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Brexit triggers huge swings in exchange rates of the GB Pound.  (We witnessed a nearly 9% move in one day!) o o o Brexit causes decline in global stock markets o o o Gold Bullion Surges 6% In USD As Brexit Creates Global Contagion Risk o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Fed Rate Hike Off the Table for Rest of 2016; 12% Chance of a CUT. – What’s amazing is that folks are surprised… Dow closes down 600 after Brexit surprise; financials post worst day since 2011 – I can’t help but think this is going to resume on …




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Spending it all on rent: 11 million Americans spend half their income on rent. Another 21 million spend over 30 percent of their income on rent, a record high. o o o COMEX Registered Silver Now More Leveraged Than Gold o o o Potash Price Surge Could Lead To Higher Food Costs For Billions – “As global population surges and arable land decreases, efficiency is the name of the game. And in this environment, the little known commodity potash comes into its own” o o o The Stock Crash Of 2016: Stocks Have Already Crashed In 6 Of The World’s …




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These Conditions Ensure That Gold Stocks Will Continue To Rise Over The Coming Years o o o 7 Stupid Things Bankers Say About Bitcoin o o o More Kids Now Living At Home Since The Great Depression o o o Watch How Hyperinflation Bloats Venezuela By 2020 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 Palace For Fannie (Mae) – Why The Imperial City Must Be Sacked o o o Chart of the Day – $GOLD vs. Brexit – “I see traders everywhere worrying about how the Brexit vote will effect gold. Folks, forget about the Brexit. By this time next week the Brexit will already be fading into memory and the market will go back to doing what it was doing before the vote”. o o o Anxiety Builds As Money Managers Near Record Long Gold Position o o o What to Watch for in Janet Yellen’s Congressional Testimony o o o SurvivalBlog …




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Silver Price Forecast: The Alignment Of The Dow, Interest Rates, Debt and Silver Cycles Will Deliver A Fatal Blow o o o Americans Are Now The Top Silver Investors In The World o o o What Brexit Could Mean For Your Money And Your Business o o o Video: Beyond the Turmoil, Central Bankers Dread Brexit’s Shadow o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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The EU Empire is going to fail. – A.D. o o o You Are Living Through The Dumbest Monetary Experimental Endgame In History… – B.B o o o Too Big? Brazil and Olympics on a Failing Path o o o Foreign selling of U.S. Treasuries in April was most since 1978 -data o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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A Crisis Worse than ISIS? Bail-Ins Begin – B.B. o o o The Nikola One Will Totally Revolutionize The U.S. Transportation Industry… Or Will It? o o o 30 Blocks Of Dog Sh** & Sugar Taxes o o o The Federal Reserve has brought back “taxation without representation” o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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Too **** broke to afford a house: Americans are largely missing out on home equity gains and there is little they can do about it. “The bailouts have helped boost the bottom line of those that setup the crisis in the first place. And here we go again: they would rather Americans be in debt with auto, student, and credit card debt instead of building up some equity in housing. This is the direct result of the Fed’s low rate policy. Who are they looking out for?” o o o Confused about how the Brexit vote stacks up? The Absurdly …




Economics and Investing:

Foreign selling of U.S. Treasuries in April was most since 1978: data o o o The Ongoing Intellectual Love Affair With The Myth Of The Downtrodden Worker o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Scared investors flee to cash at highest levels since 2001 15 Facts About The Imploding U.S. Economy That The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want You To See o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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SurvivalBlog reader A.S. sent in these two links profiling dead malls across America. Wow, what an economic recovery the Feds have wrought! Completely Surreal Photos Of America’s Abandoned Malls The death of the American mall o o o Glitters, but Not Gold: Fake Gold and Silver Coins ‘Flooding’ Market – DSV o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Video: Peter Schiff – It’s Gonna Be Awful! Venezuelans Barter Diapers for Food on Smartphones o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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German 10-year sovereign bond yields turn negative for first time o o o Backing up the SurvivalBlog position of making sure your basics are covered before spending on PMs: Venezuela, and why Gold and Barter Items are Terrible Preps – P.S. o o o Keynesian Triumph: Americans Are Broke – B.B. o o o Why The Biggest Investors Are Praying For A Market Crash o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




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Man With Full-Time Job in U.S. Earned Less in 2014 than 1973 – B.B. o o o OPEC Estimates Oil Output Will Fall Among Non-Member States “OPEC, in its latest monthly report, projects that oil production will decline in non-OPEC states, with estimates remaining unchanged from May” o o o Venezuela: It’s starting to look like scenes from the movie Soylent Green down there. How A Venezuela Food Protest Turned Into A Deadly Police Gunfight – J.E. o o o Say Goodbye to America o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see …




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This video explains the characteristics of gold’s baby bull and how the adolescent phase just beginning will likely be different, for gold, miners, and also for silver. o o o Economic Collapse Will Serve One Purpose: “Global Governance And The Enslavement Of Mankind” – B.B. o o o Fed’S Rate Normalization Will Be Far From Normal o o o There Is A Deepening Shortage Of Physical Gold o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Letter Re: Pantry Building Basics

HJL, This was an excellent article to which I would add home freeze drying (fd). Canning fresh foods is a lot of work, but you know what went into those canning jars. Freeze drying at home is almost no work and is fun, in addition to you having the knowledge of what went into those jars. A home freeze dryer costs less than $3,000; that’s less than a one year’s supply of commercial fd food for one person. You can fd almost any food at home. Imagine ice cream sandwiches after the SHTF! Those cans of commercial foods that are …




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U.S. Silver Imports Surge To New Monthly Record o o o A Critical and Ignored 2008 Email by Ben Bernanke on the Lehman Collapse o o o Kiwi Steals the Show o o o Record Shattering 94.7 Million Americans Not in the Labor Force. Up by 664,000 in One Month o o o Picture Of Decline – B.B. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.