The US National Debt in Perspective
The United States government’s national debt stands today at an astronomical $226 trillion Everyone knows that’s a huge amount of money, but the sum is so large that it just boggles the mind and...
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The United States government’s national debt stands today at an astronomical $226 trillion Everyone knows that’s a huge amount of money, but the sum is so large that it just boggles the mind and...
There’s an increasingly compelling case that the gold market we’re seeing right now is in the very early stages of a break-out bull market that will rival the performance gold saw from 2008 to...
The Chinese government continues to add to its gold reserves, with over 100 tonnes added to its reserves over the past nine months Those purchases show no signs of slowing down anytime soon, and with...
One of the most perplexing things about stock markets today is that, while most people understand that they’re bound for a correction some point soon, they continue to keep climbing near their...
Risk is an aspect of life that just can’t be overcome No matter what you do or where you go, you’re always going to have to deal with risk Nowhere is that more obvious than when it comes to...
When looking at their investment portfolios, most investors just look at headline numbers They’re more interested in how the stocks in their portfolios are performing rather than why they’re...
The idea of retirement is one that most Americans dream of But the reality of actually planning for retirement can be a daunting one From setting up retirement accounts to dealing with tax issues,...
Record-low interest rates over the past decade have spurred a huge amount of new debt issuance From the federal government to major corporations to American households, American indebtedness...
One of the signs that many market analysts look for to evaluate the chances of recession is an inverted yield curve The yield curve is created by graphing the interest rates of Treasury securities...
Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s speech at this year’s Jackson Hole monetary policy summit should serve as a major warning to investors Powell pledged that the Fed would “do what monetary policy can...
For decades, American retirees have come to depend on Social Security for at least a part of their retirement income While many retirees have made their own retirement plans and only rely on Social...
For decades the Federal Reserve System has tried to resist every attempt at greater transparency and heightened Congressional oversight by claiming that it is “independent” If Congress were to...
We’re not even two-thirds of the way through the year and gold and silver have already taken out the price targets that Wall Street analysts set for them at the beginning of the year Back in...
Business cycles are funny things No one realizes that the top of the market has been reached until months after the decline has already started And no one realizes the bottom has been reached until...
By now even the most fervent market bulls realize that the economy is on the cusp of a recession and that stock markets are on the cusp of a crash That’s why so many of them are hoping for further...
One thing that every investor wants to avoid is paying taxes Having to pay taxes takes a tremendous cut out of the value of your investments, eating significantly into your investment returns...
While the Federal Reserve’s rate cut last week was fully expected, the reasons behind it are increasingly unclear At the post-FOMC press conference, Fed Chairman Jay Powell seemed to flip flop on...
One aspect of the post-financial crisis recovery that is of particular concern is that people’s attitudes towards their financial well-being seems not to have recovered Many of the benefits of the...
The current stock market bull market has been fueled by the massive amounts of money pumped into world economies by central banks around the world All that money had to go somewhere, and it has...
One of the frustrating things to those who know that a stock market crash is coming has been the recent behavior of stock markets All signs are pointing to an economic slowdown just around the...
Everyone has dreams of retiring some day For many people, that’s the motivation that keeps them coming into work every day, the knowledge that every day they’re building up more and more money in...