On occasion, a topic surfaces in the headlines that may not affect you financially in the near-term, but this particular dystopian symptom of our morally fractionalized utopia deserves some introspection instead of simply allowing another atrocious story to numb our...
Physical forms of currency such as cash and personal checks are increasingly falling out of favor with global consumers for alternative forms of electronic payment. Online banking and automatic bill pay availability have made the use of cash for high-cost purchases,...
Despite a treasure trove of public information and a prospectus fact sheet, some folks still promote false narratives about the GLD SPDR Gold Shares Trust manipulating the price of gold. The BIS is a favorite target with references made to swaps and futures trading. ...
If there’s one thing that clients of money managers can’t stand, it’s showing a loss at year’s end. And if there’s one thing that money managers can’t stand, it’s losing clients. But with the major equities markets going absolutely nowhere in 2018 so far – or worse...
The easiest money to spend is other people’s money, and when there’s no accountability or proximate consequences, malfeasance becomes par for the course. The U.S. national debt is frequently denounced in the traditional media as a burden, but the citizenry has become...