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  • How Baby Boomers Can Increase Retirement Savings

    • April 11, 2016
    • Category: Retirement

    Many baby boomers find themselves in need of additional money for retirement. There are a number of reasons why this generation may find themselves coming up short when it comes to retirement savings. People are living longer than their parents did; in addition, it may cost baby boomers more than it cost their parents to

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  • What Negative Interest Rates Mean for Gold Investors

    In January, the markets were shocked when the Bank of Japan adopted negative interest rates; this followed the European Central Bank (ECB) doing so by more than a year and a half. A growing number of policymakers acknowledge that although below-zero rates may hinder the money-making ability of banks, they are willing to test the

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  • Retirement Tips for 40-Somethings

    • April 7, 2016
    • Category: Retirement

    Conventional wisdom states that everyone should start saving for retirement as soon as they get their first “real” job, but this dictum is rarely followed. Instead, student loans, the down payment on a house, starting a family, and other ordinary financial obligations that crop up in your 20s and 30s take precedence over a retirement

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  • Be Extra Careful When Buying Gold

    • April 1, 2016
    • Category: Buy Gold

    Another scammer was arrested recently, this one in Kansas City, selling counterfeit gold bars on Craigslist. “Buy Gold at Spot!” is a common headline in such scams and just like “the check’s in the mail” I would hope that anyone receiving such a pitch would easily be able to realize the opportunity’s utter lack of

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  • 5 IRA Mistakes to Avoid

    • March 31, 2016
    • Category: IRA

    Setting up a gold IRA with American Bullion is the first step towards saving for a comfortable retirement. But the mere fact of opening an account is not enough to secure your financial future; you must also take a proactive role in managing your account and above all avoid making these 5 common IRA mistakes.

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  • What Kind of Precious Metals Can I Hold in a Gold IRA?

    • March 23, 2016
    • Category: Gold IRA

    Precious metals IRAs are governed by strict IRS rules limiting the forms of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium that may be held in a retirement account. The two most prominent rules likely to affect average investors are the ones regarding fineness and collectible status. Specifically, the IRS stipulates that gold coins held in IRAs must

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  • Post-FOMC Report – Part 2 – Yellen

    • March 18, 2016
    • Category: Government

    Just three months ago, the Fed was a veritable fountain of economic optimism, gushing with praise for the improving unemployment numbers and eager to implement the first interest rate increase and the first interest rate adjustment in more than seven years, with Dollar fortifying plans to continue increasing interest rates on a quarterly basis initially

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  • Post-FOMC Report – Part 1

    • March 17, 2016
    • Category: Government

    The U. S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting concluded yesterday with no major changes. As I’ve been suggesting for weeks now, the Fed did manage to begin backing off of their aggressive talk regarding rapidly and frequently increasing interest rates. They still haven’t copped to it, but Fed realizes that the economy is

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  • Infographic: $19,000,000,000,000+ National Debt (and counting…)

    • March 4, 2016
    • Category: Government

    The United States has enjoyed the ability to borrow effortlessly and sustain an assertive foreign policy, by virtue of its status as the world’s reserve currency. But the rise of other currencies and concerns related to the mushrooming US debt has created doubt, causing many foreign entities to sell-off of US currency and securities. And

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  • Yuan Achieved IMF World Currency Status! So What You Say? Think Again!

    • March 3, 2016
    • Category: Currency

    Like we predicted months ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has formally accepted the Chinese Yuan into the IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket. The effective implementation of acceptance will occur on October 1, 2016. The Chinese yuan will join the dollar, euro, yen and pound as an IMF global reserve currency. This is the

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