Stocks have been dead money for a year. Forget about making a return, most people would be happy to break even. These are times when small investors discover that your…
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Over the years we’ve watched airline travel turn from a pampered luxury to a nightmare of claustrophobia and wait times. When you look at pictures of airliners back in the…
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All real estate is local. You hear that a lot when you’re out shopping for a home, usually when your agent wants to put to rest some fear you have…
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It’s probably the question I field more than any other. There are people who want to get started investing but don’t know if they have enough money. That’s a tough…
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Black swans get kind of a raw deal based solely on the color of their feathers. No one really wants them around and, at one point, no one was sure…
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Since the Reagan era China has bled off jobs from the United States to achieve double digit growth. Entire sections of our nation, particularly in the upper Midwest, collapsed economically.…
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Conservative news outlets lashed out at Facebook after reports surfaced that staff were rountinely suppressing conservative viewpoints. While there was plenty of vitriol to go around, there is scant evidence…
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People drop out of the workforce for a lot of reasons. Maybe you took a break to raise kids, to resolve a family medical issue or just because you were…
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It may seem hard to grasp how a weak jobs report could be good for gold prices but, in our topsy-turvy modern economy where events in far corners of the…
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The market gives and market takes away, overall 2016 has been okay but not spectacular. It’s worked out for me because I shifted a bunch of money into an S&P…