Archive Category: Green Zone Fortunes Updates

Buying a home is foundational to the American dream. But for those younger generations who have the dream just within their grasp, the homebuying experience is full of obstacles. Not only have home prices outpaced inflation by more than two times over the last 50 years — not to mention the explosion since COVID hit — the average mortgage interest rate has doubled in the past year. At the same time, the supply of homes is nowhere close to meeting the demand.

If there’s one good thing about this bear market, it’s how it exposed Wall Street for what it always has been… One tremendous game of greased palms and shameless self-interest. Have you ever watched Jim Cramer on CNBC screaming into the camera and pushing his big red button, all but commanding you to buy this or that stock? What about the constant dirge of analyst ratings that crawl through the ticker tape? Or the “exclusive interviews” with CEOs on prime time?

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I mentioned I wasn’t going to have any other insights regarding our Green Zone Fortunes strategy or portfolio when I sent you our April recommendation on Monday. But I did want to reach out to let you know about something else. I just made my second-to-last cut to my free $5 Stocks to Watch report. I’ve reduced this list from 298 tickers to just 37 “finalists” using my proprietary ratings system (the same system I use when analyzing stocks for our Green Zone Fortunes model portfolio).

The U.S. dollar is still king, but what happens when that isn’t the case anymore?

That’s the main situation I explore in this month’s issue of Green Zone Fortunes.

To be clear, I don’t think the dollar’s dominance is under imminent threat. But there are certain events that call its role within the global economy into question. And history proves that currencies can only hold the throne for so long.

Whatever plays out from here, I’ll repeat something I mentioned in last week’s update: Preparation is prudent.