In the current edition of the
Investment U Weekly Update, Investment Analyst and Host of
The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call Steve McDonald runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.)
This week, you'll find...
- Which Natural Gas Stock Is a Must
- A Big Surprise From Mutual Funds
- The "Slap in the Face" Award: An Expensive Umbrella
You can check it out
in this video.
| America's Last Hope for Freedom There's an event coming that is so big and so profitable that Forbes, Business Insider and The Wall Street Journal are predicting it will funnel trillions of dollars into the American economy...
And there may be a way for even the smallest investors to ride a massive wave of profits.
Discover exactly how to prepare yourself for the biggest undertaking in American history here. |
And in case you missed any of them, here are the other stories that we've featured in
Investment U this week...
A Proven Strategy to Build Immense Wealth Growing up with six siblings, I recall our marathon games of Monopoly with mixed feelings. Tensions ran high because our attitude was a bit like the Kennedys' - the difference between second place and last place was nothing at all.
Monopoly is a great game for many reasons. One is that it reflects personality traits so well.
Thinking back, most of my six siblings never got the game at all. They cautiously managed their cash and bought random properties. This allowed them to stay in the game for a long time but made ultimate victory rare.
As for me, I went for the kill...
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Goodbye to a Great Teacher You never forget the great teachers who affect your life.
My high school Business Law teacher, Mr. Kehoe, could have been a stand-up comedian. Yet despite the continuous laughter in his class, he somehow taught us the difference between assignment and assent.
In fact, I learned so much in his class that I barely had to crack open a book to get an A in the same subject in college...
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The Newest Hottest Oil Shale Play There's an old 1950s Texas saying that goes something like this: "A few oil wells makes ranching a fine business." But after the initial boom that ended in the 1970s, Texas oil seemed like it was heading in the direction of "all hat and no cattle."
Fast-forward to 2007...
The technology of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing opened up the potential of the Barnett Shale. With much of it underlying the city of Fort Worth, the Barnett has become a major source of natural gas.
If we're talking Texas oil, the Eagle Ford has been in all the headlines. But there's a new Texas oil shale field that few analysts are even aware of.
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The Fastest Growing Asset Last Year Looks Even Better How'd you like to own a stake in the fastest-growing asset class of the past year?
As home prices increase and default rates plunge, banks get all the headlines. The trend drove the
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) 18% higher from March 2012 through March 2013.
It's a good run... but it doesn't come close to the 55% surge by the fastest-growing asset of 2012.
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How to Invest For an Uncertain Financial Future In
a recent column, I laid out what I believe is the greatest threat facing financial markets today: the propensity of national governments to tax, spend and regulate too much. The unintended consequence is to suppress economic growth, discourage risk-taking by entrepreneurs and investors, and crowd out private borrowing.
How will this all end?
The truth is no one knows, although opinions abound. Some predict an inflationary spiral. Others call for a deflationary depression. Still others...
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