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 […]
Editor’s Note: Agora founder Bill Bonner recently joined Stansberry Research founder Porter Stansberry on The Porter Stansberry Show. Bill discussed the risks we all face from the global paper money system. He asked the question: Will you have enough cash on hand when the banks close and ATMs run out of money? In today’s special […]
From Mark Ford, editor, Creating Wealth: If you aren’t happy with what you’ve accomplished so far, or you feel your life is out of balance in some way, consider this approach. Take a few minutes to list what you’d like to accomplish. Then, sort those ambitions into four categories: health, wealth, social, and personal. Then, […]
“This is the end of everyone’s privacy as we know it.” A recent 60 Minutes Australia exposé showed how easy it is to hack anyone’s smartphone… from anywhere in the world. The TV crew filmed hackers in Germany as they completed an effortless hack of a senator’s phone back in Australia. It’s easy. A hacker […]
From Tom Dyson and Grant Wasylik at The Palm Beach Letter: If you teamed up with us on our February 2012 recommendation, you’re about to lock in one of the largest gains in Palm Beach Research Group history… Here’s what my chief analyst wrote about insurance company Symetra Financial Corporation (NYSE: SYA) at the time. […]