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The world economy is complex, but today’s series of maps will allow you to simplify your understanding of the relative wealth of people, by country, around the globe.

Today’s infographic describes the world’s wealthiest billionaires under 35 years of age.

Do what the smartest country on the globe is doing (China) and buy and hold as much physical gold and silver as you can. Why? Because you will be up the proverbial creek without a paddle if you don't have either metal.

An attractive aspect of owning dividend paying stocks, specifically, dividend growth equities, is the fact they tend to hold up better in down market environments. The favorable result from this characteristic is it takes a smaller upside return to make up the losses incurred in a market decline. Here are the details.

The bull market from early 2009 into May 2015 looks just like every bubble in history. It follows the Masters and Johnson chart for the male orgasm – there’s a rise, a climax, and a sharp fall!

This article presents 10 Dividend Contenders that I considered most attractive based on valuation and forecast long-term earnings and dividend growth. Hopefully, there is something here for every reader depending upon their own unique investment goals and objectives.

Inflation is finally picking up, and could quickly get out of hand. If inflation tops 5%, the potential top for gold prices is $6,000, taking into account money supply expansion since 1980.

Guess where the hottest and weakest housing markets in the world are? Where are home prices growing faster than disposable personal income? It's all here.

How is it that a handful of people were able to see the financial crisis of 2008 coming? How could they see what nobody else saw? Easy. They looked, and they should again, because there are 9 ominous similarities between 2008 and 2016.

Differences in U.S. state taxes result in residents paying considerably more or less than their neighbors in other states. Here is a ranking of the most & least burdensome tax rates by state and the District of Columbia.