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3D printing is making a splash in many industries - such as medicine, automotive and electronics - with the largest end user customer base (38%) located in the US. The infographic below describes how 3D printing works (like me, haven't you always wondered?), details on the ins and outs of 3D printing and its present and future effects on the business world.

This infographic covers the history of uranium, its properties, the supply and demand forecasts, the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power, uranium as an energy source, and military applications.

I’d argue that the record low volume shows investors aren’t looking ahead as much as looking behind and reminiscing at how good things have been over the past five years or so. They’re expecting more of the same even though it’s mathematically impossible people.

Some market commentators are touting gold as a great portfolio diversifier, convincing investors that the precious metal could benefit their portfolio but there may be better alternatives than gold if the motivation is to find a hedge for economic uncertainty or political unrest.

The Platinum Group Metals (PGM's) and Nickel both outperformed the equity markets, 30 year bond and other metals in 2014 and such performance should continue going forward for many years to come. Here's why.

A big short term move in both stocks and gold is probably fairly imminent as periods of extremely low volatility like we are currently experiencing are invariably followed by periods of very high volatility that are brought about by a trigger event of some sort. There will probably be an advance warning somewhere, in a corner of the markets that perhaps isn't widely watched...[so] keep a close eye on these 12 inter-market signals.

Should markets around the world really care about what the Nikkei 225 Index does? The Power of the Pattern suggests "yes"! Here's why.

I am 100% confident that 1) precious metals will bottom this year and resume a new leg to the upside, 2) the extreme emotions right now regarding gold and silver are typical at major turning points and 3) all the underlying fundamental, cyclical and technical conditions for a new bull market in gold and silver are in place. Here's an update on the latest action in gold, silver, platinum and palladium

Should gold stock investors and speculators worry about the effect of a decline or cyclical bear market of the S&P 500 on the mining sector? You'll be surprised at the answer!

The words "sex", "gold" and "collapse" are three of the most googled and, as such, many articles are posted daily on munKNEE.com regarding the future for the price of gold, possible economic and financial collapse and the odd article on sexual behaviour around the world. Below is a summary of a number of such articles.