A Stacked Deck: Is your broker providing compromised investment advice?
I want to briefly touch on the subject of broker dealers (especially publically traded firms) as they relate to our private, family registered investment-advisory firm. I started our money management business over two decades ago in response to years of requests from my strategy report readers for such... Read the full story
The Two Most Important Words in Investing
The two most important words in investing are “compound interest.” Albert Einstein referred to compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world. And Ben Franklin said compound interest is “the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.” Many investors are familiar with compound interest,... Read the full story
Debunking the China Story
Invest in China, you are told. China’s economy is booming. GDP growth is among the fastest in the world. Since China is growing faster than the rest of the world, it must follow that Chinese stocks are a good buy. That’s the pitch the pundits and promoters continue to make, but is it true? Just... Read the full story
Happy New Year!
With only one trading day to go in December, the S&P 500 is up 6.55% for the month. If stocks hold onto their gains it will be the best December for the stock market in almost two decades. And since Ben B. first floated the idea of printing a few billion more dollars in August, stocks have gained... Read the full story
Christmas Price Inflation
Inflation risks are greatly overstated, says Ben Bernanke. We should be worried about debilitating deflation, not inflation. Ben B., of course, focuses on core inflation as his guide to price stability. Core inflation excludes food and energy. So as long as you don’t mind starving in the freezing cold... Read the full story
The Dividend Mandate
Income investors can’t help but be discouraged by the current state of affairs. T-bills yield 0.10%, and two-year Treasury notes yield 0.62%. Albert Einstein described compound interest as the greatest mathematical discovery of all time, but compounding is not so great when interest rates are at 0.1%.... Read the full story
The Revolt
President Obama has a revolt on his hands. This week, his former allies in the house turned on him. The Democratic caucus voted on Thursday to reject the Obama-McConnell tax compromise. Those in the far-left wing of the Democratic Party find the tax deal unacceptable. They have a problem with the estate... Read the full story
The World’s Best-Performing Commodity
Do you know which major commodity has increased in price most YTD? It’s cotton. Cotton is up 96% YTD. The second-best-performing commodity is palladium. Palladium has gained 88% YTD. The big gains in cotton and palladium are not outliers, though. In Young Research’s Global Investment Strategy, we... Read the full story
A Treasure Trove for Dividend Investors
As many of you know, I invest exclusively in dividend-paying stocks, and I advise the same for my strategy report subscribers. If a company does not pay a dividend, I won’t even consider it. At my family investment company, our common stock portfolios are invested exclusively in dividend-paying stocks.... Read the full story
Stock Market Bulls on Shaky Ground
The chorus of bullish stock-market pundits on CNBC has become deafening in recent months. The justification for buying stocks that I hear most often from this crowd is that stocks are cheap because bond yields are low. Many bulls will tell you that you should dump your bonds in favor of stocks because... Read the full story
