Over the past five years gold has succeeded to outperform the S&P by a long shot. The biggest reason for S&P's decline in value, measured by it's worth in currency or dollars is because the green back itself is not real money.

It's important to note, smart people have been collecting gold. Regardless if these people have collected gold for the long-term or are just now starting. These investors all have the same philosophy. Hang on to your gold, keep collecting it and do not sell an ounce. Because at some point gold's value will exceed rising inflation and save you. What the government has done of course in its attempts to shore up falling home prices within American is actually destroying the dollar and increasing gold's value…

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Every day that passes were seeing nothing but lies coming from the central banks. Three years running, we have been seeing interest rates close to zero; in a bid to pump up and force the life back into a dying economy. With the exception of Japan’s failure, to drop interest rates at near zero for over two decades, no other country in recent times has attempted such an uncontrolled careless monetary policy.

Throughout economic history zero percent interest rates have never been used, for an especially good reason. To use a zero interest rate policy upon a nation should be a condition of last resort, a last-ditch effort to shock an economy back to life. Any interest rate that is below inflation is never good for an economy. This rate policy actually rips-off savers. In a society that has been accustom to saving, savers do not get any real returns on their accounts. By leaving rates on savings ultra low, it's tantamount to "savings account rape"…

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The government can print money. So why don’t they simply print more and then give it away to everyone? Certainly this would alleviate poverty and stimulate the economy. Within modern economic societies money is used so intensely, that many times people forget what money really is and why we use it.


Why was money invented?

Before money came along, people got what they wanted by trading things between one another so in the end both people would receive what they wanted. Economists call this method of exchange or the barter system. Bartering however was a very inefficient system because you had to seek out someone who had what you wanted…

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The majority of the world is in dire financial straits; economies cannot get a grip on their expanding debt and are using deficit spending to no end. The entire system is un-sustainable and economies are going to collapse. At this point in time surely before the end of this decade if not sooner, the greatest wealth transfer in history will take place. That also means the greatest time for opportunity, is to react now.

Obtaining physical gold and silver and keeping it outside of the banking systems, becomes the greatest form of wealth protection for your assets. Assuring you against either a deflationary collapse or hyperinflationary destruction of paper currency. These precious metals are absolutely vital to your financial survival. Below are several facts necessary to understand first, so you will know why precious metals are still very much undervalued…

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Defining inflation is the slow and on-going price increase of commodities, goods and services observed over a long period of time that reflects rising annual costs for manufactures and consumers. Inflation can be created using two different scenarios. On one hand we can use the quality theory of inflation to determine how inflation is created. On the other hand we can use the quantity theory of inflation to explain it.

To explain the quality theory of inflation we see it as founded upon the belief that a currency being used is acceptable and capable of being traded for goods and services, but also is beneficial to the buyer. However explaining how the quantity theory of inflation works is associated to the aspect of currency. This theory actually takes into account the currency’s supply and demand aspects as well as its nominal value of exchange.

Inflation will create many effects upon an economy both good and bad…

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Inflation is a serious problem that will affect any society overtime. Serious monetary stresses are created that will affect the most basic of needs such as food for your family to eat, fuel for your car or medicine to keep you alive. Inflation makes the prices you pay increase on the exact same products or services you were buying or using before. Most people will realize these price increases as they reflect on what these items had cost them only 1-2 years ago. Why?
Inflation is created by directly increasing the money supply in an economy. When this happens it creates a watering down affect on the money supply. If you take newly created dollars and add them to the economies money supply, along with all the other dollars that were already there, we get the total money supply…


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The Federal Reserve is one of the largest problems facing America today. The one question many people ask is what does a Federal Government Bank have to do with our nation's problems? For starters it is Federal in name only.
The Federal Reserve Bank is not part of the US Government. It is actually a privately owned corporation and international bank that was created by Congress in 1913. The passage of the 16th amendment was passed rather shadily, and according to some, illegally. Furthermore it was given the exclusive rights to "print money" for the U.S. Government by Congress, during the Christmas break in 1913 when most of the representatives were on vacation.
Before the creation of the Federal Reserve the power and responsibility to print our nation’s money was done by the Congress of the United States. Sadly since the time when the Federal Reserve was given the power to operate the printing press, the people of America have continually been charged interest on every dollar ever printed…

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The rate of inflation in the United States has been steadily rising. The inflationary rate is a major, if not the key fundamental factor in determining the actual value of your money. The actual net worth of your dollars can be translated into how much purchasing power your dollars have for buying various goods and services over time.

