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Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have roared back over the last month after a China and Elon Musk-induced sell-off. The bitcoin price last night broke above $50,000 per bitcoin for the first time since May. Meanwhile, double-digit gains among other major cryptocurrencies—including ethereum, Binance’s BNB, cardano, and Ripple’s XRP—helped the combined crypto market value climb to over $2.1 trillion, up from…

With federal debt skyrocketing above $19 trillion, politicians and bureaucrats could get grabby in the future. As the national debt clock continues to tick up — $19,539,841,772,036 and counting as of this writing — the Trump and Clinton campaigns aren’t proposing any serious plans to reduce it. They are instead arguing over which candidate’s fiscal…

Here is a great representation of inflation. A picture is worth 1,000 words.  

“Democrats have obliquely admitted they covet Americans’ pensions. Last week, congressional Republicans told them to stay away. The shame is that they had to do anything at all. The first rumblings were heard in the 1990s, when Democrats were said to be coming after our retirement accounts. Back then, the warnings were easy to pass…

While you end up paying taxes on your retirement savings one way or another, you have at least partial control over how much you pay and when that happens. If you are considering a Roth conversion to eliminate taxation on withdrawals down the road, be sure to see how the move would impact your current…