Mark Skousen Forecasts & Strategies

Mark Skousen Forecasts & Strategies Mark Skousen is the editor of Forecasts & Strategies, Home Run Trader, TNT Trader, Fast Money Alert

01/29/2026

“Great almsgiving lessens no man’s living.” -- Poor Richard’s Almanac Note: I have a very important announcement you will want to read at the end of this Skousen CAFÉ. For nearly 40 years, I’ve had the privilege of standing in front of classrooms, teaching college students the principles ...

01/22/2026

“You are engaged in a great work… and by steady perseverance you will obtain perhaps a success beyond your expectation; for it is incredible the quantity of good that a single man can do in a country if he makes a business out of it.” -- Benjamin Franklin (emphasis in the original) Could the g...

01/15/2026

“I will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” -- Zohran Mamdani, new NYC mayor Over the past few years, I’ve been giving a popular speech on campuses around the country with the provocative title, “What’s Better than Democratic Socialism?” I lure...

01/08/2026

“To keep the fish that they carry on long journeys lively and fresh, sea captains used to introduce an eel into the barrel. In the economics profession, Milton Friedman is that eel.” -- Paul Samuelson Over the weekend, while U.S. Special Forces captured the Marxist dictator Nicolas Maduro in Ven...

01/01/2026

“Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. 30 days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and begin paving hell with them as usual.” -- Mark Twain (1863) Happy New Year! When I looked...

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas Day! When I looked back over the years of writing the Skousen CAFÉ, it looks like I’ve never published a column on Christmas Day. So this is a first. When our children were growing up, my wife Jo Ann would often read stories to them before going to bed, such as The Chronicles

12/18/2025

“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” -- John Maynard Keynes (“Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 31) Habits are hard to change. In the academic world, it takes a look of guts to change your mind and repudiate something you have already published. Every January, we make new...

12/11/2025

Make new friends, But keep the old. One is silver, And the other, gold. --Traditional poem In 2025, the biggest surprise has been the bull market in commodities. Gold, up 60%, has made the headlines. Uranium rose a steady 12%. Copper jumped 34%. Amazingly, platinum has risen 90%. But, surprise, surp...

12/04/2025

“How did you go bankrupt?" “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” --Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (1926) Special Note: I offer two great gifts for the holidays. See below at the end of this article. The United States faces many threats to its status as the greatest country in the world. ...

11/27/2025

“I wished to live without committing any fault at any time. So I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.” -- Ben Franklin (1730, age 24) Happy Thanksgiving! On this day of gratitude for our blessings, let me start with a story. Last Sunday, a brother stood up and ...

11/20/2025

Special Announcement: We have completely revamped our FreedomFest website to introduce the most exciting, revolutionary FreedomFest ever. We're calling it THE WORLD'S FAIR OF LIBERTY! Reserve the dates now: July 8-11, 2026, at Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas, in celebration of the 250th...

11/13/2025

“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate a profit.” -- Labor leader Samuel Gompers Last week, I published my article, “What’s Better Than Democratic Socialism?” My answer: Democratic Capitalism! See my article here in Skousen CAFÉ: What’s Better than D...

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