Category: Economics & Investing

Does a 100 Trillion Debt Total Matter? – B.B. More Than 500 Economists Slam Minimum Wage Hike As A Jobs Killer Items from The Economatrix: Gold Falls From Six-Month High on Job, Retail-Sales Gains Is “Dr. Copper” Foreshadowing A Stock Market Crash Just Like It Did In 2008? Two charts that throw cold water on Dr. Copper’s influence The perpetually depressed American consumer: Stock market high and bounce in real estate does not assist in boosting consumer confidence. 57 percent of Americans think economic outlook is getting worse.

You guys printed the post mortem report on Tulving today, I read your site almost every day and have never seen any caution note about Tulving posted. I specifically wrote you a fact based email with dates about my dealings with Tulving and requested you warn your readers. SHAME ON YOU for any of your readers that lost money since I sent you that article. Before you respond with “we have given notice to only deal with reputable online dealers”, note in the article you posted today that Tulving had a stellar reputation for 10 years. I would bet a …

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10687708/Top-German-body-calls-for-QE-blitz-to-avert-deflation-trap-in-Europe.html Items from The Economatrix: Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill to Authorize Gold and Silver as Legal Tender, 37-4 We Are In FAR Worse Shape Than We Were Just Prior To The Last Great Financial Crisis Why Americans Are Dumping Their US Citizenship: 5 Case Studies How Long Does This Go On Before There’s A Currency Crisis?

Anatomy of a failure: Tulving Post Mortem – J.E. Too Big To Fail Is Now Bigger Than Ever – D.B. Items from The Economatrix: Financial War Will Lead To Real War: Visa Bans, Asset Freezes Are Next: Europe Announces Three Step Sanctions Against Russia Ukraine-Desperation To Save The U.S. Dollar-Dr. Jim Willie 20 Facts About The Great U.S. Retail Apocalypse That Will Blow Your Mind: As You Read This Article, Approximately A Billion Square Feet Of Retail Space Is Sitting Vacant In The United States. The Potential For U.S. Economic Growth May Be Just 2%, Morgan Stanley Economists Say Quarterly …

Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says – G.P. How Close Are We to the Next Market Crash? Items from The Economatrix: Recovery on track, but still slow and steady More On The Jobs Report Bacon, Inflation, And “What Gets Measured Gets Managed” Peter Schiff: Weather Or Not?

More on the Penny and Nickle: Penny and Nickel Mentioned in Obama’s 2015 Budget Items from The Economatrix: ADP: Mediocre Job Growth Continues We’re Going to be Hit with a Tsunami of Inflation-Peter Schiff Never leave home generation: Household formation goes negative year-over-year at steepest rate since recession ended in 2009. February Payrolls 175K, Beat Expectations Of 149K, Unemployment Rate Rises To 6.7%

This map only has data from 1999 and 2009 but is surprising nonetheless: The Geography of Government Benefits. It’s very easy to compare 1999 to 2009 and see just how much government assistance has grown. – Skyrat Items from The Economatrix: Three-Month Low In U.S. Jobless Claims Offers Hope For Labor Market US Applications For Jobless Aid Reach 3-Month Low Stock and housing gains put US net worth at record What Costco Is Saying About The Economy

California housing leaving the middle class behind in the dust: Prime real estate markets close to previous peaks while areas inhabited by working class families fall further behind. Ukraine crisis: In Moscow, panic sets in as rouble plummets and foreign exchanges run out of dollars. – JBG Items from The Economatrix: The Death Of Retail: What Do RadioShack And J.C. Penney Say About The Future Consumer Economy? Low Wage Retail Work To Take A Hit. S&P 500 Closes At Record High On Job Data Beat Here Are 5 Clues To The Health Of US Job Market

What Student Loans Are Really Used For: The Depressing Case Studies – G.G. Items from The Economatrix: Get Silver While You Can – They Are Going to Kill the Dollar Russian Dollar Dump Could Crash Financial System-John Williams The Top 12 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Heading Toward Another Recession Russia Threatens To Abandon The U.S. Dollar And Start Dumping U.S. Debt

Hello Hugh, First of all I am not an investment expert, so I have to read and call experts. I recently left a company and moved to North Carolina. I was going to cash out my 401K, but I was starting a one-man business so I waited. I formed my own company and got started. After a short while I looked at 401 cash out options. (I am only 45.) One great option that is available is called a solo 401K. First, you have to be a one-person shop. That is easy. Go to the courthouse and register a DBA …

Bitcoin firm CEO found dead. There sure are a lot of “coincidence”. We are now up to eight since January 1. Items from The Economatrix: U.S. factory activity growth hits highest since May 2010: Markit Gas And Oil Prices Soar And Petrol Could Be Next: Ukraine Crisis Shocks World Markets Amid Fears Russia’s Energy Resources Will Be Hit By Trade Sanctions Russia And China Stand In Agreement On Ukraine – And That Is Very Bad News For The United States Personal Income Faces First Year-Over-Year Drop Since Recession Ended: As Incomes Collapse, Spending Via Consumer Credit Begins To Increase.

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As Bank Deaths Continue to Shock, Documents Reveal JPMorgan Has Been Patenting Death Derivatives– Diana Items from The Economatrix: Stocks Around The World Get Slammed: Here’s What You Need To Know Video: Eric Sprott on Ukraine Russia War: Capital Controls, Bank Runs, Gold and Silver Forecast Gold ends over 2% higher as Ukraine tensions spike Oil prices spike on Russia sanctions fears Ukraine crisis: 5 financial, economic effects

Truth and Consequences Of Fed Money Printing A serious statistical analysis of Young Worker Deaths at JPMorgan leaves some questions unanswered. – Pam. Items from The Economatrix: As Yellen Said: Jobs Recovery Is Far From Complete U.S. GDP Revised Down, But Hints Of Economic Thaw Emerge Gas Prices Jumping Nationwide

Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in review. Every month, we take a look at “the month that was” in precious metals, covering everything from price action to the information that’s driving the numbers. February In Precious Metals Three major factors for precious metals in February were Chinese physical demand; poor economic news in the U.S. (which was blamed on sequential blizzards); and emerging market crises, especially Ukraine. China Chinese gold sales last month hit 246 metric tons – a record for January – but the pace didn’t slow down after the Lunar New Year as expected. Chinese gold buyers …