Many mistakes and pitfalls cause investors, both rookies and experts, to lose money in the markets. By fully understanding and genuinely acknowledging these mistakes, you are a step further to achieving consistent gains from your investment portfolio. [Here are 10 such mistakes that come to mind.]

The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history according to the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio, which, incidentally, is Warren Buffett's favorite means of valuing stock.

Here's the best reason to buy and hold gold and silver, at any price, and especially at these artificially suppressed prices.

Investing in the Dogs of the Dow, which refers to the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the end of the year, is a very simple strategy you can use in 2018 to beat the market. Here’s everything you need to know.

...2017 provided many good times [but,] for worriers, the low volatility and steady gains of last year signal bad times are likely in 2018...[and] they have a point. It’s true that good times can’t last forever. [That being said,] it’s also true that we can spot when the good times have gone too far with this simple indicator.

Some nasty dark clouds are forming on the financial horizon as total world debt is increasing nearly three times as fast as total global wealth.

The first rule of personal finance is never carry a credit card balance. It’s another one of those simple to understand yet difficult to execute money management concepts for a large swath of the population.

By being lured to growth stocks with high short-term returns, investors sometimes lose sight of their main investment goals. Re-orient your investment portfolio by assessing your investing goals and then choosing the appropriate growth vs. income investments.

The U.S. and global economies will contract to a level we have never experienced before. We are most certainly in unchartered territory. The GRAND FACADE will come crashing down to the shock and surprise of the masses. Here is my analysis and the reasons we are heading towards a cliff. Words: 1171

Today’s infographic from StocksToTrade.com highlights the basics around ETFs, including how they work, what type of assets they can track, and the pros and cons associated with investing in them.