If you are in the habit of bargain hunting or trying to get free stuff, think again - especially if you are fortunate enough to be in a secure well-paid job. Look for quality, not price, and expect to pay for quality goods and services. In addition, be generous because it is generosity, not miserliness, that creates prosperity. Let me explain.

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, yes. The Fed can cause massive inflation in 15 minutes. Here's how:

The bottoming process for the junior miners after a seven year decline may be ending in the next few months as they once again come back into favor for the following ten reasons.

Virtually everyone has become convinced that the dollar is going to 110, 120 or even 160. Folks when everyone is thinking the same thing … then no one is thinking. Here’s the thing. Almost no one is prepared for the dollar to drop. Everyone is convinced the dollar is going higher, and everyone is positioned long. Everyone is on the same side of the boat. When that happens invariably the boat tips over so here’s what I think is going to happen.

Gold is in a tough situation right now. It is an enigma and it is suffering from an identity crisis. It does not know whether it wants to be a commodity or a currency...sometimes its price reflects its position as a commodity and other times as a currency. These days gold is struggling with both these roles...and when it decides what it wants to be there will be a price adjustment. I believe that adjustment is coming soon and that it will take the price lower. Here's why.

This coming autumn we are likely to experience the beginning of the end to the biggest speculative bubble in world history. All bubble assets will implode and the financial system will come under massive pressure

If gold were to start moving appreciably higher it would damn all paper currencies...and given the current fragile state of the global economic landscape...governments around the world simply cannot, and will not, allow that to happen. They sit on big stocks of gold and, if necessary, they will use those reserves as a tool to crush rallies. I believe, therefore, that gold will soon revert to bear mode trading. My price target remains at the $880 level.

Martin Armstrong says gold touched rock bottom last week and will begin to rally sometime after October 1st, 2015 and reach $5,000+ an ounce in 2016.

Is it worth it to hold silver bullion or equities in a portfolio? Yes, and the reasons an investor should consider exposure to silver can be summed up with three key points.

Global financial crises tend to happen in seven-year periods, and there is mounting evidence that the market is approaching another lead by the emerging markets. The above comments, and those below, have been edited by Lorimer Wilson, editor of munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) and the FREE Market Intelligence Report newsletter (see sample here – register here) for the …