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Kung Fu Girl Interviews Dr. Lacy Hunt: Bond Expert and Former Fed Economist

October 12, 2012
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Happy Friday! At the recent Casey Summit in Carlsbad, CA, I had the great pleasure to interview Dr. Lacy Hunt, internationally-known economist, executive vice president of Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCO), senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (yes, that Federal Reserve…), and well-known financial author and speaker. (HIMCO is a registered investment advisor [...]

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Adventures in Income…Peer-to-Peer Investing

August 22, 2012
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Hello dear grasshopper! Wouldn’t it be nice if someone were to just reach their arm right out of your computer and drop a nice bag of gold coins on your lap? And nicer yet if they did so on a monthly basis, each and every month handing you more and more bits of silver or [...]

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This. Week. Is. Insane.

June 13, 2012
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Both for me personally, and for our global economy (although lately the economy seems consistently insane, so perhaps “insane” is the “new normal”…?). Today, probably due to my own personal insanity this week, which I will explain in a moment, I feel driven to present you with 10 reasons why I believe the entire world [...]

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KFG on How to Get to the Other Side

May 18, 2012
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The Casey Conference was amazing, and if you haven’t already I highly recommend you getting the audio CD’s and giving these experts a listen (that is not an affiliate link—I don’t make any money by recommending this to you, but it was really, really informative and you won’t be sorry!). For the past week or so [...]

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Casey Conference: Michael Lewitt on the End of Europe

May 4, 2012
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Whenever I think of Europe, one of the first images that comes to mind is the hilarious scene from National Lampoon’s European Vacation (you know the one, where Chevy Chase helplessly drives around and around the famous London traffic circle, unable to exit, endlessly exclaiming to the kids, “Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament! Look kids! [...]

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Smart Money, Yield Curves and Viagra…?

March 28, 2012
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(Wow, the spam filters are going to have a field day with this one!) We left off on our juicy interest rate discussion (c’mon…you know you love to read about scintillating, fascinating, yummy-delicious interest rates…gets the blood pumping!) with some bond basics: yield, price, and coupon value, and why 10-year notes are the “new” benchmark [...]

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The Most Interesting Investors In the World Watch THIS

March 26, 2012
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On Friday I began discussing some key interest rates with you but barely scratched the surface. To be honest, I was writing you from the gorgeous La Estancia de Cafayate Golf Clubhouse and enjoying multiple welcome interruptions and conversations from new friends (and multiple glasses of the delicious local Torrontes wine), making it somewhat difficult [...]

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Guest Post: Your Kung Fu Emergency Plan

March 7, 2012
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For the past four days the power has been out at Kung Fu Grandma’s house in Northern Michigan. A winter storm knocked down some critical power lines, and temperatures have been 0 degrees for four days in a row, causing much hardship and stress among all of our neighbors. Our house (my childhood home) uses [...]

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