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People have called me a “perma-bull” forever. Mish Shedlock called me a “wacko”. Zerohedge has called me insane. Nouriel Roubini has laughed in my face. My daughters still quote Don Luskin when he was on CNBC shaking his head and saying, “James, James, James…” while laughing after I said the market was going to hit […]

I’m sort of breaking my promise here. No news. Why no news? Because the news you read is almost always by uninformed reporters and is totally irrelevant in 99.999% of the cases. Example: Greece has not paid a single debt since Rome took over in 146 BC. And yet, everyone keeps asking me about Greece. […]

I think I love Serena Williams. I mean, she hasn’t returned any of my emails or countless phone calls but I feel there is a connection. I see her on TV and I feel like there’s a spark. Maybe I just want to be her for a day. What if we could do that? Just […]

OK, I admit it. I perjured in a court of law. It was after I ran over a guy. It was in 1985 or 86. I forget. I was 17 or 18. I remember it was raining. I remember the car spinning. I remember I went through a windshield. Supposedly when you go through a […]

I can’t speak for others. But I have 47 years experience of being stuck with me. Fear of people not liking me. Fear of losing money. Who am I? sort of feeling. Sort of like an imposter syndrome. And everyone will know. Fear I’ll make a decision that hurts someone. There are a lot of […]

I’ve had four death threats. I’ve had several major media outlets write articles trashing me (with hundreds of comments agreeing. Even two rap songs composed just to bash me). I’ve had people even show up unexpectedly at my house ready to argue with me. Maybe the worst was exactly four years ago today. I wrote […]

From 3am until about 11pm every single day, every single moment, I was worried about money for 12 years. When I was a little boy I never worried about money. When I was in college I never worried about money (well, I needed $20 per day to live until I was about 25 years old.). […]