Ever since man first discovered fire, the threat of uncontrolled flames has been one of the most menacing threats to face people. Whether it’s a cooking fire getting out of control, a sparking power line, a lightning strike, or a spark from a train traveling on a railroad track, fires can start and get out […]
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If someone had told you last August that palladium would one day be more valuable than gold, you probably would have laughed out loud. Yet here we are, with palladium just barely edging out gold as the world’s most valuable precious metal. From a low of $845 last August palladium has been on a tear […]
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Silver half dollars, quarters, and dimes are often referred to as “junk silver.” That doesn’t mean that they’re junk, it just means that there were so many of them produced over the years for commerce that they’re really only worth as much as the silver they contain rather than having any extra numismatic value. Among […]
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While much of the media has been discussing the controversy surrounding the students from Covington Catholic High School, and many pundits who initially jumped the gun and berated the students are now walking back their statements and apologizing, very few people are asking how this situation became such a flashpoint issue to begin with. That’s […]
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More and more investors are becoming attuned to the numerous benefits offered by gold. And it isn’t just novice investors who are just starting out and cutting through the Wall Street stock and bond propaganda who are discovering gold either. Sometimes even seasoned investors who wouldn’t have given gold a second thought before are discovering […]
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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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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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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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The Peace Dollar is another iconic American coin, the successor to the Morgan Dollar and the last circulating American silver dollar. First minted in 1921, the Peace Dollar was minted until 1928, again in 1934 and 1935, and finally in 1965, although those last 1964-dated coins were never issued and were believed all to have […]
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It’s no secret that technology firms are the darlings of Wall Street. With enormous stock valuations, tech stocks have been one of the major drivers in stock market performance over the past several years. Given that importance, it’s understandable that tech firms are beginning to take the security of their senior executives a little more […]
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