By Robert Ross, Hard Assets Alliance Senior Analyst Grant Williams, chief investment strategist for Mauldin Economics’ Bull’s Eye Investor, recently published a piece in his weekly newsletter Things That Make You Go Hmmm… that I thought loyal Hard Assets Alliance readers would find very interesting. At its core, the article gives a different take on ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Political season in Chile, 8th wonder of the world award, La Serena v. Viña del Mar, letters Radio Show Description Segment 1: Chile a great place to go, brief overview, Torres del Paine National park wins 8th wonder of the world award. Segment 2: Consulting and residency services, slang words ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Consulting services, FO update, Chilean presidential debate, news, 6.4 earthquake Radio Show Description Segment 1: Intro to consulting services, update on Freedom Orchard, Galt’s Gulch Chile event, Evangelical and all saints day holidays, Putin now most powerful man on earth, radiation, NSA, unemployment under 7% all over Chile. Fred Duff ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Update on happenings in Chile: Freedom Orchard Curacaví and Santa Cruz, Chile news Radio Show Description Segment 1: Election time in Chile 17 Nov and runoff 15 Dec, comments about the race and how permanent residents (foreigners) can vote. Segment 2: Theory of selling votes and passports, ad for apartment in Iquique and Cabaña in ... Read More
With the S&P 500 in uncharted territory, mainstream financial media outlets have been busy cherry picking economic statistics to explain away the market’s puzzling historic ascent. Like preceding surges, the rally’s latest chapter is disconnected from the real economy’s fundamentals. Instead, what we are witnessing is the direct result of an unprecedented expansion of ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Chile news and events, some more slang, and social customs for dress. Radio Show Description Segment 1: Big news: Chile qualifies for the World Cup (important in Chile), Obamacare exemption poss.. Segment 2: Populism of presidential candidates Matthei (tougher child support rules) and Parisi (private social security usage for a home down ... Read More
By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst Lately, it seems as though a week doesn’t go by in which a major financial institution isn’t entangled in accusations of fraud, market manipulation, or some other unscrupulous behavior. Last summer, it was the Libor price-fixing scandal that captured headlines. Proving that the incident was far from an ... Read More
By Ed D’Agostino, General Manager, Hard Assets Alliance I take a long view of precious metals investing and find little meaning in the day-to-day fluctuations in the market. Major corrections—like those we’ve endured this year—are a different story. They clearly have an impact, leaving investors either anxious about their portfolios or excited about the new ... Read More
Does your business serve the expat community? Do you have a company in or that serves Chile? If so, then we invite you to add your business to the new AllAboutChile.com directory, the Chile Pages! Simply register on AllAboutChile.com and set up your listing. It’ll be posted in the Chile Pages immediately and on our ... Read More
Across the globe, fiat currencies are being printed with wild abandonment as debt-addicted governments try to inflate their economies out of the ongoing crisis. In the United States, the Federal Reserve has tried it all, employing numerous asset-purchasing programs that have yet to spur any sort of meaningful recovery in the “real” economy. As ... Read More
