Investment Strategies
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How Do You Plan for Clients When You Can’t Trust the CPI?
By Bob ClarkPeter Schiff's relentless questioning of the government's CPI data--is inflation really so low?--raises a daunting question for advisors and their clients.
January 21, 2013
The Sticky World of Stamp CollectionsSome top investors, including PIMCO's Bill Gross, and plenty of history buffs think it's a worthwhile pursuit -- though not necessarily a profitable one.
January 17, 2013
Demographic Nightmare: Boomer Retirement Disaster Looms"Were living into our 80s, 90s and 100s," says Wilmington Trust's Kathryn Karlic. "Well have four generations around a single pocket of wealth, with 80-year-old women taking care of their 100-year-old parents."
January 17, 2013
Finke Study Warns: 4% Retirement Rule Is Dead, Long Live Annuities"The bottom line is that the current low-yield environment is a retirement income game changer," Finke says.
January 15, 2013
Gold to Peak This Year, Experts SaySeveral top analysts are predicting a price of $1,720 in 2013 for the precious metal.
January 14, 2013
Hedge Fund Leverage Reaches 2004 LevelsMore leverage means more potential losses should stocks decline, a major contributor to the depth and length of the economic crisis beginning in 2008.
January 10, 2013
Pershing, Roubini: Developed Nations Face ‘Lost Decade’Europe is turning Japanese, they really think so.
January 10, 2013
Hey Schiff, Where’s the Inflation?Even though dire predictions of hyperinflation have yet to materialize, the outspoken CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals still claims recent action by the Fed will have consequencesand they wont be pretty.