It seems that in order to live the American dream, you need to be super rich or gave a great credit score. Most people have ups and downs with their finances over their lives, however, and this can lead to a less-than-perfect credit score that can be difficult to fix. Many people speculate, though, that the way our credit is scored might be changing in the future so to be able to stay ahead of the credit game, we need to learn what the changes are going to be and how to keep up. Below are a few of the top predictions that most are making and how they can affect most people’s credit scores in their files.

There are a number of factors that can influence how much your pint of beer will cost. Cost of living is certainly a primary factor, but taxes, availability, type of establishment, type of beer (craft beer vs macro brew), and local tastes are also a factor. Analysts at Deutsche Bank recently gathered critical data on how much a pint of beer costs in various major cities around the world.

The USD Index just made its first “Golden Cross” in more than 1 year which is a short-medium term bullish sign for the USD...Historically when that has happened the USD usually continued to go higher in the next 2-3 months.

People should be careful when applying the word “fiat” to currency/money. The word is routinely used to mean irredeemable or non-physical, but that’s not what it actually means.

We are now on the eve of an economic crisis of unfathomable proportions due to an insoluble debt problem. Holding precious metals will be invaluable insurance to survive this crisis financially.

We have been following silver’s performance closely and anticipating a strong move in silver price for a while now. As we write this article, the silver price is still trading within the range on its 35 year silver chart, and we believe the resolution of the long term triangle pattern will be resolved very soon. Summer 2018 will set the tone for silver and gold price for the rest of 2018 and possibly early 2019. Here's why.

Today’s infographic comes to us from StocksToTrade and it showcases the basics around mutual funds, including their history, typical structures, why people invest in them, and how fees usually break down.

The entire world went into debt for the equivalent of tropical vacations and, having now enjoyed them, realizes it must pay the bill. The resources to do so do not yet exist so, in the time-honored tradition of lenders everywhere, we extend and pretend - but with our ability to pretend almost gone, we’re heading to the Great Reset.

History, as well as recent action, suggests that weakness in the stock market is more crucial to gold’s future than weakness in the US Dollar.

Most people globally don’t really understand some of the central tenants to global monetary policy, nor do they understand some of the key concepts about retirement.