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August 6, 2015 Vilnius Lithuania Here’s a great example of how an important rule that may affect your life gets BURIED within a giant piece of legislation— At first glance the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 doesn’t seem like it should have any impact
Vilnius, Lithuania August 5, 2015 Conventional wisdom tells you that a university degree is the best investment you can make for your career. Invest the time and money now, they say, and you’ll make heaps more in the future. The thing is, that’s not really happening anymore. Tuition costs have
August 4, 2015 Vilnius, Lithuania On April 2, 2001, the price of gold closed the market trading session at $255.30. And that was the lowest price that gold has seen ever since. In US dollar terms, gold closed the 2001 calendar year higher than it did in 2000. Then it
August 3, 2015 Vilnius, Lithuania In 506 BC, the ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu was in command of a vast army of the Wu Kingdom, preparing for battle against the neighboring Chu. Sun Tzu and his colleagues immediately sensed that the Chu army lacked the will to fight; so the
August 3, 2015 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Price, frequent contributor to Sovereign Man’s Notes from the Field, and editor of Price Value International.] ‘They Live’ may not be John Carpenter’s best film. But over time it became a cult classic, in no small part
July 31, 2015 Lausanne, Switzerland On June 6, 1932, President Herbert Hoover imposed the first ever national gasoline tax in the United States, initially set at 1 cent per gallon. It was a major success for the federal government; the tax on gasoline alone was responsible for over 15% of
July 30, 2015 Lausanne, Switzerland Usain Bolt has got nothing on Leonidas of Rhodos. Born nearly 2,000 years ago, Leonidas holds the record as the greatest sprinter of all time, winning more Olympic titles than anyone else in human history. At four straight Olympic games, Leonidas dominated all three sprinting
July 29, 2015 Aritzo, Sardinia, Italy On January 31, 1940, the very first Social Security check ever delivered went to Ms. Ida May Fuller, a former legal secretary who had recently retired. Ms. Fuller had spent just three years paying into the system, contributing a total of $24.75 to Social
July 28, 2015 Aritzo, Sardinia, Italy High up in the mountains of central Sardinia, it’s hard to even think about finance. The weather is perfect. Sunshine abounds. The vistas are absolutely incredible. The food is amazing. This is definitely one of the nicest places I’ve ever been. And yet it’s
July 22, 2015 Munich, Germany By plane, Asia and Europe are 12 hours apart. But on the ground the gap feels like decades. It’s always a shock to leave a place like Vietnam (where I was last week) and fly to Europe. Vietnam is one of the fastest growing countries
July 22, 2015 Bali, Indonesia [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose.] The selling in gold (and silver) stocks has been nothing short of brutal in the past several sessions, save for a modest bounce Tuesday. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index of precious metals
July 21, 2015 Prague, Czech Republic I’m at a complete loss for words. I keep waiting for the deep baritone of that guy who voices all the action movie trailers to chime in. But it doesn’t come. Because this all real. I’m talking about the trailer George Clooney has just
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