The One World Currency Movement has found renewed energy in the economic crisis currently troubling the United States of America. China and Russia separately have pushed for the creation of a world-wide currency to replace the US Dollar as the standard reserve currency. Russia even has a Nobel Prize winning economist backing up their plan. Christians who believe in Biblical prophecy have seen this coming for centuries but were mocked and marginalized by the secular world. Then, when Europe adopted the Euro as a standard currency among member nations, conspiracy theorists jumped on board. Bogus pictures...

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For the past decade people have been leveraging the equity in their homes for more credit.  Housing prices, and the market in general, crashed, moving the fulcrum to a point impossible to lift like a fat kid on a teeter-totter. Currently, we are weighed down emotionally in these tough times.  Our money situation will take a huge portion of our time and thoughts, especially when the numbers are beginning to dwindle.  The mutual funds we have been nesting are plummeting, and our homes are losing value.  Is there anything safe left? Yes, there is.  It is time to get back to the...

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Every time I check the news, I get bombarded with analysts that are terrified about the economy.  There are one thousand Chicken Littles running around sparking fear.  Let's get them back into the hen house. For starters, no one is certain about what will happen to the economy, and that is scary. Change and the unknown are very scary, and that is why suspense movies make you jump out of your seat. Currently, we are in one of these movies without a script. Why should we not be afraid? The economy moves in natural cycles. The "Roaring Twenties" was capitalizing on the stock market. People were making...

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When Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003, there were a lot of speculations about the Iraqi currency. A lot of political, social, and economic changes have occurred since then, but what will this mean to an investor like you? The new Iraqi monetary system encourages foreign investments; in fact, the central bank is giving out licenses so foreign businessmen can open businesses legally. Of course, what most investors are counting on is the potential of Iraqi oil. Iraq is one of the biggest oil producers in the world, second only to Saudi Arabia.

These characteristics make the Iraqi dinar...

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On Tuesday, May 20th, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined that the paper currency currently issued by the US Treasury Department discriminates against the blind. As all bills are the same size and have the same feel, it is impossible for a person without vision to determine the value of a bill. Additionally, the Treasury Department did not prove it was too burdensome for them to make changes to the bills. Therefore, the Treasury Department will need to decide what it will do next. (Hopefully, the whole decision making process won't...

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