That’s the best set of instructions for buying anything and selling anything, be it stocks, real estate, antiques, or what have you.  How do you know when the price of anything is low or high?  I haven’t the slightest idea, so if you thought this column was going to be a revelation, it isn’t.  Rather, […]

In 1967, the South African Mint began making the gold Krugerrand to help move the output of its mines, and to facilitate private ownership of gold.  When I began in this business in fall of 1977, the K-Rand was all we had to sell, other than US gold coins, which were really not too good […]

You remember it don’t you?  If you went to school more than 45 years ago, you were taught about the Constitution.  That’s the document copied around the world for its brevity and advocacy of freedom from government.  The Constitution is supposed to be the law of the land, and the Supreme Court is supposed to […]

One of Trump’s campaign promises, was to get rid of Obamacare.  It seems as though a bit has been added to that promise.  Not only get rid of it, but put something else in its place.  The arguing has been going on for six months now, and has divided the Republican party.  The latest proposal […]

An interesting book I found at a yard sale last week, details the fate of the USS Houston, a WW II destroyer made famous because FDR, the President rode in her several times and formed an attachment to her.  She was a noble ship, built in 1929, and was sunk by the Japs in 1942.  […]