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By Brian Maher This post Requiesce in Pace appeared first on Daily Reckoning. It is Memorial Day weekend… when we pause to honor the nation’s war dead. Most Americans will not, of course. It is merely a chance to lie flat on a beach… to munch frankfurters… to dream the dreams of approaching summer. We’ll […]

By Nilus Mattive This post 7 Income Generating Ideas This Memorial Day Weekend appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Long weekends are the perfect time to make some extra money. Between backyard barbeques, trips out of town, shopping, and some long-overdue spring cleaning, there are plenty of income-boosting opportunities to be had if you know where

By James Rickards This post The “Axis of Gold” Will Drive Gold Higher by the End of 2018 appeared first on Daily Reckoning. A major blind spot in U.S. strategic economic doctrine is the increasing use of physical gold by China, Russia, Iran, Turkey and others both to avoid the impact of U.S. sanctions and

By James Rickards This post The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger appeared first on Daily Reckoning. As you probably know by now, President Trump backed out of the nuclear deal with Iran and is re-imposing harsh sanctions. And just this morning, Trump announced that he’s canceling the much-anticipated nuclear summit with North Korean leader

By Nilus Mattive This post Secret Ways to Get Discounts from Everyone appeared first on Daily Reckoning. The other day I talked about the virtues of being a cheapskate. Today I want to talk about how to actually be a cheapskate… even if you hate the idea of haggling. Now, it’s no secret that you

By Jody Chudley This post The Oil Story Nobody Is Telling… appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Just over one year ago, with oil prices hitting $43 and falling fast, I suggested that the market was making a big mistake. My opinion at the time was that oil prices should have been rising, not falling. I

By Brian Maher This post Creative Destruction: An Alternate View appeared first on Daily Reckoning. “Universal basic income (UBI) is so silly on its face,” begins reader Roger A, “even a middle school kid would at least know to ask, “What’s the catch?”” Yesterday’s reckoning on universal basic income drew a heavy mail… and we

By Nilus Mattive This post Don’t Make These Money-Burning Mistakes appeared first on Daily Reckoning. According to a GOBankingRates survey, 57% of Americans have set aside less than $1,000 in financial reserves. Clearly not enough to fund a comfortable retirement. But even if you have lots of money in the bank, there’s no reason to

By Zach Scheidt This post What Happens When Oil Hits $100? appeared first on Daily Reckoning. As I filled up my family’s Suburban this week, my 9-year-old was sitting in the back seat. Usually, we make faces at each other while the gas is pumping. But this time, she was paying more attention to the

By James Rickards This post Welfare by Another Name appeared first on Daily Reckoning. One of the first things I learned as a registered Washington lobbyist, (yes, I admit it, I was a lobbyist in the 1990s), is “you can’t beat something with nothing.” That’s a Washington insider’s way of saying that if you don’t