Category: Economics & Investing

I’m traveling to attend a memorial service, so in place of my usual Monday Economics & Investing column, I’m posting the following article that was written by Brandon Smith of the great Alt-Market.us web site and originally published at Birch Gold Group. It is re-posted with permission. — The past 18 months have not been kind to small businesses. If you were unfortunate enough to live in a blue state during the onset of the covid lockdowns and you own a brick-and-mortar business then you have probably spent a large part of that 18 months closed, or struggling to stay …

Since I’m traveling today en route to a memorial service and have scant time for column writing, with permission, I’m posting a guest article by Arkadiusz Sieroń that was originally posted by Sunshine Profits: Will the Surge in Spending on Goods Include Gold?, by Arkadiusz Sieroń Consumers’ expenses on goods soared amid the pandemic crisis. Will gold benefit from this spending spree? “We need lower [consumer demand] growth to give the supply chain time to catch up, or differently spread out growth”, said Morten Engelstoft, chief executive of Maersk-owned APM Terminals, in September. Even though I’m fully aware of the …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at rapidly rising car prices — both new and used. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Reuters: Gold pops over 1% as U.S. jobs data miss cools Fed taper bets. o  o  o Capital Economics looks for silver prices to drop 5% to $21.50 before year-end. o  o  o …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at the U.S. Treasury’s Trillion Dollar Coin Backup Plan. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last minute.  JWR’s Comments: The absurdity of this proposal illustrates just how detached from reality both our monetary system and the Federal budget process have become.  …

Today, since I’m on the road back to the Rawles Ranch and don’t have much time available for column writing, I’m posting a guest article in lieu of my regular column. It was written by one of my favorite market analysts: The Fed Is Playing The Biggest Game Of Chicken In History, by Avi Gilburt (Originally published at the Elliot Wave Technical Analyst, September 21, 2021. Reposted with permision.) — Yeah, I know everyone is so certain that inflation is what we will be battling for the foreseeable future. The main reason why many of you are so certain we …

The following column is authored monthly, by Steven Cochran of Gainesville Coins. — Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in Review, where we take a look at “the month that was” in precious metals. Each month, we cover gold’s performance, and the factors that affected gold prices. What Did Gold Do in September? Gold was very price sensitive in September, mostly to the downside. Gold saw only muted responses to good news, and overreacted to bad news. Major headwinds included higher bond yields, a stronger dollar, and a growing concern that higher inflation will last longer than central banks said …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at price changes for used cars and classic cars. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Arkadiusz Sieroń: We’re Close to Hitting the Debt Ceiling: Gold Doesn’t Care. o  o  o Dollar strength today is equal to gold weakness in terms of percentage gain and decline. (Gary Wagner.) Economy & …

Editor’s Introductory Note: Today, in lieu of our usual Economics & Investing For Preppers column, we are posting a guest article. This article was authored by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.us. It was originally published at Birch Gold Group, and is reposted with permission. I recommend bookmarking Alt-Market.us and subscribing to Smith’s The Wild Bunch Dispatch newsletter. His writings have shown great prescience. – JWR — The U.S. and most of the world is at the threshold of what I would call a nexus point in history. There are establishment forces at play that seek to impose a permanent authoritarian presence …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at the possible peak in land prices. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Bears in control: Gold is in ‘no man’s land’. o  o  o A bit of good news: Physical Silver Premium Over Spot. Economy & Finance: David Stockman: ‘Worth Celebrating’ My Eye! JWR’s Comments: Stockman was Director of the Office …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, I describe ratio trading, in your tangibles portfolio. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: There should be a bounce-back in precious metals, from the drops on the mornings of Thursday and Friday, last week. I try not to let short-term market volatility bother me. I’m more of a “Long Haul” metals …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at nascent Digital Yuan sovereign cryptocurrency. (See the Forex & Cryptos section.) Precious Metals: Silver and gold both dropped by about 4% on Thursday (September 16, 2021), in a kneejerk reaction to news of a 0.7% rise in U.S. retail sales.  It seems that some silver investors haven’t thought through …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at classic car sales. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Gold Bullion Bar Supply Crunch for US Mint. JWR’s Comment: If you want a real gauge of the genuine value of the flood of U.S Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) and confidence in them, then just watch U.S. Mint sales. …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at the boom in British classic car prices. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: CPM Group: Silver Shines. o  o  o The latest from Arkadiusz Sieroń: Bond Conundrum – Boom or Bust for Gold? A pericope: “But now we can observe rising inflation and declining bond yields at the same …

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at the adoption of Bitcoin as a currency in El Salvador. (See the Forex & Cryptos section.) Precious Metals: I checked over at Kitco, and there were some big moves in the metals markets on Friday. Most notably, silver was up 81 cents per Troy ounce (3.37%.)  And there were …