“What if we reflect on all the ways we’ve made the planet better…?” Today marks the 45th anniversary of the original “Earth Day.” For over four decades, we’ve all learned of the damage humans have done to our environment. But it’s interesting to consider the improvements humans have made to our environment over the same […]
From Greg Wilson, chief analyst, the Legacy Portfolio: One fund has crushed the S&P 500 for over four decades… by doing nothing. A $10,000 investment in the fund in 1970 would be worth $1,229,036 today. Not bad for just sitting and waiting. I’m talking about the Voya Corporate Leaders Trust Fund. And what it did […]
Now may be the best time in history to buy a house… in Europe. The Wall Street Journal reports homeowners’ mortgage payments in Portugal and Spain are plummeting. One man saw his payment fall from the equivalent of $470 per month to about $245 now. It’s due to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) manipulation of […]
From Mark Ford, editor, Creating Wealth: Yesterday, I told you about a special service we’ve set up: the Legacy Portfolio. If you missed it, you should read about this service here. I explained how the Legacy Portfolio would differ from our other PBRG services, The Palm Beach Letter and Mega Trends Investing. The Legacy Portfolio […]
From Mark Ford, editor, Creating Wealth: With a net worth of $73 billion, Warren Buffett is the second-richest man in America and No. 3 on the Forbes billionaires list. Most people know Buffett as a great investor. Why? Early in his investing career, he realized that there were certain businesses that had strategic advantages—advantages that […]
From Mark Ford, editor, Creating Wealth: I’ve been asked the question of which books most influenced my life before. I’ve meant to answer it… but have never sat down long enough to think about it. In terms of personal productivity and accomplishing things, two books stand out. The first is How to Win Friends & […]
If you can’t understand how negative interest rates should even exist, watch this eye-opening, 20-second admission by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan… As Greenspan admits, central banks have the unlimited ability to create money out of thin air. It never runs out. They lend that money to governments by buying their bonds. That artificial […]