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By Dennis Miller This warning comes from “Big Al” Greenspan, age 88. He’s been in the news a lot lately, speaking with Gillian Tett of the Financial Times at the Council on Foreign Relations and at the New Orleans Investment Conference. After reading several reports of both events, I spoke with Casey Research colleagues who’d attended the […]

Steve Saville December 10, 2014 Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 7th December 2014. Also, excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can be read at our blog: http://tsi-blog.com/ Some comments by John Mauldin towards the bottom of a recent article reflect popular opinions about money

By Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor, InternationalMan.com Nick: Okay Doug, so looking around, what markets look cheap to you today? Doug: I saw recently that many stocks in Greece are selling at around four times earnings. But I don’t know what the quality of their earnings are. Of course, the dividend yield on Greek stocks isn’t very high,

By Tony Sagami For two college summers and Christmas vacations, I worked the docks at the Port of Tacoma. The work was a little dangerous, but it wasn’t hard because everybody seemed to spend just as much time playing cards as working. And the money was fantastic: $13 an hour back in the 1970s! As

By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst A glance at any gold price chart reveals the severity of the bear mauling it has endured over the last three years. More alarming, even for die-hard gold investors, is that some of the fundamental drivers that would normally push gold higher, like a weak US dollar, have

By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist In recent years, a number of Asian companies have been betting that Canada will be able to export cheap liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its west coast. These big international players include PetroChina, Mitsubishi, CNOOC, and, until December 3, Malaysian state-owned Petronas. However, that initial interest is decidedly

By John Mauldin   In today’s Outside the Box the redoubtable James Montier of GMO lifts his lance to prick the underbelly of the Mighty SVM. (That’s Shareholder Value Maximization, for you newbies.) “The world’s dumbest idea” (among many candidates in the world of finance), says James, citing none other than “Neutron Jack” Welch in support. After

By Jared Dillian When I was in junior high, my friend Scott had this Billy Crystal tape that we passed back and forth to each other. I still like Billy Crystal, but let’s just say he was truly hilarious when I was 13 back in 1987. He had this routine about old codgers who used

By Nick Giambruno   Pop quiz: can you name this free-market jurisdiction in the Western hemisphere? Here are some of its attributes: Personal income tax: NONE Corporate income tax: NONE Capital gains tax: NONE Taxation of dividends: NONE Taxation of interest: NONE Withholding taxes: NONE Payroll tax: NONE Social Security tax: NONE Wealth tax: NONE Inheritance/estate tax: NONE Property taxes: NONE Compared to the levels of

December 2, 2014 History clearly shows that when it comes to currencies black swans do happen as the average lifespan of a currency is just 27 years. As such, investors should study currency history and, as part of a smart portfolio, they should protect their hard earned wealth and savings in a defensive fashion. The