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Elite Conversations Are Focusing On The Coming Crash!
- July 26, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: News
No CommentsOnce achieved, wealth is not something easily given up. That’s why it’s important to pay attention to those who have the most to lose, during difficult economic times. However, many in the middle class mistakenly assume that the top 1% (American oligarchy) meet in secret and sequestered rooms to discuss the country’s economic direction, like
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With Global Terrorism On The Rise, Gold Is An Investors Safety Net
- July 21, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Gold Investing
In the aftermath of a terrorist event, stock markets tend to suffer greatly – but gold is a civilized society’s hedge against uncertainty. From San Bernardino to Brussels, Belgium; Orlando, Florida to Nice, France, the list of confirmed terrorism-related attacks seems to span across the globe and weave through various social strata and cultures. But
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The Five Main Causes For The Great Depression
- July 19, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Government
Ever wonder what actually caused the Great Depression? It might hit close to home once you take a careful look. The Great Depression happened far enough in the past that it doesn’t seem all that real to today’s young scholars. The Depression may occupy space in history books and is certainly a part of standardized
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Is The Subprime Mortgage Coming Back?
- July 14, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Government
Surely, we learned our lesson during the peak of the housing crisis in late 2007 – right? Not so fast. According to recent indicators, we might be on the brink of another bursting bubble. The world was a different place in early 2007. You could still purchase or refinance your home using largely stated income,
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Why The Drama Between Gold, Treasuries, Oil, And The Dollar?
- July 12, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Gold
So much about investing relates to the different roles that classes of assets perform within a portfolio. Carry individual dollar bills, for example, and you’ll find your assets are extremely liquid and best designed for today’s purchases. Turn those dollars into an investment property, however, and suddenly you have an extremely illiquid asset that should
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Are We On The Verge Of Another Great Depression?
- July 10, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Government
Shockingly, Similar Great Depression-esque economic factors are prevalent today, just as they were during the end of the Roaring 20’s and the start of the Turbulent 30’s No one ever refers to the “Aughties” (from 1900-1909) or the Turbulent Thirties (1930-1939) when reliving history – it’s always about the Roaring 20s or the Swinging 60s.
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Is the Gold: Oil Relationship An Old Wives Tale?
- July 5, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: News
There are certainly specific times when some could make an argument that gold and oil don’t travel in the same general direction, but most of those episodes can be attributed directly to specific issues, whether governmental, environmental, or production forces, affecting one or the other commodity completely independent of the other. Generally speaking though the
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Why You Can’t Compare Gold To Bitcoin
- July 3, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Gold
In March 2017, for the first time ever, one Bitcoin traded for the same price as one ounce of gold. This fueled a surge in the bitcoin-vs.-gold conversation—a common, logical, but ultimately misplaced comparison. The fact is Bitcoin (like all digital currencies, or “cryptocurrencies”) plays a unique role in the finance space; it is not
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What Would A Modern Gold Standard Look Like?
- June 23, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Gold
The United States of America began its country ship on a bimetallic standard, which meant that economic transactions occurred through gold and silver purchases (or bank notes drawn against gold and silver deposits). Between 1780 and 1830, most Americans bought with silver—much more common and less risky than carrying gold—and held their savings in silver.
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Gold Investing During Trump’s Troubled Administration
- June 21, 2017
- Posted by: Orkan Ozkan
- Category: Gold Investing
Investment bank Goldman Sachs made waves in late 2016 when lead equity strategist Peter Oppenheimer advised investors to look at “gold as a hedge” against then president-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda. Many in the financial media agreed. Surely, the incoming administration would be good news for alternative assets and poor for traditional equities. Those prognostications
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