Money

Perhaps the most perplexing part of the current stock market rally is that it just doesn’t want to break. The Dow Jones reached two record highs last year, both early…

The Barber series of coins that circulated in the United States from 1892 to 1916 were among the most criticized coin designs in US history. Characterized as lacking in beauty…

What many people remember about the financial crisis of 2008 was the role that housing played in the collapse of that bubble. Banks and mortgage lenders had fallen all over…

For over 40 years Americans were forbidden from owning gold coins. FDR’s Depression-era restrictions were finally lifted in 1975, ushering in a new era of opportunity for investors. For the…

The Federal Open Market Committee voted last week to keep its target federal funds rate steady at 2.25 to 2.50%. Even more importantly, the FOMC voted to stop the Fed’s…

With the demise of the half dollar as a circulating coin, the quarter dollar coin became the workhorse coin of American commerce. That made the George Washington quarter the most…

While stock markets have yet to decide when they’re going to take their plunge, data from many other sectors of the economy continue to indicate that a slowdown is coming,…

It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire. So enormous were British land holdings that the UK and its colonies stretched from Britain through much…

The zero interest rate environment created by the Federal Reserve spurred the issuance of trillions of dollars worth of corporate debt. With cheap money being readily available, it was no…

The half dollar was once the most popular circulating coin in American commerce. Its purchasing power through much of the early 20th century was the equivalent of $8-12 today. Take…