<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:54:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@dividends/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Independence Day 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year, Independence Day feels a little different. We are sadly, and painfully, a divided country and now more than ever we need to show our pride and unity as a United people. I have begun my first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/america/@dividends/independence-day-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/america/@dividends/independence-day-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[america]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 19:07:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeKGznWeH5cmQjES8Ts5dHhm19W43Lx8eSfhVUphy2tUY2dGsu6iFBPjHofGeQNNfjeujdn5EBKmUEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism for profits, socialism for losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you catch the new bill being introduced for new legislation surrounding student loans? The bill where student loans (possibly $1,000,000,000,000.00) can be defaulted on through bankruptcy now? The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/capitalism-for-profits-socialism-for-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/capitalism-for-profits-socialism-for-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 14:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzgdRv9aHNWr7B7Qz1pi6rQHZpCqutQQN4CcWUFHT6HxnLNaYimyZSPLRiCCrpxRWtat5tySYrw6Le?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit - Quality Content]]></title><description><![CDATA[So how many of you clicked on this because of the photo? This seems to be the problem with Steemit., and maybe some of you can explain it. This is a platform where "quality content" is supposed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@dividends/steemit-quality-content</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@dividends/steemit-quality-content</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 19:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgUuQQisjiTsU7sLHr247Tg2SXadV2KheqebEFX7ZMLwBzQwA7G2mXiDKChUP6wrawpchwqU9xjuzai?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin as money? Skepticism...🤔]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now, please, before you attack me here and flag this, or write a mean spirited comment, I want to say right off the bat that I am ambivalent about Bitcoin, generally. I don't own any, and don't necessarily]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@dividends/bitcoin-as-money-skepticism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@dividends/bitcoin-as-money-skepticism</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 13:52:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdxy2p85Ry27ygyYpohXav7gWEY814dy389GLDiKb7HSEdfcB7DvjNsBZ8wfr7Aa9ZutoyW4X3hKE4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money, Currency and Confidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all know that money has meant different things at different times, to different peoples. For the last 46 years we all have become accustomed to our money being paper, or in the last 20 years or so,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/money-currency-and-confidence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/money-currency-and-confidence</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 23:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf3AaHY11Ycgz64P6i4YnRwvbqUguQyj47fhhLzyGFjaJS1Rrr4atBh86YFsrchgjWWreGX4NcQhyTt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation = The Real Enemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look at the above screen shot taken from: ( What do you see here? Well you can see that Mr. Inflation has sure been busy at work these last 17 years. Unfortunately, he has done the most terrible job inflating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/inflation-the-real-enemy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/inflation-the-real-enemy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 22:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeCCumMB3bNRdaNPkT98y94JyRKtThtVtwFo6ceJo6UR5go9K2vqxdbTgu7iGVjEgT7s5qzAg6gXwF4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Rodent Experiment and America]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am not sure where I heard this analogy originally, but it has been on my mind for a few months, and it seems very relevant today. There was a very insensitive rodent experiment conducted in the 1950-1960's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dividends/historic-rodent-experiment-and-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dividends/historic-rodent-experiment-and-america</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 06:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgMsBEfCVt5mZuwpYzwnpjQpg35wobG2F1dCsfzassFGk2ydKKaMQ4iAJ1wvG18zvdjTJPnt32qrdug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Middle Class fleecing has begun...]]></title><description><![CDATA["We are in a bubble." The President said it all campaign. The stock market, interest rates, unemployment. He was right then, but it was Obama's bubble at the time. Now it's his, and it's NOT]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/the-middle-class-fleecing-has-begun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/the-middle-class-fleecing-has-begun</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 22:16:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf4AsjRcAqAKQ6uA4xC4CoAhWQWcjvB6fT2SzWhBohbYdLARMTJYbmH68HW7g8zCKkqBxwRJPEc4JK8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is happening in the markets?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The DOW, SP, & NASDAQ futures are all selling off. (DOW Down over 100 points as of 0215 hours). The US dollar is selling off. Oil is selling off. Yield curve flattening out. What is going on here?