Given the negative real rates, a falling dollar, and heightened correlation between stock and bonds, gold should be an essential part of every investor’s portfolio today.

I wistfully remember the good old days of blissful naiveté about economics, which is before I found out about the Austrian school of economics, which led me to completely comprehend the unbelievable Keynesian econometric insanity of excessively expanding a fiat currency, especially over an extended time.

Silver is just another commodity with limited potential investment attraction and, while it has been hugely profitable under very specific conditions in the past it is not deserving of the allegiance that some express. This article explains why I have come to that conclusion.

How well you build your investment portfolio matters like never before. It can mean the difference between a comfortable or a compromised retirement, a debt-free or an indebted college degree.

Investing can be intimidating with its unique language but you can do this and we can help. With the following five keys, you'll be well on your way toward becoming a confident, successful, do-it-yourself investor.

Combining your passion for social and environmental causes with the need to build for your future could give new energy to your retirement planning regardless of your age.

Buying a new car doesn't make much sense when you look at it from a financial perspective. Frankly, you could come out $1 million dollars ahead driving used instead of buying new over a span of 40 years. Yes, over $1 million dollars!

9 years ago, Warren Buffett made a $500,000 bet that a simple index fund would outperform an actively managed hedge fund run by expert investors and it did for one or more of the 3 reasons outlined in this insightful article.

There is a really big crisis coming. It isn’t just municipalities that are in trouble, but also most of the public and private pensions that still operate in the country today. It’s an unsolvable problem. It will happen, and it will devastate many Americans. It is just a function of time.

The prospect of working full-time one day and then heading into a complete retirement the next doesn't work for everyone. Instead, many chose what is known as a "phased" retirement. Here are four reasons why you might choose this nontraditional retirement path.