Investor CAFÉ Newsletters

• One Event Like This One Can Transform Society June 5, 2025
  “We must all hang together or we shall surely hang separately.” -- Benjamin Franklin (1776) SPECIAL ALERT: Glenn Beck has invited me to be on his radio show tomorrow morning, Friday, June 6 -- D-Day! -- at 11:34 am ET, to discuss my new book, "THE GREATEST AMERICAN." His show is found on 400 radio […]
• With a Single Click on My Computer, I Doubled My Return May 29, 2025
  “The money that makes money, makes more money.” -- Poor Richard’s Almanac I call it the “Automatic Wealth Builder” -- a simple way to increase your wealth year after year. Here’s the background: One of the most important chapters in my new book, “THE GREATEST AMERICAN,” is chapter 13. In this chapter, I talk about Ben […]
• Is Another Monetary Crisis Brewing? May 22, 2025
  “Celebrity may for a while flatter one’s vanity, but its effects are troublesome.” -- Benjamin Franklin In yesterday’s press conference, I noticed that President Donald Trump has placed the famous Houdon bust of Benjamin Franklin on his desk in the Oval Office. Is he channeling “America’s greatest diplomat,” to quote historian Ken Burns? My new […]
• You Will Never Run Out of Money Following This Man’s Advice May 15, 2025
  “There is much revenue in economy, and no revenue is sufficient without economy.” “In short, the Way to Wealth depends chiefly on two words, Industry and Frugality. He that gets all he can honestly and saves all he gets (necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become RICH. -- Benjamin Franklin Several years ago, I visited St. Kitts […]
• Who is the Greatest American? (No, It’s Not Him!) May 8, 2025
  “Know him, know us!” – Ken Burns Special Alert: I’m excited to announce our full agenda of speakers, panels, debates and special events is now posted online. It took us months to pull this together. Check it out here. FreedomFest is five weeks away: June 11-14, Palm Springs, California. See you there! I’ve written an […]
• This Book Was Rejected… and Is Now a Bestseller! May 1, 2025
  By Mark Skousen "The rejected stone became the chief cornerstone." -- Proverbs 118:22 "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” -- Warren Buffett ("Maxims of Wall Street," p. 134) At this year’s FreedomFest, stoic philosopher and bestselling author Ryan Holiday is one of our keynote speakers. […]
• Not Sold in Stores! April 24, 2025
  Special Event:  I am pleased to announce that Mr. Steve Forbes, Chairman and editor in chief of Forbes magazine, will be speaking at Chapman University this Tuesday, April 29, at 4-5:30 pm at the Sandhu Conference Center on campus. You're invited!   He's there to receive the annual Doti-Spogli Free EnterPRIZE, which includes 5 American eagle gold coins (now […]
• The Real Reason Trump Paused the Trade War: Scary! April 10, 2025
  “Never underestimate the size of a panic, nor the power of the politician.” -- Harry D. Schultz (“Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 111) Last week, proclaiming April 2 as “Liberation Day,” the President announced the largest increase in tariffs in 100 years. This chart says it all: Trump insisted that his hard-nosed tariffs would be […]
• The Lazy Man’s Way to Riches April 3, 2025
  By Mark Skousen SPECIAL ALERT:  See my analysis below in “You Blew it!” on Trump’s massive new trade war announced yesterday, and its effect on the economy and your pocketbook.  “To be successful, you need leisure.” -- George Soros “Plant the tree, and let it grow.” -- T. Rowe Price “Don’t give me timing. Give […]
• How Capitalism Solved the Socialists’ #1 Goal March 27, 2025
  “We are sick of systems that produce poor people for the church to look after.” -- Pope Francis “Free enterprise capitalism has demonstrably lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system.” -- John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism” Every year I teach a popular class at Chapman University entitled, “Puzzles & Paradoxes in Economics […]