It is the gold standard that is often referred to as the barbarous relic, not gold itself. This is of course rhetoric to instill faith in debt...
Potentially up to 77.5% when including frozen funds....
I completely agree. That is why metals are superior money. You can melt them into whatever weight you want and no value is lost. Easy to make change.
Part of the benefit of gold and silver is that they can be used off the grid. They can only be taxed insomuch as the people using them are willing...
Why choose when you can have it all? :)
I didn't vote as there was no appropriate answer. PM Reserves, Cash, and Barter: I've already withdrawn all funds from my bank years ago that I...
Goldman is about the best contrarian play next to Soros. They make their money by doing the opposite of what their customers are doing on a...
This is not entirely correct. BitCoin is a protocol with a built in deflation algorithm. It cannot be manipulated by central bankers. It can be...
Fundamentally this may bode well for the POG, but as long as there is a London price fix it won't matter much.
The amount of money you might lose by going with worn out silver dimes still pales to the premiums on fractional silver bullion. People could just...
Assuming this is cash to burn, and that you have an adquate cushion separate from this, as well as supplies and what not, I would allocate 80% to...
I'm grabbing a few 2013 takus. I've heard they will be discontinued after this year. Even with the higher mintage this year (2010 was 10,000 1...
Copper premiums aren't likely to drop. If you can find a 1 oz round for less than $1 that's a darn good deal. As per...
If Texas does take ownership of their gold they'd better stop thinking about seceeding. They've already got their hands full with Mexico.
This is peanuts. LIBOR fraud was for trillions of dollars. Has anybody been prosecuted for MF Global? No. If you hear about someone getting in...
Copper is often referred to as "Dr. Copper" for good reason. It is one of the best leading indicators for the economy as a solely industrial metal...
I generally agree with Rono, I don't think Obamacare will have much of a direct impact on markets. What it will do is put more people below the...
Yes, really. Maybe you should look into the details. I realize it may sting to call out your boys like that, but it is what it is. Sure it's not...
If you don't hold it, you don't own it. Regardless of whether your initial concerns are unfounded, in the event of a confiscation of any sort...
Which wouldn't have been such a bad investment had Goldman Sachs not drowned Greece in toxic debt. Portugal has already said what everybody is...
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