A short summary of the basic steps to become a SMARTER, RICHER investor!Even ten years ago it was very difficult to become a futures, forex or options trader. Commodity futures charting programs didn’t exist. Us “old timers” had to wait for our charting subscription service to send updated charts that ... Read more (455 words)

When you go to a gas station, fill up, and buy that lottery ticket do you really think you are going to win? The odds of winning the California Super Lotto Jackpot are 1 in 18 million. If one person purchases 50 Lotto tickets each week, they will win the ... Read more (529 words)

Foreign exchange is the largest, most dynamic market in the world. About $1.88 trillion worth of currency is traded daily in a market that literally doesn't sleep. Centered in Tokyo, London and New York, traders deal seamlessly across borders and time-zones, even in multiples of $1 billon, in transactions that ... Read more (1089 words)

I get Kurt Vonnegut!He was once asked by an aspiring author what it took to succeed. Without blinking the famous writer bluntly remarked, "Stop writing crap!" I too am blunt and to the point when I review books. But, that sort of dedication to professionalism can wither relationships with friends ... Read more (1339 words)

A very strange Ponzi scheme is evolving in the United States regarding a small, instable currency called the (New) Iraqi Dinar. Fraudulent businesses dealing in the currency have popped up on the internet operating in a way analogous to the Bucket Shops that helped precipitate the 1929 stock market collapse ... Read more (1388 words)

The second step you have to take to get yourself moving forward financially is to learn to monitor your finances. Computers can really help us today if we let them. Put all of your bills on auto pay and scrutinize everything monthly looking for wasted expenditures. If you have a ... Read more (414 words)

This step is really important and most people just don't get it. Listen carefully -- you have to deferred, avoid, and reduce capital gains taxes to the bare minimum! Well, how do I do that you ask? The best thing to do of course is to completely avoid capital gains ... Read more (584 words)

I am widely recognized as a leading expert in the stock market and especially at teaching you how to become your neighbor's millionaire next door. I didn't start out as knowledgeable and skilled as I am now. I started out knowing nearly nothing. I was so inexperienced in my early ... Read more (518 words)

I was watching Oprah the other night. She was covering the reality of the crappy lie called the American Dream that says just work hard and everything will be Peachey keen in the land of the free and the home of the brave. She pointed out that 1% of the ... Read more (579 words)

Back in 1998 I wrote an article warning people that the stock market was extremely overpriced. I was seeing obvious signs of idiocy in the stock market. The first big sign was a rampant hype of how great the big stock opportunity was in the popular press. I was seeing ... Read more (648 words)