This Is What Stocks Do During Hyperinflation

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-31/what-stocks-do-during-hyperinflation

Something Broke In The U.S. Silver Market - Steve St. Angelo

https://www.sprottmoney.com/blog/something-broke-in-the-us-silver-market-steve-st-angelo.html

DEATH OF PAPER GOLD & SILVER: The Data Proves It

https://srsroccoreport.com/death-of-paper-gold-silver-the-data-proves-it/

The Catastrophic Threat of Bail-Ins

I've been blogging about the imminent dangers of bank bail-ins for several years now.  This is an articulate explanation of what to expect in the aftermath of the next financial crisis.

https://www.sprottmoney.com/blog/the-catastrophic-threat-of-bail-ins-jeff-nielson.html

All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization

http://money.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and-markets-in-one-visualization/

Debunking Anti-Gold Propaganda

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/debunking-anti-gold-propaganda

In your face "Black Swan"!

As America decays, the USDollar's status as reserve currency degenerates further.

http://www.jsmineset.com/2015/12/19/in-your-face-black-swan/

Students at Lena Dunham’s college offended by lack of fried chicken

I couldn't tell if this is Onion-like satire, or if this politically-correct world has gone insane.

http://nypost.com/2015/12/18/pc-students-at-lena-dunhams-college-offended-by-lack-of-fried-chicken/

CISA Is Now The Law: How Congress Quietly Passed The Second Patriot Act

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-18/congress-just-passed-second-patriot-act-and-nobody-noticed-how-cisa-became-law

Hedge Fund Gold Positioning Has Never Been This Extreme

The meme here is short-term trading hedge fund managers are not the smartest guys in the room.  It generally pays well to be a contrarian when it comes to gold futures.  And right now, the hedgies have never been more bearish.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-19/hedge-fund-gold-positioning-has-never-been-extreme

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Andrew Maguire – Absolutely Stunning Developments In The Gold Market And At The LBMA

There are many complex and convoluted concepts in the enclosed article by Andrew Maguire.  The short version is that the physical gold market will overwhelm the leveraged paper futures markets.  At the end of the day, billions of paper ounces are being created out of thin air, but Mother Nature only yields a finite amount of gold in her crust.  Hence, own the physical.

http://kingworldnews.com/andrew-maguire-absolutely-stunning-developments-in-the-gold-market-and-at-the-lbma/

Baltic Dry Index Is Collapsing

Economic trade among nations--including China, is collapsing.

ISIS And The CIA: The Documented Connection

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-17/missing-link-islamic-state-iraq-and-now-documented-cia-connection

Amazing. Look at how silver has held its value for 23 centuries–

Gold has a history of maintaining its purchasing power for over 6000 years.  It looks like silver is right behind.
 
https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/amazing-look-at-how-silver-has-held-its-value-for-23-centuries-18368/

Obama's Vendetta With Gun Makers Gets Personal: Smith & Wesson Shares Plunge After Call For SEC Investigation

Regulators hitting below the belt.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-15/obamas-vendetta-gun-makers-gets-personal-smith-wesson-shares-plunge-after-call-sec-i

The Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings

http://howmuch.net/articles/how-much-millennials-have-saved-up?preview=true

The alleged Australian inventor of Bitcoin tried to spend $85m on gold

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/suspected-aussie-bitcoin-creator-tried-to-buy-85m-worth-of-gold-2015-12

Paper Money Versus The Gold Standard: An Explanation

http://www.epictimes.com/richardebeling/2015/12/paper-money-versus-the-gold-standard/

If You Want Security, Pursue Liberty

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2015/december/14/if-you-want-security-pursue-liberty/

Bitcoin Or Gold: Did The Alleged Bitcoin Creator Just Settle Once And For All What Is More Valuable?

Just as I suspected, Bitcoin may not be as anti-dollar as many proponents believe.

