feast — thanksgivings — so that Americans could celebrate their bounty and nourish their […]
Is Wall Street another Las Vegas?
“Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share of stock is not a lottery ticket. It’s part ownership in a company.” — Peter Lynch, “One Up on Wall Street” Every other year, I teach a course in “financial economics” at Chapman University. I’ll be teaching again in the spring. In the class, I hold up a […]
