While much of the attention over the attempt to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of office has focused on Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, less attention has been paid to Maduro’s attempts to sell off Venezuela’s gold. Just over two years into a hyperinflationary crisis created by Maduro’s unlimited printing of money, Maduro is desperate […]
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As parents there are a number of things we want to teach our children. But aside from passing down family histories, taking our children to church, and making sure they learn reading, writing, and arithmetic, there are a number of practical skills that we can teach them that can help not only to help stimulate […]
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Serious gold investors know that investing in gold through a gold IRA is far superior to investing in gold through an exchange-traded fund (ETF). But despite the many drawbacks of gold ETFs, following their actions and performance can be a good way to identify trends in gold markets. Gold ETFs have become a popular investment […]
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In a move that angered both civil rights advocates and 2nd Amendment supporters, a police officer who killed an innocent man at an Alabama mall on Thanksgiving will not be charged with a crime. Emantic Bradford, Jr., an army veteran and concealed carry permit holder, was shot three times and killed by a police officer […]
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Most cryptocurrency investors choose one of two ways to store their cryptocurrency holdings: they either hold them with a cryptocurrency exchange or they utilize investment vehicles such as cryptocurrency IRAs and hold their assets with custodians. Unless investors look closely underneath the hood, they may not see the difference between the two, and may not […]
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With the election of new Democratic Congressmen who can best be described as socialists, there has been a lot of buzz about raising tax rates on the ultra-rich. Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to tax incomes above $10 million per year at a rate of 70% is one such example. And more and more media coverage […]
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With less than a month to go before US tariffs on Chinese imports are set to increase, the two sides appear to be far, far away from coming to any sort of deal. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow stated this this week that the US and China had a “pretty sizable distance to go” […]
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In a move that could be laying the ground for her run for President, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) apologized privately to a leader of the Cherokee Nation for previously having claimed to be part Cherokee, and for taking a DNA test to try to prove her Native American ancestry. Warren famously released the results that […]
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If you’ve been following the political drama in Virginia, it almost seems like a surreal soap opera. Had anyone written a fictional account of what is going on, it would have been dismissed as being absurd and unrealistic. But every day seems to bring more and more damning revelations. To sum up what has happened […]
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Stock market crashes are easy to see in hindsight, but they’re very difficult to see while they’re occurring. Too many people assume that a stock market crash will manifest itself as a Black Monday or Black Tuesday type of event, with a 10% or 20% loss in a single day. In reality, stock market crashes […]
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