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The Refco scandal might have produced the ultimate financial disaster: a gridlocked payments system. That it happened at all reminds us: we are betting our lives on the division of labor, which rests on accounting. The accountants failed.... keep reading

It is clear that the U.S. government is panicked over the threat of the jump of the virus to humans.... keep reading

Is the FED's concern about the housing bubble reflected by its current monetary policy, and if it is, then what does this say about immediate future of stocks and bonds?... keep reading

I am not giving medical advice. I am providing personal testimony, based on a discussion I had with a biologist 15 years ago. My grandmother, a 1918 flu survivor, tipped me off 40 years ago to a self-defense home remedy. I plan to use it. And others. But most important.... keep reading

The gold/silver ratio is down, meaning that silver is doing really well. What this means for metals next week.... keep reading

October 6 was a bad day for conventional investors, good for us skeptics. Stocks are falling despite official good news.... keep reading

There was a pre-Greenspan rule of the stock market that enabled savvy investors to avoid major market reversals and crashes. The experts no longer honor that rule. But the stock market will, and maybe has already begun.... keep reading

If you're ever in Centerville, Tennessee.... keep reading

The author has been saying to get out of stocks. He has not changed his mind. But he has also thought gold would drop. Not yet. And as for silver.... keep reading

Here, I reveal my secret for cranking out lots and lots of words. Use this to apply to your work. Both strategies are applicable to your work.... keep reading

Rule #1 is being broken, or has been broken, by almost all Americans. You are probably one of them. Yet officially, the bureaucrats at Social Security tell you not to break it.... keep reading

This investment strategy is considered radical. The conventional wisdom regarding retirement specifically repudiates it as too risky. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Not adopting this strategy is far more risky.... keep reading

Greenspan's September 27 speech was widely hailed as positive. I see it very differently. He raised the yellow warning flag. He expects to be out of office before the red flag goes up.... keep reading

Another sign of an economic slowdown, this time at the very heart of America's manufacturing capacity.... keep reading

The idiocy of Washington is refreshing for its constancy. The same old bad ideas are recirculated as a program of conservation. "Waste not, want not" is the motto of every bureaucrat when it comes to failed ideas.... keep reading

If you are an employee, you must master time management. When you do, you will be ready for the really big money. But very few people ever master their time. It masters them. This keeps them from becoming rich.... keep reading