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Interesting things have certainly been happening in the underpinnings of global markets — things that either run counter to long-standing financial logic, or represent an unusual dislocation in the “normal” state of market affairs, or were once rare occurrences but have been happening with increasing frequency. Here’s a rundown.

The post below is from Bloomberg Markets and outlines predictions by 14 of the world's top financial experts of what will most likely unfold in 2016. Take note, invest accordingly and prosper.

Don’t be one of the people who don’t understand the vital importance of the bond market and what it’s telling you right now. This knowledge could help you avoid a huge hit to your net worth over the next 12-24 months. Here’s why.

The following major upcoming events will be exciting to watch unfold, one after the other. The steps will each involve a quantum jump in the Gold & Silver prices. The process will take a few years, but might be breath-taking in speed once the process is begun.

Because we know the trend is down, there is no guesswork about trading from the long side in paper gold. There is no need to “predict” the price direction. Just wait for more information that buyers are beginning to increase (which they are not, so far), and then have a strategy for buying in a changing up trend. Presently, there is no evidence of a change to an up trend, so wait for confirmation and keep one’s powder dry.

When we see companies and individuals...become household names we have to wonder what it is that they did to get there...Take a look HERE at 10 of the best business decisions of all time, many of which have happened in the past decade or so.

The Institute for Economics and Peace, an Australian nonprofit think tank, calculates that the worldwide economic cost of terrorism was $52.9 billion in 2014, an all-time peak. After what happened last week in Paris and is currently ongoing in Brussels you can bet the cost will go much higher.

Many widely held beliefs about gold are lies – propaganda hammered home to have us believe the only true measure of wealth is government-issued debt. It’s hard to say which of the 7 lies about gold is the biggest whopper. You be the judge. Read on.

The World Gold Council provides below a table of changes in gold reserves by country month-by-month and year-to-date. It shows the in- and out-flows of central banks around the world.

Sadly, the fiscal and monetary conditions for global economic chaos have now been set in stone. It’s only a matter of time and, unfortunately, that time is short.