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

American credit card balances will hit $1 trillion in 2016, a debt burden that has never been reached before, not even during the go-go days of the dot-com boom. On the other side of the coin is the fact that there is a lot of profit to be made on the lending side of those trillion dollars of debt as the average interest rate on credit cards today is a whopping 15.19%. Given that the national average for 1-year CDs is a measly 1.09%, it is clear that credit card companies are making lots of money.

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.

Below is an infographic illustrating the outsourcing industry in the U.S. that provides everything you need to know but were afraid to ask.

According to a new Gallup poll, of all the major institutions that Americans come into contact with throughout their daily lives, the percent of people who say they have a "great deal" of confidence in banks has plunged more than any other institution since June 2006.

I'm becoming increasingly pessimistic that we could see a meaningful downside episode in the S&P 500 that's potentially sustained before the leaves are turning brown on the trees in the fall.

When a given month’s trading range for silver moves above and fully clears its current 20 month moving average, a long term bull market in silver has begun. There are only three times this has occurred for silver in the last 18 years – May 2002, September 2009 and now in May 2016.

Gold ETFs are a bit more complicated than you might think at first glance but, hopefully, the key facts in this article will allow you to get a better handle on the market, and find more information on the best gold ETF option for your needs in today's investing world.

Every year, the Cato Institute publishes a list of the world’s most “miserable countries” by using a simple economic formula to calculate the scores. Described as a Misery Index, the tally for each country can be found by adding the unemployment rate, inflation, and lending rate together, and then subtracting the change in real GDP per capita. The infographic below visualizes the 10 "most miserable" countries in the world.

We firmly believe that the precious metal prices will rise explosively from the current correction level till 2020 and will far outperform the DOW and related equity markets based on Fourier cycle analysis. As such, gold and silver ought to be the dominant asset class for astute investors right now.