“I’m telling you right here, right now: buy some gold.” On Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen announced the U.S. central bank would defer raising interest rates—again. It marks another “punt” in a year that was supposed to see four rate hikes (and saw none so far). The last possible opportunity will come in December. […]
From Mark Ford, founder, Palm Beach Research Group: I was eight minutes late for my lunch with SL. He stood up to greet me, smiling, and gave me a present—a book he had just published. A few minutes into our conversation—we share many common interests as well as overlapping business methodologies—he asked me, “So… what […]
Elite analyst Chris Mayer beat the S&P 500 by 3-to-1 over a decade… The best part is he did it while employing “Palm Beach-style” radical aversion to risk. So when he shares advice, we pay attention. Today, Chris reveals the two most important factors investors like Warren Buffett used to make their fortunes… From Chris […]
From Doug Casey, chairman, Casey Research: Let’s discuss words. Many of the words you hear, especially on television and other media, are confused, conflated, or completely misused. Many recent changes in the way words are used are corrupting the language. The corruption of language is adding to the corruption of civilization itself. Words are extremely […]
“You should resign, you should give back the money you made… and you should be criminally investigated.” That’s a quote from a recent Senate hearing over Wall Street’s Wealth Stealer of the moment: Wells Fargo. The “megabank” admitted its personnel falsified records and opened new accounts in depositors’ names without their knowledge. Employees did this […]
From Bob Irish, retirement expert, Palm Beach Research Group: Consumers pay an average of $4.35—a new all-time high—for an out-of-network ATM withdrawal. Just to get your own money… It’s a two-part charge: First, the ATM owner charges you for using the machine. Second, your bank may charge you for going out of network. But there […]
“There’s a new bull market in privacy…” The entire world has seen decades of erosion in banking secrecy… a rise in capital controls… limits on cash transactions… even caps on how much you can pull out of your own bank accounts. It’s left everyone’s financial privacy—and control—in shambles. But there is good news. Governments’ disdain […]