Financial markets and institutions are mighty unstable no matter where you look these days. Europe, America, China, Australia. Where are you supposed to go to invest your money?
February 11th, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "investment strategy"
Investors to Speculate on Gold Instead?
What does this tell you? Well, the rational answer is that bullion or gold and silver coins are assets without counterparty risk. True, the value of gold and silver coins fluctuates with metals prices and liquidity. But your payment does not depend on someone else’s credit quality. Your payment is in your pocket.
December 3rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 13 comments | Continued
Investment Banks Making Money Thanks to US Government Bailouts
Meanwhile, the Bank of America is a real bank. With real mom and pop customers. And the poor moms and the poor pops are going bust. They can’t pay their bills.
October 20th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
In a Bear Market Most Stocks Go Down, So What Do You Do?
But the stock market is not a television show or a graphic novel. It does not have a tidy beginning, an enthralling middle, and a miraculous end. Attention spans are short these days. People expect instant resolution. But the unwinding of a credit boom doesn’t work that way, especially when you have central banks and governments fighting it every step of the way…
August 31st, 2009 | Dan Denning | 31 comments | Continued
What Assets are Going to Beat Inflation in the Coming Ten Years?
Last night was trivia night in Elwood. Your editor sat across from Australian Wealth Gameplan editor Kris Sayce. Between questions about how many venomous snakes there are in Australia and whether New South Wales is larger than South Australia (it’s not), we found the time to query him about whether buying inflation indexed bonds from the Australian government was a good investment strategy.
August 14th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
A Philosophy of Investing
No one cares more about your money than you do. With a basic understanding of the investment process and a bit of discipline, you’re perfectly capable of managing your own money, even your “serious money.”
May 22nd, 2009 | Alexander Green | 3 comments | Continued
