- Never Ignore These Seven Rules… | Jun 19, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Each day, over 10,000 baby boomers turn age 60.
That’s a rate of eight per minute.
With the dismal state of affairs in the U.S., many are now seriously considering purchasing international real estate, as a vacation or investment home. And some
- Big Profits Come in Small Packets | Jun 18, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Accra, Ghana – Batteries. Car cellphone charger. Pineapples. Toilet paper. Paper-towel dispensers. Bed sheets. Cellphone top-up cards. Apples. Coat hangers. Fresh milk. Water. Dried banana strips. A somewhat deranged shopping list? Nope. It’s
- They Think You’re Naïve… | Jun 17, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
When it comes to the financial markets, Bernanke is, without a question, the most powerful man in the world. Every time he opens his mouth, the markets move. On May 22, he suggested that the Fed may soon reduce the size of its money-printing
- Terrifying News On The World’s Largest Company… | Jun 14, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Imagine you are the shareholder of a large, multinational corporation that has received some deeply troubling news of late.
In fact, over the course of the past few months, you’ve learned the following:
Four employees were killed by a
- The World’s Greatest Investor is Dead Wrong | Jun 13, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
He’s known as the Oracle of Omaha. His investing acumen made him one of the wealthiest people on the planet. His company’s annual meeting drew 35,000 attendees this year. He counsels presidents. And he’s dead wrong about the fate of one
- Calling All Patriots… | Jun 12, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Picture the average American male. I’ll call him George. George is married with two small children and works as a business manager at a technology company. He’s well-liked in his office and is a doting father and husband in his private life.
- Power Up Your Profits | Jun 11, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
We all remember where we were on September 11, 2001. As the attacks were unfolding, I was 10 minutes late for a train that was supposed to deposit me in the basement of the World Trade Center. But where were you on August 14, 2003? That
- Tom Cruise Should Invest Here | Jun 10, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
What does Hollywood have against the Cayman Islands?
In 1993, the movie The Firm put the Caymans on the map, with Tom Cruise playing the part of a young lawyer who joins a law firm that launders organized crime in the Cayman Islands.
In 2004, Bill
- Don’t Get Caught in This Investment Trap | Jun 7, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
When you see an escalator right next to the stairs, which one do you choose? If you’re like most people, you take the escalator. Well, a few years ago there was an experiment in Sweden that showed a clever way to encourage people to exercise
- Last Time This Happened, Readers Made an Easy 16% | Jun 6, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
I remember it like it was yesterday ... the Dow Jones plummeted 554 points. At the time, it was the worst one-day drop on record. The year was 1997and the drop was the result of the currency crisis in Thailand. I was working as an analyst and
- Bodyguard Your Booty | Jun 5, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
I was stuck in rush hour traffic on I-95 heading to Ft. Lauderdale and I couldn’t help but notice a billboard on the side of the road. In large, fluorescent letters were the words: “Who Can I Sue?”
Below that message were a phone number and a
- How to Profit from the Nuclear Renaissance | Jun 4, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Never say never to nuclear.
In the days and weeks following Japan’s 2011 earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, the Japanese government announced it would shutter all of the country’s nuclear plants and rely, instead, on coal and natural gas to
- Four Reasons to be Cautious | Jun 3, 2013 | Show Preview | Hide
Last Friday I read this on Yahoo! Finance: “The ‘sell in May’ mantra seems to be in shambles, and investors have proven for a seventh consecutive month that no dip is too shallow to purchase.”
The “sell in May and go away” mantra refers