Gold is your insurance policy for your portfolio. It acts as a counterbalance when investors smell fear and bail out of stocks. That’s exactly what’s happening now. Too bad for those who sold their safe haven investment at the bottom. Claudia Carpenter and Phoebe Sedgmann write at Bloomberg: Gold climbed to a three-month high in […]
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Activist Investor
Where’s the fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers? Susan Combs eviscerates activist investor behavior by public pension funds in today’s Wall Street Journal. It seems we’re living in the era of the “activist” investor. Not long ago, people who used their few shares to push a point at shareholder meetings may have been marginalized as oddballs. Today, […]
Barron’s Top 100 Independent Wealth Advisors in America
I am pleased to announce that for the third straight year (2011-2013) (Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. has never paid a fee to be considered for any rankings, but does pay a license fee to utilize them. Please click on the attached link to read the full disclosure). our conservative family investment management firm […]
The Kings of Real Estate
Ben Bernanke’s low interest rates haven’t made life any easier for first-time home buyers. It’s almost impossible for this group to get a mortgage, never mind trying to compete with the well healed private equity guys. Cash is king in bidding wars and Wall Street has plenty of cash thanks to Bernanke & Co.’s free […]
Have You Forgotten 2008?
As you chart your investment course it’s crucial that you position yourself to be able to live to fight another day. With the Fed’s zero percent interest rate policy it’s easy to forget the importance of bonds in your portfolio. And with the end of 2013 in sight, mutual fund companies are licking their chops […]
Hedge Funds Limping Along
The short-term minded and “what have you done for me lately” crowd can’t be happy about the high fees they’re paying for their hedge fund manager. The Wall Street Journal reports. It’s been a great year for the stock market. It’s been a tough year for a hedge-fund manager. A typical hedge fund has risen […]
Breaking News from Harley Davidson
Harley announces Project Rushmore and its groundbreaking new 2014 line up of cutting-edge motorcycles.
Five-Year Average Annual Returns
As you chart your investment course it’s crucial that you position yourself to be able to live to fight another day. With the Fed’s zero percent interest rate policy it’s easy to forget the importance of bonds in your portfolio. And with the end of 2013 in sight, mutual fund companies are licking their chops […]
The Biggest Investment Risk of Your Life
One of your biggest investment risks in retirement is not knowing what retirement will look like. What I have found in working with retirees is that their initial idea of what retirement will look like is far different than how it turns out to be, for better or worse. That’s why it’s smart to give […]
Where Gold is in Demand
Consumers in China are craving more of the yellow metal. BEIJING—China’s increasing appetite for bling is giving some spark to the moribund gold market. Gold prices are up 4% in the past week, hitting a three-week high of $1,334.70 an ounce on Monday. A big factor behind the rise is a surge in demand for […]