Kondratiev concluded that each long wave was driven by technological advances. He identified four distinct phases.

From my perspective, true diversification is more than just a balance of conventional investments spanning cash, equities and fixed income. There’s a vast universe of alternative investments out there that may suit your risk profile and are worthy of a closer look. Let’s discuss.

Home ownership is regarded as some sort of Holy Grail of financial planning... based upon the conventional belief that owning real estate is the #1 path to (at least) financial security – if not affluence - but is there really substance to this belief? This article says, "No, not today" and explains why.

Here's a definition of precisely what constitutes a melt-up: “A melt-up is a sustained and often unexpected improvement in the investment performance of an asset or asset class, driven partly by a stampede of investors who don’t want to miss out on its rise, rather than by fundamental improvements in the economy.“

Our argument is not that gold makes a bad investment or that no one should own gold but, rather, that gold does not work well as inflation protection but, rather, that the price of gold moves based on investor sentiment

The stock market bubble continues to inflate, while the price of silver remains range-bound but a reversal in those two asset classes is coming, and based on history it could be one for the record books. In fact, you might want to refrain from sipping hot coffee while viewing the tables below.

“Home ownership” is regarded as some sort of Holy Grail of financial planning based upon the conventional belief that owning real estate is the #1 path to (at least) financial security, if not affluence, but there is no substance to this belief. Here's why.

The financial, economic and moral devastation which is about to hit the world will come out of the blue like a flash from a clear sky for more than 99.5% of the people and will be like the definition of the word "CHAOS: A state of total confusion and disorder”.

This article breaks the concept of market capitalization down and shows some of the unintuitive nuances of how it works.

The U.S. economy is literally on perpetual life support. Recent events show too clearly that unless fiscal and monetary stimulus continues, the economy will fail and, by extension, the stock market...