Investing is always about tomorrow. Every recommendation...every analysis...every newsletter editor tries to look ahead in order to take advantage of it...or protect himself from it.
Once again Mr. Bonner, you are correct! Forecasting is dangerous, especially when you’re better at it than the glorified data stenographers at Forbes, whose editorial model these days is one part clickbait, two parts Botox, and a light dusting of corporate antidepressants. But don’t let the pajama clad word-jockeys fool you, behind that Buzz-feed-meets-Bain Capital facade lies a mahogany paneled office right inside CIA headquarters in Langley, with a thermostat stuck permanently on “lukewarm compliance.” Every morning, right after their Starbucks caramel nonfat extra soul milk lattes, they gather in a huddle like caffeinated meerkats and read Bill’s missives out loud, except they call him Mr. Bonehead. Which I object to. Loudly. I remind them, every time, his name is “Brilliant Bill” thank you very much. And no Sirs, none of his insights are classified, unless you are a paid subscriber, 😂, and yes, they all pass mustard, unlike the soy-glazed economic clown slop you guys keep publishing about TikTok investors and vegan hedge funds.
The truth is, Forbes is no longer a magazine, it’s a financial hallucination, like if Reddit and the Harvard endowment had a baby and fed it nothing but influencer scams and ESG compliance manuals. Meanwhile, Bill’s down here in the trenches with ink on his fingers and blood in his crystal ball, making calls not because they’re safe, but because they’re true. He’s the last sane man yelling into a padded room while the Forbes squad chews on their focus-grouped crayons and accuses him of manipulating senior citizens, as if teaching your grandma to buy gold before the apocalypse is somehow more immoral than promoting NFTs backed by anxiety and kale.
Fully and totally agree. If standing with Bill Bonner makes me an accomplice to fiscal heresy, then go ahead and pour me another mug of that blasphemous brew, blacker than a DC fund manager’s soul and hot enough to burn through the mask of polite financial fiction.
Why thank you, I always aim to keep it short enough for the modern attention span, but just long enough to make the truth sting like a debt collector in a clown suit. I considered using a third sentence here, but it was assassinated in a back alley by an Oxford comma.
Oh, boy! That lady must be young. I've been with Bill & Buds since 2019 & have not looked back. Now inches from 80, my faith holds with progress annually!
Bill, your braver than me, I would have declined to speak with them. Your analysis on journalists is spot on. I had figured this out some decades ago as a 30 something CEO running a consumer products/manufacturing business. As to Forbes, they were not relevant over 20 years ago now... I'd rather pick up an Agora research piece or anything from Bonner Private Research then a Forbes magazine, as my time is valuable.
Almost all the newspapers and main stream media are ‘fake news’. They give you half truths which in my book is a lie. They are propaganda machines. In this age of the internet, there is mostly crap being published. You can’t trust anything. Sad way to get information and live. AP
Well, I am not a big fan of Bongo Bill and now take his daily columns with a grain of salt. But occasionally, he comes up with a gem, and this is one of them. I have no problem with Tom and Dan's advice although I don't receive much value from Bill's biased TDS analysis. When he decides to give a rational, coherent, somewhat unbiased analysis, he's worth reading. Unfortunately, that is not very often.
Always interesting to see how people like to use the label "biased views". Biased views always means the writer doesn't agree with the views - doesn't mean that the view is wrong - just doesn't believe - therefore, "biased". Almost the same as calling someone a "racist". So if one believes the TACO Clown (or Orange Beluga - take your pick) is a looney- tune and frankly a grifter is that a "biased view" too?
There is TDS and then there's TAS: Trump Adoration Syndrome.
People afflicted with this condition can never find within themselves the integrity to criticize their dear leader when he is so obviously about something.
That, of course, is true. Then there are people who are able to make a fair assessment of Trump's policies and criticize or support when called for... or even wait to see what the results might be if unsure.
