Smart Choices Minimize Real Estate Risk

Everybody needs a place to live, says Jason Hartman, and that’s why real estate remains a solid investment that can weather many of the ups and downs of the economy in general. And now, continued low interest rates and a housing market on the rebound combine to create...

Will No-Interest Mortgages Create a New Housing Bubble?

Since the housing collapse of the mid-2000s, housing experts and financial analysts have been on the lookout for signs of a new housing bubble on the horizon. Now, amid news of rising housing prices and shortages of homes for sale, the reappearance of no-interest loan...

Is the Gold Standard Slipping?

Good as gold, the saying goes. But – no so much these days? The price of gold continues to fall, reaching its lowest levels in over two years, a drop that’s causing chaos in money markets around the world. The plummeting price of gold comes as the Federal Reserve...

Bitcoins: Money for the Masses?

Money has come a long way from its early days when societies assigned a value to objects and allowed them to be used in trade for other things. In most of the world, modern currency is centralized, issued only by authorized entities and usually backed by a valuable...