By now many investors are aware that stock markets aren’t going to continue rising above their all-time highs. The meteoric rise of the past few years is unsustainable, which is why markets continue to push towards but never break through their previous records. The only way from here is down, with a massive correction on […]
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Recent comments made by Iranian government officials have raised the possibility that OPEC might be on the verge of collapse. The cartel, founded in 1960 in Baghdad and headquartered in Vienna, has long sought to control world oil prices by requiring its members to manipulate production in order to keep oil prices elevated (when they […]
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The 9mm Luger cartridge, aka 9x19mm Parabellum or 9x19mm NATO, has become perhaps the most popular firearms cartridge in the world. Originally introduced in 1902 by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Luger semiautomatic pistol, the 9mm Luger cartridge is the most popular cartridge in the United States, just ahead of the .223 Remington/5.56x45mm […]
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It seems like only yesterday that Bitcoin trading began on financial markets. The first futures markets for Bitcoin opened in December of 2017 to great fanfare. But since that time new developments in Bitcoin trading have been few and far between. Proposals for Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) have languished before regulators for months and […]
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Now that the Mueller report into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election has been published, Attorney General William Barr has vowed to investigate the FBI’s actions with relation to the Trump campaign in 2016. President Trump has already stated that he will declassify all the documents related to the FBI’s application for a […]
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With new inflation data coming out this week, the gold price could see a bullish rise if inflation picks up. While official inflation rates always underestimate the actual price increases that most people see, indications of rising inflation could send more investors piling into gold. CPI data from March indicated an 0.4% increase, double the […]
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Everyone who remembers the 2008 financial crisis remembers the role that collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) played in exacerbating the crisis. The way that financial companies packaged together billions of dollars of bad debt, diced and sliced them into securities that they then rated AAA, and sold them to unsuspecting investors seemed to be the epitome […]
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While flu season generally peaks between December and February, it can last as late as May. And given how wacky the weather has been in certain areas of the country, there are probably millions of people still at risk of developing the flu. While most people can weather the flu on their own, or get […]
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Professional sports teams are increasingly having to deal with the prospect of declining attendance. After years of growth, expanding leagues, and full ballparks and stadiums, the number of people attending professional sporting events at the highest levels is beginning to fall off. Is that indicative of a cultural trend, or are there other reasons for […]
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