Day: November 1, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Friday — November 1, 2024

November 1st is the birthday of economist Martin A. Armstrong. (Born, 1949.) For many years he was a prisoner of conscience, in part because he refused to turn over his proprietary trading algorithms to Federal prosecutors. After seven years in prison without a trial, the longest Federal incarceration for contempt in American history. Armstrong was finally put on trial in a proceeding that was branded as a sham. He was convicted on securities fraud charges based on some marginal testimony and given a five-year sentence. Notably, Armstrong continued to write his economics newsletter while in prison, producing most of the …


Just-In-Time Food Storage – Part 4, by St. Funogas

(Continued from Part 3.) Flour – 150 lbs Flour has 1,520 calories per pound. For just-in-time food prepping, whole wheat kernels (wheat berries) are impractical for most people. They require grinding before making flour and most people don’t have a wheat grinder on hand. For a JIT shopping list, flour is the best way to go. When stored properly, store-bought refined white flour can last 10+ years. I can personally vouch for 5+ years in a gasketed food-storage bucket without oxygen absorbers. I now add white flour to my food storage instead of adding more wheat. Flour isn’t just about …


October, 2024 in Precious Metals, by Everett Millman

Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in Review, where we take a look at “the month that was” in precious metals. Each month, we cover gold’s performance and silver’s performance and examine the factors that affected the metal prices. WHAT DID GOLD AND SILVER DO IN OCTOBER? Following a September in which gold rose 5.2% and silver rallied 7.9%, the precious metals moved steadily higher yet again in October. Metals prices have risen in 11 of the last 13 months. While gold fluctuated up and down for the first two weeks of the month, spot silver started off strong with …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we look at the 2024 BRICS Summit. (See the Precious Metals and Forex & Cryptos sections.) Precious Metals: The precious metals market roller-coaster ride is continuing, with a lot more “woo-hoo!”, than screaming. On Monday (October 28, 2024) spot gold started out strong, at $2,760 per Troy ounce. Silver was back up to $34.06.  Palladium …