Issues
Blood in the Streets
Happy New Year’s Eve. What a year, eh? Speculation causes a massive market collapse ... gold prices soar ... leading bankers fail ... But I’m not talking about today’s market woes ... …
Financial New Year's Resolutions
Building wealth is all about making good choices. And when you boil it down to its essence, it’s about linking together a bunch of small steps toward one, clear, long-term goal ... …
Five Fearless 2009 Predictions
2008 has been a very difficult year for investors. And most are eager to put it behind them while hoping for a better 2009. I don’t have a crystal ball. But I believe there are five powerful trends ... …
12 Urgent Questions for 2009
I have just received a series of urgent questions about the massive crisis swirling all around us. So to help you prepare for 2009, I am going to give you my best answers right here and now ... …
3 hidden treasures for currency investors
I’m often hearing how much everyone seems to be anxious to put a lid on 2008 and get started over — refreshed. I can understand that. This has been a very challenging year for many investors ... …
Your 2009 Real Estate Outlook
I don’t know about you, but I had a great time watching my little girls open their presents on Christmas morning. You should have seen the smiles on their faces! I sincerely hope that ... …
Happy Holidays
Our Money and Markets team is off today, spending time with family and friends. But we wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for the warmth and loyalty you've shown us this year ... …
3 Stock-ing Stuffers
It’s Christmas Eve. And I hope you’re having a happy holiday. Your shopping for loved ones should be done now. So let’s turn to the other kind of shopping you might be thinking about ... …
Three More Year-End Steps for Greater Wealth
First off, I want to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy holiday season! I hope you find plenty of time to celebrate with your friends and family. And I look forward to helping you ... …
Miracle on Nanjing Road
Did you finish your holiday shopping yet? I have and mainly because I was one of those die-hards who woke up at 4:00 AM to take advantage of the big, Black Friday day-after-Thanksgiving sales ... …
Gala Issue: Biggest Sea Change of Our Lifetime!
The Fed, the Treasury and all major governments on the planet are throwing the kitchen sink at this debt crisis. But their efforts are being overwhelmed by a monumental sea change ... …
Invisible but Invincible!
Martin here with a quick update and big picture overview. Deflation is now striking with unprecedented power and speed: Last week, OPEC announced its biggest production cut in history ... …
A super deal on the U.S. dollar
Traders have slashed the price of the U.S. dollar. And that’s terrific news! Now you can get your hands on greenbacks far cheaper than you could only two weeks ago ... …
Desperate times, desperate measures … and lots of questions
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has done it. He's thrown down the gauntlet. Desperate times call for desperate measures, as they say, and the Federal Reserve has now gone "all in." …
The Fed, Gold, Stocks, And China …
As you read this I’m at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport awaiting my flight back to the U.S. to get home for the holidays. And since next Thursday is Christmas Day, and I’m off, I would like to wish you a very happy holiday ... …
Mexico’s Streets of Gold
Last week, I went to Mexico to check out a new gold project. It capped off a great week for gold when we got more positive news for the yellow metal and technical signals that indicate ... …
Two Smart Year-End Moves
This past year was rough on most investment portfolios. Many are worth a lot less on paper than they were in 2007. But there are always ways to turn those lemons into lemonade before New Year’s Day ... …
Five Insiders Give Dire Warnings About China
Because of its rapid economic growth over the last 30 years, it's easy to forget that China is a communist country. The Chinese, like everybody else, love money. But the Communist party is ... …
Deflation strikes hard! What to do …
The deflation we’ve been warning you about is here, and it’s striking hard. Last week, the Fed released a report that sent chills down the spine of economists all over the world ... …
Euro set to weaken substantially
There’s been a strong move against the U.S. dollar this week. But am I envious of the euro right now? Definitely not. Technically the dollar is extremely overbought. So I expect ... …
Postcards from the Bond Market Edge
I thought I had witnessed a lot of craziness in the bond market over the past year: The utter obliteration of subprime mortgage bonds ... The crash of auction rate securities, and ... …
Bargains and Profits Galore …
I’m going to cut to the chase. No complex economic theories ... no philosophy ... no complicated analysis. Just the facts and practical insight on how to grow your wealth ... …
Warning: Big, Blatant Sell Signal in These Stocks …
I have just gotten a series of large, unabashed sell signals in every single U.S. stock that has anything to do with real estate, housing and construction. And I'm going to take ACTION on these ... …
Carnage in Crude
As you read this, I’m on my way to check out a new gold project in Mexico that I hope to tell you about in an upcoming Money and Markets column. But I couldn’t skip the chance to go ... …
Three gift ideas for your favorite investor
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, you might be busily hunting for gifts that are both affordable and practical. So today I wanted to share three ideas that I think make great gifts for that special someone in your life ... …
Global decline spells trouble for India’s tech sector
The deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India dominated the global headlines last week. What didn’t get a lot of attention, though, was the reason behind the attacks ... …
WORST Market Panic in 101 Years!
