This Economy is Booming
The economic recovery in Brazil continues to gain momentum. Brazilian GDP grew at 11.4% in the first quarter of 2010. Inflation remains tame by...
An Investment Strategy Guaranteed to Win
In investing there is only one variable that an investor can control, and that is cost. Cost is vital to your long-term investment success....
Creative Destruction
Creative Destruction – Popularized by Joseph Schumpeter, a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old...
Wall Street Begging for More Stimulus
The stock market mounted a powerful rally in July. The S&P 500 jumped almost 7% for the month and has tacked on another 2%...
Back to Even and Then Some
Are you tired of the media’s nonstop market analysis yet? It’s distracting at best and harmful to your health at worst. With the Dow...
Wheat Prices Skyrocket
Wheat prices are up more than 50% in a month. Droughts in Russia, a major world wheat producer, are threatening the country’s crop. Traders...
My #1 Diversification Tip
I often write about diversification and the benefits diversification offers to investors. Diversification is said to be the only free lunch in investing. It...
Global House Price Imbalance
According to The Economist, there are still six global real estate markets that are more than 30% overvalued. Australia shows the largest overvaluation at 61.1%, followed...
Get Yourself Some Debt
“Get yourself some debt” isn’t the advice you’d expect to hear from your financial advisor. But with interest rates at record lows it makes...
High-Octane Fuel for Stocks
Since I graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1959, the most important driver of long-term stock market returns has been the direction of...