You’ve Been Screwed. What Are You Going To Do About It? By Bill RobertsIf we take the time period from the end of WWII (that’s World War 2) to the present day, our money has “lost” about 99% of it’s value. The exact calculation is impossible to compute because technology has changed our standard
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12/05/2019
Today China backed down on their demand for extradition upon demand from Hong Kong to mainland China. On the surface it looks like Hong Kong won this one, but if you scratch the surface you will realize, as all the people of Hong Kong must realize, Their future sucks.China will keep pushing their
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09/04/2019
The Journey Begins It has been an uphill battle convincing my wife that we need a farm but the time has finally come for us to start looking.In a couple of weeks we will be going to Nashville to start our search.I see Nashville as the center of growth for our country for the foreseeable future. T
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08/26/2019
I’m sure you have heard about all the meat-substitutes currently being offered, such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger. They want to appeal to your sense of eating right and helping the planet.But the question is do they fulfill either of these objectives, or are they just capitalizing on fear
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08/20/2019
What is money? What is wealth? Can you keep yours?These are concepts that we think we understand, but when pushed for a definition, we have problems coming up with one.Money has several characteristics: Primarily it is a medium of exchange. It makes trading goods and services a whole lot easier t
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07/22/2019
Will it happen again, or should I say, “Will they do it again?”It worked out so well, so, of course they will do it again.What am I talking about? Just one of the greatest transfers of wealth in our history.And that is what the real estate crash of ’07-’08 was. When all was said and done million
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07/16/2019
What is “Real Estate”? Most people “Know” what Real Estate is. Don’t you?It is your home (probably) and the vacant lot next door.It is the shopping center on the corner of the two main roads near your home. And the gas station, too.And, of course, that ugly apartment house just down the street.Ev
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06/07/2019
Do You Believe In Real Estate? If you say that, “Yes, I believe I Real Estate,” then why do you have the majority of your “investments” in the stock market? Your retirement account(s) are held by trustees or custodians that can only invest in the equity markets (another name for Wall Street). It
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06/07/2019
Trump vs. China, Part IV by Bill Roberts, A proud American Do you think that the President just pushed us over the edge? That we are going “crash and burn?” Why else all the hysteria on the nightly news and the plunge in the stock market?But, the truth is that the Chinese Communist Party and the
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05/17/2019
Are You Scared? Is Poverty In Your Future? They say 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every day.I don’t think so.Maybe 10,000 are turning 65 every day, but they can’t retire.According to the major custodians of our retirement funds, most of us (about 90%) have $100,000 OR LESS to carry us through
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02/01/2019