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 Nickels. The U.S. five cent piece “Nickel” is the only currently minted U.S. circulating coin that has a metals content close to its face value. It costs the U.S. Treasury around 7.2 cents to produce each Nickel. (See the Tangibles section near the end of this column.)
Precious Metals:
First, this from Warren Bevan: Precious Metals Massacre
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Next, at Investopedia: Top 4 Platinum Stocks for 2017 (SBGL, PLG)
Commodities:
Now, on to this headline: Oil prices plummet 3 percent on oversupplied market
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Arthur Berman: The Shale Gas Revolution Is A Media Myth