‘Inflation and Deflation’ Archives
Death of the Middle Class
Read the Tuesday Afternoon Wrap-up for 2/21/2012 and the Wednesday Morning Commentary for 2/22/2012 Few charts stand out more than the one below. Since interpretations can be vast and diverse, I invite you to administer a “self-Rorshach test” and forward me your thoughts. As for me, I see the death of America’s Middle Class, tiering [...]
The Ultimate Quadruple-Top Breakout
Read the Monday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 2/20/2012 and the Tuesday Morning Commentary for 2/21/2012 On a quiet day here in the States – with nearly all markets closed for President’s Day – I want to take advantage of the “relative peace” to hammer home one of the MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THEMES OF OUR LIFETIME. I spend 99% of my time [...]
Fiat Failure!
Today’s RANT is inspired by an article about the Mongol Empire of the 13th Century, demonstrating how civilians openly revolted against the imposition of an unwanted, unjust fiat currency system, upon penalty of death – and succeeded! I’m sure this is not the only such instance throughout history, and probably quite common in societies [...]
There is no natural check on the increase in dollars as there is with gold.
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER Here is some very important information about our Precious Metals Storage program with Brinks in Canada: We just received information that Silver Eagles are allowed outside the jurisdiction of the Custodian (outside U.S. in an IRA) according to the IRS code. For more information call 877-375-1365. Here are the [...]
Rant Topic: The Precious Metals “Anti-Bubble”
Per Wikipedia, “in a stock market bubble, market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some system of stock valuation. Behavioral finance theory attributes stock market bubbles to cognitive biases that lead to groupthink and herd behavior.” The first sentence appears simple enough, but that pesky word value [...]
Special Silver Report Video
While browsing YouTube Videos that we have posted in the past, I stumbled upon a new video from the SGT Report that I think you should see. This video details the role silver has played throughout history and what this means for current and future prices. Click on the video link below to view it: SGT Report: Special Report $500 Silver and [...]
Hyperinflation and Credit Default Swaps
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER If we see gold replacing the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, this will be accompanied by a collapse of confidence in the current financial system and panic buying in gold. This will create a move in gold, as Sinclair says, “That will light your hair on fire.” –King World News, Russell - Gold [...]
The 5 major US banks control 97% of all credit derivative swaps
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER Today's daily is EXTRA important. Please take the time to read it all!!! As I write this, at 3:30 a.m., gold and silver are moving up fast and have recaptured all of yesterday's losses. Jim Sinclair issued the following announcement early last night: The Most Powerful Body In Finance And What They Mean To [...]
The Upcoming Hyper-inflationary Great Depression
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER On Friday morning I had a long conversation with my friend, Jim Cook. I went to work for Jim in 1983 at Investment Rarities and we quickly developed a friendship apart from work. Jim is a well-learned man, a true Libertarian and a student of Ludwig von Mises. During our conversation, for the first time ever, he [...]
Overt or Covert, “QE to Infinity” is Here
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER Back in August 2011, a whopping five months ago, I was AMAZED when the Fed outwardly expressed its FEAR of global economic COLLAPSE by announcing an extension of its "ZIRP," or Zero Interest Rate Policy, until "at least mid-2013." I have long espoused that Bernanke & Co. have never had a clue what they were [...]
