We have lived through a credit induced holographic standard of living considered to be “normal”. Never...has a genuine lifestyle been funded continuously on credit. Each attempt always failed miserably. The only difference today is that more of the world is involved along with more credit used than ever before. The only logical conclusion is this latest credit experiment to fund lifestyle will fail on a far grander scale than ever before!

Larger allocations to gold are merited, then silver and investors should consider very small allocations to platinum and palladium.

Be smart and add a gold position to your portfolio and sit back knowing you made a smart investment. This article highlights 6 concrete reasons why.

Cryptocurrencies are the biggest Ponzi scheme in modern history. It is very similar to chain letters or pyramid schemes. The issuers make tons of money as well as many of the speculators who get in early. In the end, the whole thing will collapse and late entrants will lose everything.

Pushing the big problems into the future appears to have been the working strategy for both the Fed and recent Administrations, yet the U.S. dollar and the budget deficit do matter, and the future is at hand. The day of ultimate financial reckoning has arrived, and it is playing out. Words: 1096

Here's the best reason to buy and hold gold and silver, at any price, and especially at these artificially suppressed prices.

In the following infographic we look at 5 occasions when currencies crashed in a big way.

From the beginning of 1990 hyperinflation has occurred in 28 countries around the world on a total of 35 different occasions of which 17 occurred during 1992 alone.

Since the beginning of 1990 hyperinflation has occurred in 28 countries around the world on a total of 35 different occasions with 17 of those countries experiencing hyperinflation during 1992. Currently, only Zimbabwe and Venezuela are plagued by hyperinflation.

Anyone who is not prepared to take a contrarian view today, risks to be a real victim in the next 5-7 years.