In some ways it seems like we just arrived at the Investment U Conference; on the other hand, it feels like we’ve been here for weeks… Because we couldn’t possibly have learned so much in just a few days.

Hundreds of economic and stock-market indicators exist, but many won’t be relevant – even if you could decipher them.  Here are a few stock market indicators that are both reliable and readable to everyday investors.

Gold Bug Ted Peroulakis of Investors Daily Edge suggests that “you should own some gold in your portfolio as an insurance policy…” He recommends this Gold EFT as a safe haven during the global financial crisis, because no matter what happens with the markets, gold will always shine.