Investing

Predicting what the stock market will do in the next 12 months is tantamount to predicting coin flips. Here's more proof that past stock market performance tells you nothing about future results — literally nothing.

Here's an updated look at U.S. market valuations which suggest they remain at or above the levels that prevailed before previous major corrections.

I was re-reading Art of War recently, and I couldn’t help noticing how Sun Tzu’s approach to military strategy applies to investing. As he said 2,500 years ago, “he who knows them will be victorious; he who knows them not will fail.” Below are 6 quotes well worth applying as a result of the present financial chaos we find ourselves in.

The information provided by the Gold/Housing ratio in 2015 flat-out contradicts many widely held perceptions about market valuations today.

The A/D-line has entered critical territory that deserves close examination and a close watch in the ensuing trading days. Here's what the A/D -line is showing for the S&P 500 today and suggesting is quite possible for the markets tomorrow.

"Interest rates are not going to significantly rise in the near term to any meaningful degree. In fact, it is very likely that interest rates on Government issued Treasuries will remain range bound between 1% and 4% for the next 20 years." Here's why.

Gold, silver and precious metals mining stocks are still nowhere near long-term or secular bottoms but I believe they could be approaching short-term tradable bottoms in the coming days or weeks based on the following 3 signals:

As an investment, gold is not for the faint of heart. You can make or lose a fortune, depending on your entry and exit points so, that being the case, is now a good time to buy gold?

If you have no gold or silver, you will be “Greeced,” “Cyprused,” or otherwise financially screwed for not taking responsibility for your own economic future. Those who already own either or both gold and silver know this although they still foolishly complain about the paper price continuing to decline - and that focus is grossly misplaced. Here's why.

As history all too clearly shows, investors always do the “opposite” of what they should when it comes to investing their own money. They “buy high” as the emotion of “greed” overtakes logic and “sell low” as “fear” impairs the decision making process. Here are 5 biases that will keep you from achieving your long term investment goals.