From Richard P.: I appreciate your daily mailings. But why is the tone so negative? Why are you so against those of us who work in Washington, D.C.? For the most part, career people in D.C. are very dedicated to this country. (I’m not speaking of the morons America elects…) Reeves’ Comment: Richard, forgive us […]
It’s a staple of the investment newsletter industry to “crow” a little when one of our editor’s recommendations proves right. Wrong calls are often downplayed, ignored, and/or forgotten as fast as possible. But today I have to admit: I got this one wrong. It’s turned out to be a major error. And it has dire […]
From Mark Ford, founder, Palm Beach Research Group: Could switching the order of your breakfast and your workout affect weight gain? The answer—according to a Belgium study—seems to be yes. Researchers recruited 28 healthy, active males for the study and adjusted their daily diets. They increased fat intake by 50% and added 30% more calories. […]
From Jeff Brown, editor, Exponential Tech Investor: Flexible display technology has long been the stuff of science fiction. The ability to have compact, light, and flexible devices opens up incredible potential for consumer electronics. Think about reading your newspaper from a device the size of a magic marker. Or exercising with a small screen embedded […]
A rare “trifecta” of three leading indicators suggests American equities are headed lower… In today’s 3-Minute Market Minder, The Palm Beach Letter’s Teeka Tiwari explains why an unprecedented move in the U.S. bond market—combined with signals from two other major indices—is screaming caution right now. Don’t even think about buying equities before you listen to […]
From Steve Sjuggerud, editor, True Wealth Systems: In June 2008, the main index of commodity prices stood at 10,600. This January, it fell below 1,900—an 82% fall in less than eight years. It’s the worst eight-year return—by far—in the history of the GSCI Commodities Total Return Index (which goes back a half-century). Think about this […]
The gold-silver ratio is crashing… just as we said it would. Over the weekend, silver spiked to over $21 per ounce. That sealed silver’s place as the best-performing asset of the first half of 2016. The metal rose 38.25% in the first six months of the year. Now, we don’t have a crystal ball… but […]