When judging the likelihood of a recession, it isn’t just data about manufacturing, housing, and consumer good production that goes into most predictions. Data about ancillary industries such as transportation and shipping also help to play a role in determining whether an economic slowdown is about to occur. With so many goods in the United […]
Continue ReadingAustria has had a long history of minting precious metal coins. From the time of the Maria Theresa Thaler, Austrian coins have been frequently used in international trade and have been seen as an example of the finest Europe could offer. Even today, now that Austria is but a pale shadow of its former self, […]
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All investors want their retirement portfolios to perform well and make money for them, but in the back of their minds they understand that their portfolios can be subject to huge losses. That’s why many of the most successful investors over time are those who protect their portfolios from major losses, not necessarily those who […]
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Quick, take a guess as to which department of the federal government is spending $100 million a month, the first department to do so. If you answered the Department of Defense, you’re dead wrong. It’s the Department of Health and Human Services, which is on track to spend $1.23 trillion this fiscal year, or more […]
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President Trump’s tweets have almost become a matter of legend, with the ability to move markets with just a few short words. And while most of Trump’s tweeting deals with politics, world trade, and reacting to current events, he finally decided to tell the world what he thinks of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately for Bitcoin […]
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The past 130 years have seen a veritable revolution in small arms design and ammunition. Yet despite all the changes that have occurred since then, sometimes it makes sense to revisit old classics. The introduction of the smokeless powder 8x50mmR Lebel cartridge by France in 1886 revolutionized small arms development and set off an international […]
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From massive rainstorms to scorching heat waves, there’s hardly a weather event today that isn’t trumpeted by the media as yet another example of the dangers of man-made climate change. But more and more research is beginning to indicate that, far from being the scourge that many on the left claim it is, man-made climate […]
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One of the most misunderstood factors when it comes to buying gold, silver and other precious metals, is whether to buy physical gold or paper gold. Physical gold is just what the name suggests: physical gold coins and bars that investors actually own themselves. Paper gold is the term given to investments such as gold […]
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With heart disease and the complications associated with it affecting more and more Americans every year, doctors continue to search for ways to minimize the risk of developing heart disease. From dietary changes to new fitness routines, there are myriad methods that have been tried in the fight to combat heart disease. Among the foods […]
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Alan Greenspan was notorious as a Federal Reserve Board Chairman for engaging in “Fedspeak,” a variation of English that sounded as though he was conveying vast amounts of information but in reality was a bunch of gobbledygook that meant absolutely nothing. As long as the economy was booming, which for much of Greenspan’s tenure it […]
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