Category: Futures, Options and Commodities
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About reinvesting short term gains
There are many methods and examples of how to enjoy an extraordinary rate of return by reinvesting short term gains into a longer term trend in business operations, investment or speculation. For instance: Manhattan was bought in 1626 by the Dutch West India Company from the Indians then living there for $24 in beads and…
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Spreading investment risks
Q: Do you recommend spreading investment risks? A: Both diversification and specialisation have a proper place and function for any who depends on an asset”s income stream or capital value. This doesn’t just apply to investors and speculators. What’s comfortable for one person may be inappropriate for another, but certain generalisations are worth considering. Let’s…
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Civil War and the Price of Gold
Q: Is Trump’s election the start of a civil war and what effect will that have on the price of gold? A: It does appear that civil unrest has heated up a significant amount with the election results. Q: Do you think it will now lead to open civil war? A: I think there will…
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Reassessing Risks with the U.S. Dollar Strengthening
Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the USA holding 290 votes of the Electoral College against 228 earned by former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. In the popular vote the democratic candidate won by 668,273 votes, but Trump’s success to gain in key swing states took the majority of the…
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The Day After: SRI Conference to Present “Economic Forecast: What Awaits our new President?”
Immediately on Heels of Voting, Leading Economist to Unveil Economic Forecast in Live Phone Feed From The SRI Conference in Denver, Colorado. DENVER (NEWS ADVISORY) — The recovery following the end of the Great Recession has lasted over seven years. Is it nearing the end? What is the status of recovery? Is a recession a…
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Aging Investor Protection
Don Blandin named by Next Avenue as one of Top 50 “2016 Influencers in Aging” WASHINGTON, D.C. & ST. PAUL, MN. – October 27, 2016 – Don M. Blandin, president and CEO of the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) and the Investor Protection Institute (IPI), is being honored by Next Avenue as one of its 50…
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Calling all commodity traders
Whether you go to Wall St, the Chicago Merc, or any online commodities forum, all commodity traders will tell you the same thing: the apps designed to track them are poorly designed, difficult to use, and don’t offer nearly enough features. Now available for iOS, Materials is a new commodities app set out to re-imagine…
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Fixed System and Gold Market Speculation
Q: Is now a good time to be buying gold share or bullion? You have still not issued a buy signal. When do you think you will be able to give a buy signal on the Fixed System? A: January or February 2017 is the target now. Q: Are you expectation the gold market to…
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Sun Tzu and the price of gold
Q: Would Sun Tzu have a definite opinion on whom the winner of the White House prize will be this year: Clinton or Trump? A: You ask a very good question. The answer is clear and unequivocal from just a casual reading of text quoted in the book. If you control the time and place…