The rate of inflation in the United States has been steadily rising. The inflationary rate is a major, if not the key fundamental factor in determining the actual value of your money. The actual net worth of your dollars can be translated into how much purchasing power your dollars have for buying various goods and services over time....

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Inflation is defined as an increase in the overall level of prices for goods and services in an economy over a period of time. Thus as the prices of goods and services increase each unit of currency actually buys less, therefore decreasing the purchasing power of the money.

Hyperinflation therefore is defined as a very high rate of inflation or inflation that has gone “out of control”. During a hyperinflationary event price levels within a specific economy rise very quickly as a function of its domestic currency in contrast to a foreign currency losing its real value at an ever increasing rate....

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The housing market has become a financial nightmare for many average people throughout the United States and in other countries today. Those who have been able to keep their homes and not lose them to the banks by way of loan defaults or foreclosures are very fortunate.

Real-estate in the United States over the past 60 months has continually seen housing prices fall. Their current values now are less than (some far lower than) what is currently owed on their mortgages. This is true in many areas of the US with few geographical exceptions. As inflation increases, expect the value of your home to decrease even more. The value of your home is expected to lose an additional 5-8% in 2012 alone. This also is absolutely not the time to go buy a new or used home, once inflation reaches around 20% most likely you will see a total collapse in the real estate market. A large number of Americans now believe that a second “Great Depression” is very possible within a few years....

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It’s all over the news these days the American Debt Crisis. Will the Democrats, Republicans & Obama ever agree to raise the debt ceiling in time before the US goes into default on paying its own debt? What will happen?

Currently many Americans now have to actually use their credit cards just to buy food for their families and fuel for their cars. Their incomes are not enough anymore to cover these most basic monthly expenses due to ever growing costs through inflation. America’s Debt to GDP ratio is now over 100% with an official $15.3 trillion overall national debt. However in truth you’re not really seeing the bigger picture. ...

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Of all the various indexes out there the one were looking at here is referred to as the "Misery" index. Yes this is its actual name. The sum of the unemployment rate plus the rate of consumer price inflation equals the misery index. This index is now close to its all-time high. There are several major factors that are affecting its increase.

First off the ECB steadily giving into monetizing the majority of Europe’s debt. Next, The Bank of England recently passed a measure to monetize an additional 75 billion British pounds. They expect this will help ease their problems and of course will only make matters worse. The newest, we have comments coming from Helicopter Ben’s own minions Fed Governor Dan Tarullo that recently gave this statement. “I believe we should move back up toward the top of the list of options the large scale purchase of additional MBS” (Mortgage Backed Securities)...

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If you happen to be an American reading this article then I assure you that you’re in the midst of the greatest financial paradigm shift in modern history. Furthermore you have a front row seat to this epic event. Hopefully you are one of the few that have been following this event closely and paying attention to options still available to you for protecting yourself from rising inflation, and the ever approaching economic crisis.

Hopefully, you’re not in the category of non believers thinking the government will save you. Doing your best pretending the day of reckoning is never going to come upon your doorstep, regardless of all the evidence you might have heard or read about. Regardless what level of defiance you carry around with you history will always be on the side of the truth. There is no prejudice here that will enter the equation regardless of what you think you would be entitled to. If I am sounding a little pessimistic, then I am making my point. There is nothing that will keep this economic crisis from coming and there is too much hard evidence and monetary history surrounding this to look the other way...

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A sound monetary system is one in which a currency is backed by gold, at least a percentage or fixed weight of gold. This is different from the monetary system currently used in the United States and many other countries. Today, all national currencies are fiat currencies. Fiat currency is currency that has value only because of government regulation or law of which carries no intrinsic value of any kind.

At the time of the Great Depression, numerous countries went away from the gold standard since they had to pump money into their economies to stimulate growth. Having a gold standard would not allow them adequate economic flexibility. It is also true that there can actually be too much economic flexibility...

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Today there are some serious inflationary issues facing the US economy. We believe the dollar will soon come under severe pressure possibly within the next year. This brings us to the question: why has the US. Government let the value of the US. Dollar fall so much?

In response this question we will need to take a look back into history. Since 1944, following the well-known summit of the global central bankers at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire it was determined that the US. Dollar would become the world's reserve currency...

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