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Dick Young’s Safe America Chapter III, Part I.

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The People’s Chemist writes, “State -of -the art science methods prove masks fail to block viral spread. Viruses are everywhere – so tiny a grain of salt is 1,000 times larger.” The medical journal Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses showed “no relationship between mask/respirator and protection against influenza protection.” The People’s Chemist concludes, “We can rest easy knowing that the best way to avoid illness is to protect and bolster the immune system.” Over the past two years, I have assembled a package of trusted supplements that appear to be useful in bolstering the … [Read more...]

Dick Young’s Safe America: Chapter 1, Part I

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Debbie and I are neither members of any political party nor contribute to any PAC. Our research interest is policy rather than politics. Our methodology, for over four decades, has centered on inference reading and anecdotal evidence gathering. Originally posted on Young's World Money Forecast. … [Read more...]

Now Is the Right Time to Make Dividends Your Ally

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For over five decades, the underpinning of everything I have written has been a foundation of dividends. It has served me well, and if you have followed my advice, it has served you well too. Shortly after the dotcom bust, I wrote a segment titled, “Make Dividends Your Ally.” In it, I said: Regarding dividends, corporate directors have deluded themselves for many years in two ways. First, they have been too concerned about double taxation. Many investors don’t care about double taxation because they are (1) saving in tax-deferred accounts or (2) need the dividend income in retirement. … [Read more...]

Stock Market Investing for a Secure Retirement

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Here’s why I don’t follow the meaningless price or market capitalization stock market averages, especially the likes of the Dow and S&P 500. The S&P 500 Index: only 50 of the biggest cap names account for more than 50% of the total S&P500 Index. The Dow 30: only 10 of the highest priced stocks account for more than 50% of the total Dow Jones Industrial Average. No thanks to index investing in either the Dow or the S&P. Dick Young's Investment Rules Why savvy investors saving for a long and comfortable retirement should always follow RCY’s guide in crafting balanced … [Read more...]

Strong Performance for Shippers as Economy Finds its New Balance

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Paul Ziobro reports on FedEx's strong quarterly performance in The Wall Street Journal, writing: Christmas came in July for FedEx Corp. FDX 0.14% The delivery company posted the highest quarterly revenue in its history as the coronavirus pandemic spurred residential-shipment levels normally seen during the holiday season. FedEx shipped 31% more packages a day through its Ground network during the summer months. The extra cargo boosted profit more than 60% for the three months ended Aug. 31. More consumers are buying products such as laptops and toilet paper online because of temporary … [Read more...]

Monetary Heart Attacks Likely to Lead to S&P 500 Crash

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My charts (the Fed’s EKG) on high powered money and M2 growth point clearly to undisciplined chaos at the Fed. Do you see any instance of such chaos in preceding decades? No! Indeed, payday will arrive. The table indicating my own program of gold buying gives you a look at one of a number of moves I made last spring to balance myself for the inevitable comeuppance. At our family investment counsel firm, we emphasize ongoing strategy discussion, featuring new issue corporate bonds, dividend-paying Swiss franc denominated stocks, and currency and especially high US dividend-paying … [Read more...]

Dump All Low Yielding US Treasuries Now

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Today we have a situation where the Fed has forced individual investors with life-time savings to subsidize corporate buybacks, acquisitions, and Wall Street banking industry borrowing and speculating. It’s what I call de facto robbing and stealing. In reality, the Fed is nothing more than a private club to favor corporate and banking elites. When the Federal Reserve was first established in 1913, Congress directed it to “furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper” and to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the U.S. The Fed’s duties … [Read more...]

My 10 Point Investment Plan: Pretty Much the Same as Back in 1990

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Back then I offered subscribers to my investment strategy report a ten-point investment guide for the long term. The basic plan is today, thirty years later, pretty much unchanged. Make capital preservation your number one target Make dividends the cornerstone of your core equity portfolio Never forget the power of compound interest Make equities, not bonds, your core holdings. When general market conditions are horrible, and most folks are selling, aggressively buy your dividend stocks Use automatic withdrawal programs for retirement income Don’t trade in and out … [Read more...]

Gold’s 50-Year Price Explosion

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Part I I was there from the start.  In early August 1971, I had just joined internationally focused research and trading firm Model Roland & Co. On 15 August 1971, President Nixon shocked the world by announcing that the U. S. would no longer officially trade dollars for gold. At that time, gold’s fixed price was $35/oz. By 1980, gold would hit an astronomical $800/oz. OK then, back to Model and the firm’s wonderful head partner Leo Model. From my first day onboard at Model, I started covering a bevy of major Boston institutional accounts.  I was 30 years old, and I would become … [Read more...]

Your Portfolio Could Use This Investment as a Powerful Insurance Policy

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There are very few real counterbalancers available in an asset bubble like the one being blown today by the Fed and other central banks. One investment I have found to be reasonably reliable as a counterweight insurance policy is precious metals, specifically gold and silver. Is there downside risk in buying metals? Of course. Here’s how I previously explained that risk: Relative to gold, silver is cheap. The higher the gold/silver ratio, the cheaper silver is. The historical gold/silver ratio has been 15:1. Today, it is 53:1. Central banks do not own silver, which they could dump on … [Read more...]