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[Editor’s note: We have made this content available as an audio and video podcast, but I encourage you to watch the video with the slides.] In the video I mention a preview issue of our 4th Pillar Investment Service. Click here to download it. For most of the past week, we’ve been spending
January 12, 2015 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] On All Saint’s Day, 1st November 1755, an earthquake measuring roughly 9 on the Richter scale struck the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. At least 30,000 people are estimated to have perished. A little over half an
December 1, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] So the Swiss have decided not to force their central bank into underpinning its reserves with harder assets than increasingly worthless euros. At least they had the chance to vote. But in the bigger picture,
November 10, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Price, London-based wealth manager and editor of Price Value International.] In 1975, Charles Ellis, the founder of Greenwich Associates, wrote one of the most powerful and memorable metaphors in the history of finance. His essay is titled ‘The loser’s game’,
September 10, 2014 Santiago, Chile Jim Rogers is easily one of the smartest and most successful investors I know. And one of his seemingly endless pearls of wisdom about investing is that sometimes the best thing to do is absolutely nothing. Sit on the sidelines, and wait until the opportunity is so obvious
June 23, 2010 Oxford, England Yesterday in the UK, something happened that has significant implications for us all. Old western economies are clearly losing their dominance. Particularly in Europe, the costs of broken pension plans and entitlement programs are bankrupting entire economies. Yet, national governments continue to perversely borrow and consume; politicians have
May 21, 2010 Quad Cities, IA, USA It’s been a lovely few days here in America’s heartland… I’ve been able to catch up with some of my friends, but to be honest with you, I’m aching to get back on a plane and get out here. I’ve decided to wait it out for
May 19, 2010 Quad Cities, IA, USA I wanted to send you a short note today from America’s heartland to tell you what I’m doing with my investment capital, and why. I’m closing out almost all of my speculative positions and going to sit on the sidelines for a bit because I’m concerned
May 17, 2010 Undisclosed location You’ve probably seen some clips on the news about the political current unrest in Thailand, and some headlines like “CHAOS IN THAILAND!” These headlines are inaccurate. Thailand, the country, is not in chaos. The political unrest is taking place in a small section of Bangkok, and this is
May 14, 2010 Undisclosed location I want to start off today by once again thanking you for all the well-wishing emails after my operation this week. I read through a large backlog of email last night, and I was truly humbled by all the positive energy and goodwill out there. Thank you. With
May 12, 2010 Undisclosed Location First of all, I really want to thank all the well-wishers who were kind enough to write me and wish me luck on my operation yesterday. Everything went off without a hitch, and I’m already feeling much better. I will unfortunately need to stay in place for a
May 6, 2010 Undisclosed Location If you’ll kindly indulge me, I will jump right into this week’s questions. First, Jeff writes, “Simon- you really called the gold/euro short (XAUEUR), I’m up 25% since you mentioned it. Where do you see it going now?” The European-induced panic is causing a rush to ‘quality’ once
May 5, 2010 Undisclosed location The last few days have been great for the shorts. I’m one of them. Global markets have been in an absolute panic over what’s happening in Europe, and many major indices have erased their 2010 gains. Clearly, the most concerning issue of the day is the ongoing trouble
May 3, 2010 35,000 feet over the Sonora desert You’ll have to forgive me for taking the day off yesterday. This past weekend’s Casey Research Summit was simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting… but after standing on my feet all weekend taking rapid-fire questions from hundreds of subscribers, I really needed some time to myself.
April 28, 2010 St. Michaels, MD, USA Since I arrived from Santo Domingo on Monday evening, I’ve been enjoying some peace and quiet in this quaint, quiet, wealthy little town on the Maryland shoreline. St. Michaels is where Porter Stansberry is holding his annual ‘idea conference,’ which he sponsors each year around this
