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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 […]
Gold Investment Expert Howard Ruff: RIP
I have some sad news to share. Howard Ruff, the long-time editor of The Ruff Times and popularly known as “The Prophet of Doom,” passed away over the weekend at the age of 86. He was one of those flamboyant bigger-than-life characters of Wall Street lore, such as Jesse Livermore, Joe Granville, Larry Abraham, Jim […]
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 […]
The Impossible Year: Cubs Win… Is Trump Next?
It has been an improbable year: the curse of the Billy goat was lifted on the Chicago Cubs and they won a world championship in baseball after a 108-year drought. Among my friends, I predicted they would win it all this year and celebrated the victory with my daughter, who lives in Chicago, and reveled […]
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) […]
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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 […]
The #1 Lesson I Learned in Miami Last Week
I recently attended the bi-annual general meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society, a group of political and economic thinkers from around the world. I’ve been attending most of the group’s meetings since 1988, when I was the guest of Milton Friedman. I’ve been a member since 2002, and I have spoken on a number of […]
Can you Profit from the Economic Freedom Index?
At this year’s Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Miami, where political and economic thinkers gather from around the world, we talked about the fabled economic freedom index that was started by Milton Friedman and other founders of the MPS. Two indexes are published, one by the Fraser Institute in Canada, and the other by the […]
