Monty Pelerin’s Market Posts
A summary of Chapter One of my free book “Wealth If You Want It” appeared on Munknee.com. This website is excellent for new and seasoned investors. I highly recommend you visit it and look around. You will find many articles… Read More »Wealth If You Want It: Synopsis
“Wealth If You Want It” exposes some things government might prefer to stay hidden. Here are a few teasers: Government is bankrupt in the sense that it cannot honor its obligations, at least with dollars that have any relationship to… Read More »Wealth If You Want It — Teasers
I am not necessarily in agreement with Mr. Barisheff’s conclusions, at least not all of them. I do agree with his expectations of tough times ahead. I include his article because it is reasonable and filled with good information that… Read More »Tough Times Ahead
The long slog is nearing an end. The book, “Wealth If You Want It,” is virtually complete. I will put up some excerpts soon, while polishing it off. The entire book will be free as a download from this site… Read More »Wealth If You Want It
Investing is no longer safe if you view matters the way I do. This opinion is based on economic and political principles. It represents some of the subject matter presented in a forthcoming book. In short, I have never been… Read More »Investing Is No Longer Safe
The Death of Fiat Currency Rarely is an article so thorough and well presented as this one by Alasdair Macleod below. It is a tour de force regarding the death of fiat currency. The natural outcome is the rise of all… Read More »Death of Fiat Currency
I had thought the book “Wealth if You Want It” would be ready to be made available around this date. It is not, although for good reason — a serious expansion of its purpose. That reason for that expansion will… Read More »Wealth If You Want It
There are two ways to invest directly in gold: Gold and Gold ETFs. Gold mining stocks are an indirect way to do so. Why invest in gold? Gold is considered a safety asset. That is, it is expected to hold… Read More »The Safety of Gold and Gold ETFs
Mark Twain argued that history rhymes. How close “history rhymes” was to “history repeats” was not clarified by Mr. Twain. It is likely that he believed that history repeats, although not perfectly. History rhymes was a clever way to express… Read More »History Rhymes — Be Very Cautious!
Here is some basic advice for those who choose to use a financial advisor. I do not know the author or the website so it is not that kind of recommendation. However, the seven cautions are reasonable ones and may… Read More »Choosing a Financial Advisor
Investing is like teenage love, ranging from ecstasy to heartbreak. Bull markets are fun (ecstasy) and can be characterized as game on. Bear markets are not so much fun (heartbreak) and are game over. Unfortunately too many investment advisors are… Read More »Game Over?
This article is part II of the Zero in on Portfolio Performance. Its purpose is to look at the period not reviewed in the first article (1997 – 2009) to see whether it can shed more light on momentum investing.… Read More »Zero In on Portfolio Performance — Part II