The media, money gurus, investment firms — they all have a way of making the world of personal finance seem hopelessly complex. We've all seen otherwise competent, capable adults go crossed-eyed when the topic of money management comes up. Don't be intimidated by the talking heads and conflicting advice, though. The most valuable rules are usually the simplest to understand. Here are the 10 money rules every working adult should know.

...Volatility has now returned to the stock market after a hibernation of several years...[and such] an explosion of volatility is indicative of a change of trend. The recent signals transmitted by this market have been classic and have been telling us that we have entered the final topping process of this extended and stretched economic cycle.

History tells us we should expect higher stock prices in the next quarter, mid-year, and by the end of 2018. The trillion-dollar question is, “When will this all end?”

Knowing how to properly value a stock is probably the most important skill for a value investor to develop and over the last fifty years one of the most popular methods to discover the fair price of a stock has been the Benjamin Graham formula.

While almost everyone has heard of Bitcoin at this point, many people are fuzzy on the details: what is a bitcoin, exactly? How do I buy some? What would I use it for? Here are the answers to those and a few other questions you were afraid to ask.

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.

Dr. Martin Murenbeeld, chief economist for Dundee Wealth Economics and one of the smartest gold minds around, outlines below his nine bullish arguments for gold.