It’s always a treat to get a cigar bar invite… Last week, Mark asked famous Miami wine sommelier Gordon Sullivan to host a wine tasting “primer” for a small gathering of PBRG employees. Gordon helped the group learn to appreciate a wine’s appearance, aroma, body, taste, and finish. (You’ll be able to hear Gordon’s tips […]
“Any new car is a bad deal…” In the excerpt below, Retirement Insider Editor Bob Irish interviews Mark’s friend, Tony Martorano. He’s a 35-year veteran of the auto industry. And he knows all the ways unwitting car buyers get bilked. Here are two quick ways you can avoid getting taken the next time you shop […]
From Teeka Tiwari, editor, Mega Trends Investing and Jump Point Trader: “Our job is to take advantage of Mr. Market’s mood swings—not be influenced by them…” I wrote that advice in my October 2014 issue of Mega Trends Investing. The idea was coined by Benjamin Graham, the father of modern-day value investing. Graham said the […]
Last week, Congress approved language in a highway bill that will end freedom of travel as we know it. If signed into law, the government can revoke your passport, without due process, for two reasons: 1. If it suspects you of “aiding terrorists” 2. If you are delinquent on your taxes. Here’s text from the […]
From Tom Dyson, publisher, Palm Beach Research Group: China’s stock market is crashing… More than $3.4 trillion in wealth has been lost over the last several weeks. For context, that’s more than the United Kingdom’s annual gross domestic product (GDP)—the fifth-largest GDP in the world. Or 14 times the GDP of Greece. The crash is […]
Last week, the market’s “fear gauge”—the volatility index, or VIX—made its largest weekly jump ever. The index rocketed 87% higher over just five days. On Friday alone, it spiked 46.45%. The VIX hasn’t been this high since 2011. Between oil’s crash to below $40 per barrel and China’s $3 trillion-plus market meltdown, global investors are […]
From Mark Ford, editor, Creating Wealth: I used to dread the thought of public speaking. And when I was forced to make a speech, I did a terrible job—which only made me dread the next speech even more. It was a vicious cycle. When I became the editorial director of a newsletter business in South […]