Gold is Not a Golden Investment

That's right. Gold is NOT the golden investment that many people assume it be.

I am not saying that gold will not go up. Then again, I am not saying that gold will not go down, either.

In fact, I am making absolutely NO predictions about the future price of gold.

Why do some people place more value in gold than money, specifically the US Dollar?

Shorting a Stock--Going Short: What does this mean?

What does it mean to "short a stock?" (This is also called "going short" or "selling short.")

I will explain this by starting from the other direction and comparing "shorting a stock" to it.

Market Upswings: What's the downside?

Bull rushes are great when you have a bunch of money already IN the market. It really is a rush to see your assets grow without you really doing very much, especially when it happens the way you planned. In fact, sometimes, these are so good, they happen more quickly than you ever envisioned, and they happen a lot more quickly than you saw coming.

However, I think there is a tremendous downside to the market running upward.