An excellent rundown on investing in gold/silver…

by dryam2000 First, here’s a visual representation of the strong correlation between real interest rates and gold prices.  We are currently in an extremely bullish environment with negative real interest rates. And, here’s a link to a fairly comprehensive nondogmatic assessment to investing in …

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Ranked: The Best and Worst Pension Plans, by Country

by visualcapitalist   The global population is aging—by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65. As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions, countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain. …

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Oh France! Oh Spain! Oh Italy!

by Shaun Richards After yesterday’s update from Germany we move onto the second, third and fourth largest economies in the Euro area, who rather curiously have produced their figures in that order this morning. So as we mull the fact …

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Black Monday inbound

https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1289360779532054528 As @pboockvar notes, we might need a bigger scale. https://t.co/nYvjvHF0OG — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) August 1, 2020

[WSJ] Sources: Microsoft, which was in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, has paused negotiations after Trump said on Friday that he opposes the deal — Talks aren’t believed to be dead, but the companies are trying to get clarity on White House’s stance

https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-and-bytedance-put-tiktok-talks-on-hold-after-trump-signals-opposition-11596312611?mod=djemalertNEWS Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.54% has paused negotiations to buy the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok after President Trump said late Friday he opposes the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The president’s statements spurred TikTok …

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The Art of Money Laundering

by financeoptimum $450 million. Who would pay so much for a piece of art? At the time, it was unclear who the mystery buyer was. There was speculation it could be Jeff Bezos, maybe hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, was …

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