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Learning how to short sell a stock takes practice, but it’s not as difficult (or as risky) as many people believe.

We are broke and have decided to ignore it. The implied hope is that the repercussions will be in someone else's lifetime and that they won't be too painful. This is simply wishful thinking.

The least imperfect monetary system by which civilized nations can conduct their business is the classical gold standard - a system in which every major nation defines its currency as a weight unit of gold. [Let me explain.] Words: 890

Independent research recommends that an allocation of 10% to gold and 5% to silver should be enough to ensure you will do much better in the coming market crash. Here is the rationale.

For several years, and in particular the last 12 months, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the BIS (Bank for International Settlements) have been issuing warning after warning - as outlined below - that the biggest financial and social crash in history is coming. Are you listening? The warnings are all well thought out with cogent logic and are not to be ignored!

Stock buybacks are a pretty common mechanism nowadays to provide value to shareholders so it is important to familiarize yourself with the terminology and understand the impact it may potentially have on your investments - especially if you are a dividend investor.

I know, I know, no one likes the bearer of bad news — especially when it comes to stock prices - but someone needs to remind you what usually happens to stocks when the Fed raises rates so it might as well be me. They drop. Let me explain.

A central bank’s worst nightmare is when they want inflation and can’t get it. The Fed’s tricks have all failed. Is there another rabbit in the hat? Actually, there is. The Fed could announce that effective immediately the price of gold was $5,000 per troy ounce which would cause massive inflation within 15 minutes.

While the economy is a vastly complex and difficult thing to grasp, you can simplify the many moving parts by boiling it down to three basic elements, or touch points, which give you a brief understanding of the health and general direction of where and how things are going.

Student loan debt in America now ranks as the second-largest consumer debt category, trailing only mortgages and, based on the latest data, it isn’t about to end any time soon.