There’s been a lot of talk about how the government shutdown is harming the economy, with millions of dollars of losses piling up each day. The longer the shutdown lasts, the worse it is for the economy according to this point of view. But is that really true? There are undoubtedly many companies that have […]
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One of the major questions people ask about the government shutdown is how it will affect the economy. We hear the stories of companies such as Southwest, which had to put plans to fly a route to Hawaii on hold because its route approval is in limbo, or Marriott, which is seeing double digit declines […]
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With government agencies shutting down and furloughing their employees for the past month, not much has gotten done. While that hasn’t affected overall cryptocurrency markets too much, it has affected specific projects that are dependent on federal approval. And because the outlook for the government reopening was looking so bleak, the shutdown last week claimed […]
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If you needed any more proof that the concern about climate change has jumped the shark, just read newly-elected Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent comments about climate change. During an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates at an event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Ocasio-Cortez said that, “Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks […]
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With the federal government shutdown already record-breaking at over one month in duration, more and more stories are circulating about the harm federal employees and their families are facing. Having already missed one paycheck, federal employees are about to miss a second. And while they will receive back pay once the government reopens, that doesn’t […]
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Silver half dollars, quarters, and dimes are often referred to as “junk silver.” That doesn’t mean that they’re junk, it just means that there were so many of them produced over the years for commerce that they’re really only worth as much as the silver they contain rather than having any extra numismatic value. Among […]
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While much of the media has been discussing the controversy surrounding the students from Covington Catholic High School, and many pundits who initially jumped the gun and berated the students are now walking back their statements and apologizing, very few people are asking how this situation became such a flashpoint issue to begin with. That’s […]
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Hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t make some sort of proposal to combat climate change. The fact that the climate changes constantly and that human beings have little effect on the earth’s climate doesn’t make a dent in the thinking of the climate change apostles, confident as they are in the supposed “consensus” […]
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One of the concerns many investors have with possibly investing in cryptocurrency is the risk of becoming susceptible to hackers. Thankfully, many of those concerns are able to be addressed through taking basic security measures. And investors in Bitcoin IRAs have the benefit of working with custodians who are able to use secure vaults, hard […]
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More and more investors are becoming attuned to the numerous benefits offered by gold. And it isn’t just novice investors who are just starting out and cutting through the Wall Street stock and bond propaganda who are discovering gold either. Sometimes even seasoned investors who wouldn’t have given gold a second thought before are discovering […]
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