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- Why Buffett Was Wrong to Dump Airlines
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- May 6, 2020
Warren Buffett is arguably the most respected and accomplished investor in U.S. history. He turned Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile company, into a multibillion-dollar holding company. Since 1987, Berkshire’s Class A shares have delivered an impressive compound average growth rate (CAGR) of 14.91 percent.
- Texas Leads the Nation in Reopening Its Economy
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- May 4, 2020
Friday was “reopening” day for Texas, home state of U.S. Global Investors. Restaurants, retail stores and malls can now open their doors to customers again, so long as occupancy is kept at 25 percent of what it normally would be.
- These 10 U.S. States Are Best Prepared for a Deep Recession
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- April 29, 2020
By some estimates, states could be facing their deepest budget shortfall on record due to the COVID-19 crisis. States could collectively see a budget deficit of $290 billion in 2021, which would be greater than during the 2001 recession and 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
- Seeking Free Cash Flow? Gold and Precious Metal Miners Have Got You Covered
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- April 27, 2020
Physical gold continued to catch a bid last week, trading above $1,760 an ounce, on a host of head-spinning economic news, from millions more Americans filing jobless claims to record money-printing to negative oil prices.
- Make America Go Back to Work Again?
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- April 20, 2020
The world watches as a number of economies begin, or plan, to lift certain lockdown measures that were earlier put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. China may have been the first to do so when it reopened Wuhan, the industrial city of 11 million that was ground zero for the novel virus, though life there is still far from normal.
- Gold Sparkles as "The Great Lockdown" Hammers the Global Economy
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- April 14, 2020
Gold and gold stocks are among the highest performing assets of 2020 so far as investors seek a haven amid the coronavirus-fueled rout, and as central banks and governments around the world roll out unprecedented monetary and fiscal measures in an effort to mitigate the economic impact of the “Great Lockdown.”
- It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
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- April 13, 2020
For the billions of observant Christians and Jews across the globe, Holy Week is the most religious time of the year. Whereas Christians observe and celebrate Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, Jews commemorate the Hebrews’ exodus from enslavement in Egypt to the Promised Land.
- Excess Money Supply Has Been Like Miracle-Gro for Gold Prices
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- April 8, 2020
The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package that President Donald Trump signed into law on March 27 is just the beginning. The Treasury Department is now seeking some $250 billion more to replenish small business loans, and there’s hope that the president and House Democrats can agree on a “Phase Four” spending deal, one that may target infrastructure.
- Record Unemployment Claims and Oil's Best Day Ever
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- April 6, 2020
Some of you may have already picked up on this, but any discussion about the COVID-19 crisis will undoubtedly include a number of superlatives like “highest ever,” “most on record” and “unprecedented.”
- These U.S. Companies Have the Highest Debt-to-Equity Ratios Right Now
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- April 1, 2020
U.S. companies have never had so much debt on their books as they do now.