Investment Research with George Walper

George H. Walper, Jr. is the President of the Spectrem Group. He discusses the correlation between how investors describe their risk tolerance and how they actually make investment decisions. He also shares whether investors looking to get more aggressive given the...

It’s Been a Bad Week for Vladimir Putin

It’s not been the best of weeks for Russian President Vladimir Putin. First, he received a public snub from Barack Obama when the latter canceled a planned one-on-one meeting between the two world leaders at the upcoming G-20 summit in St. Petersburg. Each side rushed...

Tread Carefully Where Hard Money Lenders are Concerned

First, a definition. A hard money lender is one that makes short-term loans using the value of the real estate as collateral rather than the borrower’s ability to repay based on personal income or assets. Expect to pay a higher interest rate since these types of loans...

Bud Conrad: Income Property Investing and Geopolitics

Jason Hartman interviews Bud Conrad, Chief Economist of Casey Research, regarding the geopolitical focal points in our world, funneling these down to how it all affects the United States. Bud mentions the importance of looking at the big picture of what is happening...