My wife and I put our marriage through the acid test nine years ago: we built a house. Everyone told us, “Something’s going to trigger one or both of you. Eventually the stress gets to you and you’ll fight about something. Maybe it’s big. Maybe it’s small, but if you can make it through building […]
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What do you really need to know about computers? The British Show, “The IT Crowd,” begins with a wonderful scene showing one of the main characters, working in an IT department repeatedly answering the phone with, “IT – have you tried turning it off and on again?” The funny thing is– really – that usually
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Until 1965, United States quarters, dimes and half dollars contained 90% silver and 10% copper. These coins today are known as “junk silver” or 90% silver. These coins are, quite possibly, the most easily-confused items we sell. Why? Their statutorily defined unit is $1,000 face value (4,000 quarters, 10,000 dimes, or 2,000 halves). In the
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Maybe we’re all factory workers now. Remember the “information super-highway”? Our lives are even colder, even more industrial now. At least on a highway, you get to see glimpses of birds and trees – reality. Today we get no such luxuries. Through the wonders of the internet and social media, we now are perched before
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Many folks purchase precious metals as a hedge – as financial insurance. And that’s no mistake. Gold and silver – before they are an investment – are the ultimate in asset protection. And when you purchase gold and silver to this end, you buy it and stick it in a safe somewhere. Maybe you swap
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As we’ve mentioned before, the key to the United States’ imperial power for nearly a century is the dollar. Yes, we’ve got drones and tanks and Jack Ryan and a huge military but these just make up the dollar’s enforcement arm. The United States holds its power by the dollar. The dollar is powerful because
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Strange events are unfolding, y’all. Over the past two months – since just September – the New York Federal Reserve has loaned $3 trillion dollars to banks in the ‘repo’ market. And nobody’s talking about it! Well, nobody that most Americans hear from. Banks in this country must hold certain amounts of money in reserve,
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We used to live in a microwaveable age. Whatever you wanted could be cooked up in less than a minute. Times now are immeasurably faster. Everything is instant, immediate, and unlimited. Whereas just-in-time inventory distressed us 20 years ago, today it’s expected. Why look any further than tomorrow? Next-day delivery is the norm, twitter spews
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We all learn things the hard way. We’d like to think we’re smarter than the other poor saps out there, but the truth is we have to live something to learn it. Notice I’m writing “we” and not just “thee”. I grew up in a family precious metals business. And must admit, I
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Sometimes gold and silver bulls are considered antiquated entities. In 1999 I stood at a party speaking to two men 40 years my senior. Gold and silver came up. Young to the business, I was apprehensive enough to remain silent in the conversation. One man stated that a new market in gold and silver was
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