JWR’s Investment Recommendations

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Disclaimers and Disclosure: Per the SEC Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (as amended): I am not a paid investment counselor or adviser . I am not a stockholder of any company. I am not employed by any company. I receive no payment or benefit from any company in exchange for my investment recommendations. I do not make stock buying recommendations. Make all investments at your own risk.

Furthermore, (per FTC File No. P034520): I accept cash-paid advertising. To the best of my knowledge, as of the date of this updated posting (December 11, 2014), none of my advertisers that sell the products mentioned in articles posted to date have solicited me or paid me to write any reviews or endorsements, nor have they provided me any free or reduced-price gear in exchange for any reviews or endorsements. I am not a stockholder in any company.

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:

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