About the U.S. Money Reserve Team

Philip N. Diehl

JOHN ROTHANS

Master Numismatist

Chief Procurement Officer and Master Numismatist John Rothans has been a key fixture in the numismatic industry for over 30 years. Rothans joined U.S. Money Reserve as a consultant in 2004, eventually becoming Chief Procurement Officer and overseeing all wholesale operations, new product lines, and coin strategy. Rothans is credited with the development, production, and distribution of proprietary product offerings, including U.S. Money Reserve’s best-selling Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima coin series.

The August Recess and the September Reckoning

By John RothansExecutive Insights

Each year we watch various heads of state assemble for a power yearbook photo at prominent locations like Washington, London, Toronto, Seoul, Cannes, Brisbane, Hangzhou and Hamburg. There are global round tables, strategic side meetings and broad announcements of international cooperation. The G20 (Group of 20)...

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RUSSIA. RUSSIA. RUSSIA.

By John RothansExecutive Insights

Each year we watch various heads of state assemble for a power yearbook photo at prominent locations like Washington, London, Toronto, Seoul, Cannes, Brisbane, Hangzhou and Hamburg. There are global round tables, strategic side meetings and broad announcements of international cooperation. The G20 (Group of 20)...

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The G20 Summit? Breakthrough or Breakdown?

By John RothansExecutive Insights

Each year we watch various heads of state assemble for a power yearbook photo at prominent locations like Washington, London, Toronto, Seoul, Cannes, Brisbane, Hangzhou and Hamburg. There are global round tables, strategic side meetings and broad announcements of international cooperation. The G20 (Group of 20)...

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Shadow Banking: A Dodd-Frank Fail?

By John RothansExecutive Insights

In response to the financial crisis of 2008–2009 regulators came down hard on big banks. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act outlined numerous provisions designed to tightly monitor lending and reduce risks inherent in the U.S. financial system, including new oversight councils, credit agency reforms, and increased capital requirements.Needless to say, traditional…

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The Great Retirement Caper: The 401(k) Bait and Switch

By John RothansExecutive Insights

The markets are at an all-time high, and you can already smell the suntan oil of that Caribbean island getaway, the first stop of your retirement tour! Then you start doing the math. You add up life’s daily costs against your life expectancy. You tally food, housing, healthcare, transportation and travel costs, and the nest…

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Will Cryptocurrencies Ever Replace Gold?

By John RothansCoins, Executive Insights, Gold

Gold has been shining bright for thousands of years, including the year 2017. Gold prices gained 9 percent in the first quarter and 10 percent so far this year, reports Nasdaq. Despite such success, gold has taken a backseat to cryptocurrencies in some circles, leaving precious metals owners and market analysts alike wondering, "Could there…

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Baseball, Hot Dogs and Credit Cards

By John RothansExecutive Insights

After a short stint of penny-pinching prudence, Americans are back to swiping their way to big charge card balances. Credit cards, after all, are as American as football and apple pie—and we are racking up debt like it’s 1999. Unlike the 1990s, however, GDP has not cracked 4% since the year 2000, and we’ve only…

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The Entire World Just Got Hacked! So, How Safe is our Money?

By John RothansExecutive Insights

Every generation worries about money. Our parents’ and grandparents’ life savings were under constant threat due to war, depression, recession, market crashes and the actions of government. We face many of these risks today along with something else—cyberwarfare. While virtually unseen and untraceable, this monetary threat is highly destructive. Hackers and digital pirates can not…

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The $20 Trillion Divide: Why This Debt is Different

By John RothansExecutive Insights

As of this writing, our National Debt sits just under $19.9 trillion dollars. The ever-ticking Debt Clock is the 800-pound gorilla lurking in the main boardroom of the U.S Department of the Treasury. The $20 trillion mark is the 900-pound grizzly at the end of the hallway. It is an implausible amount of money that…

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Volatility Soup: Syria, Russia, Iran, China and North Korea

By John RothansExecutive Insights

RECIPE: In the vast global pressure cooker start with two rogue regimes, add chemical weapons, long range missiles, a state sponsor of terrorism and two formidable global powers. Beat. Baste. Blanch. Cover. Bring to a boil. On April 6th President Trump ordered cruise missile strikes on Syrian airfields, weapons depots, and command-and- control facilities of…

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The Fearless Girl and the Wall Street Bull Rising Above the Noise

By John RothansExecutive Insights

Back in early March, State Street Global Advisors erected a 4-foot-tall bronze statue of a young girl across from the iconic Wall Street Bull. The company is the investment management division of State Street Corporation, the third largest asset manager in the world. The statue was placed in Bowling Green Park in Manhattan’s Financial District…

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