If the East has gained control of the gold, and the West is essentially insolvent to its core, why aren’t gold and silver finding a higher level that, at a minimum, would reflect a simple adjustment for inflation for the past few decades? The answer is really quite simple: the "Rothschild formula" is is alive and well. Let me explain just what the Rothschild formula is and how it is influencing the price of gold.

If you’re like most Americans your house is the largest component of your net worth, and, naturally, you would like to see it go up - but by how much? This article provides the surprising - and disappointing - answer.

People arguing whether to pay off a mortgage early or invest in stocks is probably as old as time itself. There’s no right decision, because it comes down to what you believe and value. Some people value the liquidity and higher gains that come from investing, others value being debt free and hate owing money. To each their own.

The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select the ten stocks that have the highest dividend yield from the stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) after the close of business on the last trading day of the year. Once the ten stocks are determined, an investor invests an equal dollar amount in each of the ten stocks and holds them for the entire next year. The popularity of the strategy is its singular focus on dividend yield.

There is only one reason for declines in the price of gold and it is the exact opposite of the only reason that gold prices go up

When a market hiccup grows into a major meltdown, new investment opportunities always become abundant. Below is a list of 10 things to think about doing - or to avoid doing - during corrections of any magnitude:

Costs of living rise and fall differently in different areas. Do you think that prices in Beverly Hills, CA change the same as prices in Gary, IN? Of course not! The Chapwood Index reports the unadjusted actual cost and price fluctuation of the top 500 items on which Americans spend their after-tax dollars in the 50 largest cities in the nation.

It is a pure leap of faith to believe that if the Plunge Protection Team is indeed directly intervening, that it is acting in the interests of the average investor.

Below is a huge list of correlations I have discovered over the years with hyperlinks to articles that analyzed each. If I only had some software to get automatic updates of these charts.

If you need to find ways to make extra cash on the side to pay off debt or just to bolster their savings you're in luck: There's no shortage of weekend jobs or side gigs you can try out to make more money. Here are just a few part-time jobs you can pursue to supplement your income.