A lot of people think about gold as a percentage of a country’s total reserves. They are surprised to learn that the United States has 70 percent of its reserves in gold. Meanwhile, China only has about 1 percent of its reserves in gold. People look at that and think that’s an imbalance. But those are not very meaningful figures in my view. The reason is that a country’s reserves are a[...]
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ATTENTION ALL CONCERNED WITH GOLD CONFISCATION – 100% Bullion Investment Asset Also Serves As Confiscation Hedge
Many individuals will fail to protect themselves and safeguard their wealth with precious metals due to the perceived threat of gold confiscation. This fear is based on a previous US gold confiscation that took place at the height of the depression in 1933. Whether such an action by the US government would take place again is up for debate. Realize that the US was on a gold standard in 1933 [...]
Man Who Predicted Collapse Of Euro Against Swiss Franc Warns Of Next Shock To The World
March 1, 2015 Today the man who 90 days ago remarkably predicted the collapse of the euro against the Swiss franc warned King World News about the next shock that will bring the world to its knees. Egon von Greyerz: “Eric, it's now totally clear to me that the hyperinflation I've been expecting is becoming more persistent and is now engulfing country after country. We are already seeing it in [...]
Is This The Most Important Chart For The Future Of The World’s Reserve Currency?
When it comes to the future of the dollar status as the world's reserve currency, the most important chart may be the fact that the US is now so woefully buried in debt that another global military conflict appears inevitable... ... or that it now takes virtually unlimited monetization of the debt shown above to preserve the illusion that the US is not bankrupt, pushing the S&P to record[...]
Richard Russell Just Exposed A Coming Event That Is Going To Shock The World!
As people continue to digest breaking news out of Greece and Ukraine, today the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year-old Richard Russell, just exposed a coming event that is going to shock the world. Russell also warned the world is completely unprepared for this and told investors how to position themselves. The Disease – Deflation And A World Drowing In Debt Richard Russell: "The[...]
How Our Crazy Money System Works
by Bill Bonner Acting Man Squirrelly and Subtle Yes, we were in London, taking care of business. Now, we’re back in Buenos Aires. We’ve tried medication. We’ve tried prayer. We’ve tried heavy drinking – all in an effort to understand how our crazy money system works. And where it leads. You’d think it would be easy. It’s just Central Banking 101, no? Well, no. It is squirrelly… [...]
1 in 3 Americans on Verge of Financial Ruin
By Catey Hill The rich keep getting richer. The rest of us aren’t so lucky. According to a survey released Monday by Bankrate.com of more than 1,000 adults, 37% of Americans have credit card debt that equals or exceeds their emergency savings. “These numbers mean that three out of every eight Americans are teetering on the edge of financial disaster” — thanks to the fact that many of[...]
The Latest Country to Defy the Banksters – Will a Stampede Eventually Follow?
Resistance to Banker Rule Spreads As we’ve discussed before, the bankers have need of keeping the dream of Eurasia from becoming a reality. It is the thing which they pull out all the stops to prevent. Many countries in the recent past, especially those in the Middle East, or in Europe’e periphery, who’ve dared to assert their own interests, have been put down in the most gruesome ways.[...]
Derivatives: The $563-Trillion Reason to Look at Gold
By Moe Zulfiqar BAS • Thursday, February 19, 2015 Interest rates in the U.S. economy have been remarkably low since 2007. We’re now hearing many analysts and pundits suggesting they will rise sometime this year. Unfortunately, there isn’t an exact time given, but when we look to the Federal Reserve, it seems very adamant about it, too. Officials at the Federal Reserve are continuously[...]
Hyperinflation To Start in 2015: Economist Says Get Supplies : “Gold, Silver, Canned Goods, Toilet Paper, Bottled Water…”
Mac Slavo February 19th, 2015 It’s impossible to predict when and how our economy will finally reach a breaking point, but according to contrarian Shadow Stats economist John Williams it’s coming one way or the other. The only thing we can do now is to prepare for it and that means stockpiling critical supplies, just like you might for an earthquake or snowstorm, but in larger[...]