While semi-automatic pistols are currently the rage among most self defense shooters, there remains a small but stubborn group of firearms enthusiasts who enjoy carrying and shooting revolvers. It wasn’t too long ago that the wheelgun was the primary sidearm of many a policeman, security guard, or armored car guard. But in the aftermath of […]
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With stock markets around the world on edge and investors nervous about what the future might hold, everyone is looking at central banks for guidance. You would think that they would have learned their lesson from the 2008 financial crisis, caused as it was by loose monetary policy. But ignorance of sound economics has left […]
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It seems that the more research is done into Alzheimer’s disease, the more prevalent the disease seems to become. Currently affecting 5.7 million Americans, more than 14 million Americans are expected to suffer from the disease by 2050. Alzheimer’s is characterized by its debilitating effects on memory, causing those suffering from the disease to slowly […]
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Even though the total number of border crossings by illegal immigrants has been decreasing during President Trump’s tenure, it seems that those who continue crossing the border are beginning to do so in ever larger groups. The focus on immigration in recent months has been on the caravans of immigrants making their way to the […]
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Original article and video published on CNBC.com on January 19, 2019. Unless you’re deeply involved in gold trading, you’ve probably never heard of the golden cross. And no, it has nothing to with Williams Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech. The golden cross occurs when gold’s 50-day moving average moves above its 200-day moving average. […]
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No one expects disaster to strike but we all need to be prepared for it. If you’re out hiking in the back country and suffer an injury that restricts your mobility, or if you’re backpacking and run into a surprise bout of inclement weather, you may find yourself in need of some temporary shelter to […]
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The past week has seen two egregious examples of “journalism” that have made it clear that anything you read in the news or on the internet should be examined critically. First came a Buzzfeed article that alleged that President Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a Trump real estate […]
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With the federal government now having been “shut down” for a month, we’re starting to hear more and more accounts of the toll it is taking. While much of the focus has been on government workers and the hardships they’re having to endure by working without pay and missing paychecks, there are more and more […]
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With the Chinese government injecting record amounts of liquidity into the banking system last week there is widespread speculation that the Chinese economy is not doing too well. Those liquidity injections follow a rate cut that was an attempt to boost economic activity. Trade data from December showed that Chinese exports in December fell 4.4% […]
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China’s economy has grown by leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades, with many economists speculating that it could overtake the US economy as the world’s largest within 15 years. But that facade of enormous growth is hiding some real structural problems that could seriously weaken the Chinese economy in the near future. […]
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