Sometimes I feel like the luckiest man in the world. I have a great career, great family, great friends and a loyal subscriber base that allows me to do what I love to do—help investors protect and grow their wealth. So, it is with much gratitude and humility that I offer you my utmost appreciation on […]

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“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.” — Louis Nizer The British-born lawyer and author provides us a very clear verbal picture

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If you think that the Chinese government’s recent moves to cool its economy will persist and cause stocks there to drop further, you may want to short the Chinese market through an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXP) offers just such a fund. The ETF seeks daily investment results, before fees

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The big headlines pushing the equity markets lower right now are coming out of Asia. Last week, we saw China take yet another step to put the brakes on inflation, as that country’s central bank raised bank reserve requirement ratios for the second time in just over two weeks. Unlike here in the United States,

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You might say that this week, stocks went on a wild ride to nowhere. On Tuesday, we had a big bout of selling that brought the major averages down sharply. Then on Thursday, buyers stepped in and basically bid stocks back up to where they were before Tuesday’s sell-off. The volatile week ended, not with a bang but […]

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“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.” –Ron Paul Whether you love Texas Congressman Ron Paul, or whether you hate him, one thing for sure is that you know where he stands on every issue. Here the Congressman speaks of the perils of government involvement in all walks

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The Fed’s recent decision to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds gave the stock market at least a short-term boost and opened the path for investors to profit outside of buying equities. Yesterday’s market retreat shows why you may want to avoid having too many of your investments tied up in stocks. Indeed, yesterday’s trading

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Every once in a while, a humorist or satirist hits the proverbial nail on the head. This is certainly the case with a viral video posted on YouTube titled, “Quantitative Easing Explained.” This animated video features two cartoon bears discussing the Fed’s recent QE2 bond-buying plan and the motivation behind it. The video is one

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There’s a whole lot of change going on in the bond market. Since the midterm Congressional election, and since the Federal Reserve announced its plans to print our way out of the fiscal doldrums, bond yields have been on a decided path higher. Moreover, there’s been a big drop in the value of municipal bonds.

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After the huge run higher we’ve seen in stocks over the past several weeks, a sharp pullback in the major averages is something that I’ve been expecting. This week we saw that pullback, with the Dow dropping 2.20% and the S&P 500 sinking 2.17%. The NASDAQ Composite also cracked this week, losing 2.36%. I think this week’s […]

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