Commodity prices including those of...[gold and silver] tend to go through super-cycles...[which] last for many years. [Below is a review of the history of such cycles and the length of each. Where are we now in each? When will they go "boom"? When will they go "bust"? Let's take a look.] Words: 165; Charts: 1; Tables: 3
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Pan-Global Financial Collapse May Be Close At Hand Due to Banking Crisis in Cyprus
Think what is happening in Cyprus can’t happen in the U.S? More than $10.8 trillion in deposits are insured by the FDIC with a $33 billion insurance fund. That’s pretty scary,” and the best way to protect yourself is to get into real assets.
Read More »Economic Collapse of Governments and Societies is Inevitable – Here’s Why
Things will get messy and nasty, sooner rather than later. Protect yourself and your family by preparing for a complete and utter economic collapse that will also collapse governments and societies. Predatory government will be stealing assets from anyone who has them.
Read More »For Simple-Minded Keynesians: The Global Endgame in 14 Points
For those who haven’t yet grasped the uselessness of government policy, please read Charles Hugh Smith’s simple fourteen point explanation below. It details the steps government has taken, why they are failing, why the middle and poorer classes must get poorer and suggests that we are close to the end of the Ponzi scheme that has provided the myth that our economy has been strong for the last couple of decades.
Read More »The Stock Market: The Fix Is In – But How Long Will It Last?
The economy is heading for unprecedented volatility between rampant inflation and deflation courtesy of Ben Bernanke’s sponsorship of the $7 trillion increase in new Federal debt since 2008. Investors need to plan now while they still have time before the economic chaos begins.
Read More »Economic Collapse: The U.S. Could Learn From Europe
When you get into too much debt, eventually really bad things start to happen. This is a very painful lesson that southern Europe is learning right now, and it is a lesson that the United States will soon learn as well. Words: 826
Read More »Hyperinflation Is NOT An Unusual Phenomenon As These 21 Countries Can Attest
The United States is one of the few countries to have experienced two currency collapses during its history (1812-1814 and 1861-1865). Is it about to happen again? Words: 1450
Read More »Monty Pelerin Cuts Through All The Economic Noise To Tell It Like It Really Is! (+2K Views)
I read many hundreds of articles every week looking for writers who have an in-depth understanding of our economy and who are not reticent to tell it like it is. Monty Pelerin (a pseudonym) does just that week after week, year after year. This post includes introductory paragraphs and links to 25 of his most enlightening and current articles. Take a look. There are bound to be several that will grab your interest.
Read More »U.S. Can’t Escape the Mess It’s In Without a Complete Economic Collapse! Here’s Why (+2K Views)
The last several decades of governmental economic policy has seen wealth destruction. Such policies are analogous to the government heating its home by burning the furniture. Burning furniture might get you through a few winters, but unless it is replaced eventually there is nowhere to sit and no fuel for next winter. Fortunately our ancestors were industrious and frugal, creating a lot of furniture. We stayed warm for a long time as a result, but the furniture is disappearing. Words: 970
Read More »Confessions of a Banking Insider: “It’s time to be very worried!” Here’s Why & How to Protect Yourself (+2K Views)
[In a recent] conversation about international banking and the state of the global financial system [with] a senior executive of a large international bank - the ultimate insider - I was floored by what he told me. [Here's what he had to say and, in his opinion,] what basic steps, taken now, will enable you to be one of the few people left standing should the house of cards collapse. Words: 465
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