It's nice to think about the day when you can...spend your time relaxing, traveling, and enjoying life to the fullest. Well, if you want that dream to become a reality, you may need to make some significant life changes now.

As investors adjust to a lower growth paradigm, investors may want to consider exposures that either offer limited downside protection such as minimum volatility strategies or that move less in sync with equity and bonds such as in commodities. This article identifies 4 ways investors can add targeted defensives exposures to their portfolios.

A central bank’s worst nightmare is when they want inflation and can’t get it. The Fed’s tricks have all failed. Is there another rabbit in the hat? Actually, there is. The Fed could announce that effective immediately the price of gold was $5,000 per troy ounce which would cause massive inflation within 15 minutes.

While the economy is a vastly complex and difficult thing to grasp, you can simplify the many moving parts by boiling it down to three basic elements, or touch points, which give you a brief understanding of the health and general direction of where and how things are going.

There are many ways to pay off your home loan faster. With the right tactics — like the following ones — you’ll scarcely notice the increase in your monthly payments.

There are numerous constructive fundamental, technical, and psychological variables that suggest gold is likely going substantially higher from here. As such, this is likely an extremely good time to accumulate gold, gold miners, and other gold-related assets.

I was afforded a most extraordinary experience recently that has given me unique insight into our global financial and political systems. The information I gleaned from this experience is disturbing. What you are about to read will forever change your view of banking, politics, economics and money. It certainly did mine!

Regular home buyers are wondering why they are unable to partake in the American Dream of owning a home now that they actually have to document their income and put some skin in the game. The reason is that the current median selling price of $201,000 puts real estate out of reach for most Americans earning the typical $50,000 a year unless they go into massive levels of debt. They are too broke to own a home!

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If you are looking to sell your car, it’s good to know what kind of options you have at your disposal. Here are the 6 best ways to do so.