By Robert Ringer While pondering the continued existence of slavery and genocide throughout the world, I also thought about the current batch of scoundrels running for the highest office in the land. They all have at least one thing in common: They employ their favorite euphemisms (e.g., “change”) to hide their [...]
By Robert Ringer I rarely watch sports on TV anymore, and that includes March Madness. Somehow, I find it difficult to get excited about these young kids, especially knowing that a majority of them will not graduate from college. Heroes? Not so much. So, instead of watching college hoops like normal [...]
By Robert Ringer I had an eye-opening experience this past weekend. My wife and I were out and about late in the afternoon, and the question of dinner came up. She made a couple of suggestions, but neither of them made me salivate. (A bad sign, since that’s my normal condition [...]
By Robert Ringer (Today’s article concludes my series on gold versus paper money, the content of which has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.”) Finally, there is the argument that gold does not pay dividends or interest. But such an argument could only be made by an individual who does [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” Today, we continue with our examination of real money. Following is what I had to say about that subject in 1982.) In theory, paper money is fine, provided it is given only to [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” Today, we continue with our examination of real money. Following is what I had to say about that subject in 1982.) It is interesting to note that the government, in an attempt to [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” Today, we finally get to the most important kind of investment: Capital Guarantees. Following is what I had to say about that subject in 1982.) Capital Guarantees Contrary to what most people ─ [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” In the previous excerpt from that book, I examined an investment I referred to as a Capital Question Mark: real estate. Following is more of what I had to say at that time.) [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” In the previous excerpt from that book, I examined several alternatives for getting your capital out of paper money, including stocks [which I referred to as "Capital Crapshoots"] and two slightly less risky [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” So far, you’ve seen the case I made for getting out of paper money – and the reason most of your alternatives for trying to safeguard your capital are like black holes that [...]
By Robert Ringer (The content of this series of articles has been taken from my 1982 book “Civilization.” Part II covered what I said in my book about banks and savings and loans. Now, let’s take a look at what I said about some other Capital Black Holes-insurance companies, government and [...]