Since technology has become cheaper and cheaper over the years but with increased capabilities, you’d think that it would migrate over to health care as well. Daley and Hornig of Casey Research explain why this isn’t so. ~ editor “Why Your Health Care Is so Darn Expensive”… By Alex Daley and Doug Hornig, Senior Editors, […]
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Buying Gold In the present economy, interest in gold ownership is growing. Financial uncertainty in recent years has convinced many that precious metals – namely gold – are an economic refuge and solid hedge against inflation. As a consequence, the airwaves and cyberspace are filled with advertisements by gold dealers and traders. Yet investing in
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Home Buyers- With the housing industry still shaken and weak from the sub-prime mortgage collapse of 2008, it’s no surprise that buyers are erring on the side of caution. A young family that might have purchased a home in 2005 may now choose to rent, and home-ownership rates have fallen over three percent in just
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One of the first oil pipelines originated in the 1860s, when the Oil Transport Association constructed a wrought iron pipeline from an oil field in Pennsylvania to a railroad station 6 miles away. The pipeline was only 2 inches in diameter. Pipelines are generally more economical than shipping by railroad. But they have more regulatory hurdles. With the recent problems with getting approval for the Keystone XL pipeline, rail transportation has been growing.
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Conflicting Forces at Play with Oil Prices An Interview with Mike Shedlock As markets continue to yo-yo and commentators deliver mixed forecasts, investors are faced with some tough decisions and have a number of important questions that need answering. OilPrice.com was fortunate enough to speak with the award winning economic commentator Mike “Mish” Shedlock. His blog: Mish’s
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Often governments and corporations need to raise capital for a multitude of reasons. To do this they have several channels available. They can borrow from banks, issue stock or borrow from investors or they can issue debt securities in the form of bonds. Many investors (called bond holders) purchase these bonds and in return, the company gets a lump
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The children of Fukushima. The Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey revealed that 13,460 children, or 35.3 percent, had thyroid cysts or nodules up to 0.197 inches long growing on their thyroids and 0.5 percent of the children had growths larger than 0.197 inches. Seventeen months after the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Tokyo
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Things Are About to Get Much Worse for Energy Firms in Argentina – Interview with Sam Logan Angering Spain by seizing and nationalizing a majority of Repsol’s shares in YPF and ramping up the rhetoric over the Falkland Islands as exploration deals promise to make the territory a major oil player overnight, Argentina is making
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Central-Bank Gold-Buying By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Doug Casey told me in January, “The only thing that scares me is that central banks are buying a lot of gold; they’re historically contrary indicators.” When it comes to buying gold, central banks have such a poor timing record that they’re frequently joked about as a contrary
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2012 has been a tough year for people around the world. With the European debt crisis and high unemployment rates in the U.S., it is hard to decide where to invest to keep your money safe and to earn some interest without getting yourself into financial trouble. It is a fact that in order to make money
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