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The French investment bank, Natixis, ranks 44 countries using factors that affect financial security and material well-being, including unemployment and income inequality keeping score with its Natixis Investment Managers Global Retirement Index. This year the U.S. came in at #18, down one spot from last year and down from #16 the year before that. Canada came in at #15 this year down 5 spots from the previous year. Here are the reasons why.

The price of gold denominated in USD doesn't tell us anything about gold. Rather, it tells us what has happened, or is happening, with the U.S. dollar - nothing else - and that is reflected in the U.S. dollar price of gold... Lately the U.S. dollar has been quite strong.

This article is the definitive guide to gold-backed cryptocurrencies. It lists every active gold-backed crypto project, as well as inactive and defunct projects.

The internet is awash with financial videos of various quality and length. This post presents access to 10 sets of 10 of the best such videos.

Which gold/silver mining companies own quality undeveloped gold and silver deposits in safe stable countries - and are extremely well managed? Such companies offer exceptional value in that they provide the best exposure to a rising precious metals price environment. Below are a number of things to look for when considering an investment in such companies.

90% of the management teams you interview will be unable to present a reasoned argument for pursuing their project and to justify the approach they are using so let’s examine Rick Rule's 11 "must ask" questions, one by one.

Most of the major financial news outlets and many investors have come to rely on the movements of the U.S. Dollar Index as a daily barometer of the U.S. dollar's relative strength and weakness taking it on faith that the Dollar Index is the dollar – pure and simple. In reality, the Index offers a very distortive view of the movement of the dollar against the currencies that matter most. If anything, recent movements of the Index are a reflection of euro weakness rather than dollar strength. Words: 1019

Historically, junior mining stocks tend to fluctuate between extreme boom and bust cycles and, given that we just completed a major bust cycle, the setup for a major rally in gold stocks is right in front of us. Those with the courage to buy low, and the discipline to sell during a frenzy, could quite possibly realize 10-bagger or even 100-bagger returns that could be worth a million dollars or more. Hold on to your hat!

Debt isn’t without consequences - and the consequences will be severe when the chickens come home to roost.

The Fed’s current raising of interest rates could trigger a credit collapse, ushering in deflation and a New Great Depression.