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By David B. Collum Precious metals were in a Utopian bull market for almost a decade. The early bulls lounged poolside, taking the occasional dip

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A discourse by Markandeya in the Mahabharata  identifies some of the attributes of Kali Yuga: In relation to rulers Rulers will become unreasonable: they will levy taxes unfairly.

By Barry Ritholtz “What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court

By Martin Holladay, GBA Advisor Several GBA readers have requested a copy of a presentation I gave at the recent annual meeting of the British

By Reuters Beijing (Reuters) – China took a further step on Tuesday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services

By Eamonn Fingleton Tokyo, Japan — In this slot a few days ago I posed some historical questions that, judging by the email I have

By Scot Paltrow Four years after the banking system nearly collapsed from reckless mortgage lending, federal prosecutors have stayed on the sidelines, even as judges

By Lisa Du James Koutoulas, one of the founders of the Commodity Customer Coalition—which represents the interests of over 8,000 MF Global customers, was just

People walk over the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001.  By The Associated