The economy and, more importantly, inflation really need to tank hard to justify current bond prices and economic growth, and earnings really need to soar to truly justify current stock market valuations. It's not hard to imagine a scenario in which both could be very wrong.

The banking crisis of 2008 never fully healed. It just got shuffled under the carpet while the public was fed a phony narrative that everything was fantastic which turned out to be a gigantic farce; many of the world’s banking systems are just as risky as they were back in 2008.

Our experience has shown that the huge imbalance in positions between the commercial producers selling forward production and the speculators’ buying of anticipation typically resolves itself in the fundamental direction of the commercial traders’ collective prediction. The gold and soybeans rallies are about to find themselves out of gas.

In June, Incrementum AG published its annual “In Gold We Trust” report which offers many interesting insights into the current global economy and the gold market. This article provides a short summary for you.

When growth becomes exponential the likelihood is that it won’t last and that there will a substantial move in the opposite direction. This article looks at the unsustainable trends in most asset classes, population numbers, inflation and credit growth and discusses the dire consequences that are most likely to unfold in the years to come as a result.

As I've argued several times, the dollar is simply toast....The signals continue to shout a clear "Sell!" Here's why.

Some time out of the markets during the tech wreck (2000-2002) and the financial crisis (2007-2009) was beneficial to maintaining their standard of living going forward. Then, like now, some dry powder in the form of cash/cash equivalents helped reduce volatility. Then, like now, cash is how one can acquire desirable assets at lower prices down the road.

Last month the most people in eight years decided that if they were going to buy a new home, now would be the time to do it - but how much longer can this trend continue?

since we have had the biggest bubble in history over the last 100 years, the end game is likely to lead to the biggest implosion in history of the world economy and financial system.

Batten down the hatches, because a "perfect storm" is coming to global stock markets in 2016 according to the technical analysis team at UBS.