Then there are those of us who believe Trump's a damned sight better, faults and all, than anything we've had since Reagan, or even Eisenhower (no saint, himself). Jeez Louise. Best always. PM
Oh, I bet you're giving yourself a big pat on the back for that one. You're probably saying: "Dag gummit, I'll show him what bias is all about and it's not TACO Clown or Orange Beluga...ha, ha!!" Bias is when one uses only the information that supports one's argument, often times seasoned with insults (as you so aptly have shown), and ignores any information that contradicts one's argument. Bongo Bill is an expert at this when it comes to Trump. Trump is a mixed bag with some good and some bad points. Bill only sees the bad. I see both. So, no, "biased views" does not mean the writer doesn't agree with the views.
Mr.Gallien, Your remark, "Trump is a mixed bag...," is too generous.
It omits that he is a documented liar, misogynist, convicted felon, tax cheat, philanderer, found guilty of assaulting a woman sexually, declared bankruptcy six times and responsible for more debt than any person in history, debt he's saddled for payment on US taxpayers for centuries
He still thinks tariffs are paid by the exporters, that Putin is trustworthy and that someone else's bombs (all gifts from US taxpayers) are killing civilians in Gaza.
This guy is stuck in the sixth grade where, mentally, he peaked out
Oh, don't forget he dodged the draft when his college deferment ran out. A doctor leasing space from his Dad, diagnosed him with bone spurs. Then 3 years later Trump said they disappeared. Bone spurs don't disappear - his Dad nor him wanted to serve their country on put his life in harm's way as he now does easily for the men/women of others. What a piece of work.
Really? That is your best response. How powerful! And you want people to think you are smart and have the answer! Beautiful! Just Beautiful! Now I know how you earned your moniker. LOL!
I didn't earn it, I took it. Your attempt at an intelligent response is beneath that of a third grader. Suck it up ole man, nobody is buying what you are selling. GO back in the corner and cry cry cry. Wha, Wha, wha........
Worthless, more are against the TACO Clown now than ever before. No country in the World including Israel trust him nor America even though he has been bought and paid for and completely under the thumb of the Zionist Lobby. Top that off with his delusional narcissism and America is crashing. You can make nasty remarks - all negative while adding nothing - since apparently that is your MO, but people are waking up to the reality. Sorry for you, Worthless. It is sad!
wha wha wha....what is sad is your constant narcissistic crying. Didn't you get your bowl of strawberry jello today? Your constant whining is annoying. Where are your facts that support more and more are against the TACO clown? Simply, you do not have any. Latest poll shows President Trump at 56%. Don't sound like it to me, you like to make shit up constantly to support your crying. Bet you don't even know the meaning or the source of the term TACO. Go cry in the corner ole man.
Bill, your commentary clearly explains that no one can clearly predict the future; something similar to weathermen. While I agree that gold is a safe haven during bad economic uncertainty; it is not something you can easily use for trade and services. So the suggestion should be as much diversity as possible; this will keep assets on hand to buy goods and services and hopefully one of them will be successful while others may not. The biggest question is what percentage should be in cash, stocks, rental property, gold, silver, etc.
Another sad example of how pervasive "fake news," for lack of a better term, has become. Add to that all the AI-enhanced and/or generated crap littering the vast interwebiverse, and it's a minefield for the mind. May Forbes descend into bankruptcy hell for disparaging Bill, our COO-COO! (Chief of Objectivity/CHIEF OF OBJECTIVITY!!!)
I remember back in early 2000s realestate prices kept climbing. infact I was in the market to buy a home and like so many other things I knew property prices, and mulitiple bids $100K or $200K above asking seemed disconnected and the long term trend and the understanding something had changed. This was not spare change people had lying around. So I started scratching my head whats going on? I ve come to know many people having grown up in Vancouver and I knew $450K $500K was above most peoples pay grade and yet there it was. Then one day speaking to a friend who worked in the financial industry comment's on the price of gold "its astonishing given its price"
I haven t looked, whats the price I asked, " its down a bit now, but its hovering around $400." What ! I replied, four-hundred! Yup he tells me. So, naturally as I thought back to the 80s and 90s I said thats a steal !
