Personal Finance Mastery

How the Government is Taking Outrageous Tax Revenue from Every Gallon of Gas
Over the past few months I think we have all been a little pinched by the increasing cost of gasoline.  Luckily we have had a small reprieve lately with the price of crude oil pulling back a little but it has started creeping [...]

In the past 6 months the price of silver has gone from the low $20′s to about $41.  One of the first thoughts popping into my head is going to be, “Is silver reaching a peak?” We know how the silver market is doing in and of itself.  Numerous mints and precious metals dealers have [...]

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The latest reports out of China are astounding and scary,  the rapidly increasing fear of inflation has Chinese consumers scrambling for gold.
We are starting to see the beginnings of an L-Curve, in the past decade Chinese demand for Investment Gold – bars and coins – [...]

Is it just me, or have you also noticed that food prices are rising, or that the grocery stores are tricking the consumer by marking an item the same price but giving much less product? It seems to me that every month I have to adjust my food budget because prices keep rising.  One example [...]

I saw this clip last week from Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News.  Donald Trump was being interviewed and of course the main topic was the recent Fed announcement for more Quantitative Easing (Currency Devaluation) and President Obama’s trip to Asia.  In the interview Trump let his concerns be known very clearly.  He fears that [...]

Well yesterday Gold jumped an astounding $25 to hover just past $1340, while at the same time Silver shot up over a dollar and is holding at just under $23.  It’s been a wild ride in the Commodities Markets.  The reasons behind these radical jumps lies in the markets belief of significantly more “Qualitative Easing” [...]

Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research released a study that shows 51% of US households simply do not have enough savings in their retirement funds to exit the work force at 65. This is an increase from 2006’s study which showed that only 44% of households were in the same ugly financial position. The current financial crisis has hit those near retirement age doubly hard. Namely, their dismal 401Ks and the decreased value of their homes.