• Categories

  • Audio
  • Commentary
  • Crew
  • Financial Q&A
  • Food
  • Investments
  • On Board
  • Politics
  • Ship's Store
  • Trip News and Notes
  • Video

• Archives

  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006

Keith's Blog Continued...

First Condensed Hour
-U.S. markets and the economy

Second Condensed Hour
-Interview with Dan Streech, President, Nordhavn

Third Condensed Hour
-U.S. real estate market
***Live coverage of The Global Adventure departure for Hawaii!***

12:53 PM, Scottsdale, AZ

The house is silent. Lynn has gone to pick up the boys at school. In an hour we will depart for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. From there we will fly to San Diego. On Saturday we’ll check final arrangements, say our final goodbyes, and — with luck — on Sunday, as our radio show ends toward 11 AM — the crew and I will finally — finally — depart for Hawaii, on the first leg of our open-ended world journey.

Captain Wolf says we might have a weather delay of up to twelve hours. If we do, we do. That’s why we pay a weather routing service. But we’ll be shoving off soon enough. The ship is ready to go.

It is a perfectly beautiful day here in Scottsdale. Perfect weather. Blue skies. I’m soaking in these final moments at home. The silence is deafening. I already miss my family!

I’ll return frequently, but it will all be different when I do. The trip will be underway, our wonderful Nordhavn 55 will be somewhere on the far side of the world, and our time together as a family will be particularly precious.

When I was a small boy, my father dreamed of owning a boat. He spent countless hours looking at literature and dreaming of the day he might take to sea.

He never bought a boat. He never went to sea. He’s gone now, along with my mother.

This trip is about all the dreams I’ve had since then.

But it’s also for him.

–Keith

Keith,

Thanks for the insight in Wells. I received an offer from Madison Liquidity Investors at $8.00 a share, is that a good deal? Wells told me they don’t buy these back, that their redemption is suspended. Should I take Madison’s offer? They are based out of Kansas City. Love your show!

Tom

Read more

Keith,

Love your site and radio show. But you were really hard on Wells Real Estate Investment Trust on your show. I was persuaded to buy into that REIT by my advisor. Is it really that bad a deal?

Happy sailing. Look forward to following your adventure!

Bill, Tampa Florida

Read more

First Condensed Hour
-News from the Ship and About the Website – a Trip on The Orient Express!
-Ms. Rosy Scenario – How the U.S. markets over-interpreted a statement by the Fed.
-Equity Structured Notes (ESNs) – Why they may belong in your portfolio.
-More on Equity Structured Notes and Q&A
-Continued-

Second Condensed Hour
-Our Random Walk Around the World – Philippines, Latin America, Brazil, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Panama and Mexico
-Wells Trust REIT Rip Off
-Why there are too many mergers and acquisitions, why it’s not good for consumers and investors, and how we can fix the problem with a simple change in the tax code.
-Q&A

Third Condensed Hour
-The European Union at 50 – Will it Ever Work?
-Why John McCain Will be Our Next President, and How That Will Help the Markets, and the Country
-Why You Should Not Buy Into the Upcoming Blackstone IPO
-Q&A

Keith,

My broker says I’m a preferred client and he can get me into the upcoming Blackstone IPO. Should I invest?

Hugh, Phoenix, AZ

Read more

Keith,

A friend is encouraging me to prepare a “Constitutional Trust.” They say I can have the trust own my assets, including my paychecks, and that I can avoid income taxes this way. They also say it makes my assets safe from lawsuits, and that all I have to do is instruct the trustee and they will do whatever I say with the trust assets. Is this true?

Alara, Topeka Kansas

P.S. Do you get seasick?

Read more

Hour One:
-News from the ship. Tips on Exchange Traded Funds Part 1
-Tips on Exchange Traded Funds Part 2
-Industry winners and losers the past three years
-How the largest Mutual Funds Have Done

Hour Two:
-Our Random Walk Around the World – Japan, china, North Korea, Guatemala and France
-Callers
-Avoiding Tax on Your Non-Deductible IRA Contributions When You Take Distributions
-Taxation and Annuities – Getting the Facts Straight

Hour Three:
-Why I REALLY Want to Go to Dubai!
-Callers
-U.S. Trade with Latin America – Will the Leftists in Congress Gum it Up?
-Keith’s REAL Nation-Wide Health Care Solution!

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

I love it when a plan comes together! But time is running short! As we prepare for our April 1 departure from San Diego, we are busier than a bunch of one-armed paper hangers. Each member of the Global Adventure Read more

The following news release was sent through wire services nationally today, and throughout Arizona:

PHOENIX (March 13, 2007) – Keith DeGreen’s ship, The Global Adventure, begins a unique around-the-world journey April 1.

Attorney and CFP® DeGreen is a well known Arizona financial advisor and radio talk-show host, who recently sold his firm, Read more

« Previous Page — Next Page »

Our Sponsors