Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Applause From An Old Man

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     Once in a great while, an essay comes my way that leaves me speechless from its insight. I’ve just received such an essay from Haretina...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Money Fights

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     If you’re around my age, and have had a lifelong addiction to the printed word, you might remember the halcyon days of the “advice colu...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Savings

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     The rapid increases in the dollar prices of precious metals are alarming for more than one reason.      Yes, I’m alarmed. Even though ...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

I Didn’t Expect This

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     The nation is agog over the rocketing price of silver. Despite my interest in the money metals and my frequent advice to my Gentle Read...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Money Mumbles

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     If you haven’t been watching the open-market prices of gold and silver, I have two bits of advice for you: Check them; Don’t check the...
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Friday, September 4, 2020

The AMEX Game

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     If you’re watching for indications of an economic upheaval, there are signs aplenty. However, some of the “traditional” signs have beco...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Concerning The CARES Act

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     As I said yesterday, I’m of two minds about this “bailout” bill, which appears to provide relief for immediate financial obligations a...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Cashing In: An Offhand Reflection

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     Human desires are individual. We can sometimes make decent guesses about why Mr. X wants thing Y, but the ultimate reasons are usually ...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Quickies: Money, Good Intentions, And Naughty Players

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This case, in which a college appears to have targeted a student for punishment specifically because he’s an outspoken conservative, drew t...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

Taintings

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     Let’s discuss “dirty money.” What’s your definition of it?      I’m sure my Gentle Readers have noticed the...well, I was about to say...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Sturdy Wisdoms: The Worst Habit

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     [Just yesterday, after a jaunt on which I spent far too much money on cheese – it’s one of my more difficult-to-resist vices – I recei...
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Friday, April 8, 2016

Quickies: The Demons, Not The Lunatics, Are Running The Asylum.

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     This left me absolutely speechless:      Senate Democrats on Wednesday couldn't agree that federal debt is a national security pr...
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Carrots, Sticks, And Great Heaping Mounds Of Dollars

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     Into what sort of investments does your IRA or 401(k) plan – I assume you have one or the other – put your contributions? Stocks? Mutua...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Gold And Silver Buyers Beware

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     This piece will remain at the top of the blog for a few days, to ensure that all visitors see it.      On November 4, 2015, I ordered ...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Quickies: Governments And Gold Part 2

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     We know from long and broad experience that governments hate gold. It functions as a barometer of governmental currency depreciation, w...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Quickies: Governments And Gold

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     Where there is government, there is repression, suppression, and oppression. Governments particularly hate privacy, especially financi...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

More On NIRP And The War On Cash

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     Articles addressing these threats have been multiplying. An increasing number of commentators are treating them as real possibilities ...
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