Over at The Deviant Investor: Silver Prices in Five Years? [1]
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CBC reports: Canada sells off most of its gold reserves [2]. (Thanks to G.G. for the link.)
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Items from Professor Preponomics:
US News
Understanding the Federal Reserve’s Shell Game [3] (Mises)How the US Government and the HSBC Teamed Up to Hide the Truth from a Pennsylvania Couple [4] (Liberty Blitzkrieg via Zero Hedge)
Warning: Commentary following article may contain foul language and/or inappropriate avatar images.
International News
UK Exposed to Steel Deluge as US Clamps Down on Chinese Imports [5] (The Telegraph)
ECB Ready with New Stimulus: Bank of France Chief [6] (Market Watch)
Argentina Tried to Fight the Financial World — and Lost Miserably [7] (The Telegraph)
Venezuela Sees Savior in Gold as Country Fights to Avoid Default [8] (Bloomberg)
Personal Economics and Household Finance
Forget Phishing Scams, Criminals are Now Using Your Every Day Activities to Steal from You [9] (Clark Howard)
Excerpt: “…according to the report done by computer security company Proofpoint, scams coming through email and social media became a bigger threat than malicious software last year.”
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