The AIA Advocate Newsletter
From: The Research and Editorial Staff of
The Association for Investor Awareness, Inc.
The AIA “Advocate For Absolute Returns”, a publication of The Association for Investor Awareness, tracks market trends, industry news, the SEC, global trade and finance and Washington developments for you because they affect your investments. But who doesn’t? Many sources report these issues as abstract facts.
We feel that’s not enough…
The AIA Advocate’s job is to warn you of what’s important and how these developments translate to ground-level forces and threats that directly affect your wealth as well as your current investment opportunities. Not just information, but information you can use.
Wednesday’s GDP Report Was A Flop… Really
Between the Lines by Gary D. Halbert If you listened to the mainstream media, you would think that yesterday’s big report on Gross Domestic Product was much better than was expected. I’ll explain how this twisted thinking was almost believable. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its “advance” estimate…
Should You Trust Your Instincts on Gold?
By Dennis Miller Recent events in San Francisco and at La Guardia Airport made me recall a terrifying experience years ago. It was my last flight of the year, and I was headed home for Christmas. The plane was speeding down the runway to take off, when the pilot suddenly…
World Economic Growth Forecast Down Once Again
Between the Lines by Gary D. Halbert The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for world economic growth for a third time this year due to slowing emerging markets, the prolonged recession in the Eurozone and weaker forecasts for US economic growth in the second half of this year. In…
Should You Borrow Money to Make Investments?
By Dennis Miller It’s high time investors heed the yellow caution flags waving in front of their margin accounts. Much like the NASCAR driver who pumps his brakes to avoid disaster when he sees the caution flag, it’s time for us to slow down. My friend and colleague Ed Steer,…
Could GOP Retake the Senate in 2014? No… Maybe
Between the Lines by Gary D. Halbert I usually refrain from writing about purely political issues in the blog, except when the issue is equally interesting to both political parties. Today’s topic clearly falls into that category. If you listen to the mainstream media, the Republicans have been banished to…
Timing the Bottom
By Louis James, Chief Metals & Mining Investment Strategist An interesting thing about the uptick in gold prices over the last couple days is the number of people asking me if I think gold has bottomed. This is somewhat amusing, since we all know that no one can time a…