UPDATE April 2, 2021: In my conversations with you, you continue to tell me how much you miss Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report. Dick’s monthly letter was like a trusted family member you looked forward to hearing from because you knew you’d hear the unvarnished truth. Dick wrote recently that the four most important words […]
HEALTH WORKER VAX MANDATE: Terrible Ruling by Two So-Called Supreme Court “Conservatives”
Everyone is talking about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s OSHA-led vaccine mandate. That’s good, but they’re missing the big picture. There’s terrible news out of the Supreme Court with two of the so-called “conservatives,” Chief Justice John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, letting America down again. Their decision to join the progressives in […]
The Masters of the Universe Align Themselves with CHINA Using YOUR Money?
BlackRock now manages over $10 trillion in assets. Its funds are among the three largest shareholders in more than 80% of the companies in the S&P 500. In speaking about CEO Larry Fink, David Rubenstein, the co-founder of the private-equity firm Carlyle Group Inc. said, “Treasury Secretaries and finance ministers come and go. They work […]
BLIND JUSTICE: Sotomayor’s Ignorance of COVID Facts Is Alarming
Let’s hope the Supreme Court gets the facts straight with “science.” Holman W. Jenkins Jr. writes in The Wall Street Journal (abridged): In other words, the Biden workplace mandate, even if approved, is destined to have a negligible, almost invisible, impact on either vaccination rates or the unfolding of the pandemic. On the latter point, […]
Robo-Advisors: When You Have a Lot More to Lose than Money
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part L With casinos slowly reopening (sorry, most buffets are still closed), it looks like gamblers found a home with Nasdaq. While the world, as we know, has basically come to an end, the tech-laden Nasdaq is up a couple percent year-to-date. Welcome to Planet Hollywood. One is reminded of the […]
NO COMPASSION: Lockdowns Break Children, Murder Businesses
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me without saying a word that you’re weary. You’re exasperated. And you’re excited to vote the bums out in November. But it’s a long time between now and then—and what is Trump going to do? Does he even like DeSantis? In my conversations with you, you’re telling me […]
SELL OFF? Taking a Bite Out of Apple
I want you to understand that stocks, like trees, don’t grow forever. Look at Apple stock. During the first trading day of 2022, Apple’s market cap surpassed $3 trillion. Did you know that on the same day with $3 trillion, you could have owned all of McDonald’s, Walmart, AT&T, Philip Morris, Berkshire Hathaway, Proctor & […]
Want to Get Away? Mt. Washington -23° this Morning
Well, it’s -23° at the top of Mt. Washington, NH this morning, with a windchill of -64°. At my cabin in Bartlett, it’s -5° with a windchill of -33°. Key West it is not. But even with this bitter cold snap, my favored Super State of New Hampshire is an island of freedom for New […]
Your Survival Guy’s 2022 Super States: #1 New Hampshire
Coming in at number one on Your Survival Guy’s 2022 Super States ranking is New Hampshire. Why? For starters, it’s a beacon of freedom in New England. And its motto is “Live Free or Die.” What’s not to love? Because in times like these it’s your FREEDOM that matters most. Look at the island of […]
TOP HEAVY: Focus on Big Indexing Could Cause Market Chaos
Originally posted on December 14, 2021. “There was a time when I would point investors to low-cost index funds, but as you can see, that ship has sailed.” — Dick Young In an excellent review of a festering problem in the market today, Randall Smith of The Wall Street Journal, outlines the $1.3 trillion Vanguard […]
