The Continental Congress of The United States, authorized the creation of, and issuance of a ‘Continental Currency’ in 1775.  This was obviously before the War of Independence, and Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence.”  The early citizens needed a currency, and there was indeed a Continental Congress governing the 13 initial states.  A year or so later, […]

There are certainly many things one can do with surplus dollars, which can harm if you pick the wrong one, benefit if you pick the correct one, or if you don’t invest in anything, it is almost a guaranteed loss, since our dollars, according to our government, depreciate 2% every year.  Do not go to […]

There are a whole army of ‘licensed financial planners,’ who for a percentage of your worth, will instruct you what to do, or usually  do it for you.  Whether they do anything, nothing, or cause you to lose; their percentage continues.  Are they smart?  I have no idea, as I have never met one that […]

Gold’s history dates back to about 3100 BC, but that would be boring, so let’s stop and think about how it must have been discovered.  I owned three hotels in little Silverton Colorado, which was a mining town.  Silverton was sort of ‘discovered’ in 1868 by Charles Baker, who probably discovered gold the way that […]