Asset Allocation

Long-term oriented investors and speculators should be aware of the near-term trends but they should also be aware of the conditions that will lead to a shift from a bear market to a bull market. Here, we focus on five factors that precede major bottoms in precious metals.

Everyone wants to find those elusive undervalued cryptocurrencies & altcoins with strong upside and long-term potential and, to that end, this article presents 10 undervalued cryptocurrencies with great potential for your consideration.

For the investor who understands the unprecedented risks in the financial system, the next few years could turn a massive potential loss to economic peace of mind and financial security. Here's why - and how.

The major commodity producers are deeply cyclical and capital intensive companies. They have massive swings from cycle to cycle. If you can get the timing right one can make huge gains. If you get it wrong, you get crushed. If this analysis is correct, however, the CRB is about to get sliced in half.

How would you respond to a market crash? A good way to tell if you can live with a portfolio is to look at the worst year over the past 40 years and imagine it happening to you this year. Would you really stay with an all-stock portfolio after losing 36% in a single year?

The leader of one of the biggest banks and brokerage firms on the planet (Walt Bettinger, CEO of Charles Schwab) is advocating that we should take a portion of our portfolio and diversify it into a tangible asset like gold. That is huge. Why? Because companies like Schwab make money managing people’s money and, when a portion of that portfolio is reallocated to precious metals, there is no management fee on that portion anymore...so why is the guy at the helm of Schwab saying this?

The silver market appears to be on the cusp of something big. After months of consolidation that have been frustrating to many bulls, they now have a near ideal setup – a launching pad for the next directional spike.

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.

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.

Commodities are inches away from a new and strong bull market. This article explains why, and what investors should watch.