With winter just around the corner and Arctic blasts reaching many areas of the country, the growing season in most areas of the country is now officially over. But that doesn’t mean that you have to give up growing vegetables and herbs just because it’s getting cold outside. With the right equipment and the right […]
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A key part in investors’ decision-making processes when deciding on what to invest in is how much they can expect to gain over the long term. Most investors are really only passive investors, buying assets and holding on to them for years, rarely making major changes to their investments, and only reallocating assets within their […]
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It seems as though South America is in for some interesting times ahead. From a new leftist government in Argentina to a growing political crisis in Chile, we now have a military coup that has toppled Bolivian President Evo Morales. The military had demanded that Morales resign after a report from the Organization of American […]
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There has probably never been a bigger cheerleader for stock markets than US billionaire Warren Buffett. The legendary investor and CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway has always been one to speak his mind, and in his mind stocks are the only way to grow wealth. Buffett isn’t shy about putting his trust in stock […]
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While many Americans may look down on South America and think of it as the land from which most of our immigrants come, that’s not reality. For one thing, most of the illegal immigrants to the US are coming from Central America, not South America. South American countries such as Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile are […]
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Following on the release of new cryptocurrency tax guidance for the first time in five years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is starting to get serious about collecting taxes on gains made from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. While the agency is trying to simplify the Form 1040 that most people file every year, it has […]
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With the gap between the haves and have-nots seeming to grow larger every year, there’s an increasing movement on the part of Democrats to soak the rich. They see the rich growing richer, they see popular discontent with billionaires growing, and they see those fat bank accounts and brokerage accounts as ripe for the picking […]
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With stock markets reaching another record high this week, albeit just barely, even those who strongly believe that a recession is just around the corner are beginning to have second thoughts. That’s only natural, as stock markets have been essentially in a holding pattern for nearly two years. After breaking through multiple thousand-point barriers beginning […]
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Numerous American states and municipalities are facing severe budget constraints. In all cases it’s the result of fiscal mismanagement, with politicians consistently spending more money that they take in. But in many cases decisions made in the past are now coming back to bite them, with costs spiraling completely out of control. In many municipalities […]
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One of the great things about the US in years gone by was the size and wealth of its middle class. Unlike many other nations that had rich elites and poor commoners, the US had a large and affluent middle class of people who could afford luxuries such as automobiles, refrigerators, and air conditioning. Generations […]
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