Archive for the ‘Biblical Economics & Money’ Category
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Servias Ministries offers a way for you to give anonymously to tragic events such as the triple black swan events in Japan. When you give directly, you are added to a donor list and get perpetual mailings. Some even add you to a call list and sometimes sell your name. ...
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
The events in the Middle East are not due to a sudden desire for democracy. It would seem to have a concerted effort behind it. The uprisings in the Middle East appear to have planning and organization behind them. Since Iran is the obvious benefactor behind destabilization, ...
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Saturday, March 5th, 2011
The Federal Reserve is injecting $7 to $8 billion into the financial markets on a daily basis. This is scheduled to end in June. Right now, everything is starting to feel good. Even though unemployment is subsiding to whatever level you believe to be the real number to be, the ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Referenced is an interesting video clip concerning the expected rise in silver (silver is money): http://watch.bnn.ca/the-street/march-2011/the-street-march-1-2011/#clip425669 Also mentioned is the historic 16:1 ratio of the silver price to gold’s price. In Scripture the number 16 represents Love. Sounds like a ratio made in Heaven to me. I have been ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/oilprices/8344133/Oil-could-hit-220-a-barrel-on-Libya-and-Algeria-fears-warns-Nomura.html Are you prepared for such an event? If oil hit this level, food prices would soar at the same time the American economy would take a nose dive. I continue to recommend increasing food purchases to have some food stored in case of unexpected shortages. Hopefully, this ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
As I have written in the past, predictors of economic direction fail to account for “black swan” events. In the Scripture the term “then suddenly” represents a black swan event. We make our plans according to our paradigm of “normal” but then something unexpected happens that screws everything up. In ...
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
The current path of global direction is unsustainable on multiple fronts. The U.S. Dollar is the current world reserve currency and is backed by America’s ability to produce and manage itself. In the past decades, you could go to just about any country and they would welcome your dollars. That ...
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
The oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία, oligarkhía) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, corporate, or military control. In the book 13 Bankers, the author claims that the top 13 banks ...
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
I doubt it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) modified its statistical assumptions. 504,000 gave up looking for a job therefore were removed from the unemployment statistic. And despite the rosy picture painted by the media, food stamp usage continues to rise: It has been reported ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
For most of the world, inflation in food prices are much more important than the cost of a new TV. In the U.S., the CPI measurement has been watered down over the years to be virtually worthless to the average person. Those $2.50 hamburgers are now $5.25. How can this ...
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