The seeming dichotomy between markets and the economy appears to be growing by the day Retailers are seeing declining sales and rising inventories while households are increasingly financially...
American consumers and households have had to deal with inflation for well over a year now, with no signs that inflation is letting up anytime soon And with recession on the horizon, the prospect of...
While the post-2016 performance of markets made more 401(k) millionaires than ever before, not everyone benefited from this rising tide And with inflation now taking a big bite out of the purchasing...
With inflation having been high for over a year, the federal government is starting to make significant adjustments to various limits and thresholds that are inflation-adjusted The Social Security...
More and more Americans today are taking steps to protect their financial well-being Concerned about high inflation and the risk of recession, they’re trying to keep their assets safe so that they...
While 2022 may have been a relatively disappointing year for gold so far, the outlook for the yellow metal remains bright With recession on the horizon and many more people warning of an economic...
Ronald Reagan is famous for having once quipped that if the government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, there would suddenly be a shortage of sand That quip highlighted one truism about...
With inflation remaining stubbornly high, more and more Americans are worried about the impact inflation is having on their financial well-being Real incomes continue to drop, while inflation erodes...
It seems that every day continues to bring more bad news about the future of the economy and the state of Americans’ financial health With inflation remaining elevated, and the Fed continuing to...
Perhaps nothing defined the absurdity of the Obama era as much as President Obama’s reception of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 Having been in power for less than eight months at the time he...
To finish our series on Gold and Silver 101, we provide you with this glossary to define commonly used terms in coin and precious metals markets You may have seen or heard many of these terms, but...
The 2008 financial crisis started out slowly, before it accelerated with a bang And no event did more to panic markets and investors than the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 Having been...
Central bankers around the world, including the US Federal Reserve System, are facing a dilemma With inflation at 40-year highs, and hitting double digits in some countries for the first time in...