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How To Tell If Gold Is Real

Understanding how to tell if gold is real is vital for anyone buying, inheriting, or investing in gold. Fake gold and gold-plated items can look convincing but lack the value...
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What States Accept Gold As Legal Tender?

Gold and silver are seeing a resurgence as forms of legal tender in several U.S. states. Amid economic uncertainty, more states are revisiting the concept of “sound money”—backed by precious...
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The Wisdom of Simplicity

You can sense it, can’t you? Fatigue is setting in. The degree with which technology has changed the world in the last decade has been enormous. Yet a common refrain...
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Decentralization is the New Mega-Trend

One word you’ll hear a lot in the financial world is “decentralization.” We use it frequently and doubtless you’ve encountered it in other blog posts, podcasts, and books discussing the...
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Gold IRA and Retirement Planning in the Age of Digital Everything

Technology is invading every aspect of our lives–including our finances. In a world where it seems like everything financial is being digitized, people are looking for a trusted link to...
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Financial Technology – Delivery Delayed

The pace of change in the world of money and banking is crazy fast right now. Today, we want to focus on the word “crazy.” Inevitably, when something new and...
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Gold, Silver, Fiat, and Cryptocurrencies – Welcome to the Dance

A new monetary ecosystem is emerging. But you probably already knew that. What has yet to be determined is just how the historical forms of money are going to play...
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Are Cryptos Money? Not Yet.

The wild swings in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptos over the last week should have you convinced that they are not yet ready for prime time. After rising...
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2018: The Year of the Crypto Hangover?

Last year was crazy for financial technology. For several years, FinTech innovation had been bubbling under the surface, until last year when it exploded into the mainstream in the form...