Finance

In the next 5 years most people will lose 75-90% of their wealth and some 100% but investors needn’t lose most of their money if they took a few measures to protect their fortune...

No matter where we are on the road to retirement, we have three tools at our disposal: contributions, time and investment returns. The question is, what can we do to improve our retirement equation?

Each and every day of the year I review hundreds of financial articles looking for the very few that are succinct, informative, thought-provoking and well written and bring them to my readers in a Market Intelligence Report. Below are today's best:

You only have a short window to short some of these banks' stocks because, on December 4, Italy is voting on a crucial referendum. It’s almost certain to fail - and that will probably be the pin that pricks this super bubble.

When holding their stock picks for the year, banks were only 43% accurate with their predictions. That’s right! Flipping a coin would have been potentially more effective than buying bank stock picks, which ended up down -4.79% on the year. The S&P 500 finished down only -0.69%. Simply just making any interest in a savings account would have been more effective as well. [This article ranks] the banks, from best to worst, based on accuracy of their calls and also based on the performance of their recommendations.

Being a millionaire is overrated. Becoming a “millionaire” once meant being set for life and destined for early retirement - but that was then, and this is now. Today's infographic shows how things have changed over time, and that a million dollars of wealth ain’t what it used to be.

My parents are more stressed now than ever before as a result of the combination of healthcare costs and income squeezes. The threat of bankruptcy for them is a big one, as is foreclosure on their family home. This has inspired me to write this article (guide) for seniors on how to deal with the financial stress in their lives. I hope you find useful.

An unelected, unaccountable group of central bankers has far more power over our economy than anyone else does but, with the election of Donald Trump as President, we now have an opportunity to get free from this insidious system because, if he truly wants to fix the economy then shutting down the Federal Reserve would be the thing to do. It would take someone very bold to make such a move so it begs the question, "Is he up to the task?"

U.S. bank stocks have seen their share values rise since the November 8th election which could also impact the stock price performances of financial institutions north of the border, such as Royal Bank of Canada. Here’s why the banking sector could benefit big time under a Donald Trump Presidency.

You might have heard people claiming that they'd flee to Canada if Trump — or Clinton — won (maybe you've even said so yourself) but you might be surprised to learn that life can get costly over the border. Here is a quick look at what you would pay were you to flee to our neighbors to the north.