At some point in the possibly near future, the rest of the world is going to look at the American dollar and say, “To heck with this”, and presto, we will no longer be the reserve currency of the world. It’s going to go one of two ways. The first choice is the dollar...
It’s scary out there for investors today, especially if you have much of your portfolio in stocks. Let’s go to the headlines and find the latest scandal. Scanning…scanning…ah, that didn’t take long. Here’s one. Bailed out insurance sideshow AIG pays $165 million in...
Why doesn’t Empowered Investor Network recommend gold to its clients? Granted, gold is probably a much better place to be than the stock market but there are still distinct advantages that income property investing has over it. Jason recently said that he thought gold...
In 1929 the Dow Jones average stood at 329. In 2007 it went over 13,000. Great news for stock investors, and proof that investing over time works, right? Actually, it was sort of a hollow achievement and here’s why. The 1929 value of the Dow was equal to about...
Fiat currency is a phrase you hear Jason or his guests mention on podcasts every once in a while but what exactly is it? Fiat comes from the Latin “Let it be done.” In this case, it refers to a government or authority declaring that the paper currency of the nation is...
