Tom’s first portfolio was a coffee can started by his grandmother… though it was actually a plastic bag full of stamps and gold and silver coins in their original packaging. Find out what Tom would put in his “coffee can” if he started one today.
Tom writes today’s Postcard from the steps of his childhood home. Meanwhile, America is undergoing a huge infrastructure overhaul and the price of steel is rising... and these two factors contribute to an ideal scenario for shipping investors.
In this Friday’s mailbag edition, learn about Tom’s ratio of silver to gold holdings, asymmetric investments, shorting failing American companies, and more about the Dyson family...
Tom and his family self-isolate in London. While they're spending time indoors, Tom considers letting go of his mother's possessions and moving to be with his ill father in New York. And he revisits his ultimate economic barometer: The Dow-to-Gold ratio...
Container ship day rates have gone parabolic. It’s time to get greedy…
In this week’s edition of Tom’s Mailbag, readers wonder if the U.S. government will tax gold in the future… worry about the U.S. repo market... and suggest books for the Dyson family’s homeschool journey...
There is no denying that inflation is on everyone’s minds. In this issue of Postcards, Tom shares what to do as a long-term investor and what he predicts will happen to the Dow-To-Gold Ratio as a result of rising inflation.