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Live From Vegas: Why I am Still a Gold Bull

July 13, 2012
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My brain is fried (and possibly my liver, too, thanks to a rousing and fun dinner last night with some fellow Estancieros!) Doug Casey, Jeff Berwick, and about 26 other homeowners from La Estancia de Cafayate all went out for dinner together last night at a delicious Italian restaurant on the strip. It was great [...]

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The Sexy World of Private Equity…Capitalist Exploits! (Part 1)

May 30, 2012
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Over the long weekend I had the extreme good fortune to talk with two of my favorite people (and extremely savvy smart money investors) — Chris Tell and Mark Wallace from CapitalistExploits. Mark and Chris are the “real deal” — they are full-time sophisticated investors who travel the world looking for new deals (while living off the [...]

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QnA Friday: Reader Insights

March 30, 2012
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Hello Grasshopper, and Happy Friday! Thank you so much for reading and contributing to Kung Fu Finance. Today I’m going to do something a little different with our “QnA Friday”, because I really want to share with you some of the amazing and insightful comments I’ve received over the last two weeks because you took [...]

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History and Investing: Why I Am Still A Gold Bull

December 15, 2011
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Now that I’ve gone all “Eastern Philosophy-Tao-Zen” on you, I’d like to explain why I believe understanding history is so important to your investing success. As I said yesterday, history gives you all-important perspective, which will help you make much better investing decisions. But unfortunately, the history that you need to learn to help you become [...]

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Yin, Yang, and Your Investing Success

December 14, 2011
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I didn’t really begin to achieve success in investing until I started learning more about history. Or to state it a bit more emphatically, You will not achieve much investing success unless and until you brush up on your history. Why is this so important? Because history gives you perspective, and perspective is crucial when [...]

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