In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Today: A map of State Minimum Wages, in Dollars, as of January 2026.
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(Graphic courtesy of Reddit [2].)
Economics & Investing Links of Interest
- For the first time ever, silver touched $100 per Troy ounce in Shanghai on Wednesday (January 14, 2026.) Soon after, the spot price on the Comex briefly touched $93.98 per ounce — another all-time high! This brought to silver-to-gold ratio down to around 50-to-1. (Not trying to gloat here, but I told you so.) There was of course some profit-taking on Thursday, but what a ride. Silver has tripled in just one year! For those of you who missed out and are now kicking yourselves for not buying silver in the early 2020s, all that I can suggest is: Stack teller boxes of nickels [3]. You can still get them at face value, and that is a huge bargain. – JWR
- Video interview: Andy Schectman Silver Price Predictions [4].
- And at Visual Capitalist: Charted: Where Inflation Has Hit the Hardest (2000–2025) [5].
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