Western central banks, by debasing their currencies, have produced little more than financial ammunition for speculation on a grand scale. We saw the effect of a flood of this accumulation into the dollar over the last 18 months, and we are about to see the opposite effect as it ebbs away. What will the implications be?

7 major trends are going to sweep over the globe in the next 7 years causing a tsunami of change for the global economy. Read on for a most insightful analysis of what the effects most likely will be.

U.S. consumers accumulated more new credit card debt during the 4th quarter of 2015 than they did during the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011 combined. That is absolutely insanity, because other than payday loans, credit card debt is just about the worst kind of debt that consumers could possibly go into. Extremely high rates of interest, combined with severe penalties and fees, can choke the financial life out of almost any family in no time at all.

Inflation is finally picking up, and could quickly get out of hand. If inflation tops 5%, the potential top for gold prices is $6,000, taking into account money supply expansion since 1980.

Guess where the hottest and weakest housing markets in the world are? Where are home prices growing faster than disposable personal income? It's all here.

How is it that a handful of people were able to see the financial crisis of 2008 coming? How could they see what nobody else saw? Easy. They looked, and they should again, because there are 9 ominous similarities between 2008 and 2016.

A second demographic cliff is developing in spades, and globally, and it is going to cause a serious stock market crash in the year to follow.

Soon the problems in the world economy are likely to resume with a vengeance leading rapidly falling asset markets and currencies. Gold and silver will move up very strongly. The lucky few who can afford some physical gold will weather the storm better financially - but no one will escape the suffering that will hit the world in coming years.

Every investor owes it to himself to make sure that his investments will not be completely wiped out in the coming financial Armageddon by providing an adequate level of insurance against risks that prey upon the value of paper investments i.e., physical gold held by the investor himself on his own premises.

Investing is often described as the process of laying out money now in the expectation of receiving more money in the future. Investment possibilities are both many and varied. There are three major categories 1) currency-based investments, 2) gold bullion and 3) investment in productive assets, and it's important to understand the characteristics of each. [Let me explain the differences and why I choose the latter.] Words: 1780