Financial Sense Newshour Big Picture Archive

9/15/2012

Jim Puplava’s Big Picture: Big Ben, My New Best Friend

Also on the Big Picture: “The Train Has Left the Station; Are You Onboard?” and “Beating The Bank−Returns that beat cash and let you sleep at night”

Jim Puplava

Jim tackles three Big Picture topics this week. The first, "Big Ben, My New Best Friend" takes a look at the aggressive, open-ended QE announced this week by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Fed is clearly going "all in." In the next topic, "The train has left the station; are you onboard?" Jim discusses the actions by the Fed this year to jawbone the market and keep rates down. Now QE3 is here, and it appears it may be going global. In his third Big Picture topic, "Beating the Bank−Returns that beat cash and let you sleep at night," Jim advises structuring your assets like a bank, in not leaving large amounts of cash in CD’s or money market accounts that pay little or nothing. The banks have never been more profitable. Don’t become a victim of the bank by earning nothing on your money.

The Lifetime Income Series: Estate Planning–Beware Elder Abuse, How To Avoid It

Estate Tax rates going up 57% next year–Estate Tax Exemption Drops 80%

Roberta J Robinson

Jim welcomes two estate planning experts to the program this week. Attorney Roberta J. Robinson is a California Board Certified Specialist in Probate, Estate and Trust Law. Roberta discusses higher estate tax rates next year, and how to avoid them, lower estate tax exemptions, and the problem of elder abuse and ways to avoid it in the planning process. Deborah Gaff is Vice President at Fidelity Institutional. She discusses the advantages of a corporate trustee in terms of tax knowledge, avoiding sibling rivalries, protecting spendthrift children, protecting children in a divorce situation, and ways to avoid elder abuse by family members.

9/08/2012

Technician Alan Newman: Gold Is Ready To Launch

Also, Ryan Puplava with the Market Wrap-up and Rob Bernard with the Fixed Income Report

Alan Newman

Jim is pleased to welcome back technician Alan Newman this week. Alan believes that gold will likely take out its old highs, and his price target for gold is $2,500 oz. As to future Federal Reserve action, Alan sees QE3 coming, to be followed by QE4, QE5 etc. Also in this segment, Ryan Puplava looks back at this week in the markets, and Rob Bernard discusses the interest rate environment in the Fixed Income Report. Jim also will answer some of your Q-Calls this segment.

Jim Puplava’s Big Picture: Sixteen Trillion And Still Counting

Also on the Big Picture: “Big Ben Is At It Again−Why I’m So Bullish On Gold Stocks”

Jim Puplava

In this week’s Big Picture, Jim looks at our deteriorating fiscal situation and the potential of more QE from Ben Bernanke. In his first topic, "Sixteen Trillion and still counting" Jim explains why we are headed into the fiscal abyss unless we change course, and soon. In "Big Ben is at it again−why I’m so bullish on gold stocks," Jim looks at the potential for more QE from Ben Bernanke and the Fed, perhaps even open-ended QE, and how this will be bullish for gold and gold stocks.

The Lifetime Income Series: “The Seven Most Important Equations For Your Retirement”

Also on the Lifetime Income Series: A Case Study–“Flying Without A Plan”

Jim Puplava

In this week’s edition of the Lifetime Income Series, Jim discusses "the seven most important equations for your retirement" and how they will affect your planning decisions. He also lays out a case study, "Flying Without A Plan." Jim discusses how to deal with uncertainty and fear, and still develop a logical plan for retirement. Jim also answers more of your Q-Calls in this segment.

8/18/2012

Technician Tom McClellan: Stocks Should Rally Next Two Months and Top in November

Also, Jim’s Big Picture: “Fast and Furious,” Ryan Puplava with the Market Wrap-up and Jim with the Fixed Income Report

Tom McClellan

Jim is pleased to welcome famed technician Tom McClellan to the program this week. Tom sees the stock market bottoming in late August, then rallying strongly until November, when he expects it to top, no matter who wins the presidency. Tom also sees rising interest rates and a major bear market in bonds in the near future. In this week’s first Big Picture segment, "Fast and Furious," Jim discusses the chances of an explosive rally in the stock market this fall. Ryan Puplava also has this week’s Market Wrap-up, and Jim steps in for Rob with this week’s Fixed Income Report.

Jim Puplava’s Big Picture: Restoring Fiscal Sanity−The Two Choices We Face

Also on the Big Picture: On the Record−John interviews Jim

Jim Puplava

In this segment, Jim looks at "Restoring Fiscal Sanity" in reference to his recent interview with former US Comptroller General David Walker. Jim discusses the two choices we face, and the two possible paths forward. In the next topic, "On The Record," John interviews Jim on a variety of subjects, including retirement planning, the future of social security, dollar cost averaging, and Jim’s current views on Peak Oil. Jim also answers your Q-Calls in this segment.

The Lifetime Income Series: When To Make The Decision To Retire−A Case Study

Also, FSN Foreign Correspondent Erik Townsend on the new Cold War with China (part 2)

Jim Puplava

In this week’s edition of the Lifetime Income Series, Jim addresses the question of "when to make the decision to retire." Using the case study of Gary and Kathy Jones, Jim shows how the retirement decision can surface unexpectedly, and what factors should be considered in making a good decision. In the next segment, FSN’s foreign correspondent Erik Townsend finishes the two-part interview on the coming Cold War between the US and China. Jim also takes more of your Q-Calls in this segment of the Financial Sense Newshour.

8/11/2012

Bert Dohmen: Coming Up−The Buying Opportunity of a Lifetime in Gold

Also, Ryan Puplava with this week’s Market Wrap-up and Rob Bernard with the Fixed Income Report

Bert Dohmen

Jim is pleased to welcome back Bert Dohmen from Dohmen Capital and The Wellington Letter this week. Bert believes that we are coming up on a tremendous buying opportunity in the gold market as he sees much higher prices longer term. He also believes the general market is very difficult to short, as the risk-on, risk-off trades, and increased volatility make shorting very difficult. Ryan Puplava checks in with the week’s Market Wrap-up, Rob Bernard discusses bonds and interest rates in the Fixed Income Report and Jim will take your q-calls this segment.

Jim’s Big Picture: QE Risk-On and Sector Rotation

Also on the Big Picture: Peak Oil−A day of reckoning postponed

Jim Puplava

In this week’s first Big Picture segment, Jim looks at "QE Risk-On and Sector Rotation." As the economy continues to weaken and unemployment rises, this may leave the Federal Reserve, and more QE, as the only game in town. In his second Big Picture segment "Peak Oil−A day of reckoning postponed," Jim looks at recent energy research on unconventional oil production, and how it may have bought the globe another 10 years after the peak in conventional oil in 2005.