The Dollar Game Is Rigged
You’re getting less than $0.20 on a 1971 dollar. You can see the decline in my chart.
And based on the Fed’s rock-bottom interest-rate policy,...
Don’t Let This Mutual Fund Mistake Cost You Thousands
What mutual fund mistake am I talking about? This mistake is so common, chances are you have committed it yourself—before you became a savvy,...
Future Dividends, Coupons, and Principal
Your purchasing power is your lifeblood in retirement. On my office credenza is The Theory of Investment Value by John Burr Williams, first published...
A Recovery in Housing
Has the long anticipated recovery in housing finally arrived? The latest round of economic data on the housing market points toward improvement. On Wednesday,...
U.S. Manufacturing 20% More Expensive, Without Labor
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Owning the Best Performers
In its quarterly funds report printed on January 9, The Wall Street Journal lists the 45 largest stock and balanced funds by assets. The...
A Risk-Free Income Generator
What if there were a way for you to own income-generating securities without having to earn the money to buy them? What if you...
Economic Distortion the Play of the Day
The Institute for Supply Management’s December Manufacturing ISM Report on Business was ballyhooed by the market on Monday. The headline PMI increased to 53.9%,...
Your 2012 Bond Fund Resolution
I hope you made some good money in bonds last year, because it was not a good year for all bond funds. Through November,...
The 2012 Stock-Market Outlook
Barron’s released its 2012 stock-market outlook this weekend. In the issue, Barron’s surveyed 10 Wall Street strategists on the outlook for the U.S. stock...