"Money is gold, and nothing else." - JP Morgan, 1912

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-14/bitcoin-or-gold-did-alleged-bitcoin-creator-just-settle-once-and-all-what-more-valua

Austria Proudly Shows Off The 15 Tons Of Gold It Repatriated From London

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-12/austria-proudly-shows-15-tons-gold-it-repatriated-london

J.P. Morgan's hunt for Afghan gold

http://fortune.com/2011/05/11/j-p-morgans-hunt-for-afghan-gold/

Reasonable Person Conclusion: Libya's Gold Reserves of 100+ Tons Have Been Stolen by Bankers

http://www.24hgold.com/english/contributor.aspx?article=4030120908G10020&contributor=Charleston+Voice

The Fed’s in a bind

https://www.goldmoney.com/our-research/goldmoney-insights/the-fed-s-in-a-bind

The Screaming Fundamentals For Owning Gold

http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/95636/screaming-fundamentals-owning-gold

America Crosses The Tipping Point: The Middle Class Is Now A Minority

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-09/america-crosses-tipping-point-middle-class-now-minority

The IMF Just Entered The Cold War - Forgives Ukraine's Debt To Russia

The cold war just got colder.  And so will Ukrainians if they don't pay their natural gas bills to Russia.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-09/imf-just-entered-cold-war-forgives-ukraines-debt-russia

The Fallacy that Weakening Your Currency Generates Prosperity

The author is correct in declaring debasing one's currency diminishes the purchasing power of a nation's citizens, thereby dampening economic growth.  But he offers no solutions in this article.  Hedging against reduced purchasing power requires owning hard, tangible assets, including physical precious metals.


http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-fallacy-that-weakening-your.html

Chain Store Sales Collapse Following Already Disappointing Black Friday

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-08/chain-store-sales-collapse-following-already-disappointing-black-friday

Good News: Gold Speculators Haven’t Been This Gloomy In 13 Years

http://jlfmi.tumblr.com/post/134773935600/good-news-gold-speculators-havent-been-this

James Turk – Oil Plunges 6 Percent To New Lows But What About Gold And Silver?

http://kingworldnews.com/james-turk-oil-plunges-another-6-percent-to-new-lows-but-what-about-gold-and-silver/

...the precious metals continue to trade within a 2-tiered market. The two markets are interrelated because they intersect at the spot price of gold, but they are fundamentally different.

One tier is the physical market, and the second tier is of course the paper market. In the former, people own physical gold. In contrast, in the paper market, people only own exposure to the gold price. They don’t own gold.

When you own a futures contract, option or gold ETF, you don’t own physical gold. Similarly if you own a forward contract for which someone like a bullion bank is obligated to deliver metal to you at some future date, you own paper-gold. All paper-gold comes with is counterparty risk, which changes gold from a safe-haven to just another financial instrument.

Terrorism’s Best Friend—–Bloviating Politicians

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/terrorisms-best-friend-bloviating-politicians/

Indian Government Fails to Get Citizens’ Gold, So it Shifts Focus to Temple Stash

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/12/04/indian-government-fails-to-get-citizens-gold-so-it-shifts-focus-to-temple-stash/

Extreme Gold Positioning Grows As Hedge Funds Add To Record Shorts

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-06/extreme-gold-positioning-grows-hedge-funds-add-record-shorts

US Lawmaker Sees "Ample Evidence Of Turkey's Complicity In ISIS's Murderous Rampage"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-03/us-lawmaker-sees-ample-evidence-turkeys-complicity-isiss-murderous-rampage

Breaking News!

https://www.janus.com/bill-gross-investment-outlook

Housing Bubble 2 in One Chart

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2015/12/housing-bubble-2-in-one-chart.html

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The Fall Of America Signals The Rise Of The New World Order

http://alt-market.com/articles/2753-the-fall-of-america-signals-the-rise-of-the-new-world-order

This Is What Happened The Last Time The Fed Hiked While The U.S. Was In Recession

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-02/what-happened-last-time-fed-hiked-while-economy-was-recession

Drone Pilots have Bank Accounts and Credit Cards Frozen by Feds for Exposing US Murder

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/drone-pilots-bank-accounts-credit-cards-frozen-feds-exposing-murder/

US Intervention: Before And After

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-01/us-intervention-and-after

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What Has Western Central Banks And Governments Scared To Death?

http://kingworldnews.com/what-has-western-central-banks-and-governments-scared-to-death/