Maxing out your 401(k) is often the best way to accumulate a healthy sum for retirement, and there are great tax benefits as well...Consider these 6 arguments.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank recently released an extensive study that demonstrates the link between debt and crisis. One chart in particular screamed for attention.

The gap between the retirement ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ has grown since the recession ended and it is only going to continue growing unless people are provided with enough financial guidance so they can plan accordingly.

A major new silver bull market looks imminent and is expected to kick off with a dramatic spike.

Welcome to the new model of retirement. No retirement. In 1983 sixty two percent (62%) of American workers had some kind of defined-benefit plan. Today less than 20% have access to a plan. The majority of retired Americans largely rely on Social Security as their de facto retirement plan [and the 35 and younger cohort are not able to save, or save enough, to eventually retire. True retirement is now a thing of the past except for a privileged few. Let me support this claim.] Words: 1091

Almost every financial crisis is presented in the mainstream media as one that "nobody saw coming" yet, as the 4 charts show below, the next one is foreseeable - "the writing is already on the wall".

Supply and demand trends are clearly poised to continue tightening the silver market and when the next crisis hits the silver price will be significantly impacted by this trend. It may not happen this year, but the 20,000-foot view of this market says a crunch is on the way. It’s supply/demand 101.

Frustrated by the comatose silver price? Tired of it going nowhere and being held down? Well, history has a message for you: This trading behavior is normal. Furthermore, similar scenarios from the past say the next price explosion is on the way.

The rising gold price is a warning signal for the coming economic crisis.

It seems that more and more people justify investing in crypto-currencies — even at current record prices — by claiming that they’re an effective hedge against the instability of fiat currencies but is that true?