Investing

The current stock market volatility is really not about interest rate ticks in the federal funds market. It's actually about the fact that the entire post-crisis bull market is a monumental house of cards built on a historically aberrant monetary regime that is unsustainable and eventually heading for a crash landing. Let me explain.

On March 9th, 2009 the S&P 500 hit a low of 676.53 and, since that day, it has risen more than 200%. On only 2 other occasions within the last 100 years has the S&P 500 performed this well over a 6 year time frame. This has been great for investors but in both previous instances (1929 & 1999), the end result was utter disaster. Will it be different this time?

Nobody should be surprised when the next bear market in U.S. equities turns out to be of historic proportions - but, of course, almost everyone will be.

Q. What drives stock prices? The most literal and superficial analysis reveals it to be simply supply and demand...but there are different ratios and metrics that help us figure why that is the case and they are all outlined in this infographic.

The current Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is warning that a global slowdown in importing/exporting is upon us that signals that the global economy could once again be slowing and that caution is warranted on U.S. equity markets. Let us explain.

Even though the overall U.S. economy continues to be deeply troubled, we have seen the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq set record after record but no bull market lasts forever – particularly one that has no relation to economic reality whatsoever - and the cold, hard facts are telling us that this party is about to end. The following are 7 signs that a stock market peak is happening right now.

While you should fear plummeting stock markets...there are actually some interesting ways to play the downside or hedge your portfolio. Let me explain. Words: 990

The gold-mining sector performs very well during the first 18-24 months of a general equity bear market as long as...

After falling out of favor for so long, gold stocks are overdue to soar this year. The smart contrarians buying in early before the rest of the herd starts understanding gold stocks’ vast upside potential are going to earn fortunes. This article looks at the performance of the HUI, XAU, GDX & GDXJ over the last few months of decline to their lows and their most recent ascent.

Microcap stocks are inherently volatile, but for those that can stomach it, there is a big profit opportunity. Furthermore, hidden in the market are companies that do have game changing plans or discoveries that could see their valuations rise more than 10x (a ten-bagger, as industry people call it). The key is being able to put in the time, due diligence, and using the right strategy to discover these companies. This infographic covers some of the ins and outs of trading such stocks.