The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or the DOW, recently returned to its previous record high of 14000-plus last breached in October 2007, and the “happy days are here again” chorus broke out among mass media outlets. But with a base money supply that the ...
Just like that, boom, devaluation happens, the snap decision of a desperate government with socialist desires to just give and give and give—but first it must take.
Venezuela just devalued its currency, the bolivar, by 46.69%.
If you as a Ven ...
If there is one economic indicator that almost anyone can relate to, it is the price of food, and for the past several years food prices have been going up year over year .
In 2008, food prices globally rose to unprecedented levels. While there ...
As WealthCycles readers know, history is a brilliant teacher. As Mike Maloney wrote in his book Guide to Investing In Gold & Silver, “As you will see, debasing the currency to pay for public works, social programs, and war is a pattern that repe ...
In the spirit of the holiday, we decided to take a walk down Memory Lane with jolly ol’ Burl Ives, the quintessential Christmas crooner. In this video clip from the Rankin/Bass animagic film Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer , Ives as the voice ...
Investors should take note of two political appointments that took place early this week—big changes, as leaders are replaced at both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.), charged with enforcing the widely ignored rules in stock markets, ...
Gold and the dollar, stock markets a-flutter… Wondering what is next for prices?
It looks like Millfield High School determined monetary policy for end-2012 in her majesty’s kingdom.
In a regional heat of the 13th annual Target Two Point ...
Many coin dealers use the ruse of “confiscation” to dupe consumers into buying coins that presumably would be exempt from government confiscation. This misleading sales pitch is nothing more than a scare tactic to persuade buyers to pay more for a coin ...
We last reported on widespread drought the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) called “the biggest disaster in history,” in a July 31 piece called Food Prices - It's Lights Out for Agriculture . Today we update the situation in ...
First we had SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), then PIPA (Protect IP Act). Then the nationalist -statists tried again with White House-backed CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act). We detailed the control central planners want to obtain ...