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  1. Oil Pulling Back, Gold for the Long Haul • June 24, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m in Baltimore today, working in the engine room of the Agora Financial mother ship. We’re having editorial meetings, in which we review what we’re doing in our newsletters and other products we offer. When you boil it all down, the whole effort is about helping readers like [...]

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  2. Discussing Offshore Development and Energy Issues • June 18, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: Despite fierce thunderstorms, tornadoes and flash floods in Pittsburgh, I’m hard at work on the August issue of Outstanding Investments. Yes, it’s tough work, dodging the local weather Armageddon. Climate change has literally been knocking at my front door. Is it part of the well-publicized negative influence of [...]

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  3. From the Front Lines of the Search for Petroleum • June 11, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m in Denver this week, attending the annual convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). I’ve been a member of AAPG for 30 years, so it’s nice to spend time here. I’m attending the presentations, touring the exhibit hall and taking the pulse of many energy [...]

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  4. Why Are They Laughing in Beijing? And What Should We Do About It? • June 2, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had ’em laughing in the aisles in Beijing the other day. I’ll address that in a moment, but first, I hope you’ve seen the new July issue of Outstanding Investments. It hit the wires earlier today. Go North, to Norway — for a Great [...]

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  5. Back to the Inflationary Future • June 1, 2009

    Download PDF Were you around during the 1970s? I was. And I remember the inflation. The massive government spending from the 1960s — for the Vietnam War and Great Society programs — roared back into the U.S. economy with a vengeance. Early in the 1970s, I learned the hard way the definition of inflation. Too many [...]

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