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Orkan Ozkan

  • How Much Should You Own At Retirement?

    • April 5, 2017
    • Category: Retirement

    Many investment experts recommend that savers and investors can reserve any portion of their retirement portfolio as they see fit for gold. A select few argue that investors should avoid physical gold altogether if they can’t hold it for at least for 5 to 10 years. Such a diversity of opinions may leave you feeling

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  • How The Effects Of A Weaker Dollar Benefit Gold Investors

    The U.S. dollar shows signs of cracking, and gold is already building ground as precaution. This is not entirely unexpected — there have been predictions of a weakening dollar for years, and the economic leanings of the new president only add fuel to that fire. The question is should gold investors be happy or worried

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  • What The Fed Rate Increase Means For Gold

    • March 24, 2017
    • Category: Gold

    The words on everyone’s lips during the past week: “Why did the gold price rally after the Fed raised interest rates?” On March 15, 2017, the U.S. Federal Reserve board voted to raise the federal funds rate for the second time in three months. The move further signaled the end of the nearly decade-long experiment

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  • How To Increase Employee Participation In Your 401K Plan

    • March 22, 2017
    • Category: 401K

    In the war against employee attrition, a 401(k) has always been a powerful tool. So why are so few employees today taking advantage of this lucrative investment option? Back in 1960, 30% of the full-time labor force was covered by a pension plan. The number of individuals with pension plans rose steadily until the early

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  • How Does 401K Vesting Work?

    • March 17, 2017
    • Category: 401K

    The popular 401k retirement plan often includes a vesting period, but what exactly is “vesting,” and how does it work? An April 2014 study conducted by the American Benefits Council showed that of those who work at companies with 500 or more employees, 89% had access to a company-sponsored retirement plan like a 401k. And,

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  • How To Put Your 401(k) To Good Use

    • March 15, 2017
    • Category: 401K

    Today’s uncertain political and economic climates make for interesting headlines, but the media often ignores the long-term financial risks facing real working men and women. If Americans save for retirement, they often do so through incomplete accounts such as IRAs and 401(k)s. While these accounts can play a role in a well-balanced financial plan, they

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  • 2017 USA Bullion Dealer Of The Year

    • March 13, 2017
    • Category: News

    American Bullion is proud to announce their receipt of the “2017 USA Bullion Dealer of the Year Award.” It is presented by Bullion.Directory, an online industry-supported resource guide, responsible for reviewing the business practices and customer opinions covering 855 bullion and precious metals dealers across five countries, while being committed to providing “essential resources for

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  • Owning Shares Of Gold Is Not The Same As Owning Physical Gold

    • March 3, 2017
    • Category: Gold

    In the modern world, investors have plenty of options when it comes to commodity exposure. For gold investors specifically, the most common (and most frequently debated) choice is between investing in physical gold bullion — the bars and coins — or investing in gold mining stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Except this is not really

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  • Investing in Precious Metals: 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid

    Contract law has a principle known as Caveat Emptor, which roughly translates to “buyer beware.” This also happens to be a fitting principle for precious metals investors, particularly novice investors, because the world of precious metals is fraught with strategic mistakes and less-than-reputable participants. With that in mind, here are three common mistakes that investors

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  • Saving For Retirement – A Yearly Timeline

    • February 24, 2017
    • Category: Retirement

    Everyone says you should start saving for retirement as early as possible, but what are the yearly benchmarks and important considerations to make each time you hit 20, 30, 40 years old and beyond? In order to protect your investments and ensure a stable and comfortable retirement, you must reevaluate how you’ve been saving for

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