I could recall growing up what that bought me back in those days so I told my wonderful friend its time buy some gold my answer to our conversation. We were both looking to acquire a home to buy at the time of the manic frenzy, bids which were insane multiples, multiple offers on homes which had a long standing price trend in the prior decade ranging between $280-$325K for a detached home in great locations. The rest is history.
I am happy every day. It is because I only get my national information from newsletters like this. I have no idea what is going on in the mainstream. It would waste my time and make me less happy. Thank you Bill....
I just want to thank you for all of that "terrible" advice: buying gold, silver, platinum, dividend paying energy and shipping stocks, non-US dollar demoninating bonds (EMLC), etc. By the way...how come I never heard of that vitasurge??
If we're reading this Newsletter we probably have long since thrown Forbes in the trash can or lined our bird cage with it. Forbes is first and foremost a brand. In fact, its focus is similar to People magazine. Instead of offering "The Sexiest Man Alive" or "100 Most Beautiful People" it has a list of the 400 Wealthiest Americans or 30 Under 30. It's a tabloid and should be read like one...if ever read.
Forbes who?
In its heyday, Forbes was a coffee table token. Or maybe something idly to peruse while sitting in the waiting room of your dentist, pre-appointment.
Indeed…. It was the inadequacy of conventional, plain-vanilla publications like Forbes that opened opportunities for newsletters to gain traction.
Anymore, and like many other old line magazine names, Forbes is a fossil. An artifact of the lost past of the information world.
Once again Mr. Bonner, you are correct! Forecasting is dangerous, especially when you’re better at it than the glorified data stenographers at Forbes, whose editorial model these days is one part clickbait, two parts Botox, and a light dusting of corporate antidepressants. But don’t let the pajama clad word-jockeys fool you, behind that Buzz-feed-meets-Bain Capital facade lies a mahogany paneled office right inside CIA headquarters in Langley, with a thermostat stuck permanently on “lukewarm compliance.” Every morning, right after their Starbucks caramel nonfat extra soul milk lattes, they gather in a huddle like caffeinated meerkats and read Bill’s missives out loud, except they call him Mr. Bonehead. Which I object to. Loudly. I remind them, every time, his name is “Brilliant Bill” thank you very much. And no Sirs, none of his insights are classified, unless you are a paid subscriber, 😂, and yes, they all pass mustard, unlike the soy-glazed economic clown slop you guys keep publishing about TikTok investors and vegan hedge funds.
The truth is, Forbes is no longer a magazine, it’s a financial hallucination, like if Reddit and the Harvard endowment had a baby and fed it nothing but influencer scams and ESG compliance manuals. Meanwhile, Bill’s down here in the trenches with ink on his fingers and blood in his crystal ball, making calls not because they’re safe, but because they’re true. He’s the last sane man yelling into a padded room while the Forbes squad chews on their focus-grouped crayons and accuses him of manipulating senior citizens, as if teaching your grandma to buy gold before the apocalypse is somehow more immoral than promoting NFTs backed by anxiety and kale.
Fully and totally agree. If standing with Bill Bonner makes me an accomplice to fiscal heresy, then go ahead and pour me another mug of that blasphemous brew, blacker than a DC fund manager’s soul and hot enough to burn through the mask of polite financial fiction.
Whoooo!
I really like your writing. Very thoughtful. It could have been three sentences.
Why thank you, I always aim to keep it short enough for the modern attention span, but just long enough to make the truth sting like a debt collector in a clown suit. I considered using a third sentence here, but it was assassinated in a back alley by an Oxford comma.
Egypt: “Pass mustard.” Nice. So much more apt than passing muster.
