With America’s bull market run now in its 9th remarkable year, it could be tempting to let your guard down with your portfolio or your IRA.

Since we last wrote about the famous “Warren Buffett Indicator” in May, our readers have opened and clicked that essay more than almost any other this year!

Students of market theory like to explain market forces in terms of just two emotions: fear and greed.

U.S. Global Investors chief executive Frank Holmes believes there is a logical response to today’s current troubling investment environment. He points to massive global debt, rising pension deficits and higher interest rates ahead.

John Hathaway, Senior Managing Director at Tocqueville Asset Management, had sharp words for the Federal Reserve recently when asked about the U.S. dollar and his long term view on gold.

Dennis Gartman thinks that gold has plenty of gas in the tank. This week’s gold price rally, sparked after a fresh exchange of sabre-rattling between North Korea and the U.S.A., seems to only prove his point.

The U.S.A. has just reached an ominous financial milestone: $20 trillion in national debt. Since 2002, our elected officials have increased the debt by $14 trillion.

America breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as probable hurricane damage appeared to be less than had been feared. The stock markets and the U.S. dollar turned positive on Monday as a result.

Gold prices hit one-year highs of over $1,345/oz on Monday after North Korea successfully tested its sixth and largest nuclear device.

Famed investor Ray Dalio has two things keeping him up at night these days: escalating North Korea aggression and the looming U.S debt ceiling debate.