It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you’re doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.

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It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you’re doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.

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Over the long run, the price of gold approximates the total amount of money in circulation divided by the size of the gold stock. If the market price of gold moves a long way from this level, it may indicate a buying or selling opportunity.
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There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people.
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To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.
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It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after a while you make the connection between doing difficult things and the benefits you get from doing them, and you come to look forward to doing these difficult things.
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There are two main drivers of asset class returns – inflation and growth.
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Though how nature works is way beyond man’s ability to comprehend, I have found that observing how nature works offers innumerable lessons that can help us understand the realities that affect us.
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Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it’s a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.
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When you’re centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.
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There are far more good answers “out there” than there are in you.
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