Friday , 1 November 2024

Lorimer Wilson

Debt: A Trillion Dollar Investment Opportunity (2K Views)

American credit card balances will hit $1 trillion in 2016, a debt burden that has never been reached before, not even during the go-go days of the dot-com boom. On the other side of the coin is the fact that there is a lot of profit to be made on the lending side of those trillion dollars of debt as the average interest rate on credit cards today is a whopping 15.19%. Given that the national average for 1-year CDs is a measly 1.09%, it is clear that credit card companies are making lots of money.

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Silver: A Buy Signal Has FINALLY Occurred

When a given month’s trading range for silver moves above and fully clears its current 20 month moving average, a long term bull market in silver has begun. There are only three times this has occurred for silver in the last 18 years – May 2002, September 2009 and now in May 2016.

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Gold ETFs: How They Differ, Which Are Best and Why

Gold ETFs are a bit more complicated than you might think at first glance but, hopefully, the key facts in this article will allow you to get a better handle on the market, and find more information on the best gold ETF option for your needs in today's investing world.

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The Misery Index Says These Countries Are the Most Miserable In The World (Almost 2K Views)

Every year, the Cato Institute publishes a list of the world’s most “miserable countries” by using a simple economic formula to calculate the scores. Described as a Misery Index, the tally for each country can be found by adding the unemployment rate, inflation, and lending rate together, and then subtracting the change in real GDP per capita. The infographic below visualizes the 10 "most miserable" countries in the world.

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