As demonstrated by his previous market calls George Soros is an investor worth paying attention stock to. He is currently buying gold hand over fist, as he believes that we are closing in on a bear market.

I have created a model that will predict the price of gold for a year from now and the results suggest that there will not be much of an increase. As such, the best way to play this sector is to find companies with solid financials, a history of turning a profit margin even during tough times and outperform the gold index over a long period of time. These are the ones to consider.

I knew the monetary base had grown wildly but did not realize the extent until seeing it in graph form [in an article by Peter Degraaf. It is truly the Chart of the Century]. While Peter spent just one paragraph on this, let's look at it in depth to get a better understanding of why it is so important and what it really means.

With the Olympic Games underway, many eyes are on Rio...[and, as such,] investors...are...directing more attention to Brazil. While its stock market has had one of the world's best performances to date this year with the MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index up more than 50%...[and] the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index...[up] over 60%, the question now is, can the rally continue? My take is that it could potentially, but investors need to be willing to accept significant risk. [Let me explain.]

"The artist Christopher Wool has a word painting: ‘Sell the house, sell the car, sell the kids.’ That’s exactly how I feel — sell everything. Nothing here looks good" … "The stock markets should be down massively but investors seem to have been hypnotized that nothing can go wrong." - Jeffrey Gundlach

Many investors live by the saying – “Cash is King.” The gold sector should be no exception as those gold miners that are able to bring in positive cash flow from their operations, while at the same time using some of it towards capital expansion, are the ones that are likely to appreciate most in value and price. This could apply to the five gold stocks on our list today.

The First Rebuttal website has coined a term that gets to the heart of an increasingly dysfunctional system: the too-big-to-fail stock market. Markets no longer serve their intended purpose of efficiently allocating capital. Since capitalist wealth creation depends on that function, today’s world can no longer be called “free” or “market-based” in any meaningful sense.

Dividends may be boring if you’re looking for casino-like thrills, but slow and steady is the path to long-term wealth. The comments above and below are excerpts from an article by Tony Sagami (MauldinEconomics.com) which has been edited ([ ]) and abridged (…) to provide a faster and easier read. I love dividends, and I’m far from alone. Do you know the only thing …

The low of $1,310.70 in gold last week appears to have marked the cycle bottom. With the Fed meeting behind us, gold prices are primed to rise through August - and likely into September - where they will form the next intermediate cycle top.

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, which oversees more than $230 billion in assets, has “shifted to a ‘maximum overweight’ in gold for its portfolios due to its overall feeling of uncertainty brought about by a sluggish global economy, the Brexit vote, central banking policies, and the upcoming US presidential election.