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Mark Skousen

How Wall Street is Similar to Las Vegas

Members of the media often portray investing in the stock market as a gamble, like playing roulette, blackjack or poker in Las Vegas. While there are some similarities, there are plenty of differences.

Benjamin Franklin’s Independence Day Warning

What would this founding father extraordinaire, the first scientific American and financial guru say about America on the eve of Independence Day 2014?

How Waiting Has Become Such a Large Part of American Culture

Today more than ever, the two most common words I hear are “Please wait.”

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Investment Strategy

This big financial operators were betting that last year’s winners would continue to outperform.

Whether Europe’s Bank Rate Cuts are a Good or Bad Thing

The European Central Bank, under Italian banker Mario Draghi, cut its bank deposit rate below zero in an effort to “avert the dangerous threat of deflation” and to spur the “sluggish” euro-zone economy.

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Business Leader Will Offer Real Solutions to Healthcare, Poverty and Unemployment at FreedomFest

Harris Rosen, CEO and founder of Rosen Resorts & Hotels in Central Florida, is a visionary who has proven that the private sector can solve today’s big social problems, such as unemployment, illness and poverty.