Thursday, May 17, 2012

What Happens to Gold if We Enter a Recession or Depression?

April 6, 2012

By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Mayan prophecies aside, many of the senior Casey Research staff believe that economic, monetary, and fiscal pressures could come to a head this year. The massive buildup of global debt, continued reckless deficit spending, and the lack of sound political leadership to reverse either trend point to a potentially ugly [...]

Read the full article →

Big Bonus For Opening OptionsHouse IRA

March 27, 2012

With Tax Day Coming Open An IRA At OptionsHouse One of the brokerage companies we personally use is OptionsHouse, and the bonuses they give you for signing up is only the beginning of the reasons why. ENDS IN JUST A FEW DAYS – HURRY! These days there is just no reason to pay high fees [...]

Read the full article →

Is The Economy As Good As They Say?

March 23, 2012

Doug Casey: “It’s a Dead-Man-Walking Economy” By Doug Casey, Casey Research In an interview with Louis James, the inimitable Doug Casey throws cold water on those celebrating the economic recovery. [Skype rings: It's Doug Casey, calling from Cafayate, Argentina. He sounds tired, but pleased with himself.] Doug: Lobo, get out your mower; it’s time to [...]

Read the full article →

How Not To Lose Money In The Wrong ETFs

March 16, 2012

Gridlock in D.C. By the Editors of The Casey Report, Casey Research The first session of this 112th Congress was spent with Democrats and Republicans at loggerheads over the debt ceiling, taxes, spending cuts, the deficit super committee, appropriations bills and finally the extension of unemployment compensation and a two-month extension of the payroll tax [...]

Read the full article →

Casey Research Recommended Reading List | March 2012

March 14, 2012

Casey Research Recommended Reading By Robert Ross, Casey Research We at Casey Research are often asked, “What books have had the biggest impact on your investing philosophy?” To find out, we took a quick, informal poll of our most prominent economists, editors, and analysts to see which books helped form their unique economic outlooks. The [...]

Read the full article →

Ten Percent Yields Without Buying a Single Stock?

March 13, 2012

What Are Lending Clubs All About, Are They For Me? By Alex Daley, Casey Research The average interest rate for a savings account today is 0.45%. It wasn’t that long ago that one could easily earn 5% in a well-chosen savings account, like those offered by ING Direct, or bump that up by a point [...]

Read the full article →

Should You Be Buying Gold and Silver?

March 10, 2012

Time to Accumulate Gold and Silver By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Do you own enough gold and silver for what lies ahead? If 10% of your total investable assets (i.e., excluding equity in your primary residence) aren’t held in various forms of gold and silver, we at Casey Research think your portfolio is at risk. [...]

Read the full article →

Why Are Gas Prices So High? Find Out Here

March 8, 2012

The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain By Marin Katusa, Casey Research Gasoline consumption in the United States has been dropping for years. In the last decade, vehicle fuel efficiency has improved by 20%, and the combination of that shift and a weak economy of late has pushed gasoline demand to its lowest level in [...]

Read the full article →

Is a House Ever a Good Investment?

March 7, 2012

Owning A Home Is The American Dream – Or Nightmare? By Vedran Vuk, Casey Research Recently, my parents were considering purchasing some real estate. As the financial professional in the family, they asked me, “What do you think? Will it go up in value? You know… not now, but eventually?” I’ve heard the same thing [...]

Read the full article →

Learning To Profit From Gold & Silver Volatility

March 6, 2012

By Jeff Clark, Casey Research On February 29, gold dropped 4.8% and silver 6.2% (based on London fix prices). That’s quite the fall for one day. We’ve seen prices that have risen that much, too. But as I’m about to show, these ain’t nothin’, baby. Based on our experience, we’ve been saying for some time [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →