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I’m Hooked on Dividends – Here’s Why

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Dividends aren’t just for Warren Buffett and retirees. Dividends have the power to support your goals of becoming independently wealthy. Here are 3 reasons why. Words: 586

January 7th, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Internationalize to Keep Your Assets Safe From Your Out-of-control Government – Here’s How

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The politicians will do whatever they find convenient, because there is no longer anything to stop them – not an electorate that is jealous of its freedoms and certainly not the Constitution, which is now just a playhouse for judicial imagineering. No one can know what’s coming next from the government and the financial system it has fostered, but for many of us there is an awful suspicion that we are not going to like it. Most Americans still have yet to stick a single financial toe across the border, but more and more are considering it [and in this article I outline 10 ways to internationalize your assets to provide you with some much needed protection as the future unfolds.] Words: 3923

January 6th, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Dr. Nu Yu’s View: 2012 (The Year of the Water Dragon) Bears Watching Closely! Here’s Why

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The stock markets in the West are stealthily forming bullish ascending triangle patterns and looking for breakouts while those in the East are all in a downward spiral. The U.S. dollar is also in an ascending triangle offset by gold which is transitioning from a bump phase to a run phase and could possibly fall as low as $1,420 per troy ounce in this correction. Silver is already in the run phase and could drop down to as low as $26. Analyses of these markets suggest that the Year of the Water Dragon may be full of surprises. Let me explain my determinations with a number of graphs. Words: 1122

January 6th, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Insights into the Bond Market and How to Trade Them

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Although the stock market is the first place in which many people think to invest, the U.S. Treasury bond markets arguably have the greatest impact on the economy and are watched the world over. Unfortunately, just because they are influential, doesn’t make them any easier to understand, and they can be downright bewildering to the uninitiated. [This article provides you with an excellent understanding of what bonds are, the advantages of owning them and how to go about trading them.] Words: 1325

January 6th, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Your Stock Market Gains Are Just an Illusion! Here’s Absolute Proof

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In my opinion, the greatest threat to long-term and retirement investors is the wealth-destroying triple combination of monetary inflation, asset deflation, and inflation taxes. Fully understanding [these factors] is absolutely essential for financial survival because history shows us quite clearly that when all three of these major wealth destroyers are working together in the real world then conventional investing methods cannot withstand the destruction of investor wealth that occurs. [Let me explain why, then, your past and future stock market gains actually have been, and will continue to be, absolutely nothing more than a mirage - a cruel illusion that has and will continue to only benefit our governments - unless you develop a drastic out-of-the-box investment strategy that is radically different from anything that currently exists (or is in the public domain).] Words: 3456

January 5th, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Financial Advisors’ Financial Advisory #4 – Preparing for 2012

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If you are tired of spending hours each week searching for articles that are extremely informative, relatively brief and very well-written, then go no further than munKNEE.com. Here is a sampling of articles posted on the site this past week related to what is happening in the economy and the gold market and what the future holds for its price. Words: 1049

January 1st, 2012 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Your Portfolio Isn’t Adequately Diversified Without 7-15% in Precious Metals – Here’s Why

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The traditional view of portfolio management is that three asset classes, stocks, bonds and cash, are sufficient to achieve diversification. This view is, quite simply, wrong because over the past 10 years gold, silver and platinum have singularly outperformed virtually all major widely accepted investment indexes. Precious metals should be considered an independent asset class and an allocation to precious metals, as the most uncorrelated asset group, is essential for proper portfolio diversification. [Let me explain.] Words: 2137

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Gold Bullion, Stocks or Bonds: Which Have More Long-term Investment Risk?

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In proclaiming buy-and-hold investing to be dead, the pseudo-experts masquerading as financial advisors have abandoned the fundamental principle of investing: buying undervalued assets – and then giving those assets the time necessary to mature. Instead, these charlatans have forced their clients to become short-term gamblers. Worse still, they are now consistently steering their clients toward the worst possible asset-classes, stocks and bonds, rather than the best ones [simply because they do not] understand the fundamental conceptual difference between risk and volatility. In a market populated by panicked lemmings, we cannot avoid volatility. However, we can and must reduce risk – which begins by building an allocation of history’s true safe haven asset, precious metals. [Let me explain more about what risk and volatility are and are not.] Words: 1080

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Economy,Investing | Read More »

Where are Gold & Equities in the 3 Phases of Bull & Bear Markets?

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Have you ever thought about when to get into an investment and when to get out? Nearly all bull and bear markets have three distinct phases, and if you learn to recognize them you will significantly increase your chances of getting in while the market still has room to go up, and getting out before the bull market is over and people start to sell en masse. Words: 1200

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

Rosenberg: 7 Ways to Invest Given the Potential 8 Behavioral Changes Coming in 2012

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The global economy is going to endure a significant deleveraging cycle as we move through 2012 – one that will affect most if not all parts of the developed world. It will be accomplished by some combination of default and write-downs, debt repayment and rising savings rates. [Below I outline 8 areas of behaviorial change to watch for in 2012 and 7 ways to invest in such a fluid economic environment.] Words: 1186

December 1st, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »

 

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  1. von Greyerz: Expanding Central Bank Balance Sheets Guarantee Massively Higher Inflation & Gold/Silver Prices – Here’s Why
  2. American Grads: Here’s a Great Guide to Personal Finance
  3. David Nichols: Expect to See $2,750 – $3,000 Gold By June 2013 – Here’s Why
  4. The 5 Stages of Collapse: Where Are We Currently?
  5. Alf Field Sees Silver Reaching $158.34 Based on His $4,500 Gold Projection!
  6. The GOOD, the BAD, and the Downright UGLY Factors Affecting the USD!
  7. S&P 500 Should Continue Climbing Until October and Then Decline 15-30%! – Here’s Why
  8. U.S. House Prices Have MUCH Further To Fall! Here’s Why
  9. U.S. Can NOT Avoid Coming Economic Collapse – No Matter What! Here’s Why
  10. Leeb: Gold Going to $3,000 Before the End of 2012!
  11. Creating More Inflation is Now the Official Policy of the Fed
  12. Ground Level Insights Into the “China Condition”
  13. Bock and Rickards Agree: Governments Want Gold to Go Higher!
  14. Williams STILL Believes a Hyperinflationary Great Depression is Coming! Here’s Why
  15. Governments Will Want – Will NEED – Much Higher Gold Prices! Here’s Why
  16. These Major U.S. Companies On Verge Of Collapse
  17. It’s Time to Buy Gold/Silver, Hide It, and Wait For the Smoke to Clear! Here’s Why
  18. Silver Will Go to $50 and Then Explode Dramatically Higher! Here’s Why
  19. Alf Field: Correction in Gold is OVER and on Way to $4,500+!
  20. Why Did the Baltic Dry Index Collapse? Here’s Why
  1. mygoldmygold: Wow…that’s a nice prediction…I don’t think we can predict 100% accurately...
  2. taluis: A punitive Sales or Capital Gains Tax on the sale of gold in an economic collapse (or similar situation) is...
  3. steviebee: But….if gold is going to $10,000, why should I only have “7 to 15% in Precious Metals”...
  4. GoldRate: it will be interesting to see if this triangle breaks up or down. We’ve had big volatility this week....
  5. Blindfolded Monkey: I don’t have quite the same negative view of Paul Krugman but I agree that it is clear that...


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