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 quirky “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor):

Precious Metals:

First of all, let’s look at some metals market analysis over at Gold-Eagle: Gold: Summer Doldrum Tactics

Commodities Economics:

Next, over at FX Empire comes this: Commodities Daily Forecast

Forex:

On to the foreign exchange (Forex) news: MT5 had this: Technical analysis of USD/CHF for May 10, 2017

Global Stocks:

Moving on to stocks: The Wall Street Journal‘s latest numbers.

Big Dang Debt Bubble:

Mr. Econocobas sent this: The Debt-Bubble Landmine Obama Left for Trump – “This article has very limited scope since it describes only the auto industry bubble. She forgot the student loan, housing, stock, and bond bubbles to name a few. But it is a good quick highlight of the debt in the auto industry.  I’m in the electronic component industry in the Midwest selling to the auto industry, so I have seen this bubble expanding.”

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Puerto Rico declares bankruptcy at last. In a word: Wow. The whopping $74 Billion USD in debt represents 100% of the Territory’s GDP. The population of Puerto Rico has declined 8% since 2010. And the inevitable austerity measures will surely accelerate this mass egress. So, is this a preview of things to come, when some profligate-spending states get in over their heads in the next decade?

Economy:

Next, over at Zero Hedge, Tyler Durden reports: Global Markets Thrown For A Loop After Comey’s Shocking Sacking

Tangibles Investing:

Finally, How to Buy a Ranch

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