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If you want to make $50,000 to $100,000 in the stock market, with a near 100% guaranteed return in just a few weeks, you are going to want to read this blog post. While nobody else in the media world will share this secret, I am going to reveal it to you here. The formula I am going to discuss has been known for nearly all time, yet very few people ever use it. And there are very good reasons for its rare use. I am not saying you should do what I am about to discuss. If you a

Black Friday offers some of the most tempting deals of the year, but it often leads to overspending that can hurt your budget long after the holiday season ends. Many shoppers find themselves caught up in the excitement, buying items they don’t need or stretching their finances too thin. If you want to enjoy Black Friday without the stress of overspending, adopting smart strategies can help you stay in control and make the most of your money. Plan Your Budget Before the Sales

An excellent vehicle for estate planning, whether your are rich or of just average or below average wealth, is a trust. Yet many people do not even know what a trust is, let alone how it can help them. This article delves into some basic information about trusts so you can work with your financial planner or read about it and decide if one is right for you, and which types to use for your situation. First, many of you may be asking what a trust is. In a nutshell, a trust is

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at record highs closing in on 47,000. The S&P 500 crossed 6700 this week, also a record high And the...

In January, when President Trump began announcing brutal tariffs on foreign nations, especially those countries with lopsided trade...

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With few exceptions, how we handle our money is the greatest indicator of who we are as a person. Our money habits reveal if we can be...

In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day a holiday. By 1894, 30 states were signed on to the movement. And on June 28th...

In 1989, famed investor and "One Up On Wall Street" author Peter Lynch wrote, "Always invest in a company any idiot can run, because...

There are over 6000 stocks traded publicly on the various United States stock exchanges. Many are substandard no-names you may have never...

Over the past twenty years, the business world has changed dramatically. Technology has been the driver of this change, causing those...

More Americans would do well to heed the advice: "Better to appear poor and have great wealth, than to appear wealthy and be very poor."...

While President Trump continues to question the competency of our Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...

With the invention of the blockchain 16 years ago, entirely new industries are now springing to life. The first application of the...

I will never stop reminding readers that the U.S. Federal Income Tax was ILLEGAL prior to 1913! The concept of the federal government...

Prior to the mid-1800s, gold and silver were the primary form of money. From the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, cash banknotes were...