Investing

Given that this imminent recession will begin with the stock market flirting with all-time highs, the next stock market crash should be closer to the 2001 and 2008 debacles that saw the major averages cut in half.

Gold may well get as high as $5,000 one day – in the next great 30-year commodity cycle - but you may be dead before that day comes! Here's why.

If history repeats itself (with respect to Fed actions) then a rebound should begin in the GDXJ after the hike and last for a few months. The initial target would be the 200-day moving average ($22) followed by the October high (mid $23) and the 400-day moving average ($27).

Rather than taking a new position in gold at current levels there are a variety of alternative investment ideas that are preferable and should be considered for your portfolio. See below for details.

If you believe these stocks are going to continue to go to P/E multiples of infinity (like the FANG stocks) or feel that other stocks in the market are undervalued based on economic and geopolitical conditions perhaps you should turn your money over to someone more qualified to manage it.

The deteriorating junk bond market, along with rising credit spreads, is indicating that we will have a stock market correction in about 3-6 months. Here are the details.

Below is a list of 10 longer-term investment books that I recommend. They aren't all pure investment books (some of them teach you how markets operate in general, doing so in a clever way) but they will help you understand the markets and investing, and make you a bigger-picture thinker.

Huge skyscraper projects have historically coincided with the beginnings of economic downturns. In economics-speak, a record-breaking skyscraper may be a leading indicator of a downturn.

When it comes to investing, the first rule thing you need to learn is effective management of your emotions. It is impossible to eliminate the impulse to act when euphoria or panic are in the air yet, while you cannot eliminate the emotion that pushes you to react, you can control your reaction. You can choose to run with the herd or fight panic and stand aside while the herd stampedes... Below are 8 additional rules of investing from a contrarian point of view.

The post below is from Bloomberg Markets and outlines predictions by 14 of the world's top financial experts of what will most likely unfold in 2016. Take note, invest accordingly and prosper.