Every year, humans gobble up around 28 million tonnes of the metal in uses mainly related to its electrical properties – and as we transition to a green energy paradigm, copper will be an even more vital ingredient to human progress than it is today.

The gold/oil ratio is recognized as a sort of canary in a coal mine, giving advance warning of turbulence ahead and, for the first time in 3 years, the ratio is below 20-to-1 compared to its historical average of 15-to-1. Were it to go above 20-to-1, making gold too expensive or oil too cheap, and we would be in crisis mode.

There are a number of things you can do to put armor around your finances that won't cost you a lot and there are some simple things that you can do to bolster your job security and boost your potential income. Check out these ways to safeguard your financial future for $200 or less.

Today’s infographic comes to us from Neptune-GBX and it showcases the story of each precious metal and, more importantly, it shows why owning them simultaneously is the only way to get exposure to the unique supply and demand drivers behind each of them in the context of the modern market.

The U.S. and Canadian banking systems are similar to some degree, but also uniquely different. Today's graphic compares the two countries' banking histories, market shares, number of banks, investment outlook, leverage, and many other factors.

These 10 investment rules have historically kept investors out of trouble over the long term. They are not unique by any means but rather ,rules that have been uttered in some shape, or form by every great investor in history.

Retiring does not mean retiring from life. No, for many people, it’s the beginning of a new life but how do you decide where to retire? It’s a big question that requires research and we’ve done the hard lifting for you. This article puts together a comprehensive list of the best places to retire depending on your financial status, which usually the biggest factor for most people.

We have lived through a credit induced holographic standard of living considered to be “normal”. Never...has a genuine lifestyle been funded continuously on credit. Each attempt always failed miserably. The only difference today is that more of the world is involved along with more credit used than ever before. The only logical conclusion is this latest credit experiment to fund lifestyle will fail on a far grander scale than ever before!

Saving money and learning how to make it work for you, so you don’t have to, are essential to getting ahead in the modern world, but millennials are woefully ill-informed about the world of investing. Here are the top 3 reasons that millennials should start caring about investing and looking out for their futures today.

When it comes to investing, you need to make sure you have a well diversified portfolio so that you can lower your risk. A great way to add diversification to your portfolio is with small cap stocks but the benefits of small cap stocks don’t end with just diversification... In this post, I highlight 3 critical reasons why investing in small cap stocks will increase your long term gains.