Investing

Margin debt right now is sending a very clear signal that investors have recently become very greedy suggesting that a new bear market is likely underway which could culminate in a decline of at least 20% in the S&P 500 and, because of the sheer size of the potential forced supply that could come to market in this sort of environment, could easily be just the beginning.

Gold and gold-related investments will be exploding higher in the coming weeks. Here's why.

If you tune in to your favorite popular financial 24hr media channel, it would seem that there only ten companies in the world to talk about but, as the evidence herein shows, they did not make for profitable investments. So much for chasing "hot" stocks!

There is an underlying belief by many that there is a balancing ratio between silver and gold that can, over the long-term, help in evaluating current market prices. Swings and trends in this ratio are one of the many indicators gold buyers and investors use to evaluate their market positions and the right time to buy or to sell.

There is so much that we could learn from all these three men but, sadly, just like we saw in 2008, most Americans are ignoring the warnings. The mainstream media has conditioned the public to trust them, and right now the mainstream media is insisting that everything is going to be just fine, so will everything be just fine as the months roll along? We will just have to wait and see.

Compounding can be tricky to calculate in your head, however, unless you’re a math whiz. The good news is you can use a mathematical shortcut called the “rule of 72” to quickly estimate how long it takes an investment with a fixed annual return to double in size.

I have come up with 10 rather intriguing-looking small companies that are also attractive from a valuation perspective. The portfolio review lists them by ticker, name, sector, debt to capital, P/E ratio, price to cash flow, dividend yield, market cap, near-term estimated earnings per share growth and longer-term trend line estimated EPS growth.

In December I listed my top 5 overall silver stocks to buy in 2016 and, since almost 4 months have passed since that article was published, here's an update on how each of the picks have performed (up 94.55% on average in the 1st quarter compared to "only" 51.2% performance for the SIL).

While gold has increased 19% year-to-date, mining stocks are up 56% on average over the same time but, interestingly, the extent of the average increase in price depends on the market cap of the stock.

Resource stock returns during the past few years have been downright lousy but that’s not to say investors should neglect the sector. It offers tremendous value currently and has historically produced some eye-popping gains. Here is a portfolio of 10 stocks we think will outperform long-term during both good and not-so-good times.