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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| God, Gold and Guns |
| We’ve been looking into One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter.
October 2, 2017: One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter
October 14, 2017: One Nation Under Gold #2: The Silliness of the Bretton Woods Years
Now, we will follow Ledbetter’s account of the end of Bretton Woods in 1971, up to the present.
The account of the 1971 devaluation was, following the pattern of this book, long on details but short on insight. It seemed to people at the time that they “had no choice,” thatSaturday, October 24, 2020 |
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 | Dan Popescu - GoldBroker |
| The Gold Standard |
| According to Mises, money’s function as a medium of exchange is thus the central one, while its store of value and unit of account functions are merely subordinate functions. I would say store of value and unit of account is what makes the medium of exchange marketable. The medium of exchange has to be simple to understand, not only by educated people but also the most uneducated. It has to be easily accessed, not only in ideal circumstances but also in difficult ones. Many things have been trieFriday, July 10, 2020 |
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 | Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| How Where to Buy Gold Bars (2017 Buying Guide) |
| If you’re looking to invest in physical gold at the lowest possible price per ounce, there’s no better choice than gold bars. Coins may be more attractive, but all that manufacturing and packaging comes at a price. Gold bars, on the other hand, are the stalwart of the industry, what everyone from average investors to central banks buy and store. In other words, you can’t go wrong buying gold bars—provided you follow four tips including where to buy gold bars. The Advantage of Buying Gold BarsTipMonday, June 1, 2020 |
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 | John Paul Koning - Bullion Star |
| How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money |
| We are ten years into the age of bitcoin. But people are still using national currencies like yen, dollars, and pounds to buy things. What does history have to say about switches from one type of monetary system to another? In this post I’ll dig for lessons from California’s successful resistance to a fiat standard that was imposed on it in the 1860s by the rest of the U.Saturday, January 19, 2019 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| UK Prepares For Cyberwar As Relations With Russia Deteriorate |
| The British military has staged war games featuring a large-scale blackout attack on Moscow as they fear a capability shortage amid allegations of Russian cyberattacks on both sides of the Atlantic in addition to the Skripal affair, the Sunday Times reports.Sources from the army told the Times that the speed with which a confrontation between the two countries could escalate had left some officials “ashen-faced”.“If they sank our aircraft carrier with a nuclear-tipped torpedo, what is our responWednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| When HODL becomes GTFO, what is your exit plan, and how long will it take to execute |
| "You know, fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
- Lt. Aldo Raine
Like most libertarians, private property ownership and personnel security are two passions of mine where we all clearly benefit from always having an exit plan.
This article probably does not cover anything professional traders and old mobsters don't fully grok, but dilettantes and newbies will certainly benefit from either developing or reviewing their exit poiMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Eat Gold |
| Submitted by BullionStar.com
A popular phrase in segments of the mainstream financial media is that “You Can’t Eat Gold”. We don’t know who first uttered this comment, but it was more than likely a talking-head or Wall Street analyst on CNBC or Bloomberg.
The disparaging claim seems to be based on concluding that in a financial or monetary crisis, if you own gold, that “You Can’t Eat It”. And so, according to the logic of whoever came up with the phrase, this would make gold useless during a finMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| The Candle Problem (Why Bitcoin Is Misunderstood) |
| By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
Karl Duncker, that's who came up with it.
The Candle Problem, that is.
If you haven't heard of the candle problem, here's the skinny.
In 1945, just as Hitler was murdering himself (thankfully), psychologist Karl Duncker was turning his attention to how humans solve problems. He came up with "the candle problem," a cognitive performance test measuring the influence of functional fixedness on a participant's problem solving capabilities.
Here's the problMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Democratization of Money vs. Economic Feudalism |
| The Fed is the Market, Until Someone Bigger Comes Along..
UPDATE:This editorial was written 3 days ago in reaction to reading the Zerohedge post As Bitcoin Nears $10,000 "Central Banks Kept Up At Night"
by Vince Lanci
“Free markets for free men”- patch worn on the Nymex floor during Iraqi war.
The reality: We were cheerleaders for Halliburton and naively thought we were on the same team. Money that can’t cross borders freely for its citizenry is not a free market. There was a time before eMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| A Gift From The Oldies |
| By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
I bumped into a friendly bloke at my local gym last week. Jim is his name.
Jim tells me he just started because, and I quote, "my doctor says I'm going to die unless I do something".
Now, I assure you it doesn't take a doctor to figure this out.
