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Open Windows of Opportunity With Jim Rickards
Are you a deflationist? Or an inflationist? No matter which way you believe the wind will blow, the truth is this: it’s up in the air. But, as Jim Rickards explains, there are things you can do to cover your assets, no matter which one wins the tug-of-war. Read on…
Spy Briefing Podcast #1: Energy Independence
Friends of Spy Briefing, John MacIntyre and Dan Meredith talk about the desire and tools you need to become energy independent. And around minute 14:00, Dan shares a few of what he calls, “Dan’s Tips” on how to lower your energy costs.
The End of Money
When the government pumps trillions of dollars into the economy, they’re not actually printing the money. It enters as digital entries in banks across the country. It’s made the system fast, responsive, and, unfortunately, vulnerable. Now our money is no longer something we hold in our hands, but something that exists on a very susceptible network.
4 Ways the Government Is Set to Take Your Money
The so-called recovery is only built on debt and printed cash declares our own Byron King. In the long term, the only option for the government to continue financing it’s operations is to print too many dollars. Money printing has it’s limits, however. It’s Byron’s opinion that at some point, perhaps very soon, the government will have to turn to more desperate measures. Namely, capital controls. In the following featured essay, Byron outlines 4 probably ways the government will take your cash and one play you can buy through your broker to prepare today. Read on…
America Needs More Tax Inversion
Americans expatriate because they want to get out of the country. Corporations expatriate for similar reasons. Clem Chambers explains…
Time to Take the Plunge in Juniors
When’s the best time to invest in something? When everyone else is trying to get their money out of it. It might go against conventional thinking, but following the crowd usually makes you miss the real opportunities. At one monetary metal conference recently, the smartest guys in the industry sat down to discuss where these real hidden gems lay.
The Moral Case for Self-Driving Cars
Say goodbye to your boring morning commute. New technologies are changing the way people drive their cars. It’s making them safer, more fuel efficient, and could reshape the way America builds its roads and cities. The only thing that could stand in the way…
Central Planning by Central Bankers
In a 2009 article, the Huffington Post went into considerable detail about the number of people with PhD degrees in economics employed by the …
The Great Gold Swindle
Greetings from Maine! Right now, I’m writing from within foghorn distance of the sea. And this gives me an opportunity to tell you a …
6 Major Flaws in the Fed’s Economic Mode
The U.S. dollar is the dominant global reserve currency. All markets, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and foreign exchange are affected by the value of …
The Only Email System the NSA Can’t Access
When the NSA surveillance news broke last year it sent shockwaves through CERN, the particle physics laboratory in Switzerland. Andy Yen, a PhD student, …
How to Die Poor
The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally …
How to Shield Yourself from the Next U.S. Debt Crisis
Let’s head back in time… In 2004, a mere decade ago, the US national debt rang the register at $7.4 trillion. That represents “debt …
Will Mandates for Doctors Come Next?
John Foust, a Democrat running for the 10th congressional seat in Northern Virginia, is — like Gov. Terry McAuliffe and other state Democrats — …
No Matter Who Wins, a Sociopath Is Elected
The midterm election season is upon us, and it’s a tossup whether the Republicans will win the Senate, or if President Obama, seemingly oblivious …
Linking The Dollar To Gold: The Recipe for an American Economic Boom
Alexander Hamilton was America’s first Secretary of Treasury under President George Washington. When he first entered office in 1789, America was an agricultural nation …
Don’t Ignore These 3 Big Sells
Remember that correction we’ve been quietly talking about over the past couple of months? Well, it might be right around the corner. Stocks waited …
Why You’re Probably on an NSA Watchlist
I was talking with one of my colleagues the other day, and he raised a very interesting question, one that deserves consideration by anyone …
The Bitcoin Dinner Solution
A great technology solves a problem that we didn’t know we had. It makes us aware of deprivations we didn’t know existed until we …
Advance Notice of the Next Market Crash
Fifty years after the 1929 crash, a group of money managers and investment thinkers put together a collection of essays looking back at that …
Obamacare… A Caring Solution for Opting Out
Although the mainstream media have turned its attention away from the wreckage of Obamacare, don’t think for a second that all is well. As …
The Battle Against Economic Stupidity
Turn on the tube and economic ignorance seems to be everywhere. There is constant shilling for more government. Business is demonized. Man is said …
Smart Apps vs. Obamacare
Health care costs in the U.S. have been rising so steadily for so long that containment barely seems possible. Even optimists don’t dream of …
The Dollar’s 70-Year Dominance Is Coming to an End
In early July 1944, delegates from 44 countries gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. A three-week summit took place, …