What’s Behind the Gold Hype?
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...
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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...
Gold is up nineteen percent for the year, as of this writing, and after having tantalizingly touched just above thirteen hundred dollars per ounce earlier in the month, the shiny metal’s price...
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...
I’ve written a great deal in this blog about economic uncertainty and how it affects our finances and outlook for a secure retirement While the world at large is afflicted by uncertainty, here in...
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...
After forty years of watching foreign countries bleed our manufacturing base away, the US is finally starting to talk tough on currency manipulation A Treasury Department report fingered China,...
Despite the insistence in some quarters that “We’re in recovery!” somehow it just doesn’t feel that way We’re sluggish We’re employed, most of us, but not moving onward and upward...
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...
This week we’ve been looking at the history of big banks in the history of market crashes While not always directly responsible for the disaster that leads to a recession, like the usual suspects...
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...
Here’s a quick tale from the annals of Americana My very first entrepreneurial venture was a lemonade stand I set up on a busy street corner in Philadelphia I must have been about eight I...
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...
It’s no secret why corporations and major players in the business world are willing to pour tons of cash into presidential elections The outcome of an election can affect their bottom line as well...
One of the inescapable realities of investing is that if you wait until a trend becomes news everyone knows, you’ve already missed the train So it’s important to see the crest before it becomes a...