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The nature of stocks, also known as equities, is that they often suffer declines and these market downdrafts - market pullbacks, corrections and crashes - have different characteristics. Here is the difference between a stock market pullback, correction and crash.

When sh-t happens at the end of an excessive bubble era, it will always be the worst kind, and what can be worse than a major war that could develop into a nuclear and world war.

The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the country has often made headlines due to political instability and the looming threat of a Russian invasion. In the map graphic above, we examine Ukraine from a structural point of view. What’s the country’s population composition? What drives the country’s economy? And most importantly, why is the country important within a global context?

The USD’s days of unchallenged dominance are quickly coming to an end - something even the Fed Chairman openly admits - which means we are likely on the cusp of a historic financial earthquake that could alter that direction of the U.S. forever and mark the biggest economic event of our lifetimes.

The current Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to reshape geopolitical relations and international trade and to give context to the situation, we’ve created this graphic using IMF and UN Comtrade data to showcase Ukraine’s largest trading partners and goods traded in 2020.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is an effort by a relatively small country trying to use military action and threats, backed up by a nuclear arsenal, that can in no way compare in terms of resources to those it is threatening and, as such, the combined impacts of the imposed sanctions on its small economy will likely be significant and widely felt.

Despite being the world’s biggest carbon polluter, China is also the largest producer of most of the world’s critical minerals for the green revolution. Today's infographic illustrates where the extraction and processing of key metals for the green revolution take place.

No doubt you have read that gold and silver are “real money” and safeguards against future economic collapse but beneath all the sensational headlines, what’s the real story? Should you invest in gold and silver or, are precious metals a good investment right now? Here are 12 compelling reasons to invest in gold and silver.

If you believe that a higher gold price is inevitable because of the size of the debt or its rapid rate of increase, then here are some words of caution…

We are now at the end of a major economic era and bubbles in many asset markets and commodities are typical for the end of a cycle. This is exactly what we have seen in this century with historical overvaluations of stock, bond, and property values.