Smart Investment Articles

Surging Crypto: Violent Rise Higher!
The skeptics said that this couldn’t happen. Rising government bond yields were supposed to be bad for hard assets, right? What they didn’t expect was a perfect storm of economic and geopolitical events that would boost the gold price even as interest rates soared.

Holding the Line: Gold Patience Virtue!
$2,000 has been a battle zone and a frustration trigger for countless gold investors around the globe. The gold price reached that level in August of 2020, and then again just a couple of weeks ago, only to get rejected both times.

Blood On Wall Street!
We are now officially in the Clown World era. California House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just said that increased U.S. government spending would help decrease the national debt and bring down inflation at home. Seriously, this is what today’s investors have to deal with now.

EYES ON THE PRIZE: I’m Raising My Price Target on This One AGAIN!
There’s no stopping the gold rush of 2019, folks. I know, gold is taking a breather at the $1,500 level: that’s actually a positive sign as the price stairsteps its way towards the previous high of $1,900.

LEVERED CRANK: Gold and BITCOIN Rotating the Wheel!
It’s a tough pill for emotion-based investors to swallow, but my philosophy doesn’t follow media hype or the madness of crowds. Since when has anything INCREDIBLE come from following the herd?
Trust GONE: The Rebels are STIRRING!
In 1997, the public’s trust in the American government was around 30 percent. That’s nothing to brag about, but it’s a whole lot better than where it stands today, at the record low of 17 percent.

Illusive Wealth: Modern Western World BROKE!
Millennials residing in the European Union are considered the lost generation, while less than 40% of Americans have enough saved for a $1,000 emergency.

Boeing: A Risky But Potentially Lucrative Contrarian Play
No matter where you turn, you can’t avoid hearing about Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) and its twin disasters: Lion Air Flight 610, and more recently, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

WINTER IS COMING – and That’s When the Real Money Is Made
Seasons change and so do investing strategies, but one thing remains constant throughout the year and through the generations: markets move in cycles and nothing goes up forever. Sure, the stock market tends to go up over the very long term, but there will always, sooner or later, be seasons of decline and downtrend.

PLUGGING THE LEAKS: Top Ways to Save Money in 2019
Managing your time, educating yourself for the next phase of your career, and learning to invest are crucial pieces of the overall financial puzzle – and I teach all those aspects of personal financial management, no doubt about it. But there’s an often neglected component to wealth building that’s akin to a leak in a boat: it’s bound to sink you if you don’t fix it.