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‘Unsinkable’ Gold

A solvency crisis is an economic nightmare several orders of magnitude worse than a mere deflation. In a solvency crisis, “deflation” implies nothing less than bankruptcy… In an ordinary deflation, “cash is king” (even arguably worthless paper currencies). However, in a solvency crisis “cash is trash” unless that cash is directly backed with precious metals.

29Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Ratings Agencies, Part II: Fiduciary Duty

Clearly, with S&P claiming that its rating is merely some worthless, ornamental decoration which is tacked-on to various financial products, there should be no possible reason for the rabid theatrics of the U.S. government which followed. It is only in a marketplace where the vast majority of participants are ignorant about these disclaimers that the reaction of the U.S. government is rationale…

24Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Ratings Agencies, Part I: Experts or Charlatans?

… supposedly our legal systems don’t allow a group of people to call themselves “experts” when they are pocketing fat fees for their analysis/assessment of the quality of complex financial products; and then to say “Just kidding. We’re not experts, and no one should base any financial decision on our opinions” once such “opinions” have been shown to be severely flawed.

22Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Gold, Silver, and ‘Leaky Buckets’

…even the most brainwashed mind should still be capable of understanding the difference in “utility” between a ‘leaky bucket’ guaranteed to fail in its sole purpose, and buckets which have demonstrated themselves to be leak-proof over thousands of years.

19Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Watch Gold/Silver/Oil Price Ratios

In this piece, I will explain to people how staying on top of the price ratios between gold and oil, silver and oil, and silver and gold will allow us to make much better buying/selling decisions on the gold and silver miners, as well as making more optimal decisions in allocating our bullion dollars between gold and silver.

15Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Why 2011 Is Not 2008

With many investors now having descended back to full-fledged “panic mode”, we explain why 2011 could never be another event like the Crash of ’08, as the nature of any such crash would be remarkably different.

8Aug2011 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Buy A House With Silver

While we wait for our interest rates (and eventually our housing markets) to return to sanity, the obvious step for future-buyers to take today is to buy silver – to reduce the price they ultimately pay for a house to a small fraction of current prices… The more general point which I do wish to argue here is the necessity to look for new ways to express prices which are not dependent on/connected to the worthless paper currencies of Western bankers.

4Aug2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Economic Rape of Europe Nearly Complete, Part II

… the decision by Western banking authorities to designate the national gold hoards of these nations as “collateral” for their (fraudulent) bond debts has two entirely different (and separate) motivations. If the gold still exists, then naming gold as collateral for debts which could never be repaid (and where default is imminent) is nothing less than the theft of these nations’ gold reserves.

25Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Central Banks Unanimously Prefer Gold Over Paper

(Despite what Bernanke says, ) all of the world’s foremost experts on “money” are showing a 100% preference for one kind of money: gold. The message from the world’s central bankers is absolutely unequivocal: only chumps would choose to hold paper over gold.

19Jul2011 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Paper Bugs at BusinessInsider Attempt To Defend Bernanke

The problem with these anti-gold sentiments is, firstly, that they distract from the central issue with fiat currency: its structural (by design) inability to preserve value. In fact, that is why I prefer to call them a “currency” and not a “money”… [further, ] we actually now have, in some of the most important markets in the world, gold once again functioning as a medium of exchange. How quickly we forget the BIS gold swap intrigue from last year…

16Jul2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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