This is one time I wish our timing hadn't been so spot on ... Back in mid-September, as we were preparing for our Bear Market Defense Forum online video event, I was worrying that perhaps our ... …
Depression, Deflation and Your Survival
If you're still skeptical that we're sinking into America's Second Great Depression, you don't have to believe Alan Greenspan, who says we're already experiencing the worst financial crisis in a hundred ... …
Triumph of the Dollar
Martin here with a few words from my father, J. Irving Weiss, about the Great Depression. Before he passed away, he wrote: “In just three short years between the peak of the stock market boom in 1929 ... …
The gates to dollar heaven are guarded by skeptics
I was doing some research earlier in the week, and I came across a blog I’d never heard of written by a guy I’d never heard of on a topic that we’ve all most certainly heard of ... the U.S. dollar ... …
In Just 3 Days, You'll Be Connected to … MAM-TV
Bright and early Monday, you'll be able to watch your favorite editors present market commentaries on MAM-TV. And here's a peek of what you can expect each week ... Nilus Mattive is the ... …
The Biggest Bubble of All: Long-term Treasuries?
We’ve lived through some truly historic bubbles in recent years: The dot-com bubble was a doozy ... The housing bubble was even bigger, and ... Now I’m wondering if we aren’t dealing with ... …
How to Buy and Sell Real Estate with ETFs
If you’ve had your eyes open the last two years, you know that real estate is in a brutal bear market. Just in October, new home sales dropped 5.3%. Existing home sales fell 3.1% ... …
4 Critical Q&As, Plus Big Profits Ahead …
Pretty wild out there, eh? But as ugly as it all looks … I reaffirm my views: Nearly all markets are bottoming in what will ultimately prove to be buying opportunities of a lifetime. Am I some kind of ... …
Quest for the City of Gold
El Dorado ... Cibola ... Quivira ... these are all fabled "lost cities of gold" that fired up the imaginations of explorers who pursued their dreams to the four corners of the Earth. These cities only existed ... …
Another Way to Gauge the Safety of Dividends
Over the past few weeks, I’ve told you about some dividend bright spots — companies and sectors where payments continue to rise despite the weakening economy. But I’ve also told you ... …
Here's one bright spot in the unfriendly skies of the travel industry
One of the themes that I regularly repeat is that the key to making money in the next decade is to get 'long' whatever the Chinese are buying. A country with 1.4 billion consumers and $1.9 trillion in... …
Starting Now: America's Second Great Depression
On this first weekday after Thanksgiving, it’s time to take a moment, look at the changes swirling all around us and think about the tasks we must achieve together in the weeks ahead. After more than ... …
Why This "Mouse" Is About to Roar!
Most investors are understandably fixating on the spectacle of the U.S. debt crisis and Washington’s $7.8 trillion in loans, investments, commitments and guarantees designed to end it. So when ... …
Why the Euro Is Set to Fall Further …
Is anyone less thankful this year than last year? It’s probably safe to bet on YES. I don’t have to run through it all — we’ve been bludgeoned by all that’s bad in the global economy and financial system ... …
Three big questions to ponder this holiday weekend
It’s a beautiful, long holiday weekend. I’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving (and my birthday) with my family, and I’m sure many of you are also busy with relatives and friends. So I’m going to keep this ... …
A Day for Thanks
With all the turmoil in the markets, it’s important to have days like today … when we remember the truly meaningful things in our lives, especially friends and family. Our team is at home today ... …
Financial Mayhem to Fuel Gold’s Next Surge?
