An old man eats dinner alone at a restaurant and when it’s time to go, tells the owner that he’s accidentally forgotten his wallet back at the hotel. He promises he’ll be back with it and, as a sign of his intentions, leaves his violin as collateral. I’m a traveling...
When we are young, we think a lot about the kinds of purchases we will someday make. We count our allowance and evaluate the value of each purchase over and over. Because money is scarce, we think more carefully about how we spend it, more carefully than most adults....
Financial experts and economists may talk in broad terms about the US real estate market, but there really is no such animal. Real estate markets abound all around the country and they’re very different in key ways that affect investing success. But the best markets...
Perhaps you are familiar with the story of The Three Little Pigs—no matter the version, the story remains largely the same. Three pigs leave their mother’s home in search of their own, the first constructing a house made of straw, the second a house made of sticks,...
Craig R. Smith is the Chairman of Swiss America, a national investment firm specializing in U.S. gold and silver coins. He is also the author of, “The Great Withdrawal: How the Progressives’ 100-Year Debasement of America and the Dollar Ends.” He...