Ohhhhhhhhhh!
“Pass mustard?”
Yeah, I passed mustard,right after three street dogs and a lecture to the colonel “bout his portfolio smelling” like granny’s socks in July!
Hickory dickory dock… portfolios flop like TikTok!
Here’s a napkin for the drip on your lip, no chili stains on the couch, ya dip!
🤩😂
Oh, boy! That lady must be young. I've been with Bill & Buds since 2019 & have not looked back. Now inches from 80, my faith holds with progress annually!
Ali
Over 25 years for me, I was reading the daily reconning
Bill, your braver than me, I would have declined to speak with them. Your analysis on journalists is spot on. I had figured this out some decades ago as a 30 something CEO running a consumer products/manufacturing business. As to Forbes, they were not relevant over 20 years ago now... I'd rather pick up an Agora research piece or anything from Bonner Private Research then a Forbes magazine, as my time is valuable.
Liberty:
Almost all the newspapers and main stream media are ‘fake news’. They give you half truths which in my book is a lie. They are propaganda machines. In this age of the internet, there is mostly crap being published. You can’t trust anything. Sad way to get information and live. AP
Well, I am not a big fan of Bongo Bill and now take his daily columns with a grain of salt. But occasionally, he comes up with a gem, and this is one of them. I have no problem with Tom and Dan's advice although I don't receive much value from Bill's biased TDS analysis. When he decides to give a rational, coherent, somewhat unbiased analysis, he's worth reading. Unfortunately, that is not very often.
Always interesting to see how people like to use the label "biased views". Biased views always means the writer doesn't agree with the views - doesn't mean that the view is wrong - just doesn't believe - therefore, "biased". Almost the same as calling someone a "racist". So if one believes the TACO Clown (or Orange Beluga - take your pick) is a looney- tune and frankly a grifter is that a "biased view" too?
There is TDS and then there's TAS: Trump Adoration Syndrome.
People afflicted with this condition can never find within themselves the integrity to criticize their dear leader when he is so obviously about something.
Sad!
Just noticed I left out the word “wrong”.
That, of course, is true. Then there are people who are able to make a fair assessment of Trump's policies and criticize or support when called for... or even wait to see what the results might be if unsure.
Then there are those of us who believe Trump's a damned sight better, faults and all, than anything we've had since Reagan, or even Eisenhower (no saint, himself). Jeez Louise. Best always. PM
Right there with you Paul
Oh, I bet you're giving yourself a big pat on the back for that one. You're probably saying: "Dag gummit, I'll show him what bias is all about and it's not TACO Clown or Orange Beluga...ha, ha!!" Bias is when one uses only the information that supports one's argument, often times seasoned with insults (as you so aptly have shown), and ignores any information that contradicts one's argument. Bongo Bill is an expert at this when it comes to Trump. Trump is a mixed bag with some good and some bad points. Bill only sees the bad. I see both. So, no, "biased views" does not mean the writer doesn't agree with the views.
Mr.Gallien, Your remark, "Trump is a mixed bag...," is too generous.
It omits that he is a documented liar, misogynist, convicted felon, tax cheat, philanderer, found guilty of assaulting a woman sexually, declared bankruptcy six times and responsible for more debt than any person in history, debt he's saddled for payment on US taxpayers for centuries
He still thinks tariffs are paid by the exporters, that Putin is trustworthy and that someone else's bombs (all gifts from US taxpayers) are killing civilians in Gaza.
This guy is stuck in the sixth grade where, mentally, he peaked out
Oh, don't forget he dodged the draft when his college deferment ran out. A doctor leasing space from his Dad, diagnosed him with bone spurs. Then 3 years later Trump said they disappeared. Bone spurs don't disappear - his Dad nor him wanted to serve their country on put his life in harm's way as he now does easily for the men/women of others. What a piece of work.
wha, wha, wha....... the view from the corner is always the same..whiner
Really? That is your best response. How powerful! And you want people to think you are smart and have the answer! Beautiful! Just Beautiful! Now I know how you earned your moniker. LOL!
