With a new year just about upon us it’s time for investors to take stock and make sure that they’re prepared for what 2019 brings. 2018 started off with a bang but ended on a sour note for many investors, particularly those who remained heavily invested in equity markets. And as much as many market […]
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With the government shutdown now closing in on two weeks, the thought in everyone’s minds is how long it will last. Having come over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, there wasn’t too much that the federal government would have been doing anyway. But with a new Congress coming into session and looking to get […]
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A new year means a new start in many ways for investors. Most investors would probably hope to forget about 2018 which, after a tremendous start, ended the year with most assets in the red. Those who bought heavily into stock markets in the hopes that the bull market would continue its magnificent run were […]
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The American Gold Eagle isn’t the only gold bullion coin produced by the US Mint. The Gold Buffalo bullion coin, first minted in 2006, is the first 24 karat gold bullion coin issued by the Mint and has quickly become a popular coin both for investors and collectors. Hearkening back to the Golden Age of […]
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According to a recent Forbes article gold looks to be a solid bet for investors looking for improved portfolio performance in 2019. In the month of December gold outperformed the S&P 500 Index by over 15%, booking a nearly 5% gain for the month whereas the S&P Index lost over 9%. Gold’s performance in the […]
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With the coming of the Glock pistol in the mid-1980s and the popularity of Glocks since then, the pre-Glock “Wonder Nine” pistols have all largely been forgotten… with one exception. That exception is the CZ-75 pistol. Originally developed in Czechoslovakia in the mid-1970s with the intent of exporting and selling it abroad, over one million […]
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Just in time for the busy Christmas travel season, London’s Gatwick Airport was shut down for an entire day by large drones being flown near the runways. While authorities first thought that the drones may have veered into the airport’s airspace by accident, it soon became clear that the drones were being intentionally flown into […]
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It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that gold is rising in price as stocks are sliding. Gold investors have known for years that gold prices often rise when stock prices fall, as mainstream investors who spurn gold during boom times flock to the yellow metal when market conditions begin to deteriorate. Now gold’s performance […]
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To many cryptocurrency investors who got in at the height of the craze in late 2017 and early 2018, the rest of 2018 seemed like a bitter disappointment. From highs of $20,000 Bitcoin seemed to crash and burn, ending the year at around $4,000. But what many of those fair-weather friends fail to remember is […]
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As investors look at their year-end portfolio holdings, 2018 might be a year they would rather forget about. Assets of all types were down almost across the board. From stocks to bonds to commodities, nothing and no one was spared. Stock markets were especially hard hit, with the Dow Jones starting the year just under […]
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