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Right before the start of the year, I wrote an article outlining my top 5 overall silver stock picks for 2016. I may not be as bullish on these picks as I was back in December 2015 so here's an update including the performance of my picks and my current recommendations.

Calpers, the nation's largest pension fund, recently reported a $139 billion shortfall - but is the actual shortfall more likely to be $500 billion to $1 trillion when we adjust their investment assumptions - that ignore how the Federal Reserve has changed the markets - for our current reality. If so, then there is an explosive increase in pension obligations - and taxpayer obligations - that greatly exceed what is being reported by the governments or in the media.

Below are 5 different takes on what we can expect to see for WTI crude oil prices from a fundamental perspective and from a technical perspective. The range is considerable - from as low as the $30s to Fibonacci projections as high as $93. Who's right? You be the judge.

According to a research paper from the latest issue of the Journal of Finance, there is "no evidence that the recommendations of financial consultants to institutions add value, suggesting that the search for winners, encouraged and guided by investment consultants, is fruitless". This article identifies the reasons behind why that shocking revelation is the case.

It’s no longer a question of when the peso will breach the once unheard-of level of 20 to the dollar. It’s when.

Gold exploration companies carry more risk than typical mining companies, but they also carry more upside potential. I try to target gold explorers that have high-potential gold deposits with exploration upside, favorable mining jurisdictions, close proximity to producing mines, and strong insider ownership. Here are three gold explorers that recently released positive drilling results, and my thoughts on each stock.

What you are about to read could give you serious heartburn, especially if you are an economist or a central banker or a retiree or just someone who has lived life playing by the rules, and now you find yourself getting no return on your savings, forcing you to save even more and work even longer.

Given the magnitude of the rally in gold year-to-date, many are questioning whether now is a good time to sell some or all of their holdings in the precious metal. From my perspective, however, I would be reluctant to abandon the asset class because it plays an important role in a portfolio.

If there is a business sector or financial asset class that has outperformed gold in the last 16 years, I can’t think of one yet how many people do you know who understand the necessity for owning gold and have actually acted on that knowledge?

We are better off than ever before according to the Fed Q2/16 estimate of the balance sheets of U.S. households which shows that, collectively, our net worth reached a new high in nominal, real, and per capita terms. The bottom line is that, in fact, life in the U.S. continues to get better and better.