Last week, I wrote about how our oil-rich friends in the Middle East are buying gold hand over fist. It turns out they’re not the only ones. The latest figures from the World Gold Council show a frenzy of activity ... …
A Hidden Benefit of Roth IRAs
With the upcoming holiday rapidly approaching, we should all start thinking about what we’re thankful for. You know, just in case someone at the dinner table puts us on the spot. Here’s what ... …
Hitch Your Wagon To A Recession-Proof Stock
Our country has been losing millions of jobs to cheaper foreign competitors and losing our edge in many industries — electronics, automobiles, semiconductors, clothing to name a few — but one ... …
Citigroup collapses! Banking Shutdown Possible
It pains me deeply to announce that, despite the massive government rescue, yesterday's collapse of Citigroup could ultimately lead to a shutdown of the global banking system ... …
Citigroup Failure Imminent
Citigroup, the nation's second largest banking conglomerate, is on the brink of failure. Its stock price collapse is the canary in the coal mine, wiping out over nine-tenths of the ... …
What’s bearish for stocks, is bullish for the dollar
I came across a study that confirms just how tightly tied the markets have become. According to James Bianco, president of Bianco Research LLC: Over the last six months, seven separate assets ... …
S&P 500 Crashes Through Bear Market Low! Housing Heads South!
Yesterday was a historic day for the market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index plunged by 6.7% to 752.44. The bear market low of October 2002 was 768.63 — and we sliced through it like a hot... …
More On the New Monetary System …
Not surprisingly, my Money and Markets column last week about a new monetary system based on an upward revaluation of the price of gold set off quite a buzz all over the world. It was picked ... …
Are Oil-Rich Sheiks Being Scared Into Gold?
Our oil-rich friends in the Middle East are scared. How do I know? Because they are buying gold like crazy! First, we got the news that Saudi investors spent $3.47 BILLION on gold in a recent two-week period ... …
A Time to Face Our Investing Fears
Every time it looks like a real stock market rally is about to happen, the indexes end up right back down where they started (or lower). Panic and doomsday scenarios are all over the newspapers ... …
Global recession spreading – time to be cautious
In 1944, our country had recently emerged from the Great Depression and was in the middle of World War II when 730 delegates from 44 Allied nations met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire ... …
A Fictional Scenario of the Future: The Final Bailout
We have come to a major crossroads in the history of our nation, a time when you must understand all the relevant events in far greater depth; and see the likely future with far greater clarity ... …
Heads up: Major crash recos early this week!
On Thursday, precisely 17 minutes after the S&P 500 hit its lowest point of this entire bear market, I urged my subscribers to take more profits on their inverse ETFs. And now, with thousands ... …
The U.S. Dollar is Gonna be Around for a Long, Long, LONG Time
It's times like these when I'm really glad that I haven't devoted myself to trading in the stock and commodities market. Sure there's money to be made, even on the downside. However, the dynamics ... …
My "Outrage List" keeps getting longer and longer
I don’t know about you. But I started keeping a mental “Outrage List†a while back. The idea: Chronicle all the ridiculous statistics, all the lies, all the questionable practices, and all the dubious ... …
The G-20's Secret Debt Solution
If you think this weekend's G-20 meetings in Washington are only about designing short-term fixes to the financial system and regulatory reforms for banks, hedge funds, brokers, mortgage companies ... …
Fear and Greed at the DC Money Show …
Last weekend, I attended the Money Show in Washington, DC. The themes of fear and greed ran throughout the show. And I'd say that fear had the upper hand. The speakers at the show (I was one ... …
Look at the Dividend Tech Stocks!
