How do you lose most of your wealth in the dot com bust and then rise from the ashes to become one of the 100 richest people in the world? Good question. Meet Masayoshi Son, the 59-year-old head of Softbank, an investment company that raised $100 billion last year alone for its Vision Fund. In […]
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20-Year Review: Stock Market Cuts Investors’ Wealth Roughly in Half—Twice
“Monday’s madness is a reminder that investing in stocks doesn’t automatically make people rich. Twice in the past 20 years—between 2000 and 2002, and again between 2007 and 2009—the stock market has cut investors’ wealth roughly in half,” writes Jason Zweig at the WSJ. When you think about the mathematics of investment losses (see chart […]
Dow Down Over 1,000 Points
What great news for me and for you if you are actually an investor. I mean a real, seasoned investor. One who embraces common sense, patience and the acuity that comes with decades studying the power of consistent cash flow matched with the most powerful word in investing: compounding. My business is, as are my […]
Dow Down 1600 Points, Websites Crash, and Vanguard GNMA
When stocks were down 1,600 points yesterday, “The websites of two of the country’s biggest robo-advisers—Wealthfront Inc. and Betterment LLC—crashed,” reports Bloomberg. I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of robo-advisers. What if the technology ends up not working? Will the so called robos have the skill and patience that I know I have? Who […]
Bitcoin Down 70% from High
A central bank official quoted by the Wall Street Journal‘s Steven Russolillo and Andrew Jeong referred to bitcoin as the combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme, and an environmental disaster. That trifecta is only a symptom of the frenzied buying of bitcoin in recent months, followed by the somewhat predictable sell-off. Central banks are […]
Bitcoin Plunge
The price of bitcoin is plunging as regulators begin to recognize the real threat alternative currencies pose to their fiat currencies and begin to fire back with restrictions. Between new regulatory scrutiny, and the threat of hacking, bitcoin investors are beginning to find better places for their money elsewhere. The neck-snapping volatility of bitcoin prices […]
My Favorite Investments Part I
Originally posted August 1, 2014. In my monthly Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report (IR), I cover all my portfolio top picks, including regular intelligence on precious metals. I concentrate not only on personal finances but also on personal security issues. As such, I regularly discuss my favorites in the personal security area. In this series, I […]
Pensions are Still Hiding from the Truth
For years I’ve been writing about how badly pension funds have been ignoring reality when it comes to return expectation (read a sample of these posts here, here, and here). Funds have a choice to make when they set their return expectations, they can: Shoot low, and require governments or companies to put more funding […]
My 2018 Investment Perspective
I’ve always been amazed at how quickly investors forget what it feels like to lose money. One of my favorite economists, whom will remain unnamed, is a constant stock market cheerleader. He’s never met a market he hasn’t liked. I love his optimism and I too believe, like he does, that Trump’s tax cuts will […]
What Will Pensions Buy in 2018?
Securities valuations are at the highest levels they’ve ever been. You can see on my price-to-sales ratio chart of the S&P 500 that valuations are higher today than they were during even the dotcom era. While stocks are valued at record levels, the situation in fixed income markets isn’t any better. With such high valuations […]
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