With the stock market falling and the US debt in the trillions of dollars, where will it all end up? More importantly, where should you be focusing your money right now in order to preserve and build your wealth?

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Just turn on the TV to CNBC, MSN, or Bloomberg TV and you will find a range of financial pundits practically frothing at the mouth over gold…about why to avoid it.
I have noticed that over the past ten years that investors, commentators, bloggers and analysts who have missed the move in gold tend to be the loudest opponents about its investment merits. They almost seem angry about gold and silver and the people who own it. Personally, I think they are unconsciously pissed off that they completely missed the investment of the decade.

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All investors today need to think more like a citizen of the world and less like a citizen of America or Europe, or even China or Brazil.

The question I ask myself the most is: “Where is my money treated best in the world?”

And today, that answer is three places:

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The United States of Jimbabwe, Question – What do you get when you combine the worst economic policies of Japan from the 1990s and 2000s with the worst economic policies of President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe? You get The United States of Jimbabwe. You get the worst possible outcome for 100% of the middle class as [...]

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This article was originally published for RC Peck’s Fearless Wealth Newsletter in October 2008. It may be hard to believe, but you can make money in the current financial situation. Yeh, right! You’re kidding me. The bottom’s falling out! It’s true that we’re experiencing unprecedented times, and I admit that the situation is extremely stressful. [...]

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This article was originally published for RC Peck’s Fearless Wealth Newsletter in May 2008. I think you’ll agree that couples can have problems when it comes to talking about money, and that the four ‘problems’ we talked about in Part 1 of this article can interfere with that dream of happily ever after: 1) Unrealistic [...]

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This article was originally published for RC Peck’s Fearless Wealth Newsletter in April 2008. Money may not be the root of all evil, but it is the root of almost all arguments between couples—there are few issues that have more impact on life as a couple. When it comes to finances, you and your partner [...]

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This article was originally published for RC Peck’s Fearless Wealth Newsletter in March 2008. Are You Co-Pretending About Your Money? Follow me on this visual exercise to find out if you and your spouse or partner are afflicted by one of the most common mistakes couples make when it comes to money and finance. When [...]

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This article was originally published for RC Peck’s Fearless Wealth Newsletter in February 2008. Getting the Critter Brain Out Of the Picture We left Part 1 of this article after talking about the differences between the critter brain and the human brain, and how beliefs coded in the critter brain can raise havoc with your [...]

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The Critter Brain and the Human Brain Who’s Managing Your Money? This question is more important than you might think, because your brain was designed for survival and not for growing money. This can be a serious problem if you want to beat the S&P 500, or at least have your money grow at a [...]

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