Archive for September, 2012
CONSIDER INVESTING IN REITS THROUGH A TRADITIONAL REIT INDEX FUND
Morningstar recommends:
Vanguard REIT Index ETF (VNQ)
Morningstar also recommends holding REITs in a tax deferred account, such as a 401k, because their dividends are taxed as regular income.
James Grant Transcript 09-28-12 #914
WEALTHTRACK Transcript #914- 9/28/12 CONSUELO MACK: This week on WEALTHTRACK, financial historian and thought leader, James Grant, attacks the Fed’s policies of zero interest rates and massive purchases of treasury and mortgage bonds as dangerous to the economy and damaging to savers. Grant’s Interest Rate Observer’s James Grant is next on Consuelo Mack WEALTHTRACK. Hello and welcome to this edition of WEALTHTRACK. I’m Consuelo Mack. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been widely credited with playing a key role in saving the global financial system from spiraling into a deeper recession. As a recent Financial Times headline read,
James Grant: The Federal Reserve’s Most Outspoken Critic
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been widely credited with playing a key role in saving the global financial system from spiraling into a deeper recession. As a recent Financial Times headline read, “Central Bank Action Lifts Gloom”; “Bold Fed and ECB Moves Cheer Investors- Confidence Increases in U.S. and Europe.” There is no question that the Fed and to a lesser degree the ECB, the European Central Bank, are pulling out all stops to boost economic growth, investor confidence, and stock returns, going far beyond what their critics maintain is their proper role. As this week’s guest, financial journalist and historian James Grant told me, “Central bankers have morphed into central planners.” Continue Reading »
CONSIDER OWNING SOME SCARCE RESOURCES IN YOUR PORTFOLIO
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
Global Timber & Forestry Index (WOOD)
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