Category: Economics & Investing

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 January? Gold began the year with a large $28 drop, to end the day at an even $1,800. A rally to $1,825 was negated on the 6th by a $36 drop, to settle at $1,789. Gold spent two more days under $1,800, rising $20 to $1,818 on the 11th. Prices remained above $1,800 through the 26th, hitting the high for 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 further examine the effects of rising inflation. (See the Inflation Watch section.) Precious Metals: Silver Price Prediction 2022: David Morgan (GoldCore). o  o  o Interview: Failure of U.S. to protect Ukraine from Russia will embolden China and crash markets – Anthony Scaramucci. Economy & Finance: Kim Khan at Seeking Alpha had …

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 lithium, a key metallic element required for battery production. (See the Commodities section.) Precious Metals: You may have noticed that gold, sliver, and most of the cryptos were pushed down this week. I suspect that a lot of small investors who had long options had to raise cash, to …

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 China’s unsustainable debt bubble. (See the Economy & Finance section.) Precious Metals: Needless to say, look for a big breakout in the prices of gold, silver, and platinum if Russia fully invades Ukraine. Stack them deep, and stack them early. Commerzbank seems to agree. o  o  o Neither Inflation …

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 investing in surplus military vehicles. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Asian Metals Market Update: China Cuts Interest Rate. o  o  o Bubba Horwitz: Gold and silver continue to torture traders. Economy & Finance: China’s Property Sector Is Crashing Again And This Time It Has Reached The Country’s …

Today, in place of my normal Friday column of economics and investing news items, I’m instead posting a collection of links related to the nascent Parallel Economy. — First, In case you missed it, here is a link to my recent essay on what I dubbed Parallel Economy Groups (PEGs): PEGs: The Parallel Economy for Traditionalist Americans. o o o Dan Bongino set up this site: ParallelEconomies.com. o o o What is a Parallel Economy? [A Road Map] o o o The Beginnings of a New Parallel Economy On Gab. o o o The Hidden Dominion had one of the first …

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 strong U.S. Mint gold sales. (See the Precious Metals section.) Precious Metals: U.S. Mint sees strongest gold coin sales in 12 years, sells 1.25 million ounces in 2021. o  o o What To Expect In 2022 From The Precious Metals Sector. Economy & Finance: Ford Posts 7 Percent Fall in …

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 Bidenflation. (See the Inflation Watch section.) Precious Metals: Arkadiusz Sieroń: 2022 – The Year Of (Gold) Inflation? o  o  o Christopher Weber: Silver will show the way. Economy & Finance: Dr. Ron Paul, over at Redoubt News: Is the Crack-up Boom Here? o  o  o Be Ready for a 30-70% …

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 December? Gold prices continued having difficulty in moving higher when they should have in December, but ended the month and the year back above $1,800. $1,780 proved to be the big support level this month. It was a seesaw month for gold, as prices would negate big losses a day or two later. Part of this was “good news is bad …

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 global economic and credit market forecasts for 2022. (See the Economy & Finance section.) Precious Metals: Silver Reverses to Long, Gold still struggles. o  o  o Strong 2021 Demand For Physical Precious Metals, Despite Paper Prices. Economy & Finance: Fitch: Global Economic Outlook – December 2021. 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 discuss investing in limited production and vintage motorcycles. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Silver price 2022: Here’s how silver can outperform gold as it plays catch-up next year. o  o  o Asian Metals Market Update: Physical Gold And Silver Remain Long-Term Safe Havens. Economy & Finance: A few weeks …

In place of my usual news items and commentary on economics and the markets, I have some annual housekeeping to do: My Annual Financial/Investing/Foreign Interests Disclosures: By Federal law, I am obliged to make the following annual public disclosures. For the record: I am presently the sole author of SurvivalBlog’s twice-weekly posted Economics & Investing For Preppers column. I am not a paid investment counselor or adviser. Please see our Provisos page for our detailed disclaimers. My paid consulting is primarily on preparedness, relocation, retreat property development, and related topics–not on investing, per se. Personal and Family Interests My highest loyalty …