How much longer is it going to take before the debt factor inside the euro crisis has reached its limit? Is this whole house of cards about to burn down? Will it be the Germans who ultimately have to pay for the fiscal mistakes that other euro nations made before the fires begin?

The Spanish bonds most surely will hit levels that could exceed seven percent very soon. Greece could possibly still keep the euro, knowing all well that austerity measures will not be able to last into the foreseeable future. Cyprus keeps getting dragged down under enormous amounts of debt now equal to that of Iceland, which is another foreseen hot spot…

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The monetary function and investment demand for silver has been in the news quite extensively in recent months. The investment side for this precious metal of course is extremely important. However we also cannot forget the sheer importance and value that comes from the metals industrial side. This provides for newer technologies as well, according to Phil Baker President and CEO for Hecla Mining.

Recently Baker was quoted as saying that “the silver markets of today actually can be closely compared to the same markets a century ago”. At this time photography was really starting to take off and industrial silver demand was on the rise. “From the mining company’s inception in the late 1890’s through the early 1980’s silver mining had been a booming business with huge physical demands in industrial applications for the white metal. However, by the mid 1980’s and during the next twenty years the silver industry had…

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The latest analysis involving of central bank reserve managers shows a major modification within their “official” reserve holdings. It appears this major modification extends well into the next decade. The change is a deliberate increase of gold accumulation within the holdings of central banks.

Currently were already seeing central banks acquiring larger amounts of gold bullion. Gold bullion reserves that were reported have surpassed 439.7 tons last year. This is seen as the largest annual increase in nearly 50 years, which does not include any major un-reported purchases during this time. It is well-known that many central banks have snapped up tonnage when market prices are at near bottoms on market corrections...

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Tom Genot blogs on CoinBullion.net about the global fiscal crisis and how governments and central bankers have accelerated the crisis to the critical point were now facing today. Tom has been covering many ways to prepare yourself & your family for an impending economic collapse that he believes now, will lead into hyperinflation. Tom has just released his Special Report titled: Five Inflation Fighting Tactics To Protect You’re Wealth.

"One proven and time tested method of protecting you’re wealth is through ownership of assets designed to hedge or fight against inflationary forces over time. Hedging is an essential investment strategy a kin to taking out an insurance policy on your assets. This insurance policy will protect your assets against negative growth in both stock markets and the economy..."

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The current monetary system that’s in place is corruptly managed by the greed, power and deception of the world banks and those who run them. Weekly news comes out of illegal bank practices and fraud, its mainstream news anymore. A quick example would be the latest scandal involving LIBOR. It is apparent today that the more reliable an institution is, the bigger the fraud. Libor was the benchmark for loans into the trillions of dollars, for decades.

Libor’s assets are believed to have been connected to transactions globally in the forms of personal, small business and mortgage loans in excess of $500 trillion dollars. Libor was key in the setting of global interest rates. To date the Libor scandal could be the biggest of its kind in history...

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The world is currently in the middle of this century’s biggest bull market to date. Unlike the last great bull market for gold and silver in the 1970’s, this time, investors from the four corners of the world will have a chance to take part in the investment opportunity of a lifetime.

During the last great gold rush in the late 1970’s, only investors from the United States and the better part of Western Europe were able to participate. That was because back then, most other nations did not allow physical ownership of gold as it was either illegal to own, not available for investment or not in public demand. Many of the world’s countries including Russia, Eastern Europe, China and India, as well as all other Asian nations, South America and Mexico were incapable of …

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For those just starting out investing or thinking about investing in precious metals you should be aware of the IRS guidelines on reportable sales to the IRS from a precious metals dealer. So let’s just get to it. Here is what I have found out about precious metals and taxes.

First off, currently if you buy precious metals from a dealer within the United States they are not required to report sales transactions to the IRS. When purchasing physical gold or silver in bullion, bars, coins, or rounds. These are the most common forms of gold and silver bought for investing purposes. However when you go back to any dealer to sell your precious metals, there are certain types of transactions that are required by US law to be reported back to the IRS. This means the dealer will be sending you an IRS form 1099-B reporting the sale of your transaction and a copy of that 1099-B will go to the Internal Revenue Service....

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Investing in physical silver, i.e. silver coin or bullion that you can actually see and feel in your own hands is a great investment. Opposed to paper silver such as silver stocks or ETF’s which are not a very good investment due to higher risks involved rather than owning the precious metal itself.

Along with its big brother gold, silver is extremely effective in maintaining a hedge against inflation by withstanding any severe economic or government crisis. Silver just as gold will always seek its true value insuring that your wealth will be protected in the event a severe economic crisis does occur...

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