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You figure it out. Which will it be? Only time will tell!

It’s a Fraud

A Pyramid scheme. A Ponzi scheme. And a Lie. Many of us do think that something isn’t quite right with the world economy. One in a million actually understands, where does it go wrong? Powers that be, do not want … Continue reading

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3 Mistakes that Led to the 2008 Financial Crisis (All of Which We’re Repeating)

So long as the people in charge insist on governing the financial system through rules that no individual or group of individuals can hope to master, they will continue to overlook looming crashes. It is a decade since the financial … Continue reading

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The Bullish CoT Setups In Gold And Silver Prices

You may know me as the guy using weird planetary alignments while assigning proper fundamentals to the gold sector, and recently even doing the same with a somewhat subjective and philosophical view of gold as an important counterweight or insurance … Continue reading

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Record Gold/Silver Shorts!

Record futures shorts are the best gold and silver buy signals available Gold and silver were thrashed this past summer, relentlessly pounded to deep new lows. That has fueled extreme bearishness, with traders convinced the precious metals’ fundamentals are rotten. … Continue reading

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Despite strong economy, many Americans struggling to get by

Despite a strong economy, about 40 percent of American families struggled to meet at least one of their basic needs last year, including paying for food, health care, housing or utilities. That’s according to an Urban Institute survey of nearly … Continue reading

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Something to think about…

We’ll be getting back to work over the weekend, but until we do – consider the value of an old silver dollar and what it will buy (due it’s REAL value) to that of a single $1.00 bill.

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Debt Slavery: Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It is Stopped

Hammurabi Knew Better December 6, 2011 ~ Book V of Aristotle’s Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves into hereditary aristocracies – which end up being overthrown by tyrants or develop internal rivalries as some families decide to … Continue reading

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What’s the Yield Curve?

‘A Powerful Signal of Recessions’ Has Wall Street’s Attention You can try to play down a trade war with China. You can brush off the impact of rising oil prices on corporate earnings. But if you’re in the business of … Continue reading

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The Slow-Motion Financial Suicide of the Roman Empire

Are we the Reincarnation of Rome? “If you wanted to understand a politician you mustn’t pay too much attention to his speeches, but find out who were his paymasters. A politician couldn’t rise in public life, in France Rome any … Continue reading

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The Way Things Are…

No matter the political direction the wind may blow, and no matter what we are told on the news – the job market in America is not all that we are led to believe and although this video is a … Continue reading

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