Category: Economy

In The News Today : Welcome To Jim Sinclair’s MineSet

Yup, that about sums it up. This sounds a lot like that list I came up with a few months ago, on how to tell whether we’re really having an economic recovery or if it’s just lip service. We keep hearing about how everything is just peachy, but until you start seeing real recovery at the fundamental level, all they’re trying to do is get you to foolishly invest in the markets. Somebody has to buy the worthless paper that the people in the know are selling. Don’t fall for that trap.

Invest wisely in real tangible goods.

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In The News Today : Welcome To Jim Sinclair’s MineSet

The media can play all the games they wish. Just keep firmly in mind that:

1. Towns are broke.

2. Cities are broke.

3. States are broke.

4. Main Street is in dire pain.

5. The apparent improvement in the financial industry is accounting smoke and mirrors.

6. Most corporate improvements are not sales driven but cost cutting based. You can also call that “firing the help.”

Greece or any state of the United States that goes under must be supported by QE to infinity as a country bankruptcy of the Iceland type will sweep across the Western World faster than Lehman Brothers locked up the credit markets.

This is no time to be swept up in the short term noise. Keep your eye on the ball.

All Fiat money is in a race to worth-less-ness. Only gold will protect your financial position.

The Missing Podcast – #51

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Jeff Bennet talks about what happened to Argentina’s economy and whether it can happen here.

FOXNews.com – Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 480,000

FOXNews.com – Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 480,000

Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 480,000
AP
The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.

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WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.

The rise is the fourth in the past five weeks. Most economists hoped that claims would resume a downward trend that was evident in the fall and early winter.

The Labor Department says that new claims for unemployment insurance rose by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 480,000. Wall Street economists had expected a drop to 460,000.

The four-week average, which smooths fluctuations, rose for the third straight week.
The number of people continuing to claim benefits was unchanged at 4.6 million.

Study: 1 in 8 get help at food banks – USATODAY.com

The economy is still bad. We’re constantly told that things are “just ducky,” but it simply isn’t so. If you’re preparing, keep at it. Do not be lulled into thinking that things are fine. Why is Wall Street up when this many people are going hungry?

America used to be the greatest country in the world. Where have our leaders brought us? Why is it they think they can keep spending us into oblivion? Sorry to get political here, but it’s crap like this that makes me think that *all* elected officials need to be kicked out and put the farmers in charge!

Study: 1 in 8 get help at food banks – USATODAY.com

One in eight Americans — 37 million — received emergency food help last year, up 46% from 2005, the nation’s largest hunger-relief group reports today.
Children are hit particularly hard, according to the report by Feeding America, a network of 203 food banks nationwide. One in five children, 14 million, received food from soup kitchens, food pantries and other agencies, up from 9 million in 2005, the year of the group’s last major survey.

“This is a crisis,” says Vicki Escarra, president of Feeding America. “People need to understand that this is America, and we’re seeing this kind of need.” She says the report is her group’s most comprehensive study on emergency food distribution.

Survivor, America: “it’s only going to get worse,” Gerald Celente says: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance

If you haven’t been following what Gerald Celente has been saying, he’s not painting a rosy picture for the US. Assume, just for a minute, that what he’s forecasting comes to be, are you prepared for something like this? Are you prepared for another economic upheaval? (I say “another” because many people think that we’re out of the woods now).

What are your backup plans if you can’t stay in your home? Do you have the food storage to last for months without going to the store? What are your alternate sources of income? How will you provide for and take care of your family?

It’s not a matter of whether or not Celente’s predictions come true; it’s a matter of whether you’re prepared for it or not.

Survival is the art of being prepared. Are you prepared?

Survivor, America: “it’s only going to get worse,” gerald celente says: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance

Survivor, America: “It’s Only Going to Get Worse,” Gerald Celente Says

“It’s only going to get worse,” is the sobering forecast of Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute.
As discussed in a prior segment, Celente believes the “bailout bubble” is going to burst and the U.S. economy will slip back into recession, if not worse, in 2010.

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