The gold standard may be giving way to the white standard. As gold prices bounce up and down, mostly down, it’s the white metals – silver, platinum, palladium and, to a lesser extent, aluminum and tin that continue to quietly make gains in the market. And since recent...
The mortgage interest deduction has been around since 1913, and to this day it remains one of the most valued provisions in the real estate tax code. But new revisions to tax laws could change all that, as lawmakers argue that this venerable exemption really does...
The ongoing saga of out of control student loan debt took a detour through Washington for some partisan infighting last week, as House Republicans and Senate Democrats engaged in some busy finger pointing about who’s responsible for delaying a bill that would keep...
The rollercoaster ride of quasi-federal mortgage lending superagencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac hit the down slope after an unprecedented climb that saw stock prices for both these institutions gaining up to 150 percent in previous weeks. Now, as stocks fell by as...
All across the US, bullets are vanishing from store shelves. Although the popularity of guns and gun ownership continues to rise in the wake of fears about gun control. The population of hunters, target shooters and owners of guns for personal protection hasn’t risen...
