Category: Economics & Investing

Gavekal on Russia and Japan o o o Beef Prices Post Biggest Surge in a Decade – G.G. Items from The Economatrix: How The Government Will Eliminate Fannie & Freddie Consumer prices edge up 0.1% in February U.S. housing starts fall slightly in February

A map showing the ridiculous fight over the keystone pipeline in Nebraska, a state that has over 20,000 miles of pipeline and complains about 200 miles. Items from The Economatrix: The Five-Year Fantasy Is Ending Relief in Sight for Gasoline Prices, AAA says A land of low-wage jobs: For every job that pays above the low-wage threshold of $15 an hour you have 7 job-seekers. 51.4 million low-wage jobs in U.S. Food Prices Surge, Hurting Consumers, Companies Alike

Rash of finance-pro suicides baffles experts – D.S. Items from The Economatrix: Gold’s Protection Against Counterparty Risk Is Coming Alive Putin Has Nuclear Economic Bomb-Jim Sinclair The big economies cannot avoid a soft default as they face their debt reckoning: U.S. and other central banks battle it out for artificially low interest rates on unsupportable levels of debt.

Gold Versus Bitcoin: An Unnecessary Argument – B.R. Items from The Economatrix: Ron Paul & Jim Rogers Discuss Truth About Global Economic Collapse & The Elite Agenda Eric Sprott – Gold To See Powerful ‘Golden Cross’ Within Days Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Fire-Sale Of US Treasuries Is A Warning Of Acute Stress Across The World Homebuilder Confidence Misses Expectations Again As Outlook Plunges To 10-Month Lows Breaking: Russia is OUT of the Swift System Starting TODAY

New doomsday poll: 99.9% risk of 2014 crash – G.G. o o o Continuing in his excellent series on inequality: Thoughts from the Frontline: Inequality and Opportunity – John Maudlin Warning: To read the full article, you will have to register. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Consumer Sentiment At Lowest Point Since Nov. In-The-Know Insiders Are Now Dumping Their Stocks 19 Signs That The U.S. Consumer Is Tapped Out

FDIC Sues Banks Over Libor. Regulator Says Alleged Rate Manipulation Harmed Lenders That Ultimately Failed – G.G. Fire-sale of US Treasuries is a warning of acute stress across the world. – JBG Items from The Economatrix: Precious Metals Prices To Rise As The U.S. Economy Disintegrates Bloomberg Chart of Day: Geopolitical Risk Could See Gold Outperform Global Equities Gold Market Set For Stunning $550 Surge & 46% Spike In Silver

Items from The Economatrix: Baltic Dry Plunges 8%, Near Most In 6 Years As Iron Ore At Chinese Ports Hits All Time High Crimea Bank Runs Begin As “Bail-In” Risks Arise The Vacant Dead: One In Five Foreclosed Homes Is A Vacant Zombie Where gas prices are topping $4

Dear SurvivalBlog, I will be making a stop at my local coin store tomorrow for a pre-64 dollar’s worth of pre-64 coins. I’m going to pay my bet off to you in style, because you went above and beyond in posting it. – J.N. o o o Hello, With regard to the recent discussion on taking delivery on precious metal orders. Over the past several years I have purchased junk silver coins and some gold coins at local coin auctions. In some instances I have been able to obtain silver coins at less than spot market prices. This may not …

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%