I do not care if Cuenca, Ecuador has “eternal spring” and cheap rent (US$600 to US$800 for a 1,200 sq. ft. apartment, US$120,000 to buy and “own” it), it is simply not worth living in a Marxist-infiltrated society with horrendous economic policies. Nevertheless, about 7,000 of the 505,585 inhabitants of Ecuador’s third city ... Read More
By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst After speculation that the US Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-purchasing program earlier than anticipated, Western investors began exiting gold-back exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) in record numbers, highlighted by $8.7 billion in net outflows during April. While the languishing paper-gold market has many declaring the gold trade dead, ... Read More
I spent a delightful afternoon today describing my bowel movements in great detail to a complete stranger. It’s not as bad as it sounds, really! I paid the guy to let me do it! … Ok, let me try again here. So, for the last week, I’ve noticed some rather worrying health problems starting to ... Read More
I spent a delightful afternoon today describing my bowel movements in great detail to a complete stranger. It’s not as bad as it sounds, really! I paid the guy to let me do it! … Ok, let me try again here. So, for the last week, I’ve noticed some rather worrying health problems starting to ... Read More
Evento organizado por la Fundación Konrad Adenauer con el académico norteamericano John Cobin para hablar sobre “El rol del Estado en Economías Modernas”. El acto tuvo lugar en el Salón Cabildo del Hotel Los Tajibos de Santa Cruz. Mas información en: http://www.gobernabilidad.org.bo/
From the time I took my first job washing cars at age 15 to the day I retired, working kept money flowing into my bank account. I needed money, and so I had to work (no silver spoon here). A few weeks back, I penned an article highlighting how most older folks fear running out ... Read More
Radio Show Topic GMO policy in Chile (Frank Szabo, guest), current events Sept 11th, Civil Registry strike, listener comments answered Radio Show Description Overview: Topics of the day, Frank Szabo to talk about GMOs in Chile, blog and book ordering info, email address for questions and comments. Segment 1: Read and answered letters, ... Read More
By Professor Steven Yates September 11, 2013 NewsWithViews.com [*Note: sustainable here means independent, self-reliant and built to last, not sustainable as in Agenda 21/Sustainable Development.] I’ll begin with two facts, one increasingly obvious and indisputable, the other less so. The first: much of the northern hemisphere—not just the U.S.—is in deep trouble: economic and financial, ... Read More
I came from a generation that believed mutual funds were run by real experts like John Templeton, who did tons of research, made spectacular investments, and allowed the little guy like me to benefit from the results – for a fee, of course. For many years that was true, but our investment team has convinced ... Read More
Doug Casey believes the current gold correction has bottomed. Speaking to me a few days ago, he said: “With rare exceptions—that are mainly luck—only liars buy at the exact bottom and sell at the exact top. Purchase of precious metals remains the most prudent thing you can do to protect your wealth, and a very ... Read More