Category: Economics & Investing

After some profit-taking after flirting with the $1,000 USD mark, the value of Bitcoins has dropped to around $894 USD. It’s not shabby, for those who invested in Bitcoins when 1BTC cost less than $20. o o o The U.S. Empire Would Have Collapsed Decades Ago If It Didn’t Abandon The Gold Standard o o o Here’s a unique sign of inflation o o o Gold And Silver Price Forecast: This Week’s Price Action Being Crucial To Trend o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

A major danger of paper money: Rupees cancelled – DSV o o o Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Spends Nearly $6M On Vacation While Nation Starves. For more details about what is happening in Zimbabwe, read Cathy Buckle’s heartbreaking newsletters. o o o More Older Americans Taking Out Student Loans – G.G. o o o Prince Was Apparently Hoarding Gold Bars – G.G. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Yes, this is true. However, while I have not searched a lot of boxes of halves, pretty much I have found at least one or two per box searched with the most being 12. Yes, getting them back to a bank can be a pain, but they can be spent or brought to a counter. It’s kind of fun to search and find the silver at face value. ?- DSV

“Depressed” Millennials Are Convinced The Trump Economy Is Going To Implode – H.L. o o o Money-Supply Growth Accelerates in Late 2016 o o o Factory Orders Plunge 2.4% Taking Away Most of Last Month’s Rise o o o Jobs Report Jump Starts Dow and Dollar o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

James and Hugh, I stopped searching about eight years ago; I found that I used 1000 bucks eleven times. I found zero silver coins. (I’m not saying it’s all gone, just that I had bad luck.) My luck was bad enough that I decided that the only thing I was finding was a lower gas gauge on my little car while driving from my pickup bank to my dump bank. I did manage to get part of a walking liberty half book filled the year before. I’m just saying that the guys doing coin roll hunting for halves have a …

Record 95,102,000 Americans Not in Labor Force; Number Grew 18% Since Obama Took Office in 2009 – G.G. o o o The False Economic Recovery Narrative Will Die In 2017 – B.B. o o o Video: Gold “Gold is now in the advancing phase of a new intermediate cycle. Bearish sentiment at the recent bottom was among the most extreme readings we have seen in the past 40 years. This should be the fuel to drive a really big rally”. o o o Yuan Intervention Poised to Fail: All Not Well in Middle Kingdom o o o SurvivalBlog and its …

Americans Fleeing High-Tax States According to National Movers Study – H.L. o o o The $1,000 Kennedy Half Dollar Roll Search – DSV o o o The Elite’s Dream of a Cash Ban is Now Closer Than Ever – B.B. o o o Has U.S. Gasoline Demand Peaked? Since 2014, U.S. gasoline demand has soared as inexpensive oil has seen gas guzzlers gain popularity, but EV’s and high oil prices may soon change that. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

British consumers borrow at fastest rate in 11 years as inflation threat rises o o o What Is This “Neutral” Interest Rate Touted by the Fed? o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: ‘Audit the Fed’ bill gets new push under Trump Federal Debt Climbs $1,054,647,941,626.91 in 2016 50 days of pain: What happened when India trashed its cash – I do like how it shows you the value of cash taken out and the value of the cash put back in and how to explain this is supposed to work? o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not …

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 the price action of gold and examine the “what” and “why” behind those numbers. What Did Gold Do in December? Gold started December at $1,177 an ounce, a 10-month low. The Trump Rally in both stocks and the dollar showed no sign of slowing down, with precious metals and bonds taking a hit. Gold fell 1% after the far-right candidate’s loss in December 5th’s Presidential election in Austria eased safe haven demand in Europe. The …

The Totalitarian War on Cash – DSV o o o An “interesting” approach by a government to restrict the use of cash: Greece Unleashes ‘Soft’ Cash Ban o o o The Endgame, Trump And Gold o o o Trump & The Next Recession – Mike Maloney & David Morgan o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

A great story from when America was still the Land of Opportunity o o o Outlook For Coal Unlikely To Improve. The election of Donald Trump as the President of the United States is bound to impact many segments of the economy, but coal is unlikely to be one of them. o o o Do Central Bankers Know a Bubble When They See One? o o o 2016: An Unpredictable and Wild Year o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

From the Burning Platform: A Biased 2017 Forecast (Part One) & (Part Two) o o o Virginia Bill Would Take A Step Towards Supporting Sound Money – DSV o o o Gold Lures Investors Worried About Trade Wars and Trump Tweets o o o Guns and Chipotle: Millennials are the most employed generation in two occupational areas: food services and military. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Accounting Gimmicks Won’t Stop The U.S.A. Titanic From Sinking o o o Gold Prices: Bounce Before The Final Crash Or A Major Low? o o o Shale Spending Is Set To Soar. The worst of the oil price downturn appears to be over, with the most recent credit redetermination period showing that banks are finally loosening credit lines. o o o Criminal Witch Hunt in Dallas Pension Fiasco o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Outlook 2017: What To Expect From Oil, Gold, USD And FX o o o Foreign Exchange Outlook (Scotiabank) o o o Investment Outlook 2017 (Credit Suisse) o o o Here’s where contrarian investors plan to make their money in 2017 o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

The 14-Year Record of the Baltic Dry Index o o o Ten Commandments for Buying Gold and Silver o o o Dollar Euphoria And Gold Price o o o 2016: A Year For Contrarians…2017 Shaping Up That Way As Well o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.