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For the first time in more than 90 days, the NYSE Cumulative Advance/Decline Line - A line that incorporates the breadth of all securities traded on the NYSE - is sitting at a record high and new highs in the NYSE A/D Line have consistently preceded stock gains since 1928. Over the next three months, there were no losses greater than -8.5% at any point for any signal. On average, drawdowns were limited to only -1.6%.

In many cities around the world, there’s a café on every corner, so it comes as no surprise that coffee is one of the globes’ top commodities. As the third most consumed beverage globally, after water and tea, coffee beans are in high demand almost everywhere...so where does the journey of each cup of joe originate? Let’s get to know the world’s top coffee producing countries.

The most successful entrepreneurs can be grouped into 6 different personality profiles as illustrated in the infographic below. If you're an entrepreneur, then which type are you? Apply to www.fi.co/join/dna and find out.

Market timing is important, but over the long run, company selection is more important...Here are the three most important factors to consider when selecting junior gold (and silver) companies.

October has begun - the month that has a particularly bad reputation for traders! Is that bad reputation justified?

I don't doubt that the S&P 500 will rise to 5,000 - someday - but it just isn't likely to be this year or next. Let's logically think about this and just where the two keys to market would need to be for 5,000 to be realistic, which are earnings and the PE.

This article discusses the distinctions between corrections and recessions, the definition of each, and publicly available metrics to help investors use probabilistic decision making.

Here's a definition of precisely what constitutes a melt-up: “A melt-up is a sustained and often unexpected improvement in the investment performance of an asset or asset class, driven partly by a stampede of investors who don’t want to miss out on its rise, rather than by fundamental improvements in the economy.“

I believe that we are at the end of a very major economic cycle. Not only are markets insane, but so are deficits, debts and currency debasements but also moral and ethical values have now vanished into thin air and been replaced by lies, deceit and the golden calf. We are now in a very critical period for the world since excesses of the magnitude we are now seeing must be corrected... and the corrections will be of a similar magnitude to the rise but happen much quicker. We are talking about falls of 90% or more in all major asset and debt markets. [Let me explain.]

This article compares the returns of gold stocks and gold bullion in bull markets and explains how gold stocks outperform thanks to profit expansion, and shows why there might be more upside for gold miners to come.