You don’t have to be a billionaire to pick stocks better than the world’s greatest investors. All you need is a tried and tested strategy… and 30 minutes of your time. A few weeks ago, we told you about such a system. We call it the PBD Elite 25. Over the past 20 years, this […]
“Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires.” President Barack Obama congratulated himself for a job well done in his 2012 State of the Union address. In the first year of Obama’s presidency, China was dumping tires into the U.S. market. This was great for consumers who needed […]
Scott Schmidt is about to lose his job. So are the 221 other workers at the General Electric (GE) engine plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin. GE has found that moving its production to Canada would make doing business easier across the board. It’s looking to make the move later this year. Some of the workers are […]
“It is essential that [our country] gets back control of its national borders once and for all. Without borders, neither defense nor security is possible.” The quote above looks like it could have come straight from Donald Trump’s mouth. We wouldn’t be surprised if you thought so, too. No… President Trump didn’t utter those words. […]
By Greg Wilson, analyst, The Palm Beach Letter They sewed little pieces of gold into their socks so they could pay for food… The year was 1938. The Kristallnacht pogrom raged through the Jewish ghettoes of Germany. Dozens of Jews were killed. Thousands more were sent to Nazi concentration camps. Five days after the massacre, […]
“To increase your returns, you need to take more risk…” —All mediocre money managers Wall Street and academia tell you that to increase your returns, you need to add more risk. They even have fancy terms for it: “modern portfolio theory” or “efficient market hypothesis.” These theories claim that you can’t beat the market… Or […]
In yesterday’s Daily, we showed you a simple exercise to strengthen your portfolio against volatility in the stock market. We called it the “barbell portfolio.” On one side, you load your portfolio with 50% stocks. On the other side, you balance it with 50% gold. Over the last 20 years, the barbell portfolio outperformed holding […]