Last week, I told you that McDonald's is a great example of a company with strong fundamentals and continued dividend strength. Yesterday, we saw more proof: The company said global same-store ... …
American Baseball Vs. Chinese Basketball
Beijing's latest stimulus package was a great sign that the country is devoted to future economic growth. And I think all the measures — which include infrastructure spending and tax deductions ... …
Why Washington Cannot Prevent Depression
Fear of depression is sweeping the nation. Millions of Americans are consumed with anxiety, abandoning their old shop-till-they-drop habits, slashing their spending, trying desperately to pinch pennies ... …
The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome
Despite the global euphoria that greeted Barack Obama's landslide victory on Tuesday, U.S. stocks posted their greatest post-election decline in history — evidence that investors are now ... …
The Japanese Yen is About to Skyrocket. It's Time to Jump On Board!
Last year I dedicated several Money and Markets columns solely to my expectations for the Japanese yen carry trade to unwind. But since that trend took a breather in the middle of this year ... …
A new president … new ideas … and an old problem: How to pay for it all!
It's been one heck of a week in American politics. We have a new president-elect in Barack Obama ... a new approach to governing... …
Big Moolah to be Made …
We have a lot of ground to cover today. So forgive me if this issue jumps around a bit. But there's just not enough space in this column for me to cover everything in as much detail as I would like ... …
Funding America's Future Can Make You a Whole Lot Richer …
By the time you read this, America will have a new President. I hope he's better with money than the last resident of the White House. Just look at how the Bush gang is spending the $700 billion bailout ... …
Obama victory rally in stocks? Don't be fooled …
World stock markets are extending their bear market rally, and there's a possibility they could continue to do so for a while longer. If so, don't be fooled! Why? Because the drivers behind the rally ... …
Supersize Your Dividends at McDonald's
I'm not a fan of fast food. And since my wife is a strict vegetarian, I don't eat very many hamburgers, even of the slow-cooked variety. So you'd think McDonald's would be way off my radar ... …
Nikkei Hits 26-Year Low: Bargains Galore …
Black Monday, October 19, 1987, seems like a long, long time ago, doesn't it? The Dow plunged from 2,246 to 1,738, losing a whopping 22% in a single day. I was a retail stockbroker at the time ... …
The Great American Housing Nightmare: Next Phase
One of the greatest blunders of our time is made by those who blindly assume home prices are so low they couldn't possibly go any lower. In reality, home prices don't stop going down at some ... …
Stand by! Major recos tomorrow!
Today's my quiet time to spend with my wife, my two daughters, and friends. But it's also my day to sneak away to my home office, track the foreign markets and put the finishing touches on the recos ... …
The U.S. Economy Stinks, but the Dollar Smells Like a Rose
An advance report of third-quarter U.S. GDP showed a decline of 0.3%. That's awfully pathetic, right? But not quite as pathetic as the 0.5% that was anticipated ... Still, there's no denying that ... …
Urgent bonus issue: The Coming Insurance Meltdown
You've seen hundreds of subprime lenders bite the dust, with New Century Financial and Countrywide leading the way ... You've seen giant banks like Washington Mutual and Wachovia suffer ... …
The Government's Newest Interest Rate Conundrum
Step into my interest rate time machine for a minute, if you will. We're going back to February 16, 2005 — the day former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Senate ... …
Seeing Through the Panic to Profits …
First, some important news no one else is telling you: The Dow is now trading at the equivalent of the 2,500 level, down a whopping 77% from its high. Yes, you read that right. In terms of "honest" ... …
Fed rate cut a DUD! Fed rescues go WILD!
While all eyes were focused today on the Fed's rate cut, the big news was the Fed's latest cockamamie effort to save world. Indeed, just when you thought the insanity couldn't get crazier ... …
Oil to $50 … or $150?
When people ask me if I think crude oil is going to $50 or $150, I nod sagely and say: "Yes, probably." I'm not being flip. I'm simply giving both the short-term and the long-term timeframes ... …
Yes, You Can Still Find Solid, Reliable, Fat Dividends
Dividend investors have a right to be worried at the moment. Not only are stock indexes plummeting, but a large number of firms are also slashing their payments to shareholders. Many are ... …
Bailouts Continue; China Does It Differently
Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke will go down in history as two of the most incompetent Federal Reserve chairmen our country has ever had. Like Mr. Magoo, they blindly drove the stock market ... …
Weiss Research's Emergency Q&A – Part 2
Your money is in grave danger, but you can get it to safety. The value of your home, your stocks, your 401k, even your supposedly "safe" investments could fall dramatically, but you can ... …
Watch out! Crash gaining momentum!
