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Gold Stocks: Make History Rhyme In Your Favor
They say that the history rhymes and that’s generally true. Sometimes, the rhymes are almost identical. Like right now in the miners.
You see, the thing (that I let my subscribers know about in
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Mobile DevOps: The Future of Digital Transformation
In the vast expanse of the digital landscape, Mobile DevOps Engineering is emerging as a critical compass, steering industry evolution toward new frontiers. The year 2021 witnessed ‘DevOps Engineer’
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Preparing for Changes, Profits, and Long Positions in Mining Stocks
In theory, nothing changed for the precious metals market yesterday, but in reality, it was the opposite, thanks to the signs from the USDX and stocks.
Let’s start with the latter.
We
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Tips For Teaching Your Children About Money
Money is a foundational part of our lives. But it’s also a subject many children are expected to understand intuitively just by watching their parents when they’re young. The result is that many
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Ready For The Next Step? Gold Miners Are.
Another day, another decline in the junior miners. That’s the new reality. And with just a small push, the waterfall selling will start.
Why? For instance, because of the head-and-shoulders
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8 Easy Things Every Young Adult Should Do To Save Money
Everyone wants enough money to do the things they like. Sometimes that requires us to do a bit of planning. Sometimes it means doing tedious stuff we’d rather not. Young people are in a unique
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Second Fusion Test Successful – Time To Consider Cosmic Nudging
Second Fusion Test Successful – Time to Consider Cosmic Nudging; Two Ways in Which Nuclear Fusion Could Help Reverse Global Warming
Breakthrough On Fusion Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 7
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Searches For HELOC Skyrocket 305 Percent
Homeowners are feeling the pinch as searches for Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) hit their highest point in U.S. internet history
Searches For HELOC Surge In The U.S.
Analysis of Google
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Can The IRS Take Money Out Of Your Bank Account?
When someone owes back taxes, the Internal Revenue Service has a few tools at its disposal to compel this person to pay. Wage garnishments are one option; bank account levies are another. Can the
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No Need To Fight, There’s A Reversal For Everyone
Reversals. Plenty of reversals. With reversal-based seasoning. Gold, silver, miners, the dollar, and even stocks – all reversed profoundly last week.
Reversals are important, but they become
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Is Ebix Inc a Phygital E-Commerce Contender or Pretender?
Key Points
- Ebix is a leading supplier of digital on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance, e-learning, financial and healthcare industries.
- It uses a phygital (physical
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What to Do If You Didn’t Get the Montana Tax Rebate of Up to $2,500
Montana started issuing individual income tax rebates earlier this month and expects to send most of the payments by the end of next month. State residents who haven’t yet received their Montana
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If The USDX Fell So Much, Why Didn’t Gold Truly Soar?
It’s always darkest before dawn, and the feeling is most bullish before the top. Is the sentiment (unnecessarily) positive right now?
Just look at silver.
The white metal soared, which is
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First Steps To Save For Retirement For Entrepreneurs
If you’re an entrepreneur, you know the importance of saving money. Everyone should follow specific steps to save and maximize their assets before retirement. There are small things you can do when
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Contrarian Play: Beyond Meat Is At An Inflection Point
Key Points
- Beyond Meat is expanding its product lines availability.
- Sequential growth will be robust and may come with improved guidance.
- Wall Street is overly bearish on the stock now
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LAUSANNE, Schweiz, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) hat heute eine freiwillige Unterbrechung der Aufnahme neuer Patienten in die klinische Phase-II-Studie LOTIS-9
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USD’s Decline That’s… Bearish For Gold?!
Gold and USD Index are always connected – the former can’t break from the currency it’s priced in. And right now, that provides us with extra clues.
Things are very exciting on the USD Index
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IMF Inflation Forecast: What Inflation Means for Stock Market Investors
For over a year, sky-high inflation has forced households to stretch their dollars to make ends meet. While you may know how inflation impacts your personal budget, it’s more challenging for
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Here’s How Much The Average Person Lost In Retirement Savings In 2022. How Do You Compare?
Even investors who understand that the stock market is volatile did not feel good about the losses stocks posted during 2022. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped by nearly 20% and the average
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Breathers In Mining Stocks Are Not Real Rallies
A bearish signal behind silver’s recent surge that has accurately predicted market downturns before? Brace yourself for the possibility of a major decline.
In my analysis yesterday, I was
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The Bullish Reversal In Gold Is Coming
I get a bearish signal, you get a bearish signal, bearish signals for everyone! Yes – we just saw another one.
Yesterday was quite a pleasant day, wouldn’t you say? Our profits in the GDXJ
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The World’s First Institutional Grade Digital Assets Platform Launched
The Bahamas, 16th June 2023 – Avantgarde Finance Group is partnering with Agio Digital, a digital assets and fund services platform, to offer the first ever institutional-grade on-chain crypto
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Ready To Buy Property After Your Divorce: Here’s 7 Things You Should Know
Dissolution of marriage can be an unsettling experience for any partnership and family. With so much happening over the course of the divorce proceedings, which can take anything from 12 to 18
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How Does Raising Interest Rates Lower Inflation?
Between March 2022 and March 2023, the Fed raised the federal funds target rate by 475 basis points or 4.75%. This news was widely covered in the media because it wasn’t immediately clear whether
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Luxury Yacht Market To Exceed 12.8 Billion By 2031
According to a new report, the luxury yacht market is expected to to reach $12.8 billion by 2031. The luxury yacht market size was valued at $5.8 billion in 2020.
German Liubitch, Founder and