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The Problem With Mutual Funds Today
One of the problems facing long-term, patient investors using mutual funds and ETFs is that many of their fellow investors are traders. It’s why we favor individual stocks where you call the shots. Asjylyn Loder reports in The Wall Street Journal on the volatile nature of fund flows, writing: BlackRock said Monday it received $20 billion […]
VIDEO: Sen. Rand Paul Slams Unhinged Former CIA Director John Brennan
Your Retirement Life: 1972 DeTomaso Pantera, A Coyote in Wolf’s Clothing
Here’s a wonderful story about my friend Marty Quadland and the rebirth of his 1972 DeTomaso Pantera: “A Coyote in Wolf’s Clothing,” featured this month in Hot Rod: Following retirement, Quadland realized a dream of his and moved west to the mountains of Wyoming. In preparation, he downsized considerably, selling his SCCA race cars, several […]
Cryptocosm and Life After Google
My appreciation for Andy Kessler’s way of thinking began with Wall Street Meat and Running Money. A few years ago I had the opportunity to hear him speak at a Cato 200 gathering in Laguna Beach, CA. I continue to keep up with him through his commentary at the WSJ where, in this piece, he […]
Tucker Carlson’s Interview with President Trump on Russia
After his historic summit with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump is interviewed here by Tucker Carlson. Watch the interview below and read Tucker’s comments on the successful summit. Tucker begins by saying “With remarkable speed and intensity, the media, the foreign policy establishment and both political parties have come together as one to attack Donald […]
Good Guys with Guns
A new documentary created by Matrix Entertainment, in association with Oath Keepers, seeks to explain why a good guy with a gun is the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun. The filmmakers are interviewing some well known advocates of the Second Amendment. A recent email from Oath Keepers on the progress […]
Americans, Not Putin, Elected Trump, and Here’s Why
Daniel McCarthy explains at The Spectator that Donald Trump is not worried about missing liberals’ goals on globalization or multiculturalism, because that is exactly what he was elected to fight against. According to McCarthy, Trump likes the idea of cutting a deal with Russia, because Russia isn’t at the heart of any of the big […]
You Need to Know that Changes are Coming to Your Savings Plan
Congress is actively seeking ways to encourage more small businesses to use retirement savings plans. That’s a good thing for America’s savers. But be wary that the bill may also encourage greater use of annuities, which I have warned readers about repeatedly (see here, here, and here for a sample). The bill will also encourage […]
Tax Cuts to Improve Your Retirement Portfolio
President Trump has a golden opportunity for a second round of tax cuts by indexing capital gains for inflation. I can’t tell you how many times investors have wanted to make their portfolio more conservative but did not because of onerous capital gains. In other words, they kept more money in stocks, against their more […]
Will Tech Elite Crush the Heartland in 2018?
An army of the elite Silicon Valley tech workers with extra time on their hands are fighting hard to impose their political views on the heartland of America. The group, known as Tech for Campaigns, is carpetbagging its way into elections all around the country to back candidates approved by the West Coast liberal orthodoxy. […]
How Red States are Winning the Jobs War
It turns out that one of the keys to business success is lowering costs. That doesn’t just mean for raw materials, but also for government imposed costs like taxation. The places doing the best job of lowering those taxes and attracting more business are red states like Texas. In The Wall Street Journal, James Freeman […]