We told you this was coming. Last month, we warned you that this would be the blackest "Black October" in years. We begged you to use contrarian investments to multiply your money when ... …
Burning Question: Won't This All Be Inflationary?
It’s a popular notion when the financial winds are blowing unfavorably: Money is being printed uncontrollably ... inflation is the only option ... fiat currencies are doomed. The thing is, if you’re ... …
Urgent Crash Warning!
This stock market decline could go down in history as one of the worst crashes of all time, and it gives me no pleasure to see my dire warnings come true. I have dreaded this day as often as I have ... …
The Credit Virus Spreads Worldwide
Back in 1997, a minor currency crisis in Thailand rattled a few regional market players. But the rest of the world ignored it ... at first. They said it wouldn't matter to the U.S. and would be just ... …
Important Change in Our Outlook!
We have joined here today to restate and underscore an important change in our near-term outlook for the world economy, the U.S. dollar, natural resources, and emerging markets. Until early this ... …
A Brave New, Profitable World …
We're in a brave new and very scary world. But it's also a world chock full of new opportunities and profit potential. I'll tell you about one of my favorite sectors in a moment. First, at the risk ... …
Yes, We Have No Silver
As the price of silver pulled back under $10 an ounce recently, I started loading up on the white metal. Or, I should say, I tried to load up. While I was easily able to buy silver coins with numismatic ... …
Dividend Superstars Crushing Other Income Investments
A few months ago, right here in Money and Markets, I said utility stocks that boast steadily rising dividend payments are better income investments than bonds. And as the credit ... …
The Chinese Perspective: What Global Recession?
You've probably never heard of the Canton Fair, but it is the largest trade fair in the world, where thousands of manufacturers, businessmen, and merchants gather to conduct business ... …
Weiss Research's Emergency Q&A – Transcript
Paulson and Bernanke's massive bailout for the banking industry is causing so many unintended side effects it must be making their heads spin. Yes, banks have gotten some interest-rate relief ... …
Economy Crumbling
I invest prudently to help ensure the future financial well-being of my wife and two daughters. And Martin, who visited us recently, shares the same philosophy. But when future history books ... …
Making Money from Loonies and Pesos …
I've clearly laid out my reasons why the U.S. dollar has rallied sharply versus most of the world's currencies ... and why it's got a lot of room left to climb. But in case you missed my previous ... …
Why Mortgage Rates Are Rising Despite Government Efforts!
The government is throwing everything ... and I do mean EVERYTHING ... at the credit and mortgage markets. It has taken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It has agreed to buy ... …
Dow Drops 733; Another Reason to Like Gold
The credit collapse is not entirely over. Nor is its impact on Main Street. And as we saw yesterday, there will be more sell-offs, sharp ones that scare the dickens out of nearly everyone ... …
Hey, Big Spender!
If the Central Banks were our kids, we'd be taking their credit cards away. They are spending us into the poor house! Sure, Wall Street is at the rotten root of this crisis. Their toxic debt is poisoning ... …
A Big Step Toward Income AND Safety
Last week, I gave you the numbers on previous bear and bull markets in the U.S. And I told you about some strategies that can work together to both protect you from downside market action ... …
Wild markets! Bonds crashing!
Martin here with an urgent update on these wild, wild markets. The key factor many investors seem to be forgetting: While stock markets have enjoyed a historic rally, bond markets are ... …
Asia and the Monetary Cavalry
If you're an early riser and watch Fox News, you may have seen me on TV last Thursday morning. Markets all over the globe were falling in response to the plunge in our stock market and the ... …
The Bridgehampton Bummer: The Real Tragedy of the Commons
Wall Street has generated a large and sometimes contradictory set of sayings to explain the mysteries of the market over the years. Sell into any rally, the wise ones say — usually some …