I didn't earn it, I took it. Your attempt at an intelligent response is beneath that of a third grader. Suck it up ole man, nobody is buying what you are selling. GO back in the corner and cry cry cry. Wha, Wha, wha........
Worthless, more are against the TACO Clown now than ever before. No country in the World including Israel trust him nor America even though he has been bought and paid for and completely under the thumb of the Zionist Lobby. Top that off with his delusional narcissism and America is crashing. You can make nasty remarks - all negative while adding nothing - since apparently that is your MO, but people are waking up to the reality. Sorry for you, Worthless. It is sad!
wha wha wha....what is sad is your constant narcissistic crying. Didn't you get your bowl of strawberry jello today? Your constant whining is annoying. Where are your facts that support more and more are against the TACO clown? Simply, you do not have any. Latest poll shows President Trump at 56%. Don't sound like it to me, you like to make shit up constantly to support your crying. Bet you don't even know the meaning or the source of the term TACO. Go cry in the corner ole man.
Ok Bill, I give you good credit for that one. Well done.
Well written, Chief.
Who gives a shit about Forbes? Really.
Gold always wins in the end. We mortals always lose. Best always. PM
Bill, your commentary clearly explains that no one can clearly predict the future; something similar to weathermen. While I agree that gold is a safe haven during bad economic uncertainty; it is not something you can easily use for trade and services. So the suggestion should be as much diversity as possible; this will keep assets on hand to buy goods and services and hopefully one of them will be successful while others may not. The biggest question is what percentage should be in cash, stocks, rental property, gold, silver, etc.
I really enjoyed this one, Bill. Kudos. 👍
Another sad example of how pervasive "fake news," for lack of a better term, has become. Add to that all the AI-enhanced and/or generated crap littering the vast interwebiverse, and it's a minefield for the mind. May Forbes descend into bankruptcy hell for disparaging Bill, our COO-COO! (Chief of Objectivity/CHIEF OF OBJECTIVITY!!!)
I remember back in early 2000s realestate prices kept climbing. infact I was in the market to buy a home and like so many other things I knew property prices, and mulitiple bids $100K or $200K above asking seemed disconnected and the long term trend and the understanding something had changed. This was not spare change people had lying around. So I started scratching my head whats going on? I ve come to know many people having grown up in Vancouver and I knew $450K $500K was above most peoples pay grade and yet there it was. Then one day speaking to a friend who worked in the financial industry comment's on the price of gold "its astonishing given its price"
I haven t looked, whats the price I asked, " its down a bit now, but its hovering around $400." What ! I replied, four-hundred! Yup he tells me. So, naturally as I thought back to the 80s and 90s I said thats a steal !
I could recall growing up what that bought me back in those days so I told my wonderful friend its time buy some gold my answer to our conversation. We were both looking to acquire a home to buy at the time of the manic frenzy, bids which were insane multiples, multiple offers on homes which had a long standing price trend in the prior decade ranging between $280-$325K for a detached home in great locations. The rest is history.
I am happy every day. It is because I only get my national information from newsletters like this. I have no idea what is going on in the mainstream. It would waste my time and make me less happy. Thank you Bill....
I just want to thank you for all of that "terrible" advice: buying gold, silver, platinum, dividend paying energy and shipping stocks, non-US dollar demoninating bonds (EMLC), etc. By the way...how come I never heard of that vitasurge??
Forbes or People:
If we're reading this Newsletter we probably have long since thrown Forbes in the trash can or lined our bird cage with it. Forbes is first and foremost a brand. In fact, its focus is similar to People magazine. Instead of offering "The Sexiest Man Alive" or "100 Most Beautiful People" it has a list of the 400 Wealthiest Americans or 30 Under 30. It's a tabloid and should be read like one...if ever read.