The Fed has bailed out the market. For now that is. Which is why I’ve been spending more of my research time at the Blanchard and Company, Inc.’s websites. Dick Young has an account with Blanchard and knew the company's founder Jim Blanchard well. Compared to gold, silver hasn’t looked this good in a while. The price of an ounce of gold is at 81.6 times the price of an ounce of silver today. That follows one of the fastest divergences between the prices of the two metals in history. … [Read more...]
Seniors are Showing up for Shooting Lessons
Are you living an active retirement? Most of my retired clients tell me they have never been busier. That’s why it came as no surprise to me to read this article in the WSJ about the increase in seniors learning how to shoot. And it’s not just seniors. I reached out to a client whose family runs a highly successful gun shop, range and training center in the South. I wanted to get his take on the article. He said it’s not just seniors who are interested, training is up overall, and has grown markedly over the past 18 months. Here are the five most popular classes he mentioned, in no … [Read more...]
Key West Green Parrot Sound Check
The Green Parrot has some of the best live music in Key West. And that’s saying something. On our recent visit we walked down to check out the funky sound from the multi-talented Mia Borders. "Use Me" by Bill Withers at Jazz on the Green in Omaha, Nebraska. August 13, 2015. Wayne Maureau on drums. Jesse Morrow on bass. Danny Abel on guitar. Filmed by Vince Baldwin for KPAO Channel 22 Omaha. … [Read more...]
The Real POP in Investment Returns, Part II
You knew this was coming. Back in February 2010 I wrote to you about Putnam Investments’ full-page colored ad in the WSJ touting their new Absolute Return Funds. I viewed it as a money gathering scheme that would lag the market. Turns out I was right, as noted in this week’s follow-up in the WSJ. Putnam Investments took a bold step several years ago in naming each of its four “absolute return” mutual funds for a specific performance target. But the Boston asset manager hasn’t often delivered on the funds’ aims of beating the return on cash by one, three, five or seven percentage points a … [Read more...]
Get Your Gun and Your Training Now, Part V
Shot-down at the counter! “I got turned down. I need a license to carry card. Joke,” texted my brother-in-law Jason to me a couple of weeks ago. Welcome to Massachusetts. Jason is from Montana, where you can pretty much buy a gallon of milk along with your ammo no questions asked. He knew I was looking for some .22 LR ammo. He spotted a couple of boxes and texted me if I wanted them, hence the “I got turned down” text. He’s got the card now thanks to “America’s Guest,” as he’s apt to call a politician, for providing the ammunition/motivation.. Get your guns and your … [Read more...]
What I Have Learned from Dick Young
You’ve got mail. It’s always nice to get a gem of an email from a client. E.J. If there is anything I have learned from Dick Young, the most important thing is that it is all about compounding. Please note the attached advertisement from Taylor Cadillac which posted in the latest issue of the Self-Starter, the monthly magazine of the Cadillac-LaSalle Club. This classic example backs up everything Dick has always taught us in his writings. Please pass the article on to him. Regards to Becky and the kids. Happy Easter. … [Read more...]
$15 Minimum Wage California Scary
This is scary, and under-reported. California's governor Jerry Brown and legislators have given the state's unions what they want, with a promise to raise the state's minimum wage to $15/hour over six years. FoxBusiness.com reports: The deal, if passed in the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, would add to a wave of minimum wage increases at the state level in the United States, where the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour for more than six years. The agreement, as reported by the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee, would gradually raise the … [Read more...]
Get Your Gun and Your Training Now, Part IV
With the potential appointment of the radical anti-gun judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Americans' individual right to bear arms is only one decision away from being history. In this series I've already explained that you need to find the right gun for you, and then get trained properly in how to use it. Once you know how to safely handle your firearm, it's time to begin working on your accuracy. This is where practice begins to take precedent over enthusiasm. It's easy to get jazzed up about going to the gun shop and loading up on new equipment, and it's not hard to sit through a … [Read more...]
Get Your Gun and Your Training Now, Part IV
With the potential appointment of the radical anti-gun judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Americans' individual right to bear arms is only one decision away from being history. In this series I've already explained that you need to find the right gun for you, and then get trained properly in how to use it. Once you know how to safely handle your firearm, it's time to begin working on your accuracy. This is where practice begins to take precedent over enthusiasm. It's easy to get jazzed up about going to the gun shop and loading up on new equipment, and it's not hard to sit through … [Read more...]
Your 8% Retirement Yield
In the March 2016 issue of Richard C. Young's Intelligence Report, Dick Young wrote that if you want to achieve an 8% long-term yield for your retirement, you must start now. You indeed can achieve 8% as a long-term yield goal for your retirement years, but you need to get started now. There is little time to waste. I am going to show you how to construct an actual "Retirement Ark." You have not read about such a plan before because only a minority in the investment industry thinks long term for clients. For most, it is all about action, trading, breaking news, taking profits and hot stories. … [Read more...]
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