I just stumbled across your writing and I love it!
I have been reading it all weekend. The more I read, the more I have this weird sensation in my frontal cortex. I believe it used to be called "thinking" before the new world order arrived. Almost stimulating....like the stuff before decaf...?
What a fresh perspective you provide! You challenge my preconceived notions from CNN, and that is scary.??
Please keep up the good work.??
Yours Truly,?
Ron
Your article on ?The Ten Baggers in Solar Energy? is the best, well informed, educated piece of literature I have read for a long time.
Thank you for your honest and well informed article. I am going to be 86 years YOUNG in coming November and appreciate a simple jewel in this money chasing jungle.
I would like to follow you and learn more new stuff in this fast going and changing world. Thank you.
Lisa
Ontario, Canada
A belated thank you for the time you provided to all of us at the Las Vegas Strategy Luncheon back in May.? My apologies for not submitting a prompter response.
I am the Air Force C-17 pilot from Seattle; you graciously gave me additional time on your walk back to the room during the SALT Conference.? I was honored to be a part of your luncheon.?
Your advice regarding the investing world and my progress into it was insightful and helpful. I quickly relayed all of?your sage commentary?to my wife and have used it in my further studies since.?
Fantastic info on the Tesla, flying etc as well?- I relayed all of that to my buddies back in the squadron.? I plan on attending more luncheons as the opportunities present themselves.
My offer to take you in the simulator still stands, if you're ever here in the Seattle area again.? Yes, the MiG has a better climb rate but we have a stand-up bathroom, kitchen and two bunks.
Again, thank you for?your time;
Ben
Seattle, Washington
I can't tell you how much I enjoy your blog. It is the first place I go every morning and I miss you on the weekends.
I stumbled upon your site about 4 months ago and have been addicted to it since day one. I really appreciate not only your insight into the markets, but also your global and historical perspectives.
All of this served up with your great sense of humor makes it a must read! Thanks for all your hard work.
Chip
John's newsletter is, in my view, the Secretariat of the investment newsletter derby. No one else is even a close second.
Gary
New Jersey
My husband wanted me to tell you that, as a retired Marine, he understands completely. ?The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war. ?Gratefully, for us, you have done a lot of sweating over the years! ?
Cheryl
Oregon
I've subscribed to John's trading service for several years.
As a writer myself, I look forward to John's daily newsletters. They are loaded with great investment ideas and information affecting world markets. They are delivered in clear, entertaining?prose and are a joy to read. I learn something new from them every day.
John's advice has saved me from losing a lot of money by keeping me in the market when others were bailing out. Following his option trades allowed me to make sure my son graduated from Stanford with zero student debt. That's a lot of green, folks. Stanford is 50+ K a year.
Alan
Florida
Thanks for the swift answer about the (UVXY). I got 7% profit in one day, so I'll close. What about the (VXX)? Can that be held for longer?
As for your question about Europe, it is not doing good. The reasons why are so simple. Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece have very different economies and different business cycles than Germany, France, and Belgium.
Sweden never joined the euro currency because we knew that our business cycle is not the same as Germany and France, Belgium and some other country I have forgotten about.
Hence we knew we needed our own central bank and our own currency to counterbalance these differences. That?s exactly what Spain, Italy, and Greece need.
The problem in the EU can never be solved with QE because Greece, Italy and Spain need the Euro to always be much, much weaker than Germany, which is a net beneficiary of the Euro.
Do you know what happened in Spain after they adopted the Euro? The cost of a beer went from ???2-3 to ?7-8 in many places. As a tourist, it's no longer cheap to go to Spain because it's almost the same price as in Sweden now, and?it used to be half price!! Imagine how bad that is for a tourist-based country.
Regards,
Per
Sweden
John Thomas responds: Yes, Per, the IPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) can be held for longer because I expect an imminent volatility (VIX) spike, and the cost of the contango with a 1X ETF will be much lower.
I've been reading your blog for a while and found it a helpful beacon in a sea of confusing and contradictory information as I try and make sense of the world (and try and make money from sense!).
Kind regards,
Toby
London, England
First, thanks for all that you do.? To have a job that you love, and one that does so much good for so many families is a great blessing to all of us.? I am a new retiree, and a recent subscriber. I followed your posts for at least two years before pulling the trigger. Knowing that you and your group were there gave me the courage to retire?a little earlier than I would have - maybe by four or five years.
So, how do you thank someone who has given you an extra couple of years of life? Thanks for those extra years, and for the possibility of growing what we have, and might receive in the future, into something that might help our grandchildren get a good start on their educations and their lives in a few years.
Thanks,
Dave
Delta, Utah
