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Michael Panzner's prescient book "Financial Armageddon" listed four major threats to the economy: debt, retirement and health...

"... the Eurozone, the UK, Japan, and essentially every county on the planet is all attempting some sort of stimulus plan or other. Thi...

Cash for now, while we wait for the second half selloff; then stocks and gold to hedge against inflation, says the good Doctor .

Mish looks at certificates of deposit vs returns from stocks. Investors, take note. The folly of buy-and-hold may also apply to houses. ...

Before we start, please read my disclaimer above! How do we protect our little wealth against inflation? The gold bugs still enthuse, and it...

Htp: Michael Panzer, for this : They are taking cash out of the bank in preparation for a long-haul bad time. A friend in Florida told me t...

The Mogambo Guru relays a statistic: the stock of US notes and coins has increased by $77 billion in 12 months. Some of this may reflect a ...

Our primary concern at this stage is no longer our readers' portfolios but their ability to weather a US dollar crisis if one erupts. In...

Reportedly, George Soros doesn't see the bottom of the market yet. We judge by recent experience and think ourselves hard done by, yet l...

The previous post is a summary of Brad Setser's views on China and the dollar. What with the oil price coming down and the trade deficit...

I've said more than once, including in my latest letter to the Spectator, the notion that the East is going to suffer from the slump as ...

Read Michael Panzner here. Reminds me of when Jimmy Goldsmith sold all his holdings on the Paris Bourse in the Summer of 1987, and recently ...

Some commentators on the gold market predicted that the price would come down, or at least be restrained, because leveraged speculators woul...

Jesse relays a couple of charts from Steve Williams at CyclePro, and adds one of his own. As I read it, the implication of the CyclePro cha...

There's been much talk of keeping the balance in your bank account/s below the insured limit - but if you are cautious and want to prese...

Cash, Gold, and Swiss gov't bonds. In 7 years, it could very well be that a Krugerrand buys a decent house! ... says an anonymous co...

To cut down the rainforest, you need logging roads and rivers, so that you can empty the land. And to extract the wealth and freedom of a na...

CU has asked me to comment on his latest post on the UK's economic crisis . I'm flattered that someone thinks my opinion is worth an...

If you don't believe me, believe a sophisticated investor like Karl Denninger : One thing to remember folks - the test of your prowess ...

A cautionary story from Michael Panzner here . An American nearly lost most/all of $400,000 deposited with his bank, despite taking great ca...