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When a given month’s trading range for silver moves above and fully clears its current 20 month moving average, a long term bull market in silver has begun. There are only three times this has occurred for silver in the last 18 years – May 2002, September 2009 and now in May 2016.

Gold ETFs are a bit more complicated than you might think at first glance but, hopefully, the key facts in this article will allow you to get a better handle on the market, and find more information on the best gold ETF option for your needs in today's investing world.

Every year, the Cato Institute publishes a list of the world’s most “miserable countries” by using a simple economic formula to calculate the scores. Described as a Misery Index, the tally for each country can be found by adding the unemployment rate, inflation, and lending rate together, and then subtracting the change in real GDP per capita. The infographic below visualizes the 10 "most miserable" countries in the world.

We firmly believe that the precious metal prices will rise explosively from the current correction level till 2020 and will far outperform the DOW and related equity markets based on Fourier cycle analysis. As such, gold and silver ought to be the dominant asset class for astute investors right now.

Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor of all time having amassed a net worth of over $60 billion from his investing skill...and the 107 words of wisdom in this article crystalize decades of investment knowledge from the best in the business.

As stocks approach overbought levels, can the good times last and, more importantly, where do we go from here? While I won’t pretend to know exactly what the future holds, here are three ways to prepare your portfolio for whatever lies ahead.

The western world is headed to “a state of disaster” says Alan Greenspan and, “without reform of the financial system, another crisis is certain - sooner rather than later” says Mervyn King, the former head of the Bank of England. Greenspan has already suggested gold as “a good place to put money these days given the policies of governments" while King said recently that "when unexpected things happen, particularly when governments rise and fall, then gold is a means of payment that everyone is always prepared to accept."

The only reason that I can come up with that would have the Fed raise rates is that it wants to crash the markets. Why? Because Main Street is not doing well as the Price to Sales ratio chart below clearly shows. The Fed, and the markets, are stuck and those who are fully invested now will probably get creamed if a negative catalyst like Donald Trump becoming President happens, as he would surly cause instability and rock the government institutions.

This is a warning that stocks are about to enter a long-term bear market, one that will likely be lengthy and deep. This Sell signal confirms that the Economic Ice Age is starting.

Friday’s impressive rally screamed Buy! Now we get to see if the market will deliver on its message of apparent strength.