Headlines last week were full of the news that wealthy, privileged parents had engaged in bribery to gain admission for their children to colleges they otherwise would have had difficulty getting into. Among those indicted was Lori Loughlin, known to millions of Americans as Aunt Becky on Full House. While the reaction to the scandal […]
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While numerous countries have discussed the possibility of issuing their own digital currency, the actual issuance of central bank digital currencies has in most cases failed to materialize. Aside from Venezuela’s much-derided petro, which doesn’t seem to be gaining much traction, no other central bank has issued its own digital currency. Until now. While many […]
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While it looks unconventional to modern eyes used to the Remington 870 and Mossberg 500, the Winchester 1897 shotgun was once one of the most popular shotguns in the country. Produced from 1897 to 1957, the Winchester 1897 was the first commercially successful pump shotgun and one of the first shotguns built to withstand the […]
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Buy low and sell high is what most investors want to do. And right now may be the right time to buy gold before it starts to climb again. Last year provided a great opportunity for investors to add to their gold holdings, as the yellow metal dipped at one point below $1,200 per ounce. […]
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Many Americans watch their diets closely, trying to ensure that they get the right amount of nutrients. Those who are looking to lose weight often try to minimize their fat intake, while those who pursue alternative diets such as the ketogenic diet try to minimize their carbohydrate intake. But aside from bodybuilders, weightlifters, and other […]
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Every week seems to bring more and more news that the economy, if it isn’t already in recession, is well on its way to recession. This time it’s bad news from the manufacturing sector, which like most other sectors of the economy underperformed versus economists’ expectations. Factory orders barely rose in January, up 0.1 percent […]
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While many consumers are undoubtedly upset at the censorship exercised against conservatives by tech behemoths such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, the solution of getting government involved to force them to remain neutral to differing points of view is neither practical nor ideal. As the response to the New Zealand mosque shootings has shown, governments […]
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When envisioning a worst case scenario they’re trying to prepare for, every prepper can point to the situation in Venezuela. In the midst of a hyperinflationary crisis, crumbling infrastructure, and two men competing for leadership of the country, things couldn’t get more fractured. But what made an already bad situation even worse was a week-long […]
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Most Americans woke up Friday morning to the shocking news that a gunman had killed 49 people at two New Zealand mosques. Coming on a Friday, the story was quickly eclipsed over the weekend, but the consequences of the shooting will reverberate for some time to come. Here are eight of the most important lessons […]
Continue ReadingMost Wall Street analysts are a pretty conservative bunch when it comes to predicting the price of gold. Since Wall Street firms can’t make the same money from trading gold that they can from trading stocks, bonds, currencies, and other commodities, they tend to downplay the importance of gold in investment portfolios and predict prices […]
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