I’ve mentioned Hetty Green countless times over the years. Most contemporary investors know her as the richest woman in America, or as an early practitioner of value investing. Many investors also remember Green for what she bought. The more interesting story is how she positioned herself before she bought it. Green spent much of her […]
Contrarian Investments
Has a Uranium Bull Market Begun?
Over the past year, there has been a divergence in the energy market: spot uranium advanced 12% while oil, natural gas, and coal all fell anywhere from 30-70%. The reason? For the first time in history, uranium has slipped into a persistent and widening deficit. Some say uranium has reached a pivotal inflection point that […]
Forget Day-Trading – THIS Is How to Make Money Investing
I am not much for market watching. Over the years, I have learned that watching the minute-to-minute and day-to-day gyrations of the stock market is a colossal waste of my time. Attempting to execute short-term trades to squeeze profits from the psychological soup in the intraday stock market is usually a fool’s errand. I know […]
Buy This Stock While We Wait for the Inevitable Correction
The markets are showing some signs of rolling over into a big move downward, but not soon. The tug-of-war between what the Federal Reserve says and what the market hopes the Fed will do continues to be front and center for equity prices. In other words, nothing much has changed since we last spoke. But […]
It’s Hard to Be a Contrarian Investor, Here Are Some Tips to Make it A Little Easier
“The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.”-Baron Rothschild Many years ago, I heard this statement: “Life is hard; however, once you understand that, it gets a little easier.” Out of your life’s many pursuits, this statement applies especially to investing your money. Most investment decisions are emotion-driven. You have heard that […]








