October 8, 2006 – In a previous blog, we mentioned that an abundance of perspective is a critical key to building significant amounts of wealth. Why? Because perspective is the only tool that allows you to sort out reality from…
Q: What is the Most Diverse Place on Earth? Occasionally I’ll just post a short blurb about nothing investment related when I see something outstanding. Noticed Brooklyn is now on board here at the Zen of Investing. Being in Asia…
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October 5, 2006 – I know that I haven’t written enough about global markets especially since I can probably count the number of U.S. stocks I own on one hand, so to address this anomaly, I am going to write…
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October 4, 2006 – I’ve stated numerous times on my blog, even when gold was rising higher above $620 and $630 an ounce that I believed it would retrace to $570 or below. Despite this, I also stated that long…
October 4, 2006 – It’s funny because someone wrote to me the other day, “Is your blog an investment blog or political blog?” I just simply replied that he should read the rest of my blog posts to understand that…
October 4, 2006 – Here is the graph for the Consumer Confidence Index in the U.S. (Source: Conference Board). Basically the CCI takes a representative sample of 5,000 households in the United States (which by the way, is an enormously…
October 4, 2006 Soon, Japan will see a changing of the guard. Last week,on September 30th, popular Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stepped down after 5 ½ years and will be replaced with 51-year-old Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. Though…
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October 2, 2006 – The big news story in the U.S. media is Bob Woodward’s book that is heavily critical of the Bush Administrations handling of the Iraqi war called “State of Denial”. In the book, according to an advanced…
October 2, 2006 – Came across this site which is pretty interesting. There is a company incorporated in the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia that offers gold and silver backed online transactions, though fees are quite high at 1% of…
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October 1, 2006 – The recent sharp decline in gold has shaken a lot of gold bulls out of the market with many people exiting and cutting their losses. And as steep, quick and brutal as this last correction has…