The World Gold Council provides below a table of changes in gold reserves by country month-by-month and year-to-date. It shows the in- and out-flows of central banks around the world.

Sadly, the fiscal and monetary conditions for global economic chaos have now been set in stone. It’s only a matter of time and, unfortunately, that time is short.

Who is going to pull the global economy out of its funk? No one knows, but it’s not going to be China – regardless of how many more times the central bank is going to tweak its policies and cut interest rates. That’s what China’s trade fiasco is saying.

When it comes to traditional investments, most people think of online trading, buying stocks, bonds, mutual funds...etc. However, the fact of the matter is that there are all sorts of...[other] investment options out there. Some might sound completely crazy to some, while others may be a bit more in the realm of reality...[but] many people have made good chunks of money off of such alternative investments.

Through the combination of knowledge, skill and luck, the following top investors of all time have made their fortune through appropriate options trading, future trading and a variety of other methods. Go HERE to find out who they are and how they did it.

The US Federal Reserve has been increasingly hinting that it would raise its policy rate at its next meeting, which is scheduled for December but their communications have been sloppy, erratic and contradictory. To get a sense of where the Fed might go a closer look at some of the key underlying economic forces, however, it is clear that there are 5 key reasons that the Fed is unlikely to raise rates anytime soon.

A video about how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality.

...According to Forbes, the following are the richest men and women in America. This list discusses something about each individual, how each one achieved his or her wealth, and some of the things these people have done with their massive amounts of wealth and status.

There have been reports of Westerners eating at a decent restaurant, a hotel room, and hiring a prostitute all for under $5US. In other words, the Venezuelan economy has utterly ceased to function, except through black market transactions involving dollars.

The global carry trade (meaning money borrowed in US Dollars and invested in other assets) stands at over $9 TRILLION (larger than the economy of France and Brazil combined) but, given the U.S. dollar rally combined with the Fed's hint at raising rates in December, it is at risk of blowing up. Here's why.