Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on Predicting Future Collector Interest. (See the Tangibles Investing sections.)

Precious Metals:

Precious metals prices forecast to rise during 2018, according to survey

Commodities:

The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. Oil Production Tops 10 Million Barrels A Day for First Time Since 1970

Economy and Finance:

Trump era ignites badly needed boom in business investment

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The WSJ Reports: Bitcoin Is Falling Fast, Losing More Than Half Its Value in Six Weeks

Tangibles Investing (Predicting Future Collector Interest):

This 2013 article is brief, but fascinating: Five Collectibles to Stash for Big Cash Later. JWR’s Comments:  Just keep in mind that the market for collectibles is notoriously fickle.  Do plenty of research.  Just as importantly: Do your best to predict future interest, by extrapolating on previous collector crazes.  Since 21st Century America is so media-driven, it is important to regularly check on what big budget major motion pictures are “in production” about historical events. Buy collectible items related to those events before the release of those movies. And of course then re-sell them soon after the release of those films.

Also, watch for upcoming anniversaries of key events.  Oddly, the 100th anniversary of the World War I generated only lackluster collector interest. But I predict that the 100th anniversary of the Crash of 1929 will produce much greater interest.  That is just 11 years away. So start looking for collectible Stock Market Crash and Great Depression ephemera. And methinks that full sets of Depression Glass may be quite big with Millennial collectors, starting as soon as 2027.

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