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/what-is-happening-in-the-markets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/what-is-happening-in-the-markets</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 06:09:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzbpriYZi3hvz257ggDwT5gf2p828AGRVYdyuEW9t45cnN8q9ZF76yDyEDwJh4ZktHa56LJnLymbGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Everything Bubble...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dutch tulip mania in 1637, the US stock market in 1928, the NASDAQ in 1999, the US housing market in 2006, the US stock market in 2007. There are so many examples of asset bubbles through history that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/bubbles-everywhere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/bubbles-everywhere</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 06:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdx1krq7UVWJeS2KuakfNjz2rq8d8n22KrUWjqWNn9vbJTctMgsaQyAftSVdb8cfAvLvoxvn4xUFCQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millennials are what???]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is an interesting video, I will agree that we as millennials are the future (just based on demographics), but I've seen relatively no evidence that supports millennials being economically vialble.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/millennials-are-what</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/millennials-are-what</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 20:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6JcEeC7eAxQBfPwueGEi2JRaU4iRbABqSW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shiller PE, 1880-2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the main stream financial media talking up equities, the economy, and the "recovery," many are convinced that nothing can go wrong. Many are convinced, but some of us know that things aren't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/the-shiller-pe-1880-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dividends/the-shiller-pe-1880-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 00:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgb4C6PHWEGEKjQ1Yc1eqDYwiQpQa71Su1P3zZK9MtfQU4rxxgWGQ9hNeNhg3kC7ww6tfddxTCmSDTk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The INVISIBLE crash...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The S&P 500 never looked better, until of course you realize that five stocks are holding up the average are the only ones in the green. There is an invisible crash happening and not one person in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/the-invisible-crash</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/the-invisible-crash</guid><category><![CDATA[economic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2017 04:56:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2CwnDyYVYzno6ZxBYcc4D4vcrXT2Nd2ZVoES2cRReHJBbQPLeC4zNuRej6XobZJWbZkTjEvPRZS3s2J4KMYijTNygpjArwdUHYP1me6Rjp3JxX3JK7Dm8MQSt8jD45dcEsbgStWpM49x5BVFdCrZT5PsMjc2DrKmQpaCqWoRtVVm6zRGf6Bkz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who has the GOLD has the reserve currency?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@marketreport To know and understand the USD, "King Dollar" as it was, and the implications when we lose the status as world reserve currency is a subject only a few economists speak about;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gold/@dividends/who-has-the-gold-has-the-reserve-currency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gold/@dividends/who-has-the-gold-has-the-reserve-currency</guid><category><![CDATA[gold]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2017 01:21:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeDXjdxh3TRyPsRQyiPM1scqsuNJh64vcTN9DVv3djgd89DGedCVrnkSPqFTp7x2UVQNS8tbEbc74dL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOW/GOLD Ratio, Historical Analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[In studying this simple concept, I created a retroactive, hypothetical, multi-generational study of trading the DOW/GOLD ratio from 1971 to 2016 just to demonstrate the power of this concept. Naturally,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/djia/@dividends/dow-gold-ratio-historical-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/djia/@dividends/dow-gold-ratio-historical-analysis</guid><category><![CDATA[djia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 06:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVevfgbAMYcXhpQj7P3ixkk8oK8VFP4irMvVvbfkJymQnRVpRi7AgrwUWZcmWoVkTfXr3EYSma92BWBG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Age of Negative or Zero Interest Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sure, the federal reserve has been hiking rates, albeit slowly, not steadily and into a weakening economy - for the first time since 1937, but to what end? Many believe the purpose of raising is simply]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/the-age-of-negative-or-zero-interest-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/the-age-of-negative-or-zero-interest-rates</guid><category><![CDATA[economic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83ixEQeqfdDnfAgFrJd6FteGWNmgPgCU6jMujWs4Nm2XhLChrzAmczRWsCfCBPtH1H9GZGQSF1nUzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduce yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I joined "Steemit" to promote ideas, discussion and responsible arguments with respect to all things economic, monetary and to develop strategy surrounding investments. This account will be geared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/introduce-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economic/@dividends/introduce-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[economic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dividends]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 00:10:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>