For several years, and in particular the last 12 months, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the BIS (Bank for International Settlements) have been issuing warning after warning - as outlined below - that the biggest financial and social crash in history is coming. Are you listening? The warnings are all well thought out with cogent logic and are not to be ignored!

Stock buybacks are a pretty common mechanism nowadays to provide value to shareholders so it is important to familiarize yourself with the terminology and understand the impact it may potentially have on your investments - especially if you are a dividend investor.

I know, I know, no one likes the bearer of bad news — especially when it comes to stock prices - but someone needs to remind you what usually happens to stocks when the Fed raises rates so it might as well be me. They drop. Let me explain.

A central bank’s worst nightmare is when they want inflation and can’t get it. The Fed’s tricks have all failed. Is there another rabbit in the hat? Actually, there is. The Fed could announce that effective immediately the price of gold was $5,000 per troy ounce which would cause massive inflation within 15 minutes.

While the economy is a vastly complex and difficult thing to grasp, you can simplify the many moving parts by boiling it down to three basic elements, or touch points, which give you a brief understanding of the health and general direction of where and how things are going.

Student loan debt in America now ranks as the second-largest consumer debt category, trailing only mortgages and, based on the latest data, it isn’t about to end any time soon.

There are many ways to pay off your home loan faster. With the right tactics — like the following ones — you’ll scarcely notice the increase in your monthly payments.

The age-old battle of what should be money continues. Today, the battle is between the banking establishment and the masses of people who trade our markets. The establishment desires to enslave the people with their imaginary ‘cyber’ digits and a cashless society. The people, however, desire a tangible object like silver & gold.

Corporate tax havens are causing the loss of huge amounts of valuable tax revenue and their use is becoming standard business practice. Indeed, 90% of the world’s biggest companies had a presence in at least one tax haven.

Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy that targets the 10 top-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) for investment each year. Investors following this strategy should reap the benefits of higher yields and above-average stock-price gains.