Archive for the ‘Biblical Economics & Money’ Category

Addicted to Debt

Thursday, September 13th, 2012

The German High Court paved the way for more quantitative easing in Europe.  Essentially, the European Central Bank can now start up the printing press.  The southern Eurozone countries are addicted to debt much like drug addiction.  European Leaders think they can wean the patient off of their lifestyle.  Think ...

Potential Extreme Measures

Saturday, September 8th, 2012

The U.S. ended the war in Iraq.  However, there is another war raging and I’m not talking about Afghanistan.  The war I’m talking about is the global currency war.  The U.S. needs a weak currency to stimulate exports and if the U.S. Dollar get devalued, other currencies must get stronger.  ...

$2,500 Gold in Six Months?

Friday, September 7th, 2012

While the two political parties are slugging it out for the White House, the National Debt continues to climb.  Over the course of the last 6 years I have shared the economic realities facing America as well as the globe.  Peak Oil is still here though horizontal drilling has taken ...

Path of Least Resistance

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

How much discipline does the populace have?  The current generation is not known for its unyielding tenacity in the face of adverse circumstances, that was the previous generation who went through the Great Depression.  This generation is known for its entitled view of life.  Our parents wanted more for us ...

S&P True Value Chart

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

I believe that coordinated central bank actions in the USA, EU, Japan and China may occur soon. The global economic problems are severe and are now linked on an international, global basis.  This coordinated global action will attempt to kick this can down the road one more time.  China’s European ...

$222 Trillion and climbing

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University in a recent speech calculated that the total debt (including unfunded liabilities) of the U.S. is currently at $222 Trillion.  Politicians are well aware of “off balance sheet” liabilities that have been hidden from the public.  If would be like omitting your home mortgage off ...

Global Slowdown means Money Printing

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

China is now looking at a $1.250 Trillion stimulus package for it provinces.  Why?  The West is not buying what it used to.  Once you create growth by money printing, you are locked in unless you can get the global population to increase its consumption.  With the aging population in ...

Management of Sentiment

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

Those in power have been managing retreat against the price of gold and silver.  The following chart provides some perspective: The macroeconomic environment supports further gold price increases.  China is buying gold, Russia is buying gold, as well as others.  Yet in the U.S. the average investor ...

24 Months to Hyperinflation?

Saturday, August 25th, 2012

I am fascinated by the political battle for the presidency this year.  The polarizing quotient seems greater than the past.  This week the Republican Party has announced that it is considering a gold standard.  Have they been reading my blog over the last five years?  Romney says that Bernanke must ...

Direct Registration of Securities (DRS)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

If you own securities in a brokerage account and want to eliminate the “middleman” between you and your ownership, you can directly register your stock.  For instance,  let’s say you have a Scottrade account and you own 100 shares of Goldcorp.  You can ask Scottrade to directly register your shares ...