by Ryan Valentine | Aug 6, 2026 | Traditional Finance
Back-to-school season brings new notebooks, fresh routines, and a natural opportunity to teach kids things school probably will not. Financial literacy is one of them. Only 25 states currently require high school students to take a personal finance course, and even...
by Ryan Valentine | Aug 4, 2026 | Gold
Counterfeit gold is more common than most buyers expect. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized tens of thousands of fake gold bars and coins in recent years. If you are buying gold from a private seller, an estate sale, or an unfamiliar dealer, and...
by Ryan Valentine | Jul 30, 2026 | Travel
The ANA World’s Fair of Money is the largest numismatic convention in the United States, drawing thousands of collectors, dealers, investors, and sound money advocates from around the world each year. If you have never attended, the show floor can be genuinely...
by Ryan Valentine | Jul 27, 2026 | Investments
Gen Z investors, broadly defined as those born between 1997 and 2012, are making financial decisions that look nothing like their parents’ playbook. They are putting less into savings accounts, showing growing skepticism toward traditional banks, and...
by Ryan Valentine | Jul 23, 2026 | Gold
If you have been wondering how to convert cash to gold, you are not alone. Millions of Americans are looking at their savings accounts, watching inflation chip away at purchasing power, and asking whether physical gold makes more sense than dollars sitting in a bank....
