Category: Economics & Investing

Economics and Investing:

Billionaires are holding $1.7 trillion in cash o o o The Coming Breakdown Of U.S. & Global Markets Explained… What Most Analysts Miss o o o U.S. farmland values drop. The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed a widespread drop in farmland values with the highest losses in the Northern Plains. – W.W. o o o Gold Price Surge Seen Cutting India’s Demand This Year, World Gold Council Says o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Marc Faber Issues A Stunning Warning That A Gigantic 50 Percent Stock Market Crash Could Be Coming – B.B. o o o BOJ review likely to defend massive stimulus program – sources o o o In recovering housing market, the starter home remains elusive o o o Venezuela Has But One Choice: Capitalism or Chaos o o o China Food Inflation Looms As Ag Output Set To Plunge Most In 50 Years Amid Historic ‘La Nina’ – H.L. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

The worst place in the world to bank o o o Social Security’s looming $32 trillion shortfall – B.B. o o o 30 Years After The Disaster: Ukraine Plans Huge Solar Farm In Chernobyl – Perhaps the most well-known site of a nuclear disaster in the world, Chernobyl is now the location for an ambitious solar project. o o o The Minimum Wage: Taking Away the Right to Work o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Wake Up And Smell The Bull Trap! o o o The Consequences Of Big Oil’s Exploding Debt. Big oil has seen its debt load increase tenfold since 2008 as a result of high spending and unstable earnings. o o o Stocks a Screaming Buy in Fed Model That May Never Prove Right o o o The Seven-Year Short o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Will the Bubble Pop Even if the Fed Never Raises Rates? “There is no ready-made answer in Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT) to the multi-trillion dollar question now looming over the global economy and markets.” o o o Bond Market’s Big Illusion Revealed as U.S. Yields Turn Negative o o o Gold Price $2,150 Or Bust o o o America added 255,000 jobs in July, but unemployment rate unchanged o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Budget Planning- Part 5, by Sarah Latimer

Cutting Costs- Some Ideas We Have Implemented As I have said before, it is necessary to set priorities and develop a spending plan with your spouse and family in order to utilize your financial resources to achieve life goals. If you have followed along so far, you’ve documented your current income, your fixed expenses, and your flexible expenses. You have begun to consider other sources of income and maybe ways to cut expenses. Hopefully, you have also taken time to get a healthy perspective on money and its roles in your life as well as your spending habits. Have you …


Economics and Investing:

IRS Increases ‘Marriage Penalty,’ Unmarried Cohabitants To Get Twice The Mortgage Interest Deduction – B.B. o o o Deflation Is Always Good for the Economy o o o A Shocking Story About How One Man Lost $83 Million, Plus China, Gold And U.S. Dollar o o o No End Seen in Global Demand for U.S. Credit: BlackRock’s Rieder o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Brits Are Hoarding Cash Post-Brexit At Fastest Rate Since 2009 – DSV o o o No One Told Brazil Markets That Rio Olympics Would Be a Disaster o o o Here Is The Craziest Thing One Market Veteran Has Ever Seen In His Lifetime Excerpt: “You are guaranteed to lose money but you are buying the asset because you think in the interim, between when you bought it and you get your guaranteed loss, you’re going to make some money by selling the asset to another fool.” o o o Latest Jobs Data: The Worst Expansion in 30 Years Continues …


Economics and Investing:

No cash allowed: Stores refusing to accept money – K.B. o o o Death of ‘financial whiz’ on Queensland beach exposes suspected $100 million Ponzi scheme – A.S. o o o Bank of England wields stimulus ‘sledgehammer’ to beat Brexit blues. The Bank of England has cut rates for the first time since 2009 along with restarting bond purchases. o o o Chicago Seeks Tax Hike to Avert Insolvency for Pension Fund o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Man The Lifeboats : US Economy Sinking – Mike Maloney o o o SRSrocco Precious Metals Webinar: Big Events Coming & 1 Oz Silver Buys 6 Months Of Food In Venezuela o o o Rush to withdraw savings as threat of negative rate looms – DSV o o o Why The Bear Market Could Be Over In A Flash o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

You Can’t Eat Gold. “The point is that simple statements such as “You can’t eat gold” are a useless DISTRACTION.” o o o End of Driving Season Could Send Oil Back to February Lows. Oil prices are about to face even more downside as the end of a somewhat disappointing driving season is nearing. o o o We May Not See A Total Meltdown Of Global Currencies But This Will Definitely Collapse o o o Admitting a Weak Economy, the Fed Keeps Rates Low o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see …


Economics and Investing:

Ireland jails three top bankers over 2008 banking meltdown – If only they would do that here – A.D. o o o NY Fed Finds 15% Of Americans Have Negative Net Worth. Excerpt: “As for the White House’s conclusion that ‘the growing stack of $1.3 trillion in student debt is helping, not hurting, the U.S. economy’… we would hate to see what Obama thinks is ‘hurting’ the US economy.” – G.G. o o o Foreign Appetite For U.S. Securities Has Taken a Drubbing – G.G. o o o Oil Prices Fall Below $40 As OPEC Ramps Up Output o o …


Economics and Investing:

The Coming Seneca Cliff Collapse & Exploding Silver Price o o o The Free Lunch Is Over o o o The Grand Illusion, $80,000 Gold And A Worldwide Nightmare. Excerpt: “It is very important not to own illusory or paper gold. It must be physical gold and silver which is stored outside the fragile banking system.” o o o RPT-Helicopter money talk takes flight as Bank of Japan runs out of runway o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Budget Planning- Part 4, by Sarah Latimer

Flexible Expenses This is the list of all expenses that are generally short-term commitments and flexible in their amount. Initially, try to get a handle on where you are spending your money right now. Once you have that written down and can get the picture of how your income is being used, you can begin to make adjustments based upon your goals. So, be realistic and honest in this step! I will write more about how to cut some of these costs down in the next section, but for now get a handle on your spending. You will be able …


Economics and Investing:

Wednesday Report…A Potential Life Changing Market – S.B. o o o Credit Suisse to create U.S. banking business for billionaires o o o Deutsche Bank Said to Revive Trading of Credit Options in Europe o o o A Bull Market For The Ages As The Price Of Gold Heads To A Jaw-Dropping $20,000 o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.