What happened to our savings?
I remember being nine years old with a big wad of cash. In 1980, I had earned allowances over the years and was growing and selling strawberries for a profit. While my brother was a big spender, I was a big saver. I understood the benefits of saving, especially after…
Market Games and Gold
I’ve been trading gold miners for about three years now, and I’ve observed first hand how easily these guys are thrown around by manipulation in the price of gold. There’s paper gold and there’s physical gold, both the same price in the stock market. The idea is that gold is…
The Significance of 7
There are 7 colors in a rainbow, 7 days in a week, and 7 Wonders of the World, not to mention Snow White and the seven dwarfs. According to Numerology.com: “The number 7 is the seeker, the thinker, the searcher of Truth (notice the capital ‘T’). The 7 doesn’t take…
Three things to watch in this tumultuous stock market
Gold is still low, and the gold miners are incredibly undervalued at the moment, while most equities are extremely overvalued. On Tuesday, the Dow lost 800 points. Will it continue to fall or will it rebound again? Here are three things to watch… 1) Market Cap to GDP Ratio, otherwise…
The U.S. Dollar vs. Gold
Of the 21.4 trillion U.S. national debt, approximately 6.2 trillion is owned by foreign countries, almost 30 percent. China and Japan are the largest holders with more than a trillion each, but the Social Security Trust Fund (aka your retirement fund) owns most of it. While there’s been plenty of…
Where should I invest?
“In God We Trust” is our nation’s motto. It’s explained in The Star-Spangled Banner, stressed in The Pledge of Allegiance, and printed on our currency. It has been the law since July 30, 1956, when the 84th Congress approved it and President Dwight Eisenhower declared it must appear on the…
Thoughts from my she-cave…
A cool breeze rattled the curtains and woke me from my slumber. There’s nothing like the fragrance of budding flowers in fresh morning air. Only a few weeks a year do I have the pleasure of leaving the windows open all night in Michigan. Either it’s very cold here, or…
The truth about debt
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. ~Proverbs 22:7 Since the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944, the people and governments of the world have made the U.S. dollar a store of value. No longer backed by gold or silver, this means the world’s wealth rests…
Love Evil: An extraordinary journey of the heart
“Outstanding, sophisticated, and mesmerizing…a spiritual intrigue similar to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.”—See the full professional review at ForeWord Sometimes you have to lose everything to remember who you are. Sarah arrives in Cameroon with a Peace Corps badge and a broken heart, seeking purpose in service. What she finds…
Christian Martial Arts 101
In Christian Martial Arts 101, Wendy Williamson presents 101 Bible lessons for Christ-centered martial artists to be used with any Christian martial arts curriculum. The Pledge I pledge allegiance to my Lord, Jesus Christ, and to the love for which He stands … one Savior, everlasting, indivisible with forgiveness and…