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Will Trump’s Border Wall Cost America $70 Billion?

Trump Border Wall Could Cost Much More Than Initial Estimates Could President Donald Trump's border wall cost more than the initial...

New A.I. Analyst Issues Bearish “Big Tech” Economic Forecast

Irony Alert: A.I. Robot Issues Punishing Economic Forecast for Leading "Creators" Like most industries, Wall Street isn't immune to the creeping...

Andrew Wheeler EPA Would Roll Back Obama’s Clean Power Agenda

Andrew Wheeler EPA Signals Big Industry Is Back in Charge President Donald Trump always finds ways to ruffle feathers. This time,...

September Jobs Report 2017 Records First Negative Print In 7 Years

Terrible September Jobs Report 2017 Reports Ugly Headline Numbers The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released jobs data,...

Spain Civil War 2017? Catalonia on the Brink of Independence

Risk of Spain Civil War 2017 High as Catalonia Threatens to Break Away The European Union isn't faring well lately....

Wells Fargo Settlement Announced: How to Get Your Share

Affected Customers Can Get a Piece of the Wells Fargo Settlement Pie A federal court has approved a large settlement on...

Trump Stock Market Exuberance Silences Condescending Critics

The Trump Stock Market is Rolling, Critics Decrying White House Mismanagement The Trump stock market high sweeping the nation is leaving critics...

Precursor to Financial Collapse? Corporate Credit Lowest Since 2007

Financial Collapse Most Likely When Consensus Believe The Same Thing Everything is "all good." At least, that's the overarching message...

Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair? Appointment Would Shake Things Up

Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair a Wildcard for U.S. Central Banking Donald Trump is at it again. His consideration for Kevin...

Financial Crisis Close at Hand? Skyscraper Index Reaches New Highs

Record Large Building Construction Points to Financial Crisis Close Hand The sky is not falling on the skyscraper market worldwide....

Unsustainable Consumer Debt Rise Risks World Financial Crisis

IMF Worries that World Financial Crisis Could Explode Due to Rising Debt Levels The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a...

U.S. National Debt to Explode Under Trump’s Tax Plan

Any Hope GOP Would Control Rising U.S. National Debt Is Quickly Squashed If Republican voters thought a White House and Congressional-controlled GOP...

Benjamin A. Smith

Ben is an editor at Lombardi Financial, specializing in politics, macroeconomics, and precious metals investing. Ben has an affinity for contrarian investment ideas neglected by the mainstream media. Before joining Lombardi Publishing, he worked as an equities trader on a major Bay Street investment desk. He also served as Vice President of Bitgold, an international payments service which allows people to transfer funds and hold savings with physical gold. Ben has profiled, covered, and written investment profiles on thousands of companies, both publicly and privately listed. His work has been featured on Business Television and in The Globe & Mail. Outside of his professional life, Ben enjoys time outdoors, family getaways, and following professional baseball.

Get to know Ben…

How did you first get involved in the capital markets?

I started my career on Bay Street as an equities trader. While training myself on the company account, I was consistently making profits for the firm. Thus, my career in the capital markets was born.

Was your first attempt at trading successful, and how has this shaped your investing opinions?

My investment philosophy has changed over the years, in part to negative changes in exchange rules disfavoring average investors and a maturation of general economic philosophies. While it is more difficult to reap profits with “day trading” strategies, consistent market-beating strategies are still available to those who understand trends and think outside-the-box.

What has been the most memorable moment in your investing career?

Viewing the events of 9/11 happen live on CNBC during the pre-market period. As you can imagine, there was substantial calamity and confusion initially as the tragic events unfolded. When the markets re-opened on September 17, 2001, experiencing the panic selling first-hand was breathtaking. It was the type of market action one never forgets.