The Iconoclast Investor

A few weeks ago, I wrote about an out-of-the-box solution to part of our Social Security problem–that is, how to pay for so many benefits as our population ages and lives longer.
 
I received many great responses, but most of the critical ones centered around one idea, which is espoused by the following two emails:
 
“OK so [...]

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I recently had the opportunity to talk to one of ours editors who you don’t hear from regularly in Cabot Wealth Advisory, Thomas Garrity, editor of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential. Today I’ve got a Q&A to share with you about why Tom prefers to invest in small-caps, what he thinks the best investment strategy is now [...]

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It was just over one year ago that my wife Jeanne gave birth to our first child, Lila. No doubt last Christmas was wonderful, but I have to be honest and say I remember very little of it as we struggled to immediately adjust to this extra person. Our lives had consisted of slow rising [...]

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Ever since the story broke last week that Bernard Madoff had lost perhaps $50 billion of investments entrusted to him by friends, hedge funds, charities, etc., I’ve been looking for the answers to a few questions.
When and how did it first go wrong? Was there one leveraged investment that went bad back before 1999, [...]

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It’s been a tough year for investors, so today I have some New Year’s Resolutions to share with you.
*I will not invest in any growth stock if I can’t give a one-sentence summary of why I like it.
Hint: Hearing it mentioned online or on a TV show doesn’t count!
*I will not allow any stock [...]

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Back on December 11, I reprinted letters from readers that predicted two contrasting visions of the future.
The first, which claimed that democracies have finite lifecycles of 200 years, predicted that in the U.S. freedom is now waning, and that from apathy we will move to dependence on government and then to bondage.
The second offered a [...]

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This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going to re-print [...]

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This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going to re-print [...]

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Looking for more on stock and investing? Look no further than this week’s Festival of Stocks, where we are featured alongside other great posts. Enjoy!
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This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going to re-print [...]

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