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Hear That? It’s The Sound Of The Doors Closing For Americans

May 11th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, International, Personal Investing, Politics
We hate being right. After all, we have been predicting that people in the US and most of the western world will soon find themselves living in a Terminator-esque world where they will be tracked every moment of the day (US Government Builds World's Biggest Domestic Spy Complex), 1 the US ...read more

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Stick to Depopulating the Planet, Bill Gates

May 8th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Personal Investing
It must be "Bash Gold" week on the CNBS network. Warren Buffet has been leading the charge by talking down the precious metal in a recent newsletter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders and followed up today on CNBS's "Squawk Box" where he warned that despite the declining value of the dollar, ...read more

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Forget Retirement And Retirement Savings

May 4th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
Retirement is a marketing construct. You've been sold a bill of goods for the last few decades of your life. You've been told that nation-states, democracy and socialism are good. You've been told our monetary system prevents instability. And -- while the government and central banks put your unborn children or ...read more

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Why Gold Is Still My Favorite Asset

Apr 24th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
I hate to give personal investment advice. So please do me a favour and do not treat the following as investment advice. I am expressing my personal opinion here. I do so with honesty and conviction, without a personal agenda – I am not trying to sell you anything. Nobody knows ...read more

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U.S. to Become Tax Debtors’ Prison

Apr 5th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing, Politics
If you're planning to leave the U.S. for any reason, you may soon need to make sure your taxes are all paid up. The U.S. government is looking to plug up leaks on its tax slave ship. From CBS... LOS ANGELES (CBS) -- A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could ...read more

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The Future of Higher End Housing Prices

Mar 20th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Personal Investing
Between government stimulus spending and zero interest rate policies, today's business managers can't be confident that price and profit signals are valid. Even if your business isn't tied directly to the federal budget, it's likely that many of your customers or suppliers depend on federal spending in some fashion. Federal subsidies ...read more

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The Other Things (Needed for Preparedness)

Feb 29th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Personal Investing
The Other Things The Boy Scout motto -- Be Prepared -- is probably considered evidence of terrorist (or at least extremist) inclinations in the USSA Today. I won't even get into the parts about hiking in the woods, carrying knives and practicing "survival" strategies. In my day, we even had a ...read more

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The Fear of Gold

Feb 23rd, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
Gary Gibson, Introduction... Just how committed should you be to holding gold (and silver)? Are you holding too much gold as it is...and not enough U.S. dollars? Or should you be holding anything BUT gold (and silver)? Beyond the cash you need to pay your monthly living expenses, should you hold cash ...read more

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The Ongoing Recovery from the Folly of Intellectuals

Feb 8th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Personal Investing
I've often referred to a theory of business cycles that was first described by the Austrian Joseph Schumpeter, but amplified by contemporary American Thomas Sowell. Both are brilliant economists who have described in mathematical detail how free markets produce the most wealth and well-being for society, including for those at ...read more

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When the Bond Buying Stops, the Game Is Over

Jan 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
I would not touch bonds with a barge pole, especially government bonds. After 40 years of unending fiat money expansion, the world suffers from excess levels of debt. A lot of this debt will never be repaid. My expectation is that the market will increasingly question the ability and the ...read more

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