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Where I stand:
I hold to to the Austrian School of economics.
My view of the current global economic situation is that we are in the early stages of a massive liquidity crisis, caused by central bank interest rate manipulation that caused massive malinvestment in equities and real estate. There are trillions of dollars in bad debts that need to be “unwound.” Meanwhile, the derivatives market has grown to enormous proportions and could implode at any time. (See my background article: Derivatives–The Mystery Man Who’ll Break the Global Bank at Monte Carlo.
As a survivalist, I strongly believe that you should get your Beans, Bullets, and Band-Aids squared away before you “invest” any extra capital in any investment vehicle!
After you are on a secure footing logistically, then I recommend that you do some investment research at these web sites:
- Dr. Gary North
- Zero Hedge
- The Daily Reckoning (General economics and precious metals commentary. They have an excellent free daily e-mail newsletter)
- Deliverance From Debt
- Total Investor blog (An investing and economics news aggregation page.)
- Gold-Eagle (Precious metals news and commentary)
- The Moneychanger (Franklin Sanders)
- John Mauldin
- Kitco (Precious metals charts, news, and commentary)
- Colorado Gold (Don Stott)
- Gold is Money (Discussion forums and other resources on precious metals investing)
- Freebuck.com
- Survival & Prosperity
- Coinflation(Base metal coin values)
Suggested Economic and Investing Research Tools:
Silver and Gold Payment Calculator
The SurvivalBlog Silver World Coin Melt Value Calculator (Excel Spreadsheet)
The SurvivalBlog Gold World Coin Melt Value Calculator (Excel Spreadsheet)
(using coin weight data from the recommended books Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000, and Charlton’s Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins)
US Dollar Index
Currency Converter
Bitcoin Charts
Inflation Calculator
Baltic Dry Index
Dr. Gary North’s “Charts to Monitor” Links
Bank, Thrift, Stock, ETF, and Insurance Safety Ratings
Recommended Precious Metals Dealers:
The Moneychanger (Franklin Sanders)
JM Bullion
Gainesville Coins
The Gross National Debt |