Forecasts & Strategies

Crazy Economist Defies Gravity and Generates Infinite Returns!

March 17, 2011

The Skousen Hedge Fund Trader (www.markskousen.com) may now hold the world’s record for best return in one day:  9,100%!  When Warren Buffett announced Monday morning that Berkshire Hathaway bought out chemical company Lubrizol (LZ) for $135 a share, our March $120 call options went from 15 cents to $13.80 almost immediately. If you annualize it, the calculator can’t [...]

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A Year of Miracles — 1776

August 2, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies August 2002 “The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.” — Tom Paine, Common Sense (1776) A Year of Miracles Like most Americans, I’ve always been fascinated by the events of 1776. It was a year of earth-shattering events that transformed forever the Western world. [...]

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The Origin of the 21-Gun Salute

July 4, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies July 2002 “Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anyone see what I see?” — George Washington, 1776 The 21-gun salute is considered the highest expression of honor and respect, given to recognize the presence or the passing of a great military hero or political leader. What is the origin [...]

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

April 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies April 2002 “I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.” —Hilaire Belloc I came across a very interesting book the other day called Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being (Princeton University Press, 2002), by Bruno [...]

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What’s the Big Idea, Mr. Skousen?

March 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies March 2002 “We live in a ‘knowledge economy’—either you gain new knowledge, or your business and your investments die!” — Peter Drucker, World’s #1 management guru Peter Drucker is right. Either you grow in knowledge and opportunity, or you and your business die. Either you correctly foresee the future, or [...]

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FEE Convention + Vegas Money Show = Big Payoff!

February 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies February 2002 “Skousen’s course on executive economics was ranked the #1 course we have ever had at the Learning Center.”— Wayne Fortun, president, Hutchinson Technology Included in this issue is a brochure for the first FEE National Convention, which is scheduled for May 3–5, directly before the Las Vegas Money [...]

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Here’s a Tax-Deductible Way to Honor an American Hero

December 1, 2001

December 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “A noble man cannot be lost in a crowd.” — Maori Saying I just returned from my 25th appearance at the New Orleans Investment Conference. I know hundreds of you have been to this classic “granddaddy “of seminars. There’s a reason why this investment conference [...]

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I Led Three Lives

November 1, 2001

November 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “It was a time for every man to stir.” — Thomas Paine Westchester County, New York, where I now reside, is full of American heroes. Two are buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery — Carnegie, the steel magnate (highlighted last month) and Samuel Gompers, the great [...]

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This Icon of Capitalism Had the Answers

October 1, 2001

October 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “The business career is a stern school of all the virtues. The business man pursues fortune.”— Andrew Carnegie After moving to New York last month to become the president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), I took the opportunity to pay my respects to [...]

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Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?

June 1, 2001

Forecasts & Strategies Personal Snapshots June 2001 By Mark Skousen Governments are generally reluctant to admit mistakes and to change mistaken policies until much harm has been done. -P.T. Bauer and B.S. Yamey In Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?, a popular book in Egypt, author Galan Amin raises a good question. Thousands of years ago, [...]

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