Category Archives: Let’s Get Physical

Why not? Op-Ed columns, legislative decisions, news and economic and precious metals commentary from around the nation and around the world. Wall Street and the Federal Reserve be damned! All the reasons under the sun and the darkness of a moonless night – as to why YOU need to have precious metals in YOUR possession – ’cause some day it’s going to rain – and precious metals will become your safe harbor in an economic storm.

THIS IS IT! The Party’s Over

The world is facing the gravest economic and social downturn in Modern Times. Sell the Dow and buy gold. Here’s why… This is it! The party is over. The world is now facing the gravest economic and social downturn in … Continue reading

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The Looming Financial Nightmare: So Much for Living the American Dream

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ~ Frédéric Bastiat, … Continue reading

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How to return to sound money

Introduction There has been very little commentary in recent years about the benefits of sound money, being limited almost entirely to followers of the Austrian school of economics. Even less has been written about how to back out of inflationism, … Continue reading

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You gotta be sh***ing me?

Air Force veteran falls to the ground when he’s told the mouth-watering value of his watch Time to call a financial planner. As a member of the U.S. Air Force stationed in Thailand in the early 1970s, this particular veteran … Continue reading

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Gold But Were Afraid To Ask

I remember where I was the first time I heard about gold. I was in my 1995 Toyota Tercel in downtown San Francisco, listening to the radio. Usually I listened to the Razor and Mr. T on KNBR 680, but … Continue reading

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I sure am glad that I own gold…

The price of gold is up nearly $100 since Christmas, reaching around $1,575 per troy ounce as I write this letter. This most recent price bump is due to the panic over Iran. But the gold price is up nearly … Continue reading

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Got physical… close at hand?

Let’s do something about that… Seeking out the most efficient and most secure route to owning gold, and converting it into widely-accepted currency, is the next best thing to enjoying gold-backed currency. In a world of central bankers hell-bent on … Continue reading

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Americans’ Credit Card Debt Poised to Reach 10-Year High

Americans are projected to fall seriously behind on their credit card bills at the highest rate in a decade as banks push a record number of people to get plastic. The share of credit card borrowers who are at least … Continue reading

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Three Things You Didn’t Know About The Crash Of 1929

October 28, 1929 – 90 years ago – is known as ‘Black Monday’ in financial circles. The US stock market had peaked the previous month, on September 3, 1929, with the Dow Jones stock index reaching a record high of … Continue reading

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A Realistic Argument PROVING $2,432 Gold and $149 Silver

EDITOR: WOW! Now THESE numbers make sense. ~ J.B. Below is a comment from youtube video on Mike Maloney’s latest video The World’s Biggest Gold Investors are on a Buying Spree SKIP AD Gold is $76 AUD a gram here … Continue reading

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