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The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital
Victor Moussa/Shutterstock The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital How to avoid making it Last week we presented a parade of indicators published by Grant Williams and Lance Roberts that warned of an approaching market correction as well as a coming economic recession. The key message was: When smart analysts independently find the same […]
The Stock Market Crash Of 2016: Stocks Have Already Crashed In 6 Of The World’s 8 Largest Economies
The Stock Market Crash Of 2016: Stocks Have Already Crashed In 6 Of The World’s 8 Largest Economies Over the past 12 months, stock market investors around the planet have lost trillions of dollars. Since this time last June, stocks have crashed in 6 of the world’s 8 largest economies, and stocks in the other […]
Why Investing In Silver Is Vastly Superior To Investing In Gold Right Now
Why Investing In Silver Is Vastly Superior To Investing In Gold Right Now When panic and fear dominate financial markets, gold and silver both tend to rapidly rise in price. We witnessed this during the last financial crisis, and it is starting to happen again. Because I am the publisher of a website called The Economic […]
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way Preserving your financial capital Given the brutal start to the markets in the first three weeks of 2016, we thought it a good time to check in with the team at New Harbor Financial. We have had them on our podcast periodically over the past […]
The Margin Debt Time-Bomb
The Margin Debt Time-Bomb A terrible threat created by terrible decision-making What is perhaps the greatest risk to individual investors these days? Is it the potential for a decline in corporate earnings based on a slowing global economy? Is it that current valuation levels in both equities and fixed income instruments are much nearer historic […]
Low interest rates prompt savers to borrow to invest
Low interest rates prompt savers to borrow to invest Kevin Stone plans to borrow $20K this year to invest in various stocks Kevin Stone is 28 years old and already has over half a million dollars of debt, including a mortgage and a loan to purchase farmland. But he’s not concerned, because that apparent burden is actually helping fuel his […]
Why the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement May Ultimately Win
Why the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement May Ultimately Win The fossil fuel divestment campaign has so far persuaded only a handful of universities and investment funds to change their policies. But if the movement can help shift public opinion about climate change, its organizers say, it will have achieved its primary goal. Nestled in Vermont’s bucolic […]
The China Syndrome
The China Syndrome Getting Ugly I am sure that you have all been watching the meltdown in the Chinese stock markets. I posted a blog (in the China Ad Nauseam section) on May 6 about the Chinese stock market, finishing up with the statement that “this is going to get really ugly.” It looks like the ugliness is here. I claim […]
Jim Rogers: Turmoil Is Coming
Jim Rogers: Turmoil Is Coming Predictions on the markets, gold, Greece & more Two years since his last interview with us, investor Jim Rogers returns and notes that the risks he warned of last time have only gotten worse. In this week’s podcast, Jim shares his rational for predicting: increased wealth confiscation by the central […]
Indeed This Time Is Different: Because It’s Far Worse
Indeed This Time Is Different: Because It’s Far Worse Suddenly the narrative that “everything is awesome” is showing to not be as “awesome” as it was first proclaimed. Merely a few months have passed since the ending of QE and praises of awesomeness everywhere are morphing into questions more akin to “Oh no: not again!” And […]
