If you didn’t read about the massive fund controlled by the Mormon Church, you will. With 16,000 plus members tithing 10% of their earnings, the fund has amassed a $100 billion fortune—a cash-generating behemoth that would make Warren Buffett blush. Roger Clarke, the head of the investment fund Ensign Peak that controls the church’s money, […]
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You Must Defend Your Wealth with a Tactical Battle Plan
There’s nothing more important to your investment success than protecting your principal. Capital gains will come and go, but losing the money you worked hard to earn is like taking a direct hit from a Scud missile. You need to build a tactical battle plan to kill the enemy—in this case, risk—and to win. Here’s […]
One More Reason You Shouldn’t Invest in China
The coronavirus is just one more reason you should avoid direct investment in China. Symptoms of a bigger problem are the decisions of the Chinese government to: restrict information on the spread of the virus, deflect blame onto others, and to silence early attempts to alert the public to the problem. In 2012, I explained […]
How I Overcame My Biggest Investment Failure
Back in 1991, I had already been through multiple business cycles in my investing career. I wanted to teach investors how to avoid my biggest failure in investing up to that point. Here’s what I wrote: Reduce Risk with Betas Not only do I want to help you achieve an “A” in total-return performance, I […]
What the Iran Situation Means for Gold
Since the end of 2019, gold prices have been on a breakout trajectory. Now, in response to rising tensions with Iran, things are getting very interesting. The news that the United States had bombed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani increased the perception of risk in the Middle East, and drove the price of gold even […]
Did You Get AirPods for Christmas?
At the turn of the century, the most popular Christmas gifts among America’s young teens were Pokemon playing cards and merchandise. Now, 20 years later, the hottest gift for Christmas is Apple’s AirPods. The pro version of the small wireless headphones cost $249 (before taxes). Shortly after the kids opened their gifts on Christmas 1999, […]
Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Money Posts of 2019
Yesterday you read about Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Survival Posts of 2019, today you’ll discover Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Money Posts of 2019. This Money Market Fund is Paying 47 Times More than its Competition Is Your Cash Safe? Probably not This Safe “Dad, You’re Stressing Me Out” FIRE! (Part II) […]
Here’s How Not to Invest for Retirement
Many of the public sector workers relying on pension funds for their retirement are being milked by exorbitant fees in an opaque fashion. Anne Tergesen and Gretchen Morgenson report at the Wall Street Journal: The pitch from the president of the Indian River County teachers union couldn’t have been clearer. Liz Cannon, who heads the […]
Gold/Silver Coins No Longer Allowed in Safe Deposit Boxes
A son of long-time subscribers to Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report emailed me last week about a letter his parents had received from their bank branch. Not a phone call to set up a meeting, a letter. According to him, the bank sent the letter to his parents stating that no gold or silver would […]
Baseball Card Collecting Still a Great Way to Invest
I started collecting baseball and football cards back in the late 1940s. Fortunately, my parents did not throw them all out when I went to college. In the 50’s my brother and I used to comb all the mom and pop corner stores in Cleveland Heights Ohio looking for the latest release from Bowman and […]
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