Monthly Archives: August, 2014

Grateful for Cash

“You ask me where the four winds dwell In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell It can ring, turn night to day Ring like fire when you...

Best Bond Funds to Buy Now

What are the best bond funds to buy now? This is a simple question that is often unnecessarily complicated by investors. The best bond...

A Retirement Worth Living For

You don't have to have a ton of money to have a retirement worth living for. I was reminded of this last week while...

The Monday Melee: Sunken Ships and Sinking Yields

What We're Reading: David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? Finance 101 in Kindergarten. (The Wall Street Journal) A hawk in a sea of doves....

Top 10 S&P 500 Stocks: 2014

You can learn a lot about the nature of a stock market rally simply by observing which stocks are leading the market.  Below I...

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Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life Like They Are?

In my conversation with you, we talked about how...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

How’s Your Margin of Safety for Fixed Income?

You might be getting flooded with emails about “guaranteed”...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

I know that you know Vanguard lowered its fees...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit Ukraine this week...

Startups Challenge China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Robert Wright of the Financial Times reports that HyProMag,...

Turkey’s Energy Dilemma: Coal Reliance vs. Nuclear Ambition

Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that Turkey, Europe's top...

Trump Urges Europe to Boost Defense Spending

John Paul Rathbone of the Financial Times reports that...

Trump’s Trade War Deepens Central Bank Divide

Sam Fleming, Valentina Romei, Ian Smith, and Claire Jones of the Financial Times...