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The Wide World of Investing: Kung Fu Girl Interviews Rick Rule

December 14, 2012
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“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport… the thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat… the human drama of athletic competition… This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports!” So began the intro to a famous ABC show during my childhood years, ABC’s Wide World of Sports. It was broadcast on [...]

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Rick Rule: How to Interview Mining Companies

December 6, 2012
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Back by popular demand, here is Rick Rule on how to interview mining company managements. Even if you are not in the junior mining company space, I bet you will find a lot of wisdom packed into his 35 minute talk (I know I did!). Rick is an amazing investor and resource speculator, and he [...]

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Is There a “Secret” to Building Wealth?

December 4, 2012
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Ask me that before this past weekend and I would have adamantly stomped my foot down and said, “don’t be ridiculous, of COURSE NOT! What on earth have you been smoking?” You know that I believe 100% of most so-called “secrets” involve nothing more than hard work and perseverance, followed by more hard work and [...]

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Price vs. Value: The Art of Investing

November 29, 2012
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“So sorry I am late, Dorian. I went to look after a piece of old brocade in Wardour Street and had to bargain for hours for it. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 4 Ahhhh yes, the age-old question…how on [...]

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Rick Rule: Bear Markets Are Best

November 22, 2012
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Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the U.S., and a happy thankful Thursday to my dear international readers! I hope you have a wonderful holiday (or day) filled with gratitude and love. I have a little gift for you as my way of saying thanks for being such a loyal reader and awesome part [...]

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SF Hard Assets Conference: Day 1 Recap

November 20, 2012
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It was just under a year ago when I wrote my very first report on the SF Hard Assets Conference, and I must admit I’m feeling a little nostalgic! I love the San Francisco Hard Assets conference. As you know, I frequent a lot of investing conferences each year — in the past 12 months [...]

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Are You a Stock Market Sucker?

November 15, 2012
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If so, fear not….you are certainly not alone! I was, too, (and still am in some ways!) When you first signed up for Kung Fu Finance, I promised you I would do my very best to show you what I’ve learned along my investing journey and show you how the “smart money” thinks and invests [...]

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Your Money Inspiration

November 8, 2012
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For a site with the promise and tagline of “Master your mind, master your money”, I cannot believe I have not yet talked about the most important aspect of mastering your mind and money! I’ve talked of course about other important aspects of mastering your mind…harnessing the power of focus, overcoming adversity, the importance of [...]

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Kung Fu Girl Interviewed by Wall Street for Main Street

November 2, 2012
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Happy Friday! I am in Mexico for a weekend seminar before returning home to California next Tuesday. (I was supposed to continue on to Argentina to visit Doug Casey and the rest of the Casey crew and speak at their mini-investment conferences next week, but unfortunately had to cancel that portion of my trip due [...]

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Kung Fu Girl Interviews Rick Rule

October 17, 2012
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Continuing my interviews from the recent Casey Summit, with big thanks again to the awesome Casey Research team, I had the great honor to sit down and talk with one of the (if not THE) best investors I have ever met (although he might consider himself more of a speculator).  Rick Rule is Chairman of [...]

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When Owning Gold Made You a Target for Execution

October 3, 2012
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Greetings! What a tremendous response to Martin’s article on his personal experience living through hyperinflation on Friday. I am so glad so many of you have “emptied your cup” and are willing to entertain the possibility of that happening here in the U.S…..heck, many of you think it’s only a matter of time, thanks to Bernanke [...]

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QnA Friday: Kenny Rogers and Your Money, How to Become Accredited, Wealth Transfers

September 21, 2012
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Last week I got some great questions on trailing stops and investment theses, and I promised to share with you what Kenny Rogers has to do with your investing: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, know when to run. You never count your [...]

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G. Edward Griffin: The Fed is a…Success?

September 19, 2012
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If you’ve been reading Kung Fu Finance for a while, you know I consider G. Edward Griffin’s book, The Creature From Jekyll Island, to be a game changer for my personal financial education, calling it literally, “The Book That Changed My Life“. It was his book that first opened my eyes to the fact that [...]

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QE3 to Infinity and Beyond…

September 15, 2012
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Wow. Helicopter Ben has done it again, unleashing another round of “quantitative easing” (e.g. “money-printing”) onto our economy, promising to drop $40 billion each and every month into the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, and promising to stop dropping said $40 billion…well, never. That’s right, he’s promised to continue spending $40 billion each month indefinitely, until employment [...]

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Your Three-Minute Investment Thesis

September 11, 2012
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Yesterday I returned from the amazing Casey Conference in beautiful Carlsbad, CA. Once again the speakers were phenomenal…and this time I even got to interview a few of them and pick their brains on what it really takes to make money on your investments! I will of course share those with you as soon as [...]

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QnA Friday: Gold, Investor Psychology, When to Sell, Fear

August 31, 2012
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Happy long weekend grasshopper! I’ll make my intro short and sweet for once, as here in the U.S. we are embarking on a three-day holiday weekend and I don’t want to come between you and your BBQ fun! Let’s jump right in… First, Maile asks, Last week (July 23 – 27), I purchased more gold [...]

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Live from SF, It’s Saturday Night!

August 25, 2012
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Wow, what a week! If you are wondering why this week’s QnA is coming to you on Saturday, rather than the usual Friday…it’s because I had a week like this one: (This. Week. Is. Insane.) But happily in a really, really good way! It’s transition week here at Kung Fu Finance central—the Kung Fu Kids [...]

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