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 »
We are reading a lot of hype these days about gold and the necessity to own it but only about 2% of ‘investors’ actually have gold in their portfolios and those that have done so have insufficient quantities to offset the future impact of inflation and to maximize their portfolio returns. New research, however, has determined a specific percentage to accomplish such objectives. Words: 1063
October 16th, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »
Over the past two months stock markets have crashed around the world and gold prices have soared as global investors decided that the U.S. has lost its race against time. A new recession is upon us before we even half-closed the output gap left open from the last recession. It means even larger deficits and an even weaker dollar. The price of gold and Treasury bonds is telling us that a full-blown international bond and currency crisis is approaching. There is no international policy mechanism available to stop the panic short of re-opening the gold window that the U.S. closed unilaterally and “temporarily” in 1971. [Let me explain.] Words: 3025
August 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economic Overview,Economy | Read More »
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