Wait for it…that sound that you’re hearing is a collapse in the commodities markets. Funny how the price of oil has fallen by 10% in a week – what happened? Is it suddenly cheaper to get it out of the ground? What about Sugar – now there’s an oversupply, and of course let’s not forget [...]
Investing is not easy during the best of times. If you’ve read my writings or are a member of my trading service “The Trojan Secrets“, you know that I am a strong believer that the markets are rigged…and not in your favor. Two weeks ago I recommended my readers sell out of a precious metals [...]
A few issues back I wrote to you about “chaos-stan”, referring to the area of the world that is in turmoil today, and the area that we should be paying particularly close attention to. My number one concern was Pakistan, a nuclear nation that is not friendly to the US and its interests. It should [...]
I was looking through the archives and noted that we’ve been bullish on gold, and silver for many, many months. Our conviction has led you to make enormous profits had you followed through on our advice. Today, however, I must sound a note of caution for the near term. **Sponsor** Have You Received Your Code [...]
The big drama last week was the tax deal. Looks like we have another two years of the same tax regime. The markets should have rallied sharply on the news, but they didn’t. As with most “sure things” the market had already priced in the high probability of the status quo continuing. All major indices [...]
Spreading Some Market Cheer I hope that you all enjoyed your holidays. Apparently you were in a good mood if the latest retail sales numbers are accurate. Of course the comparisons were to rather dismal numbers last year and even more dismal numbers from the year before. But, what is encouraging is the trend. And, [...]
There is a disturbing trend developing. As the US Dollar craters against so many currencies around the world, and as US economic, fiscal and monetary policy has completely unclear consequences; the US Government is embarking on a stronger and stronger campaign to limit your financial rights. **Sponsor** Did The Government Really Do This? How would [...]
QE II Funny how Wall Street and the media come up with funny acronyms for serious problems. The latest is QE II. Not the cruise ship operated by Cunard, not Queen Elizabeth the second of England, no QE II refers to the second round of dollar debasement. Oh, sorry, did I say that? I meant [...]
Secret IRS Code 72 (t): Take Advantage of an IRS Loophole that lets you take money out of your IRA before age 59 ½ The baby boomers are coming! Next year, the first baby boomers will turn 65 and officially reach retirement. Many are expected to retire before they reach age 65. Sounds like a [...]
Closing in on $1,300 Gold prices are at new highs. Last week’s bump pushed the price of our favorite metal close to the $1,300 level. Gold and silver have outperformed nearly every asset class this past year. Yet, in the grand scheme of things, maybe 5% of investors have gold in their portfolios. If gold [...]
As I write this the S&P has rallied by almost 6% in just a few trading days. Get used to it. In an environment of uncertainty rallies and plunges are the norm. Two weeks ago things could not get much worse as far as investor sentiment was concerned. I wrote to you about several of [...]
Muhammad Ali made the rope-a-dope famous in his fight against George Foreman. It worked like this: Ali, knowing he was outmatched in the strength department by Foreman would lay back on the ropes, letting Foreman pummel him with punches. Each time Foreman threw a punch, Ali blocked and Foreman lost some strength. By the later [...]
If you’re lucky enough to pass away this year, your heirs will be sitting pretty as there are no limitations to the size of the estate that is exempted from Federal Estate Taxes. Next year the tax holiday will be repealed and reset to 2001 levels for the amount of tax levied on estates over [...]
