If you needed more evidence that California is going down the toilet, recent news has publicized the fact that the city of San Francisco spent more than $94 million in 2019 in a failed effort to keep its streets free of human feces. More than 30,000 instances of public pooping were reported to authorities, and […]
Continue ReadingNow that we’re entering the 2020s, financial news websites are full of analysis of the previous decade’s market performance. And much of the coverage focuses on what were the best-performing investment assets of the past decade. But while most mainstream news sources are focusing on stocks, the best investment of the past decade was something […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ve heard the news that the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she won’t transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate until she receives guarantees that the Senate will hold a fair trial. […]
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At the beginning of the year, the Federal Reserve was expected to hike interest rates at least twice. Instead, it cut rates three times. What should we expect in 2020? With numerous analysts and strategists warning about the likelihood of a major stock market crash in 2020, it’s all but guaranteed that the Fed will […]
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One of the most damaging effects of the trade war with China has been the effect it had on US farmers. US exports of soybeans to China had been growing until the trade war began. After the trade war began, soybean exports plummeted as China pivoted to import soybeans from South America instead. But with […]
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Well, it’s official, the United States now has a sixth branch of the military. With the signing into law of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020, President Trump officially established the US Space Force as the newest military service. But if you thought you could finally fulfill your dreams of becoming a space shuttle […]
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Many people look at surging stock markets, and especially hot stocks like Amazon and Netflix, and think that they can make it big investing in stocks. Yet very few investors are actually able to make market-beating stock gains, let alone even match the market. The sooner they understand that, the sooner they’ll be able to […]
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New York’s BitLicense is famously known and reviled by many within the cryptocurrency community. The hurdles it places in the way of cryptocurrency businesses means that many firms are not able to operate in New York, and risk running afoul of New York authorities if they even accidentally take on New York residents as clients. […]
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With the recent changes Congress made to retirement savings laws, more firms today will be able to market annuities to those enrolled in workplace retirement programs. Insurance companies lobbied hard for those provisions, hoping to capture a piece of the trillions of dollars Americans have invested through workplace 401(k) and retirement savings plans. But while […]
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“Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself” has become a popular meme in society today, and not just on the internet. Despite the number of leftists who try to claim that only conspiracy theorists would believe that Jeff Epstein was murdered, the facts just don’t lead anyone to any other conclusion. In the most recent coincidence, it has […]
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