Another “stablecoin” has launched recently, with American multinational company IBM providing significant amounts of support. The idea behind a stablecoin is to produce a cryptocurrency that has a stable value. In this case the new cryptcurrency, USD Anchor, will have its units backed by US dollars. Those dollars will then be held in FDIC-insured accounts, […]
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Existing home sales declined for the third straight month in June, a worrying sign for the health of the housing market as well as the overall economy. Economists had projected that sales would rise in June, so they missed that forecast pretty badly. Year on year home sales declined too, down 2.2 percent from a […]
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If you’ve made the decision to purchase a getaway property to bug out to when the stuff hits the fan, there are a few things you need to consider before putting down your money. You want to find a property that does what you need it to and provides for you with a minimum of […]
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By the end of June, unemployment for Hispanic workers hit a new record low, falling to 4.6. percent. The Washington Examiner reported that 164,000 Hispanics joined the labor force in June. At the same time, a new Harvard/Harris poll released at the end of June revealed that President Trump’s overall approval rating among Hispanics rose […]
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President Trump recently took on the Federal Reserve’s conduct of monetary policy, although not in a good way. Rather than criticizing the Fed for keeping interest rates too low for too long, he criticized the Fed for raising interest rates, complaining that in so doing the Fed has taken away America’s competitive edge against China […]
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While the media continues to fixate on the duopoly of the Republicans and the Democrats, the real political movements within the United States often go overlooked. The grassroots, inner-party conversations, and political power plays that make up the true nature of politics hide behind a curtain that few venture to understand. One of the most […]
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Alzheimer’s is an incredibly debilitating neurodegenerative disease that is becoming increasingly more common. It accounts for the majority of cases of dementia, with symptoms most often manifesting themselves after age 65. Nearly 30 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s, but researchers continue to have a difficult time understanding its cause, without which they will find […]
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One of the things that made America great was that members of each successive generation could hope that they would be better off than their parents. With a growing economy and increasing technological innovation, successive generations accumulated wealth and capital to continue improving their standard of living. Even the poorest among us have access to […]
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Former FBI Director James Comey recently made headlines for declaring that Americans who do not vote for the Democratic Party are essentially committing treason. On July 18 he tweeted “All who believe in this country’s values must vote for Democrats this fall.” This is not the first time the former FBI employee brazenly spouted his […]
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If someone owns a pump shotgun, the odds are that it’s either a Remington 870 or a Mossberg 500. With over 12 million Remington 870s produced and over 10 million Mossberg 500s, they’re the two most popular shotguns in existence today. Produced since 1960, the Mossberg 500 takes some of its design cues from Remington’s […]
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