Same data I always show but spun in a different way. Do you prefer the information to be sugar coated? Or when the truth hurts, do you want to hear it? Now that the Fed has decided to ensure that …
by Lisa Egan Brrrr! Winter is here, and if it is chilly in your neck of the woods, you might be tempted to hunker down and stay indoors until Spring arrives. Winter can really take a toll on our moods, making …
Photo by Herval | CC BY | Photoshopped from original From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: 3 reasons why gold market could run with the bulls, …
by IvoryIvan 13. I voted Democrat because I died four years ago. 14 I voted Democrat because I love war (now).
via RT: The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the …
Entrepreneurs and businesspeople need frequent travel without border limits. Furthermore, the type of passport they possess has a strong bearing on where in the world they can go, and with whom they can do business. This limits opportunities for investments, …
by theNonlinearity 30 rock made GE look like such a great company, here are 10 reasons it’s gone downhill 1 – Management turnover Jeff Immelt was CEO from 2001 to 2017, and GE had succession plan where John …
by KOS Nate Cain @cain_nate So I blow the whistle on the FBI, get raided by the same FBI, and now they want to keep the FBI’s reasons secret? Do we now live in a secret police state? Feels …
by Michael Snyder Netflix originally had a truly disruptive business model and they fundamentally changed the way that Americans consume media, but now they are heading for the same fate as Blockbuster. For years, Netflix was really the only game …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital Stock markets are rallying today on the belief that somehow the US and China will sign a trade deal at the upcoming G-20 meeting. Investors are buying this narrative despite the facts that… 1) The …
via mises.org: When politicians and bureaucrats fail to deliver what they promise — which happens a lot — we’re often told that the problem can be solved if only we get the right people to run the government instead. We’re told that the …
WASHINGTON – One in five Army generals could not deploy in 2016 for medical reasons, according to data obtained by USA TODAY, a troubling trend in the military’s readiness to fight that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has vowed to fix. Overdue medical and …
(Bloomberg) — Australia’s central bank No. 2 official Guy Debelle says risky borrowing is more likely to be an accelerator to an economic downturn rather than its source, in an address discussing the impact of lending curbs. “If a negative …
Still think globalization will bring peace? They thought that in 1914, too. From Bloomberg: Last month, I traveled to Vienna, the former seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a fitting place to contemplate the approaching 100th anniversary of the conclusion of …
If you’re an investor or even just a financially conscious individual, chances are you’ve already considered the idea of investing in precious metals. However, since there are always two sides to every coin, it is possible that you might have …
by Dr. Eowyn From John Philip Sousa IV’s essay on Stars & Stripes Forever: Given that just a 2 or 3 percentage point drop in turnout among Republicans mean Democrats take control of Congress next year, I thought I’d list a …
By Joe Jarvis Via The Daily Bell Millions of American parents are now… schooling their offspring at home, and new computer software is making quality home education easier to accomplish. Recent studies have shown that home-schooled students are superior to …
by Shaun Richards As many of you reading this know, I’m what you would call a Tex-Can. I was born and raised in Canada, but I’ve called Texas home for nearly 30 years. I can’t picture U.S. Global Investors headquartered …
via cato.org: The U.S. Treasury reports that the federal budget deficit was $779 billion in fiscal 2018. The deficit is caused by spending in excess of tax revenues and is financed by borrowing from foreign and domestic creditors. Federal spending in 2018 was …
by JasonMckennan Unemployment is at historic low levels. This means people have money to buy homes, which pushes the prices higher as they currently are. The best time to buy is when unemployment is high…which means lots of buyers fall …
by mormengil Reasons are: Margin loans, unlike mortgages, are not fixed in duration, are not fixed in interest rate, are secured on assets at a certain market value (or range) rather than secured on an asset disregarding it’s future fluctuations in …
by Michael Snyder Donald Trump just made one of the most brilliant moves of his entire presidency. By accusing the Federal Reserve of “going loco”, he is placing the blame for the coming stock market crash and horrifying economic downturn squarely …
by John Ward Geopolitics, planned supply cuts, bourse directionalising, energy wars and refinement cost manipulation are behind an increase in petrol prices. The investigation below shows why media drivel about ‘regional instability’ and ‘Russian blackmail’ as factors as complete hokum. Once …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Emerging markets continue to decouple from the U.S. market, making them look attractive as a value play—particularly distressed Chinese equities. Below I’ll share with you two big reasons why I think China is …
Forex trading is widely perceived to be a high-risk activity. A leading market analysis website looked at 43 million trades and concluded that more than 50% of trades closed on a profit. That’s very encouraging, but the truth is, most …
via visualcapitalist: In the mining industry, location is paramount. Invest your capital in a jurisdiction that doesn’t respect that investment, or in a place with little geological potential, and it’s possible that it will end up going to waste. That’s why, …
A week before confirmation?? What a coincidence!! h/t samddnffnwrg
via mindingthecampus: Federal efforts to alleviate the high and rising cost of attending college through student loans have morphed from a policy challenge to a fiscal time bomb threatening to blow up the financial future of tens of millions of Americans …
By Antony P. Mueller via Mises Wire: The new “democratic socialists” want to make their followers believe that one could redistribute wealth and income and socialize a large part of the economy without harming production and productivity. They claim that a …
