From time to time, I’ve been asked by readers about starting up a paid newsletter subscription… Back then, it was probably to discuss Real Estate Investing (REI), but I’m guessing these days, the bulk of the readers who still follow this site want more information on mining stocks…Quite frankly, it’s very flattering everytime I get asked that because deep down I feel...Read More
As you read this, I'll be on a plane to the second-most crime-infested country in the world: Mexico. Don't tell my wife, but in 2016 there were over 23,000 homicides south of the border. According to NPR, in terms of homicides per capita, it ranks behind only Syria.That's a little disconcerting, but I'm going there because it could give you the investment opportunity of the decade. And you need...Read More
223 years ago today, “The Dreadful Night” occurred in Western Pennsylvania, after an uprising called The Whiskey Rebellion.The United States was brand new. Soldiers who had fought for independence from Great Britain found themselves on opposite sides of a skirmish. Some were having their rights violated practically before the ink was dry on the Bill of Rights. Other Veterans of the Rev...Read More
223 years ago today, “The Dreadful Night” occurred in Western Pennsylvania, after an uprising called The Whiskey Rebellion.The United States was brand new. Soldiers who had fought for independence from Great Britain found themselves on opposite sides of a skirmish. Some were having their rights violated practically before the ink was dry on the Bill of Rights. Other Veterans of the Rev...Read More
Well, tax-loss selling is basically upon us, and right now a great fear for many mining stocks investors (particularly those dabbling in the North American markets) is that there will be a steep decline and sell-off event! As if this year wasn’t already painful enough for many of these stocks, we’ve now got to brace ourselves for yet another potential headwind!As someone who has been i...Read More
Two weeks ago, we talked a bit about Tesla.Okay, I gushed. But we did eventually get down to one of the company's main problems: price.See, Tesla's cars are beautiful, clean, and still just a little too pricey for the average buyer.There's only so much the company can do about that, however.The batteries themselves are the most expensive part of the car, and the whole world has been working on the...Read More
On Small Cap Power, Paul Antoniadis, CEO and Director of good natured Products Inc. discusses their recent re-branding strategy and how its disrupting the multi-billion dollar petro-chemical plastics market."This is a really unique opportunity and there's a growing trend with no indication that it's going to stop. Consumers are going to turn to more disposable, eco-friendly and renewable products....Read More
The marriage between Saudi Arabia and the United States occurred decades ago, when two old men met on Valentines Day in 1945.Sitting in their respective wheelchairs, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud sat down aboard the USS Quincy and formed a friendship between the two countries that has shaped our lives more than most people will ever truly realize.Whether or not they officially broach...Read More
The problem with government is it elevates people to positions of power over their fellow citizens. And all too often, these people take advantage of their status.You Get The Prosecutors You Pay ForWhen you’re in power, the rules don’t really apply to you. I mean, sure, officially you still have to follow the law. But what happens when a politician is in a position to change the rules?...Read More
The problem with government is it elevates people to positions of power over their fellow citizens. And all too often, these people take advantage of their status.You Get The Prosecutors You Pay ForWhen you’re in power, the rules don’t really apply to you. I mean, sure, officially you still have to follow the law. But what happens when a politician is in a position to change the rules?...Read More
It's no secret that renewable energy has been a growing field for many years. Over the past decade, solar energy generation has been getting all sorts of press.But at the same time, wind power has been quietly stealing market share from both traditional fuels like coal and natural gas and from solar as well. And it's poised to grow even faster in the coming decades.It makes you wonder if wind ener...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comEvery quarter the United States government publishes a list of individuals who have chosen to renounce their US citizenship.The latest list came out yesterday, and 1,376 people are on it.That might sound like a small number, but the total for 2017 is projected to be more than 20% higher than 2016... and 2016 was 26% higher than the total number from 2015.In fact the number of A...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comEvery quarter the United States government publishes a list of individuals who have chosen to renounce their US citizenship.The latest list came out yesterday, and 1,376 people are on it.That might sound like a small number, but the total for 2017 is projected to be more than 20% higher than 2016... and 2016 was 26% higher than the total number from 2015.In fact the number of A...Read More
The fight between hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries in the transportation space may be coming to an end.And not because one has finally won out over the other...In fact, if you were able to listen to Wealth Daily's latest podcast featuring Andy Marsh, CEO of fuel cell company Plug Power Inc., you already know where the industry could be headed in the next few years.I'll be spotlighting the...Read More
A few years ago, a friend told me one of the most gut-wrenching investment stories I've ever heard.Years ago, she'd gotten a temp job working a table at a computer convention.While checking out the various tables, she quickly found herself in a long conversation with a rep from one of the dozens of tech companies that were set up.He even offered to let her buy a few shares of the company right the...Read More
The media has got their narrative and they are sticking to it.It doesn’t matter that a shooter specifically targetted a Republican softball practice in June. It didn’t fit the narrative that the right is brewing hatred and violence. So most media was quiet about the Democrat Bernie supporter shooter.Senator Rand Paul was one of the members of Congress at that softball practice in June....Read More
The media has got their narrative and they are sticking to it.It doesn’t matter that a shooter specifically targetted a Republican softball practice in June. It didn’t fit the narrative that the right is brewing hatred and violence. So most media was quiet about the Democrat Bernie supporter shooter.Senator Rand Paul was one of the members of Congress at that softball practice in June....Read More
Valued at about $21 billion, it's one of the world's most valuable privately held companies.Early investors include Google, Fidelity, and Elon Musk himself.Make no mistake, SpaceX is one of the most exciting companies any of us will ever see in a lifetime, as it has invented and now operates reusable rockets.This is huge!In fact, Forbes says it has transformed America's economic future:Elon Musk a...Read More
Anytime someone in an elite or powerful position starts saying the population is too high we should get worried. You can bet it isn’t their friends and family that they are talking about overpopulating the Earth.Of course, they are talking about people whom they consider peasants. Definitely me, and probably you too. We are the ones crowding this little planet, and we are the ones whose carb...Read More
Anytime someone in an elite or powerful position starts saying the population is too high we should get worried. You can bet it isn’t their friends and family that they are talking about overpopulating the Earth.Of course, they are talking about people whom they consider peasants. Definitely me, and probably you too. We are the ones crowding this little planet, and we are the ones whose carb...Read More