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It wasn’t that many years ago that, if you were a middle class American, you could look forward to a pretty comfortable retirement. Years ago you’d have a pension supplemented …

One of the world’s most popular assets is gold. Its notable track record has proven this precious metal’s value time and again. Investing in gold can be made part of …

One size fits all – this adage may not be true in every case, especially when it comes to retirement advice. In reality, some of the most time-honored rules of …

Six million homeowners in the U.S. owed more money than their house was worth in Q4 of 2015 and, in the bizarro world of modern economics, that’s the good news. …

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on average, US residents can expect to live to about 78 year of age, which is an all-time high. Studies …

Since ancient times, silver has been used to make tools and a wide range of other goods. And you can be sure that its use in modern industry will not …

One in four. That’s how many Americans are one accident, one illness or one bit of financial bad luck away from disaster. That bad news comes in spite of an …

One of the biggest myths in modern finance is that your home is an investment. Nothing could be further from the truth yet, every single day, Americans stretch to buy …

As the old joke goes: Economists accurately predicted nine of the last five recessions. In other words, it’s always easier to see the downside in the market. Traditionally, it’s wise to …

If you’ve ever lived in Texas, you get used to the same repetitious weather forecast in the summer. Hot, continued hot, followed by a warming trend toward the end of …