Posts by Andrew Gordon
The Crossover Rules of Investing
Gold is down. So are bond yields. The stock market is tepid, and real estate is going strong … too strong, according to some observers. Hedge funds are having a bad year. Google is having a great year. Oil prices are up. So are natural gas and coal prices. The auto and airline industries are…
Read MoreThe Holy Grail Revealed
The pretenders have been outed. It’s time for the Holy Grail of Investing to show itself. In past ETR messages, I’ve talked to you about bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and dividend-paying stocks. They all have their pluses. But in the end, they’ve come up short… sabotaged by a limited upside and (given such a small…
Read MoreMillion Dollar Babies
If you have an IRA (individual retirement account), you can make $30,000 to $300,000 more over 20 years and $150,000 to $2 million more over 30 years, depending on your annual return rates. And that’s without investing an extra cent … or putting in extra work … or taking on additional risk Why, then, doesn’t…
Read MoreThe Stocks That Show You the Money
Our continuing search for the “holy grail” of investing brings us face-to-face with dividend-paying stocks. I first ran into dividend-paying stocks quite unexpectedly, about a half-year ago, when I was informed by one of my mutual funds of a switch in strategy. Formerly a large-cap growth fund, it was now promising “income plus growth.” “Income…
Read MoreThe Role of Bonds in Your Portfolio
If our search for the “holy grail” of investing were only about safety and simplicity, bonds would win hands down. Bonds are basically IOUs. Let’s say you purchase a 5-year bond for $10,000, its face value. The bond pays you a dividend of maybe 4% a year. At the end of the five years, you…
Read MoreTo Discover Cutting-Edge Trends, Look for Signs of Unusual Activity
When you are taking a look at your competitors this year — and you should be doing this at least once a year — keep an eye out for signs of unusual activity. New marketing and product trends begin with little eruptions here and there. They are seldom widespread — and they almost never begin…
Read MoreHow ETR Can Make You Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Dear Andrew, First, pay attention to the messages you get during the first two weeks of service. Those are “evergreen” issues of ETR that focus on core ideas that we come back to again and again. Any one of those ideas can change your life if you follow the suggestions with purpose and tenacity.…
Read MoreInsider Report: Starting With a Big Bang
“I really want this first advisory to be a sure-bet homerun,” I told Michael Masterson. “And I want your 99th recommendation to be better than your first one,” Michael shot back. “But I know what you mean. It’s natural to want your first pick to be special.” We were talking about The Wealth Advantage, my…
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