Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has come up with a master plan for ramping up car production which, if achieved, could cause lithium stocks to skyrocket. Below are descriptions of 5 such companies that could become supercharged as a result.

The following timeline of developments in China since last summer’s equity market crash should be a handy tool for businesses around the world trying to figure out what’s next.

There are many ways to gain exposure to movements in the price of gold - bullion (bars or coins), gold futures, shares in gold exchange-traded funds, jewelry, certificates, pool accounts, options, structured products, etc., but today we will focus on gold stocks, i.e. shares in gold mining companies.

What impact will the elections have on your financial future? Well, frankly, regardless of which side of the political fence you stand on, the prospects of your retirement are much more likely to be impacted by your personal actions than by the actions of Washington politicians.

As an introduction as to what the charts have to say about gold and silver at this point in time let me remind you that the world debt situation worsens. It is, and it always has been, only a matter of time before this IMF house of fiat debt collapses, and collapse it will. Now is the time to get thee gold, and get thee silver, and get out of debt or suffer the intended consequences.

Although I have a few years before I am eligible for Social Security, I’m close enough that I am now thinking about three key issues: 1.At what age to start claiming it; 2.Whether it will still be there when I request it; and, regardless of Social Security, 3.how much does one need to live on in retirement?

We are not yet hoarding toilet paper and baked beans, but the prospect that we will be driven to do so has already been signalled to us. This article draws on the evidence of extreme overvaluations in equities and bonds worldwide, and concludes the explanation lies increasingly in a greater perception of risk against holding cash, or bank deposits.

Italy is facing its greatest crisis in the postwar era. The country’s banking system is bankrupt, and no one in Europe is willing to fix it. As a result the euro could start to drift toward dollar parity as the situation in Europe goes from bad to worse.

“Crexit:” a credit crunch brought about by plunging bond prices, soaring losses, an implosion in China’s high-risk debt markets, and a reversal of all the “yield chase” trades investors have flocked to in the last couple of years. That's what S&P's debt analysis team fears is about to unfold with the acceleration in corporate debt and That tells me there’s more going on beneath the surface – and that caution is still warranted when it comes to your investing strategy.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have historically been stable, income-producing investments. In the small-cap REIT space, investors might want to take a look at these financially sound REITs that should develop into income-yielding machines.