“I’ve sat out this entire phony bull market…” We’ve gotten a lot of letters from readers torn about investing in the market right now. They see the market reaching new highs every day. But they face a paradox… They want to get in on the wild rally. Yet they’re afraid that if they buy in […]

I have a confession… I hate talking politics. It pains me to have to pay attention to a bunch of old men squabbling in D.C. But the fact of the matter is, government has gotten so big, we—as investors—can’t ignore it. The government is directly responsible for a large chunk of the economy. Its spending […]

By Teeka Tiwari, editor, The Palm Beach Letter This could be “a watershed moment for the industry.” I doubt you’ve ever heard of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Few people have. But it’s one of the most powerful institutions on Wall Street. The DTCC is a clearinghouse for nearly every type of trade […]

He was so confident he could build a great mining company, he set his salary at $1… Few know more about mining gold than Rob McEwen. In 1993, he took over as CEO of a small $50 million Canadian company called Goldcorp. By the time he was done in 2005, Goldcorp had grown into a […]

By Teeka Tiwari, editor, The Palm Beach Letter It was a technological marvel… The year was 1954, and the first color TV had just launched. People stared in awe as they saw their favorite shows come to life like never before. It was a seminal moment in technology… and it was a complete dud. In […]

The last time uranium started a bull run, it went up 580% in two years… Last week, we told you that uranium looks to be awakening from a six-year bear market slumber… We based our conclusions on the “rubber band effect.” The effect basically states that if you stretch an asset too far in one […]

It was the most controversial call of his career… In 2000, the finance world was full of optimism. Investors thought we had reached an age when profits didn’t matter. The Nasdaq had almost doubled the previous year. It looked like it would never go back down. Meanwhile, gold was in a 25-year downtrend. It dropped […]