Chris Martenson with an thorough analysis of gold and silver and his reasons for favoring them: This report lays out an investment thesis for gold and one for silver. Various [...]
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Dec 222011
Few people understand what is happening and about to happen. One of these is Chris Martenson who foresaw the crisis, adjusted his lifestyle completely in advance of it and has been explaining what is happening to others. His diagnoses have been accurate and his recommendations for personal security and safety invaluable to thousands.
Mr. Martenson has written an important new piece regarding where we are now. I recommend it highly. Here is the beginning of his article:
There are clear signs of a liquidity crunch in the asset markets right now, and the question I keep hearing is, Is this 2008 all over again?
No, it’s worse. Much worse.
In 2008 there was a lot more faith and optimism upon which to draw. But both have been squandered to significant degrees by feckless regulators and authorities who failed to properly address any of the root causes of the first crisis even as they slathered layer after layer of thin-air money over many of the symptoms.
Anyone who has paid attention knows that those “magic potions” proved to be anything but. Not only are the root causes still with us (too much debt, vast regional financial imbalances, and high energy prices), but they have actually grown worse the entire time.
Read the rest of the article here: The Risks that will Cause a Global Currency Devaluation
Oct 032011
Regular readers know how much I value the work of Chris Martenson. Below is a recent post of his. Part of it is available to non-subscribers. The second part is available only to subscribers. Make sure you read the first part. Then decide whether you want to subscribe. The public portion of his site is very informative, if you are unfamiliar with it.
Understanding What Happens Next
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Understanding What Happens Next
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Executive Summary
- The sentiment on commodities is shifting in an important way.
- What happens when a global credit bubble meets a secular rise in energy costs? (Answer: nothing good.)
- The only chart you need to understand the future
- Why the next steps of the Fed and other central banks is imminently predictable at this point
- Given the high probabilities and their huge impact, you need to take steps now to position and protect yourself.
- The three critical questions you need to be asking
Part I – What Just Happened
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II – Understanding What Happens Next
Global Carnage
During these turbulent periods, it’s best to back up, widen the view, and ask where we are. Since the beginning of 2011, we observe that global equities have been hammered for losses, while global oil (Brent) and gold remain positive for the year.
Interestingly, we see that commodities in general (CRB) are down less YTD than even the best performing stock market (New York), which is not quite what I would have expected. Commodities typically lose first and most in a global downturn, or rout, and the fact that they haven’t suggests that commodities are now being viewed as a safer place to be than equities. This is a stunning turn of events if it holds out going forward.
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Chris Martenson on the Investor Problem:
Debt Ceiling Dilemma: The Foul Choice Facing Investors
Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:23 am, by cmartenson
For the record, I still believe that there will not be a breach of the debt ceiling and no overt default for the US. Things will be worked out in the nick of time, like they always are.
However, the media is full of articles wondering about what ‘investors’ might do in response to a US default and/or credit downgrade. What will happen to Treasury prices? Will they go down as investors dump them en masse in response to a credit downgrade forcing interest rates to climb?
It’s a big question and the most likely answer is “No, not really”. Partly because these so-called investors have been well-conditioned to believe that another bailout is always around the corner, but mainly because they have nowhere to go.
The big money is trapped.
Jul 172011
The following quote from James Turk sums up our situation quite nicely:
The rule of law has basically been thrown out the window. Money printing is the order of the day. And when politicians take control of central banks, which they have done in the United States and they are also doing in Europe, that basically destroys the currency. It puts the currency on the road to what I call the Fiat Currency Graveyard, so I expect there are going to be massive currency problems as we go forward. The financial crisis that we have been dealing with for the last several years has not been solved.
It comes from an interview/discussion between Chris Martenson and James Turk. Both are on top of what is happening so they are worth listening to.
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