Economics and Investing:

The Top Four Precious Metals: Which Will Be The Best Investments During The Next Financial Crash o o o Reader GJM sent in these links about Deutsche Bank: Stocks Are Crashing – Led By Banks The Run Begins: Deutsche Bank Hedge Fund Clients Withdraw Excess Cash Major Dollar Shortage Exposed In Europe As Deutsche Bank Contagion Spreads Some Deutsche Bank Clients Reduce Collateral on Trades Stock Quote: Deutsche Bank AG Now, to start watching the VIX…multiple times a day. (And to start stockpiling everything you’d want if you knew you were about to wake up in about 480 AD. o …




Economics and Investing:

There are huge implications to society if this forecast is even partially correct. Men Without Work. – P.S. o o o As Heavy-Truck Sales Go, So Goes the Economy – G.G. o o o 44 Percent Hike in Taxes Covers Obama-Era Debt – B.B. o o o 8M Americans Paid $1.7 Billion For Not Having Obamacare – B.B. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Economic Growth Requires More Than Low Interest Rates o o o Bill Fleckenstein On The Recent Weakness In The Gold, Silver & Mining Share Markets o o o WTO Slashes Global Trade Forecast by 39% Since April: “Wake-Up Call” Says WTO Director o o o Billionaire Capital Turns Into Ghost Town: “Home Contracts Down 80%”, Trophy-Cars Pile Up In Showrooms o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Global debt climbs towards fresh high as companies and countries keep on borrowing – G.G. o o o Bank of Japan Tries Another Way to Spur Inflation – G.G. o o o Inside OPEC: What Does Each Member Want?. As OPEC members gather in Algiers, it is worth noting that the cartel is internally divided and that a joint solution remains a long shot. o o o The Economics of Hillary Clinton o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Everyone thinks they are middle class: The false perceptions many Americans hold. – B.B. o o o What If The Oil Rebound Never Happens? o o o The Student-Loan Scam Killed ITT Tech o o o Yellen helps Clinton dodge a bullet o o o Hanjin Gets $45 Million Credit Line From Korean State Lender o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Merkel Says No Aid for Deutsche Bank; Depositor Bail-In Coming Up? – P.S. o o o Laws Against “Price Gouging” Aren’t Helpful o o o The Stunning Roadmap To $26,000 Gold o o o Gold After the FOMC o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

How Much Longer Will Investors Trust the Central Banks? o o o Joe Salerno: Economics is Broken o o o Savings Guarantee? U.N. Warns Next Financial Crisis Seems Imminent o o o The Unthinkable Has Now Become Reality o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Pension Funds Face Day of Reckoning as Investment Returns Lag – H.L. o o o Don’t Believe the Fed; the U.S. Consumer Is Far from Strong – P. o o o Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax – W.C. o o o Video: EU Banks May Need Rescue Funds Equaling Twice ECB Capital o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Silver Price Forecast: Higher Silver Prices For Many Years To Come o o o Nigeria Sues Oil Majors Over $12.7 Billion In ‘Stolen Oil’. The Nigerian government is suing Chevron, Eni, Total, Shell, and Petrobras for illegally exporting crude oil worth $12.7 billion in the years between 2011 and 2014. o o o Retirement Crisis Looms As Average U.S. Household Has Saved $2,500 For Retirement – G.G. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Bill Gross: I’m Hardly Able to speak After Fed Decision o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see …




Economics and Investing:

Janet Yellen’s “Footnote 8” – The Negative Rate ‘Smoking Gun’ That Everyone Missed – B.B. o o o US federal debt expanding at fastest rate since the crisis o o o How Big An Impact Will A Rate Hike Have On Oil Prices? Oil prices could be facing a significant jolt after the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, said that the case to increase interest rates had strengthened. o o o War On Cash Turns To $20, $50, And $100 Bills – DSV o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Video: Biggest Counterfeiting Operation In History – Mike …




Economics and Investing:

Stormy Seas Ahead For Shippers Following Hanjin’s Bankruptcy – J.S. o o o Debt meltdown in China o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Venezuela: Over 15% of People Eat Garbage to Survive Video David Stockman interview: “Fast Money” Interview On CNBC——A New Sheriff In Washington Could Mean A Panic On Wall Street o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Washington’s Endgame: First Your Guns, Then Your Cash? This is an eye opening article. Use cash wherever you can, and resist the removal of cash from your life, because it gives you a type of freedom you need. It keeps the government from complete dictatorship. – H.L. o o o Harvard Economist: US Should Phase-Out All Currency Larger Than $10 Bills. Eliminate “filthy lucre?” – D.S. o o o Free Trade Brings Abundance — Protectionism Brings Scarcity o o o Beijing desperately needs a recession to shift the economy o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment …




Economics and Investing:

California added 63,000 jobs in August, 42% of U.S. total – B.B. o o o Food stamps may soon be available for online shopping – G.S. o o o IRS Numbers Show Little Income Growth for Americans o o o China’s Plan For Gold And A New Monetary System o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Economics and Investing:

Foreign Central Banks Sell A Record $343 Billion In US Trasuries In The Last Year – G.G. o o o Beware Central Banks’ “Illusion Of Control”; Spitznagel Warns “If The Fed Hikes, Markets Will Go Down Very, Very Hard” – B.B. o o o Gold Prices: Timing The Next Bottom o o o Three ways the banks are scamming you o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Bitcoins Are Now Available for Anyone to Buy, by G.S.

I saw an article today announcing PayPal will be accepting Bitcoins (BC) in the future through a BC payment platform called Coinbase. I am using Ebay sales to fund my preparations and supplement my income, so I already have a significant online signature. (I know, I know.) Many of you may be using Ebay and PayPal as well, so you may be interested in how you would also accept Bitcoins for your sales or purchases. Others out there might be interested in investing in Bitcoins, and Coinbase makes that possible for all on a limited scale. You may be interested …