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  • Everything You Need To Know About The Financial Crisis Of 2008

    • April 24, 2017
    • Category: Government

    On September 24, 2008, in the early stages of one of the worst recessions in American history, President George W. Bush addressed the nation to propose a dramatic bailout plan for the financial sector. In an attempt to sell the emergency bailout to the American public, Bush spoke of the “need to preserve the foundations

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  • Everything You Need To Know About Fort Knox

    • April 20, 2017
    • Category: Gold

    The United States Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox or sometimes the “gold fortress,” carved quite a reputation, thanks to the imagination of TV developers, video game designers, novelists, conspiracy theorists, and even policymakers. “The world’s biggest bank,” as it used to be called, has had a rich history: it existed during the Gold

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  • Gold’s Attributes Shine Brightest During Times Of Uncertainty

    • April 14, 2017
    • Category: Gold

    The stock market is trying to ignore the increased levels and locations of global tensions, but without much success. The scenario highlights the long-standing attraction of investors to gold and other precious metals during times of increasing inflation and particularly during times presenting an unclear or uncertain economic horizon. Though the 50 year mark for

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  • Everything You Need To Know About The Wall Street Crash Of 1929

    • April 12, 2017
    • Category: Stocks

    On October 24, 1929 (“Black Thursday”) the United States equity markets had the most dramatic decline in their history. Over the course of four days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25%. Investors lost $30 billion, or the equivalent to $400 billion in 2017. The real story goes beyond the numbers. The crash of 1929

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  • 5 Top Online Retirement Planning Tools

    • April 7, 2017
    • Category: Retirement

    Creating a retirement plan and saving money in accordance with the plan can be challenging, to say the least. Fortunately, there are several no-cost or low-cost apps and tools available online to make our lives easier. Our “golden years” are supposed to be just that – a time that shines brightly thanks to the personal

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  • 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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