Gold isn’t the only precious metal favored by investors in times of stock market weakness or financial crisis. Silver is still greatly in demand by investors, and it’s often referred to as “poor man’s gold.” Not every person has a few thousand dollars to drop on gold coins, but $50-100 to spend on a few […]
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Part of the fallout from President Trump’s decision to pull US troops from Syria appears to be the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis. Mattis had been rumored to be one of the key Cabinet officials likely to leave after the mid-term elections, especially after Trump called Mattis “sort of a Democrat.” Now that Trump […]
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The actions of stock markets over the past several months have likely contributed to a number of near heart attacks among anxious investors. With unprecedented volatility roiling markets, they’re just as likely to end a trading day down 600 points as they are to end up 600 points. And with the trend tending ever downwards […]
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Many people may not realize it, but pickles were originally a fermented food. The characteristic tang of pickles that now is most often created by vinegar was once the result of fermentation. You can still get that characteristic taste by fermenting your own pickles at home, and it’s quite easy to do. As with any […]
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Many investors are undoubtedly unhappy that Bitcoin is well away from its $20,000 highs. That goes the same for cryptocurrency miners too, many of whom are idling their equipment or even trying to get rid of it as Bitcoin has dropped below the price needed for many miners to recoup their energy costs. But with […]
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If cryptocurrencies were the talk of 2017, initial coin offerings (ICOs) were the talk of 2018. But while ICOs got a lot of attention from investors in 2018, they also attracted a lot of attention from regulators. With such a hot cryptocurrency market fraudsters began to infiltrate. US authorities shut down numerous ICO operators, prosecuting […]
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In a shocking move in the week before Christmas, President Trump announced that the US would pull all of its troops from Syria. Declaring that ISIS had been defeated and that there was therefore no reason for US troops to remain in the country, the move came as a surprise not just to the general […]
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A cure for cancer remains the goal for many a researcher, yet it continues to remain elusive. With more and more people diagnosed with various types of cancers every year, the search for a cure continues to be pressing. Now researchers are finally starting to look at innovative new ways to combat cancer by using […]
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When we think of corporate welfare we often think of handouts from the government to industry. The bailouts in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis were one particularly egregious type of corporate welfare, as were the government takeovers of Chrysler in the 1980s and General Motors during the last recession. But not all corporate […]
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Markets had been pricing in a December Fed rate hike all year. But with President Trump’s comments expressing his disappointment at the Fed’s hiking of rates this year, and Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s comments attempting to placate both the markets and the President, many on Wall Street were hopeful that the Fed would dispense with […]
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