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Fraud is a growing problem worldwide, and it shows no sign of abating. Thanks to technology, rampant competition for profit, a vulnerable older population, the wealth gap, and plain-old greed, fraud will likely become America’s most common crime. Fraud is easier than ever. Plus, you don’t have to leave your house. As old criminals…
Despite promises that MAGA Republicans will never curtail Medicare benefits, attacks on Medicare have already begun. As the attached flyer shows, dermatologists are alerting patients that they will not be able to have same-day procedures for the most basic dermatological procedures. Instead, under the proposed changes to Medicare, dermatology patients will have to schedule more…
There’s an apocryphal story linked to Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil, a well-known con man from the early 20th century. Weil was once stuck in an office during a rainstorm. A compulsive gambler, he asked the other men in the room if they would like to bet on which raindrop would reach the bottom of the…
As a lifelong criminal, Donald Trump has relied on fraud as his preferred crime to profit and deceive unsuspecting people and tax-levying entities. Fraud is Trump’s favorite crime, second to sexual assault. Fraud is Trump’s signature crime. He has now made it a pattern for other criminals to follow at the state and national levels…
United Healthcare threatens doctors and refuses to release information to other doctors. Watch this video. On Dec. 24, 2024, a sunny day with temperatures in the mid-50s, on a New York City street, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant. The shooting happened in broad daylight in…
This article was updated March 24, 2026 Americans should face it: Donald Trump is mentally ill and unfit for office. But his sad mental state, which may be tied to dementia, combined with a lifelong case of malignant narcissism, serves a purpose: Trump is a front for the right-wing Christian nationalist technocrats who want to…
When Ted Turner introduced 24-hour cable news on CNN in 1980, he reshaped the news journalism business in ways that made it less comprehensible to average viewers. News coverage became less focused on local news and expanded on stories that would attract and maintain a national audience. This meant the news stories became broader and…
Since Trump wants to create America’s first oligopoly, here ARE the ETFs that would allow average people to cash in on the unprecedented corruption of the federal government Since the financial services industry is always looking for new products, here is a suggestion for some Trump Oligarch ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) that should attract average…
The shocking loss of Kamala Harris should not be a surprise. The evidence was building for years as inert leaders in the Democrat Party looked the other way at Biden’s increasing feebleness, which climaxed in his pathetic presidential debate performance in June 2024. His stroke-like stance, empty eyes, stuttering, and physical instability have been visible…
In her frantic effort to woo black men for votes, Kamala Harris has made some promises that sound good but will not deliver over the long term. First, according to Bloomberg, Harris’ campaign promise, made about two weeks before the election, was “to support a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, to give more investment certainty to…
Both hurricanes and the Republican state government in Tallahassee are victimizing Florida. This one-two punch will seriously impact the state’s finances, quality of life, real estate prices, affordability, and future governance. The reason: Governor Desantis’ MAGA Republican politics takes precedence over the life of average Floridians, even when it comes to Mother Nature. This includes…
This article was updated Dec. 7, 2025 What does crypto–a Ponzi investment designed to elude fraud detection–and the most corrupt president in U.S. history have in common? The answer is: everything. Crypto scams worldwide are on the rise. In this New York Times article, worldwide criminals are using stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies to stage elaborate frauds, most…
Hedge funds are more popular today than ever before, but they are not well understood by most investors. They are primarily an institutional product, but they are also used by high-net-worth individuals. For average investors, some of these strategies can be replicated using leveraged ETFs. This video explains those strategies, how hedge funds work, their…
The foreign exchange market is the largest, most liquid, and arguably the oldest globally. About $5 trillion in forex transactions are made worldwide on various trading rooms and exchanges daily. Some of these markets are regulated by national authorities, such as forex transactions on futures exchanges, with large numbers of individual traders. Other forex…
The basic idea behind asset allocation is to create a diversified portfolio so that one set of investments in an asset class will rise or fall at different times than others in the portfolio during a market cycle. While counterintuitive, sometimes adding a risky asset to a portfolio can reduce its overall risk. This…
Businesses love fads. And some enterprises love fraud. From crypto, hula hoops, ESG, ED pills, and Beany Babies to Lava Lights and Pet Rocks, businesses have quickly adopted the latest shiny invention, process, or product and sprinted to copy it and bring it to market as soon as possible. Nothing has changed. Today, there…
What do the lyrics from the song “War” (sung by Edwin Starr; lyrics by Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield) have in common with crypto and Bitcoin? We can see by looking at the lyrics from the first verse: War, huh, yeahWhat is it suitable for?Absolutely nothing, uhhWar, huh, yeahWhat is it good for?Absolutely…
We live in an age of unprecedented access to information and data. Still, despite the record number of professional investigators, courageous journalists, and serious-minded amateur sleuths, many major stories do not have viable answers as to why they continue to challenge investigators and unsettle American society. The five biggest mysteries that have occurred…
Trump, crypto, and QAnon are the engines for disinformation, but who benefits from the chaos? Given the long and twisted legal history, accompanied by Donald Trump’s questionable business practices, political commentators have repeatedly asked: How has Trump gotten away with flaunting the law for about 50 years? This is a national mystery. Most Americans know…
Hedge funds are the most exotic and secretive of investments. They are primarily used in institutional accounts or in those of high, net worth investors. But hedge funds use strategies that can be used by individual investors, or in some cases, individuals can invest directly in hedge funds if they meet key criteria.
