Jim Rogers, legendary commodities investor and co-founder of the Quantum Fund along with George Soros (a legend in his own right), has been looking at the pace of money printing in the developed world. And he doesn’t like what he sees. In fact, the legendary investor was recently quoted as… Read More

In the summer of 2010, a little-noted milestone took place. China passed Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy. Now, Japan needs to keep an eye on the rear-view mirror. Germany and Brazil are gaining ground and may overtake the Asian country… Read More

Jan. 1, 2013, is less than 60 days away and many are wondering how the so-called “fiscal cliff” will play out. Could this scenario be as severe as economists and investors believe? What steps, if any, will Congress take to avert disaster?#-ad_banner-# Last August, when Congress and the White House agreed… Read More

President Barack Obama’s first term was very good for precious metals. Silver was up an eye-popping 236% while gold added an impressive 128% gain, both handily beating the S&P 500’s 75% return. Those big gains have more than a few investors concerned about another… Read More

For centuries, land has been the status symbol for wealth and power. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that you couldn’t even vote without being a property owner. Of course in those days, just like today, certain locales were far more desirable than others.  When President Thomas Jefferson dispatched… Read More

It’s official: The stock markets are now in a correction. At least the Nasdaq is, having fallen more than 10% from its 52-week high (it’s more than -10% right now). The challenge with… Read More

With interest rates near zero and traditional income investments like savings accounts and certificates of deposit earning next to nothing, dividend-paying blue chips have become wildly popular lately… especially in high-yield sectors such as telecommunications. Read More

Let’s face it. The so-called fiscal cliff has us all worried.#-ad_banner-# It is nothing to trifle with; it will be driven by the expiration of almost every tax cut enacted since 2001, as a whole commonly referred to as the Bush-era tax… Read More

Anyone searching for long-term gains in natural gas has been through an epic journey in the past year or so. From January 2011 to April 2012, natural gas prices fell an astounding 80%, dragging energy stocks down to new multi-year lows and creating… Read More