Posts Tagged ‘ insurance ’

Price Per Ounce or Total Ounces Owned

Mar 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Gold
In a recent conversation with a fellow gold analyst, he was emphatic that the price one pays for physical gold should be ignored. “What’s far more important,” he insisted, “is how many ounces I own in relation to the total value of my assets.” Building a core position in gold bullion ...read more

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Pre-Existing Conditions?

Sep 11th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
This is further proof that both Republicans and Democrats are, to put it kindly, totally ignorant of some of life's basic facts, and even common sense. Both sides want it to be compulsory for insurance companies to be forced to insure people with "pre-existing conditions." Think about that one, with ...read more

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FDIC Fosters Moral Hazard Among Banks

Jul 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
What am I missing? Why do the majority of folks blindly accept the shenanigans of the federal government? Why is it advisable to bail out the failures and penalize the productive? Isn’t there a moral hazard lurking somewhere in this mix? In a recent editorial, Peter Schiff reminded me of what ...read more

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Adding Hurricanes to Foreclosure

Jun 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
The first of June is the opening day of "Hurricane Season," which makes it an excellent time to consider insurance companies, again, in terms of whether or not they should be in our portfolios--if, indeed, anything much ought to be other than metals and sound energy sources. Insurance is taking hits ...read more

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