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Even though the markets were all hitting new highs recently, we continue to see multiple days where the Dow will drop 200 to 500 points, only to spike to a new high again within a week. Over the past two weeks, the trend has been gradually lower. Looking a little deeper, we see large selloffs in the highflyers like Artificial Intelligence shares, but we have also seen pullbacks in safer shares like AT&T and Altria. Is this volatility portending a larger pullback, or perhaps

Debt is a 4-letter word. And just like other 4-letter words, you should avoid using it! Especially for consumption reasons. The banks make it look so enticing with images of happy couples fawning over new cars, lavish lifestyles, and vacations in a tropical paradise! The reality is much different. Instead, the banks are really more like drug dealers preying off the emotions and greed of their victims lured in by false images of eternal rich bliss. Opening their pimp-like tr

Gold has been on an absolute tear this year. Closing slightly lower Friday, the yellow metal is up 61.65% since the beginning of the year. Since August 19, gold is up over 28%. And just this week, it rose a healthy 5.6%. These are huge moves for what is generally a fairly stable asset and store of value. So who is doing all the buying, and why? At the dawn of the 20th century, famed banker JP Morgan asked a young apprentice, "Is it demand that creates rising prices? Or is

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped almost 900 points yesterday, or roughly 1.9%. Compared to most days, this was a sizable drop. Some reporters in the financial press referred to the tariff-inspired selloff as having caused investors to "panic". When I read statements like these, I have to laugh at the ignorance of the media! About 75% of all stock trading today is driven by algorithms on computers. In other words, "automated program trading". Even individual

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