Category: Economics & Investing

Economics and Investing:

Germany Moves 100 Tonnes Of Its Gold From New York To Frankfurt o o o $1,084,840,000,000: Taxes Set Record Through January; $7,133 Per Worker; Feds Still Run Deficit of $156,939,000,000 – B.B. o o o The West Will Become The New ‘Third World’ o o o Le Pen Victory Would Lead To “Massive Sovereign Default”, Global Financial Chaos o o o Trump Just Made The Biggest Sale Of Drilling Rights On Federal Land In 4 Years – D.S. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Treasury Department Should Create Blacklist Of What Constitutes Prohibited Discrimination By Religious Organizations – PLC o o o Counter Trend Moves Underway o o o Gold And Silver Stocks…The Bargain Of The Century o o o Donald Trump Is the Least of Latin America’s Worries o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

State, county, and city governments cannot print money, and the current elected officials cannot kick the can down the road on this one: ‘Politics of intimidation,’ or family feud? Anger grows as Dallas Police and Fire Pension System looks for fix – P.S o o o World’s largest hedge fund manager predicts bleak future for markets o o o Healthcare Is Not Immune to the Laws of Economics o o o Bank of America Tests Peopleless Banks o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Are These OPEC Members Sabotaging The Output Deal? Increased oil production from OPEC member states Nigeria and Libya could undermine the OPEC deal in H2 2017. o o o Oil Trading Alert: Gold And Oil Link – What Does It Say? o o o Workers Set to Strike at World’s Largest Copper Mine o o o Russia Shows Why China Should Just Stop Burning Up Its Reserves o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

US government’s 2016 net loss “more than doubled” to NEGATIVE $1 trillion o o o Utah Bill Would Set Stage For State Gold and Silver Depository, Further Encourage Use of Metals as Money – G.P. o o o How to Store Silver Bars and Coins at Home – DSV o o o Iranian Oil Will Not Be Stopped By Trump. While tensions between Iran and the U.S. continue to escalate, it is unlikely that the Iranian oil industry will be significantly impacted. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos …


Economics and Investing:

How A Massive Solar Storm Could Wreck The Global Economy – G.G. o o o It’s Time To Start Worrying About China Again o o o Debt Apocalypse Beckons As U.S. Consumer Bankruptcies Do Something They Haven’t Done In Almost 7 Years o o o Gold Investing: Is Your Opportunity Slipping Away? o o o Silver Market Set Up For Much Higher Price Move Than Gold o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

The “TRIAL nation” for cashless commerce: Penalty of equal amount for receiving cash over Rs 3 lakh: Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia – D.S. o o o Info Wars: How The Cashless Society Will Track You Everywhere – DSV o o o Sanctuary Cities Received $27 Billion From Feds Each Year – H.L. o o o Chasing Golden Dreams o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

A New Front in the War on Payday Lenders o o o End of Fed Independence! House Financial Services Committee Sends Warning Letter to Yellen “This is Unacceptable” o o o Gold Holding Its Ground After U.S. Economy Creates 227K Jobs In January o o o The Brutal War Between Gold And The Federal Reserve – Is The Price Of Gold Really Headed To $20,000? o o o Veteran-Owned Black Rifle Coffee Company Stands up for Small Businesses and America, While Disgusted by Starbucks Propaganda – H.L. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or …


Economics and Investing:

A Large Crack Appeared In The Global Market…. And No One Noticed o o o Meanwhile, over in Zimbabwe. . . o o o US Mint Bullion-Coin Sales 5 o o o Philippines to shut half of mines, mostly nickel, in environmental clampdown – S.W. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

Ohio Couple Files Arbitration Against Chesapeake Oil/Gas Leases. I can foresee a trip to Federal Bankruptcy Court to file a “Chapter 11 Re-Organization Plan” for this huge gas and oil outfit. They have too many strikes against them already. The poor Midwest farmers who were told they would “get rich quick” are certainly not. – K.W. o o o Another warning on US national debt for our politicians to ignore – P.S. o o o Depression, Stagflation, Stag-Depress-Flation o o o An interesting video on Barter and Recycling: Urban Ore an Economic Model for a Material Barter Exchange Clearinghouse and …


Economics and Investing:

The Alternative Fact Of The Cashless Society o o o What Will Happen, How to Prepare For The Imminent Global Economic Collapse 2017 – B.B. o o o Fed Unlikely to Make Its Next Rate Move Wednesday o o o Endowment Gains Aren’t Enough for Schools Facing Rising Expenses o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


January in Precious Metals, by Steven Cochran of Gainesville Coins

Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in Review, by Steven Chochran of Gainsesville Coins 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 January? December 30th saw gold end 8% higher for the year, for the first annual increase since 2012. The trend continued for gold in January, as prices moved upward for nearly the entire month. Starting January (and the year) near $1,152 an ounce, profit-taking and safe haven demand played tug-of-war …


Letter Re: The Economy, Trump and Tax Proposals

HJL: I just attended my insurance agent’s coop annual meeting where a “behavioral economist’ spoke. One of his points is that GDP growth is limited to 1.5% by the available labor, even allowing for the higher percentage that is U-6. He says the gap has narrowed but always present. I look at the change in the tax code to promote repatriation of funds held overseas and a potential repeat of the accelerated cost recovery rules on depreciation that powered the Reagan revitalization along with the convergence of robotic technology and wonder if any jobs would be produced by the wave …


Economics and Investing:

Donald Trump Has a Goldman Sachs Problem: Derivatives o o o He’s still at it: The Find Of A Lifetime…120 Silver Half Dollars! o o o Not that there’s any inflation, but . . . o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: When The Rich Become Preppers, It’s Time To Worry o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Economics and Investing:

US Dollar Index Weakness…Implications For Gold Prices o o o Trump’s Trade Policy To Drive Price Inflation And Gold Buying o o o The standard wage for an American is $29,000: Social Security data reveals raw figures for the wealthiest country in the world. o o o The -other- “ban” that was quietly announced last week o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.