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Heatwave: 1,000+ records fall in week

Feeling hot? It’s not a mirage. Across the United States, hundreds of heat records have fallen in the past week.

From the wildfire-consumed Rocky Mountains to the bacon-fried sidewalks of Oklahoma, the temperatures are creating consequences ranging from catastrophic to comical.

In the past week, 1,011 records have been broken around the country, including 251 new daily high temperature records on Tuesday.

Those numbers might seem big, but they’re hard to put into [...]

Examining the Long-Term Benefits of Gold Investing

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Buenos Aires, Argentina – Dow down, but only by a bit. Gold off, but only by a touch. Oil lower too, but just by a smidge.

We don’t go in for daily numbers, Fellow Reckoner. They’re too volatile. Too capricious. Too whimsical. One minute, stocks are on an upward tear. The next they’re crashing down again. Then you take a step back and realize the chart you’re looking at tracks movements by [...]