Individuals are long-term investors only as long as the markets are rising. Despite endless warnings, repeated suggestions and outright recommendations - getting investors to sell, take profits and manage...[their] portfolio risks is nearly a lost cause as long as the markets are rising. Unfortunately, by the time the fear, desperation or panic stages are reached it is far too late to act and I will only be able to say that I warned you [- unless you take the time to read, and study the contents of this article]. Words: 1945; Charts: 10; Tables: 1

What hope can there be for motivated stock pickers to outperform the low-cost index funds that simply mechanically track the market? Well - in spite of the absurd rise of the Nobel-acclaimed, and highly promoted, Efficient Market Hypothesis that claims that individual investors can't beat the market - it turns out there is plenty! [Let me explain.] Words: 1574

The economy is a better indicator than stocks and bonds (house prices, too) of our financial health.

The United States has seen four different gold confiscations — the last of which was in 1933. Few people realize that when the freedom to own gold was restored in 1972, the President retained the power to require us to surrender our gold which he can do again any time (probably on a Friday) with the mere stroke of a pen. That means all confiscated gold could possibly be compensated at only $42.22 per 1oz. and not at the world market price. Don’t take this decision lightly. It was another blatant warning that the government may be contemplating grand larceny — AGAIN. Words: 1740

...It’s a confusing world out there. Some say gold is going to $700 (and they might be right, temporarily), and others say gold will shoot to $10,000 (and they might be right, temporarily). I’m in the middle and, when I tell you why, I hope you see the wisdom of why you should join me there, too.

The Fed has "gone Zimbabwe" but you can protect yourself by converting your Dollars to Gold and Silver! It's that simple - really.

A look (not a prediction) at a series of not improbable events that could develop [and which] would change our economic world overnight.

We are at the beginning of a major shift out of paper assets into real assets and the more I studied the merits of owning gold and silver the more I realized that silver was the smart decision. Let me explain.

I conclude that to re-establish a new gold exchange standard probably would require a gold price of about $5,000 and that begs the question: "What would re-establishing a $5,000 gold standard mean for inflation?"

Those who prefer silver always seem to think the ratio of gold to silver is going to reverse “soon” - and it might; maybe significantly so, too - but there are no fundamental reasons for the ratio to move up or down at any given time and, as such, there is no reason to track it, either.