{"id":5556,"date":"2009-11-08T23:59:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T04:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2016-09-20T05:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:18:03","slug":"tdi-podcast-134-gold-2000-and-unemployment-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/08\/tdi-podcast-134-gold-2000-and-unemployment-12\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast 134: Gold $2,000 and Unemployment 12%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Kevin Hoffmann, Horowitz &amp; Company and Andrew fret over the high levels of unemployment and the potential for the markets. We answer some important questions about the jobless rate, gold and look at 3 stocks in detail. Gold is reaching new highs, can it breach the $2,000 level in our lifetimes?<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/itunes_subscribe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"Zune Subscribe\" href=\"zune:\/\/subscribe\/?The%20Disciplined%20Investor=http:\/\/feeds.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/tdicasts\" target=\"_blank\">ZUNE<\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> @<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<!--more--><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days!<br \/>\nFor this special offer, visit <a title=\"GoToMyPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotomypc.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">www.gotomypc.com\/podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/kevin_hoffmann2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5566 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"kevin_hoffmann2\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/kevin_hoffmann2-1.jpg\" alt=\"kevin_hoffmann2\" width=\"81\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong>Kevin Hoffmann<\/strong> is a key member of the Horowitz &amp; Company team. Kevin began his financial career in May of 2001 working on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade.<\/p>\n<p>While attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he served a Financial Consultants Internship with Smith Barney. In 2004 Kevin graduated from UW-Madison with a bachelor\u2018s degree in Personal Finance and assumed a position as a derivatives trader for BMT Trading Group \/ Gelber Group. By October of 2005 he quickly rose the ranks to a Financial Planning Analyst for JMG Financial Group where he assisted with Financial &amp; Tax Planning as well as Investment Management for high net worth clientele.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin now serves as the lead analyst, trader and portfolio manager for Horowitz &amp; Company along with the Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculatedriskblog.com\/\">Calculated Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/unemp1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5561 aligncenter\" title=\"unemp1\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/unemp1-1.jpg\" alt=\"unemp1\" width=\"392\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/l-o-n-g-term-unemployment-rate-11-by-2011\/\"> L O N G Term Unemployment Rate  11% by 2011?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/skeleton-crews-non-farm-payroll-preview\/\"> Skeleton Crews  Non-Farm Payroll Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/05\/cubist-pharma-cbst-what-we-like-about-it\/\">Cubist Pharma &#8211; What We Like About It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/airline-comps-regionals-picking-up-share-algt-cal\/\">Airline Comps &#8211; Regionals Picking Up Share<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stocks discussed in this episode<\/strong>: Cognizant (CTSH), Allegiant (ALGT), Becton Dickinson (BDX) , Gold ETF (GLD) among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the 14-minute virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/TDIMG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4779\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode134.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4779','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode134.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode134.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode134.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode134.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 50:02 &#8212; 26.7MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Kevin Hoffmann, Horowitz &amp; Company and Andrew fret over the high levels of unemployment and the potential for the markets. 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