Investments and the Stock Market

Video on “Maxims of Wall Street”

April 17, 2012

Here’s a new 4-minute video of my talking about my new book “The Maxims of Wall Street”:  http://www.moneyshow.com/video/video.asp?wid=8168&t=3&scode=027326  We’re making a special offer for those who want to buy additional copies for gifts:  You may $20 for the first copy and only $10 for each additional copy.  All copies will be autographed.  To take advantage [...]

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My Run-In With the SEC

October 24, 2011

Last Thursday I was at Utah State in Logan, where I delivered the luncheon address at the annual Partners in Business conference there.  It is the first time I’ve been invited to speak before a group of professional accountants.  Beautiful setting in the mountains. In the morning session, the chief accountant of the Securities & [...]

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Maxims of Wall Street — New Book Now Available!

June 27, 2011

AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING, ANNOUNCING AN HISTORIC FIRST… THE MAXIMS OF WALL STREET A Compilation of Financial Adages, Ancient Proverbs, and Worldly Wisdom By Mark Skousen “Bears Make Headlines, Bulls Make Money” Attention all investors, subscribers, stockbrokers and money managers! For nearly 30 years, I have been collecting all the old wise adages, [...]

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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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I Appear on the Nightly Business Report with Paul Kangas

August 24, 2009

MARK SKOUSEN, Editor of “Forecasts & Strategies.” Paul asks Mark if he has any predictions about the Dow. Mark also offers some new stock recommendations. Push play to watch the interview. (You need Flash installed to watch video.) Watch the Video.

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Investment Advice on Citigroup from Mark Skousen

August 24, 2009

“Citigroup (NYSE: C: 4.84, 0.14) used to be the world’s #1 bank; it is now ranked #15 after the financial crisis,” points out long-standing investing and trading expert Mark Skousen. Despite the financial institution’s troubles, the advisor ranks the bank as a speculative buy in his premium Hedge Fund Trader service. Here’s his review on IStockAnalyst.

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Mark Skousen on CNBC About Ford Motor Co.

September 8, 2008

Mark Skousen appears on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo to talk about the efforts to turnaround Ford Motor Company. Video available through YouTube. Click here to watch the video.

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Bankrupt Millionaires

October 1, 2000

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies October 2000 Bankrupt Millionaires by Mark Skousen “In the midst of the biggest economic boom ever, millionaires are going bankrupt.” – Forbes (October 2, 2000) Last March, I reported the findings of Professor Thomas J. Stanley, author of The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind, that the rich are [...]

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What It Takes to Be an Objective Scholar

April 1, 2000

Economics on Trial IDEAS ON LIBERTY April 2000 What It Takes to Be an Objective Scholar by Mark Skousen “It was the facts that changed my mind.” -Julian Simon (1) During the 1990s we watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average increase fourfold and Nasdaq stocks tenfold. Yet there were well-known investment advisers-some of them my [...]

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What Are the Bears Missing?

January 31, 2000

Forecasts & Strategies Personal Snapshots January 2000 What Are the Bears Missing? By Mark Skousen “He has been wrong about the stock market for a decade, he said, because he is a contrarian.” — The New York Times, December 26, 1999 The 1990s has turned out to be the best-performing decade of the 20th century [...]

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