Should You Have Gold in Your Portfolio?
Is there a place in our portfolios for both stocks and gold Does investing in one preclude investing in the other Ordinarily, according to Wall Street wisdom, you just might be a crackpot if you...
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Is there a place in our portfolios for both stocks and gold Does investing in one preclude investing in the other Ordinarily, according to Wall Street wisdom, you just might be a crackpot if you...
Even if you follow the mainstream financial news only occasionally, you’ll realize how much is made of exchange-traded funds, known as ETFs, these days ETFs have been around since 1989; the...
On Tuesday the news was flooded with stories about how Microsoft is about to purchase the business networking platform LinkedIn for just over a cool $262 billion That’s great news for the lucky...
Previously we’ve discussed the possibility that the world is moving toward some type of gold-backed exchange for settling trade debts Exactly what form that might take is hard to say It doesn’t...
It’s been a hectic past few weeks, and you’re about ready to throw up your hands So what, you say, if hedge fund king George Soros just invested heavily in gold What’s the big deal if...
The short answer is yes, you can You can hold actual gold (and silver) coins in your IRA It’s an account called a Gold IRA, and not only is it completely legal, it’s a great idea that’s...
In many respects a flat, or sideways market, like the one we’re seeing today, can be more dangerous than when markets are definitively up or down When markets are flying high, you know when you...
image: IMF head Christine Lagarde makes $467,940 annually, plus $83,760 to "maintain an appropriate scale of living" Her tax bill Zero It’s the oldest story in business They teach sophisticated...
Millions of Americans are sleep-walking into a financial nightmare If your income suddenly dropped by sixty percent would you still be able to make ends meet What if your car stopped working or you...
It is no surprise that most investors today are anxious about the political and financial uncertainty of the future Rising inflation, a war in Ukraine, tumultuous energy markets and weakening...
Of all the precious metals, gold shines as the most high-profile; a preferred investment for professional traders that acts as an effective hedge against a declining stock market and weakening...
Yesterday we started on a subject that’s worth further examination Previously we traced the history of one of the greatest economic collapses in our nation’s history back to the actions of one...
Individual investors looking to protect their savings from unpredictable declines in stocks are increasingly turning to gold It’s a smart way to take a portion of your wealth off the table,...
It would be a joke – if it weren’t so serious The retirement savings of the average worker in America comes to a paltry fourteen and a half thousand dollars Yet the bare minimum he or she...
One of the brighter aspects of the good old days, when workers had jobs that lasted, was the defined benefit plan, otherwise known as a pension With this plan, an employee could lock in a monthly...
The global economy is more like a living, breathing thing than a static monetary concept What gives that living economy breath are goods and services moving between countries The flow of those...
Markets have an abiding memory Although most investors don’t have the foggiest notion of technical indicators in an investment, they have an uncanny sense of a bargain – especially when it...
I was brought up to believe a bank was a sacred palace A bank was where you deposited money you’d be needing in some undefined (to my kid’s mind) future The grocer and the power company could...
Yesterday the Dow plunged another 365 points and S&P 500 lost two and half percent That drop officially put US stock indexes in correction territory, meaning they’ve lost ten percent or more...
Asset allocation is one of those tricky topics that’s simple on the basic level but can become insanely complicated as you dig deeper For people who have a lot of money, the subject can get so...