If youâve been following our blog, youâve read our post about JP Morganâs gubmint trouble already. If not, hereâs the scoop courtesy of Luke Gromen at FFTT, LLC, www.fftt-llc.com. Six traders at JP Morgan and now, the bank itself, are under investigation for rigging precious metals futures markets. Prosecutors have even gone so far as […]
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My wife and I put our marriage through the acid test nine years ago: we built a house. Everyone told us, âSomethingâs going to trigger one or both of you. Eventually the stress gets to you and youâll fight about something. Maybe itâs big. Maybe itâs small, but if you can make it through building
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What do you really need to know about computers? The British Show, âThe IT Crowd,â begins with a wonderful scene showing one of the main characters, working in an IT department repeatedly answering the phone with, âIT â have you tried turning it off and on again?â The funny thing isâ really â that usually
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Maybe weâre all factory workers now. Remember the âinformation super-highwayâ? Our lives are even colder, even more industrial now. At least on a highway, you get to see glimpses of birds and trees â reality. Today we get no such luxuries. Through the wonders of the internet and social media, we now are perched before
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Many folks purchase precious metals as a hedge â as financial insurance. And thatâs no mistake. Gold and silver â before they are an investment â are the ultimate in asset protection. And when you purchase gold and silver to this end, you buy it and stick it in a safe somewhere. Maybe you swap
Bartering…With Gold & Silver? Read More »
As weâve mentioned before, the key to the United Statesâ imperial power for nearly a century is the dollar. Yes, weâve got drones and tanks and Jack Ryan and a huge military but these just make up the dollarâs enforcement arm. The United States holds its power by the dollar. The dollar is powerful because
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Strange events are unfolding, yâall. Over the past two months â since just September â the New York Federal Reserve has loaned $3 trillion dollars to banks in the ârepoâ market. And nobodyâs talking about it! Well, nobody that most Americans hear from. Banks in this country must hold certain amounts of money in reserve,
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We used to live in a microwaveable age. Whatever you wanted could be cooked up in less than a minute. Times now are immeasurably faster. Everything is instant, immediate, and unlimited. Whereas just-in-time inventory distressed us 20 years ago, today itâs expected. Why look any further than tomorrow? Next-day delivery is the norm, twitter spews
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We all learn things the hard way. Weâd like to think weâre smarter than the other poor saps out there, but the truth is we have to live something to learn it. Notice Iâm writing âweâ and not just âtheeâ. I grew up in a family precious metals business. And must admit, I
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Sometimes gold and silver bulls are considered antiquated entities. In 1999 I stood at a party speaking to two men 40 years my senior. Gold and silver came up. Young to the business, I was apprehensive enough to remain silent in the conversation. One man stated that a new market in gold and silver was
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