Comments I have made that "when this [financial crisis] finally ends the big winners are apt to be the ones who have lost the least purchasing power. Keeping score in nominal dollars is likely to be meaningless. Gold tends to hold its purchasing power regardless of what happens to fiat currency” have prompted questions about a) how to achieve such purchasing power with physical gold when this stage is reached, b) how to go about buying things with gold coins and c) how gold would be utilized under the assumption that a barter system would develop when dollars become worthless. [Let me explain.] Words: 700
Read More »Gold Going Parabolic In Next Few Years – Here’s Why (+7K Views)
We are now starting the hyperinflationary phase in the USA and many other countries as a result of the accelerated fall of the U.S. dollar and this will be reflected in the parabolic rise in the price of gold over the next few years.
Read More »Which Gold and Silver Assets (and How Much) Should You Own? (+5K Views)
It is no longer a matter of whether or not you should buy gold and/or silver but, rather, which type of investment(s) and how much. You don't need a lot but you do need some - and here's a primer on just what type of investment vehicles are available and recommendations on just how much you should buy. Words: 1086
Read More »Silver Is A Better Choice Than Gold! Here’s Why (+5K Views)
We are at the beginning of a major shift out of paper assets into real assets and the more I studied the merits of owning gold and silver the more I realized that silver was the smart decision. Let me explain.
Read More »Gold & Silver vs. Fiat: Do You Live In An Imaginary World Or In Reality? (+4K Views)
Make no mistake about it, it is the central bankers that are leading governments around by the nose, and by proxy, governments leading people around by the nose, and that “nose” is inhaling “lines” of fiat. Unless cured, all addictions end badly, and the only “cure” central bankers have for ever-increasing fiat is, ever-increasing it more. [You can protect yourself, however, by] demanding less of the valueless fiat and keeping, and growing, your wealth by buying and accumulating real value: physical gold and silver. Anything less, and you are still dealing in the imaginary world that is failing. [This article explains why that is the case.] Words: 834
Read More »The History of Money – From Gold & Silver to Fiat Currencies (+4K Views)
Today’s monetary system, combined with fractional reserve banking, has a lot of risks. It is vulnerable to bank runs, inflation, and economic bubbles, to name just a few, yet those risks remain invisible to the majority of people. This article provides links to a video and an extended report that provide insights into the question as to why today's paper based money system is doomed to fail and how you can protect against such a collapse.
Read More »Big Banks Blatantly “Harvesting” Your Money! Got Physical Gold? (+3K Views)
When prices are set by companies that can profit by manipulating or rigging them, we’re screwed. This “harvesting” of our money in ever-more-creative and hard-to-detect ways is not just stealing by reaching a hand into our pocket and taking out money, but stealing in which banks can hit a few keystrokes and magically make whatever is in our pocket worth less. This is corruption at the molecular level of the economy - space age stealing - and it’s only just coming into view.
Read More »These 2 Gold:Gold Stock Ratios Tell An Amazing Story
Here are 3 charts from the PM complex that are very helpful in figuring out what the PM complex is up to and what they reveal is pretty amazing when you think about it. Take a look.
Read More »How Have Gold/Silver Mining Stocks Performed Compared To Gold Over Past 20 Years?
To protect one's wealth against risks one must own physical gold. Acquiring gold mining shares...[instead]would be a mistake. This article proves that contention.
Read More »Surprise! A Close Look at GLD Reveals What it IS and is NOT (+3K Views)
The most common misunderstandings regarding the primary gold ETF, SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) is that it buys and sells gold. That is not the case. It is just a paper asset. It is not a way to buy gold and have someone else store your holdings for you. It is just an innovative way to “own gold.” Below I outline more of just what GLD is and is not.
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