Category: Economics & Investing

Depression in 2013? Jim Rogers: “100% Chance” of Another Financial Crisis That Will Be Worse Than 2008 KAF sent us this: Congress ends corn ethanol subsidy 40 Hard Questions The American People Should Be Asking Italian Bonds Return To 7% / Markets Plummet / Raid On Gold And Silver “There Will Be Violence, Mark My Words” Items from The Economatrix: Economists Make 2012 Predictions China And Japan Plan Direct Currency Exchange Agreement Unrelenting Global Economic Crisis:  A Doomsday View of 2012 Sears to Close Up to 120 Kmart, Sears Stores

B.B. suggested this: It’s the Math, Stupid!: Seven Devastating Facts About 2012 Echoing the statements by Kyle Bass that were quoted in SurvivalBlog: Debt Crisis 2012: Forget Europe, Check Out Japan Items from The Economatrix: Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week Stores See Busy But Not Bang-up Christmas Eve US New Homes Sales Heading For Worse Year Ever Another Face Of US Recession:  Homeless Children US Homes Lose $700 Billion In Value In 2011–And That’s The Good News

Kabuki financial theatre – Congress net worth up 15 percent from 2004 to 2010 while the average American sees their net worth decline by 8 percent in the same timeframe. Welcome to plutocrat USA. (It is good to know that our elected representatives are pure as the driven snow, and that they would never engage in felonious Insider Trading.) B.B. suggested this, over at Zero Hedge: Guest Post: A Run On The Global Banking System – How Close Are We? Items from The Economatrix: If a Global Recession is Not Looming, then Why Are Bailouts Flying Around Like The End …

B.B. recommended this at the Jim Rogers Blog: We Should Take The Pain Now And Not Wait Until The Market Forces The Pain On Us $15 Trillion, and counting: US Government Spiraled Deeper into Debt This Fiscal Year. (And that doesn’t include long term pension and interest obligations!) Yishai and several other readers sent this: Treasury plans for euro failure: The Government is considering plans to restrict the flow of money in and out of Britain to protect the economy in the event of a full-blown euro break-up. Yishai’s noted: “If I were British, I’d be trying to move some …

Kevin K. forwarded this piece by Jim Willie: CME/COMEX Grant JPM Temporary Waiver for Reporting Positions Exceeding Speculative Limits Another nail in the coffin: Yen-Yuan Trade Plan to Cut Dollar Dependence of China, Japan. (Thanks to G.G. for the link.) Callie sent this: MF’s Lagarde warns global economy threatened Also from Callie: Yuan hits all-time high Items from The Economatrix: Worse Than 2008 Mark Faber:  “I Am Convinced The Whole Derivatives Market Will Cease To Exist And Will Go To Zero Gold The Protector As Democracies Move Towards Totalitarianism Investors Lose Faith In Stocks As Billions Pour Out Of Funds

Today we present another entry for Round 38 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) A gift certificate worth $1,000, courtesy of Spec Ops Brand, B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, and C.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $350 value.) D.) A 9-Tray Excalibur Food Dehydrator from Safecastle.com (a $275 …

Mark Faber: “I Am Convinced the Whole Derivatives Market Will Cease to Exist And Will Go to Zero” Alan D. sent this: Fitch Again Warns US Debt Burden Threatens AAA Rating. K.A.F. flagged this: To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give Up on Biofuels Items from The Economatrix: MF Global Customer Money Traced To JPMorgan The Shocking Truth About The Pending EU Collapse Ann Barnhardt: Call for General Market Strike Comex:  The March to Irrelevance

Some End-of-Year Advice from JWR: The wise old saying is: “Buy low, and sell high.” I recommend that any SurvivalBlog readers that are still invested too heavily in equities take advantage of the current market rally, and sell most of your stocks and any remaining municipal bonds. Take the proceeds and buy into current dip in silver. Take physical delivery, and keep your investment silver well-hidden, at home. (Preferably in a concealed vault.) Later, as the bull market in precious metals reaches its peak, and as the real estate market bottoms, take your profits from silver and parlay them into …

Larry W. recommended a piece by Ryan Jordan, titled Silver And Survivalism. Eric Sprott: I Think That This Next Decade Will Be The Decade For Silver Prices. A report from California’s Central Valley by Victor Davis Hanson: A Vandalized Valley Items from The Economatrix: Euro Collapse Crisis Sledgehammer Pounds Into Stock Market Santa Rally We Are Witnessing An Historic Bottom In Gold Most Americans Still Have No Idea How Bad The US Economy Is US Asks Banks to Keep More Cash at Hand

G.G. suggested this from James Turk: More Deficits, More Debt Also from G.G.: Are Guns & Ammo The New Gold? Why More Americans Than Ever Before Are Arming Themselves Zero Hedge: Did The Fed Quietly Bail Out A Bank On Tuesday? Items from The Economatrix: The Top 100 Statistics About the Collapse of The Economy That Every American Voter Should Should Know The Harsh Reality is that The EU Has Already Failed If Europe Is Cured, Why Are Central Banks Preparing For Its Collapse? Economy Shedding Debt But Shackled By Pessimism 2012 Economic Outlook:  Countdown To The End Oil Prices …

U.K. stores sell out of reindeer meat. (Thanks to loyal contributor F.G. for the link.) Reader F.B. suggested: The Coming Collapse of Bitcoin? Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years Most American’s Still Have No Idea How Bad the U.S. Economy Is Items from The Economatrix: Why All Signs Point to Chaos Dow Dumps 100 Points; BofA Dips Below $5 Stocks Knocked Down By Weak Banks, Europe Uncertainty US Stock Losses Double on EU Statement