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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...
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...
When the Federal Reserve looks to cut rates, it looks at two pieces of economic data more than any: inflation rates and employment numbers That’s because the Fed’s dual mandate is to maintain...
Markets were rocked at the beginning of the week as fears of recession finally began to impact markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 1,000 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq...
The Federal Open Market Committee meets this week for its last interest rate decision before the summer recess While the universal consensus is that the Federal Reserve won’t touch interest rates...
To say that 2024 has been an interesting year is quite the understatement After all, who would have had “Trump assassination attempt” on their 2024 bingo card What promised to be a heated...
Over the past few years, there has probably been no financial topic more widely discussed than inflation It’s a problem that has impacted every American household, and has impacted the standard of...
Inflation has been a hot topic for several years now Once mostly ignored when inflation rates were closer to 2% annually, price increases over the past few years have hammered home to many Americans...
Safe haven buying of gold has been strong ever since 2020 But in recent years it hasn’t just been investment demand that has boosted the gold price, it’s also been demand from central...
The US government is spending so much money these days that it’s becoming unfathomable even to grasp the amounts Back in 2008, a one-time $700 billion bank bailout was considered a huge amount of...
If the thought of a $34 trillion national debt seems too big to imagine, that’s probably because it is It’s a sum so huge that it’s nearly impossible to comprehend Many people like to...
If you feel like the inflation of the past several years has left you behind financially, you’re not alone Over 97% of all salaries in this country have failed to keep up with inflation over the...