One glance in Jim's direction and you can tell that underneath all that weight there's a big struggling heart in there... just ready to explode. He was surprisingly frank and tells me it's so bad that he can oMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Cryptocurrency Bank AriseBank To Acquire 100 Year Old FDIC Bank; Partner With BitShares. |
| Intro by Vince Lanci
via the Soren K. Group at Marketslant.com
The Next Revolution is already Happening
Over the past few weeks, I've had the pleasure of meeting the next revolutionaries in the democratization of money. This was while looking to understand better the guts of the blockchain tech and how it differed from crypto to crypto. I had the pleasure of meeting with and speaking to several people involved with Bitshares and those involved at the periphery with Arisebank. During that tMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| What Bitcoin "Deserves" |
| From the Slope of Hope: I will preface this by saying I don't have a dog in this fight. Whether Bitcoin plummets to its intrinsic value of $0.00 and makes people look like idiots, or whether it goes to a trillion dollars per Bitcoin, it doesn't matter to me. But I want to point out something I find just.......weird.
The press (and, in particular, Bitcoin fanboyz) seem obsessed with the notion that the market cap, so to speak, of Bitcoin is DESTINED to ascend to some higher level. We see diagramsMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Crock Of Gold Hidden In Ireland Happy Saint Patrick’s Day |
| Crock Of Gold In Ireland? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Wishing you health, wealth and good luck this Saint Patrick’s Day!
May your home be filled with laughter
May your pockets be filled with gold And may you have all the happiness Your heart can holdThis Saint Patrick’s Day we bring you an interesting article from the Irish Post about the history of gold mining in Ireland and Ireland’s hidden gold hotspots.
IRELAND has a long and rich history of gold mining, dating back to the 1800s and continSunday, March 18, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Buy Silver And Sell Gold Now |
| – Buy silver and sell gold now – Frisby– Gold should cost 15 times as much as silver– Silver might have disappointed in short term – But it’s time to buy
– Editor’s note: Silver has outperformed stocks, bonds and gold over long term (see table)
For those of you with busy schedules who like to see arguments made in 280 characters or less, let me come straight to the point: the time has come to sell your gold and buy silver.
Got that?
Right. Now, those of you who are interested to know why I wouSaturday, March 17, 2018 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Has Bitcoin Bought It |
| Punch-drunk from a series of crunching blows, dazed and confused, staggering for the ropes. It’s hard not to get the image of Bitcoin being pummeled by the market, getting the wind knock out of it. But is this picture true? Instead of focusing on what swirls around in the media, a cautious investor would instead reach out for what might drive their profits.
Google has moved to ban Bitcoin-related adds. This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, given the fact that there’s been precedent in the fSaturday, March 17, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Price Unmoved, Hits 5-Week Low vs GBP as US Backs UK Over Russian Spy Attack |
| GOLD PRICES were unmoved Thursday by worsening tensions between Nato and Russia over the poisoning in Britain of a former spy, holding $5 below last week's finish to trade at $1318 per ounce as world stock markets also held flat overall.
Silver also slipped, trading 1% down for the week so far at $16.43 as major Western bond prices rose, edging interest rates down.
Russian bond yields rose as MoFriday, March 16, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Global Elitists: Bitcoin’s ‘Intrinsic Value Must Be Zero’, Bubble About To Burst |
| Allianz Global Investors, the investment arm of Europe’s biggest insurer, employees economists who say Bitcoin is absolutely worthless, and a bubble that’s about to burst. Allianz Global, which manages almost 500 billion euro, says Bitcoin “ticks off all the boxes” for a major asset bubble.
“In our view, its intrinsic value must be zero,” Stefan Hofrichter, the company’s head of global economics and strategy, wrote in a recent web post. “A bitcoin is a claim on nobody – in contrast to, for instaWednesday, March 14, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Stock Market Selloff Showed Gold Can Reduce Portfolio Risk |
| – Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk– Gold’s performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour– Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived– The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold’s rally– WGC: ‘a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold as a strategic component to their portfolios.’– Gold remains one of the best assets outperforming treasurTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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| Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Riding the Current Wave in Bitcoin |
| In a move surprising to some, the SEC has announced that a number of cryptocurrency exchanges must register with the agency. Without naming names, the race has begun to determine if a specific platform meets the definitions put forward by the SEC. As our readers are aware, this is actually not surprising at all. In fact, it is only one small step in a broader trend recognizable in the Bitcoin market. How this specific event translates into the current trading conditions is what’s most interestinSaturday, March 10, 2018 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| The Chicago Way Precious Metals Protection Plan |
| Do you have a plan to protect your precious metals?
You should. I’m going to tell you mine today.
I’m from Chicago.
The second city. The windy city. The city of big shoulders.
All of that sounds nice, but if you’ve live in Chicago, the phrase that is always top of mind is not so romantic.
You may have heard it before. It’s the phrase that was famously mouthed by Sean Connery in the movie “The Untouchables” when he said “THATS the Chicago Way.”
The Chicago Way.
If you live in Chicago and don’t knFriday, March 9, 2018 |
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