During inflationary times investing can be frustrating as the measuring stick (U.S. dollar) used to determine the value of future returns keeps getting smaller. With inflation comes the antidote of higher interest rates. Inflation and higher interest rates don’t automatically spell doom for investors, but some changes to retirement portfolios and the way investments are […]
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Inflation has a significant and sometimes severe impact on the overall economy. The impact on prices can be felt far and wide in the world of commerce, but an even greater concern is the impact of inflation on the investment sector. With rising interest rates, the stock market has whiplashed up and down with volatility.
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To determine the worst U.S. president in history, some criteria must be selected as popular presidents are not always good presidents, and good presidents are not always popular. It would be impossible for any president to make every person in the country happy all the time with the difficult and sometimes divisive decisions that are
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A few years after the end of World War II, George Marshall, a former general who became the U.S. Secretary of State, put together an aid package to help the economies of the war-torn countries in Europe to rebuild. This package was referred to as the Marshall Plan. As another war in Europe is now
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Since its summer offensive, Ukrainian forces have pushed Russian troops back considerably from the territory they captured in first several months of the conflict. They have caused perhaps 100,000 Russian casualties, but have suffered a significant number of casualties as well. The momentum has shifted in their favor, but what would it take for them
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In today’s world we are familiar with giant international corporations that dominate industry, commerce, and technology. But one of the largest in history dates back to the year 1600 in England—The British East India Company. It rose to become not only a trading corporation, but a nation-state as it reaped massive profits primarily from places
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Surging inflation has forced central banks including the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Their objective is to cool down the economy without disrupting normal activities in financial markets. Interest rate increases initially impact financial institutions that borrow from central banks. From there the increases are gradually passed on to other lenders in the chain
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Last February, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President, sent a 200,000 man army across the border from Russia into the sovereign nation of Ukraine. He apparently believed that the Ukrainian forces would fall easily, as the size and strength of his invading force has proven to be inadequate for the job it was assigned to do. In
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The Berlin Wall was arguably the most significant symbol of the Cold War. After the end of World War II, Germany became a divided country between the Soviet Union in the east, and Western powers. Before long, tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers began to increase over disputes surrounding the administration of
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Owning your own home in this country has long been thought of as the American Dream. Home ownership at any affordable cost has been the aspiration of American families since colonial times. It meant lots of hard work and sacrifice, and a long-standing debt that required monthly payments. It’s often the largest single investment an
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