Gold/Silver Ratio Looks Good for Silver
The Fed has bailed out the market. For now that is. Which is why I’ve been spending more of my research time at the...
The Monday Melee: Dividends or Buybacks?
Which Wins? Dividends or Buybacks?
CNBC reports that dividends are beating buybacks:
In the battle between the barons of buybacks and the divas of dividends, the...
Worthy Reads: International Plunge Protection Teams Save the Quarter
Did you Know?
"The S&P 500 Index finished the quarter up nearly 1% after falling as much as 10.5% at one point in February.
That makes...
A Capital Gains Focus is a Losing Strategy
If you tune into to the financial news networks regularly, you might get the mistaken impression that capital gains are the most important form...
Worthy Reads: Saudi Arabia’s $2 Trillion Fund
Saudi Arabia's $2 Trillion Fund (Bloomberg)
Gold Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in Decades (WSJ)
$15 Minimum Wage Push Stirs Up (WSJ)
Consumer Stocks Worth a Look (Kiplinger)
Would...
Worthy Reads: Underestimating Retirement Spending
Underestimating Spending in Retirement (WSJ)
The Academic Journal Racket (WSJ)
Investors Flee the 2 and 20 Funds (WSJ)
Chipotle Jumps into Gourmet Burger Fray (Fortune)
London Real Estate on...
The Real POP in Investment Returns, Part II
You knew this was coming. Back in February 2010 I wrote to you about Putnam Investments’ full-page colored ad in the WSJ touting their...
Yellen’s Hidden Agenda and What it means for Your Portfolio
Wow! That was a shocker of a speech by the head of the world’s most important central bank. And it has some serious investment...
How to Become a Millionaire, Part I
You may look at my headline with a touch of disbelief, and, to be honest, I would most often join you in the disbelief...
What I Have Learned from Dick Young
You’ve got mail. It’s always nice to get a gem of an email from a client.
E.J.
If there is anything I have learned from Dick...