It’s not hard to see why Gold Rush: Alaska, the Discovery Channel’s new series on present-day gold prospectors has hit pay dirt. More than just a part of American history, panning for gold in the field has become a reasonable o…
Prices for copper, gold, wheat, corn and oil are soaring. But how can small investors can take advantage of this growth without taking on way too much risk? That’s a good question, indeed. And here are some good answers.
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Gold is on a record bull run, up from $328 in 2002 to $1,375 an ounce today. What caused that steep rise wasn’t any inherent increase in gold’s value to society, but a clever marketing scheme that allowed it to be traded easil…
The markets ended the week on a high note with encouraging economic news, a surprise jump in consumer sentiment and a drop in the trade deficit, among other things. Is the Fed’s latest round of stimulus working?
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Interest rates are the price of money, and though that price is near zero right now, the cost of low interest rates to our nation may be too high. Low rates are squeezing savers, seniors, banks and pension funds, and the benefi…