Base

Just don't do it. Don't buy diamonds, either shares of diamond miners and distributors OR as a personal "investment". Simply don't do it. Here's why.

History shows rather clearly that the stock market is prone to extreme events, aka crashes. The challenge is deciding when the risk for a repeat performance is unusually high... The leading factor, of course, is the business cycle but internal market issues can't be ignored either. With that in mind, I've developed what I think of as a crash-risk index for the U.S. stock market (S&P 500), which draws on signals from ten metrics that are reflecting different factors...

On Wednesday, June 24th, Ronald Stoeferle's 9th edition of the “In Gold We Trust Report - 2015", with a global reach of some 1 million readers, will be released to the public at large. THIS ARTICLE highlights 10 interesting charts from said report.

Copper is among the three most used metals in the world, and high quantities of the red metal must be mined every year but the problem is that copper is not being discovered fast enough to meet upcoming demand. There are several reasons as this infographic illustrates.

The Greek financial system is in the process of totally imploding, and the rest of Europe will soon follow. Why? Because neither the Greeks nor the Germans are willing to give in, and that means: there is very little chance that a debt deal is going to happen by the end of June; we will likely see a major Greek debt default and, potentially, even a Greek exit from the eurozone and, if Greece does leave the euro, we are going to see financial carnage happen all over Europe.

For a consumption based economy asking “how much do Americans earn?” is a vital key to our long-term stability. Each household has a propensity to spend and the ability to consume is largely derived by income. Debt has made it easier for households to spend future wages but these two important reference points measure the health of total wages for households and that of individual workers.

"Gold parties" are an easy way to do something unique, have fun, and make some extra cash for both you and your friends - and their friends too. Here's how to go about having one of your very own.

This isn't the time to listen to those leading politicians, economists and pundits who say we're not in a bubble and we're finally seeing a sustainable recovery. We're not. Central banks can't keep this bubble going forever... [Instead,] you need to prepare for another across-the-board bubble burst and the deepest downturn since the Great Depression, with deflation, not inflation, and this time, in spite of what others such as Jeff Clark might tell you, Gold will not be your defense, it will be your downfall. Here's why.

Whether it is called "systematic trend-following", "momentum trading" or "turtle trading", it all comes down to entering trades on the basis of markets breaking out from previously established ranges and following some basic rules thereafter. It requires no special understanding of any given market - just a healthy respect for the price action - and can make you a lot of money in the process. Here are the details.

Hundreds of articles about the economies of the U.S., Canada, China, the UK, the EU and elsewhere are posted every day on a variety of financial websites. Unfortunately, many such articles are dull detailed analyses of conditions on the ground without providing a perspective as to how such conditions relate to the world at large - the global economy - and one's place in it. munKNEE.com makes a point of finding those articles that do and posting the best-of-the-best (the most informative, the most unique, the most entertaining, the most provocative, the best written) on a daily basis. If you have yet to check out munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) you are encouraged to do so.