Friday, February 25, 2011

Guaranteed Investment?

I just wrote an article for my dad's magazine on an investment that you can buy for 25% less than its value. Its guaranteed NEVER to go below what you paid for it and if it follows similar investments of the past decade will be worth 10 to 20 times what you paid. CURIOUS?!?

check my math please.

Say I put 20% down on a $500,000 home in Atlanta January 1, 2006. Atlanta homes have DROPPED 5% a year for the last 5 years. Most of my monthly payments for the first 7 to 10
years go towards interest and not principle of the loan. So 5% of $500,000 equals 25% of my
$100,000 down payment. Is the equity in my home now at $23,730? Have I lost over $75 k
in owning a home in last 5 years in NOTlanta?
PS> I rent. ;) Another 5 years down on its way.

Fade the Journal

Tuesday's Wall Street Journal says the US treasury bond market is ready to go back up. meaning lower interest rates. That means to me its time to double down on my TBT or RRPIX. An ETF and Fund which go up when bonds go DOWN. How can interest NOT go up when we have so much debt as far as the eye can see?

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Dollar Top 2

Just posted a new chart analysis on website. A different way to have sold the US dollar in the
middle of January. www.staffordtrading.com

Monday, February 21, 2011

PPI

It was released last week that Wholesale prices increased 0.8% in January. This is almost a 10% annualized rate. "Crude" goods prices rose at a staggering 39% annualized rate. Can you imagine paying close to 40% more next for clothes, furniture, TVs etc ? It might happen. Protect your wealth.

Crop Prices


Where's inflation? Lame Stream media denies inflation is coming. It's here. Look at this chart. Expect prices in the grocery to increase 6 to 9 months after prices on the farm go up. Expect to pay much more at the grocery come March or April.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Inflation

People say there is no inflation.
Yet, this came out yesterday.
CRB Foodstuff index is up 40% in a year.
CRB (total) index is up 24% in a year.
Inflation is here. NoW

Talking heads

All the talking head (aches) on CNBC saying Dow 14000. Crash is imminent.
thoughts?

Friday, February 4, 2011

Dollar Chart

Posted a great new chart analysis on my website at
http://www.staffordtrading.com/home.htm
Will the dollar break below the November, 2010 lows?