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Everyone wants their retirement portfolios to perform, but along with the prospect of gains comes the risk of loss Protecting your portfolio can mean not only making smart investment choices but also...
Over the past 10-15 years, cryptocurrencies have gone from curiosities used mostly by technophiles to established financial assets whose futures are traded on some of the world’s largest...
Conventional wisdom has long held that lower interest rates are beneficial for gold and silver prices Conversely, higher interest rates are supposed to be detrimental to gold and silver...
When you think of buying precious metals – gold and silver – you may think of buying gold and silver coins and bars And you may think of buying them from a coin store or from an online...
The history of money is the history of failed currencies From the Roman denarius to the German Goldmark to the Zimbabwean dollar, currencies across the world have collapsed and failed Just because...
In a move that was widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee this week decided to lower the target federal funds rate The move had been more or less forecast for weeks in advance, and recent...
If you’ve noticed that your dollars don’t seem to go as far as they used to, you’re not alone Millions of Americans are in the same boat The recent inflation we experienced, the highest in...
After this week’s inflation report, the stage seems to be set for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at next week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting But the one big question...
Anyone who has been following trends in money and banking over the past several years has seen the increasing push for electronic, digital, and online payments At all levels, from government to banks...
With stock markets beginning to show fear of recession, the risk of a major market correction is growing every day And with a bubble as big as the Federal Reserve has blown, the next crisis could be...
The law of supply and demand is one of the bedrocks of economics And for most goods the higher the price of the good, the less quantity of that good is demanded We’re seeing that through much of...
Do you already have an IRA If not, have you been thinking about starting an IRA If you’ve done any reading about IRAs, you’ve probably come across mention of gold IRAs, precious metals IRAs,...
While markets largely expected a first Federal Reserve rate cut at the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made it all but explicit last week that the...
For over 200 years, gold has been the most important precious metal in the world It was once the linchpin of the international monetary system, and in a way still anchors the workings of the...
