Gold and Silver Prices Edge Higher As 4 1/2 Month Low Creates A Buyers Market

When it comes down to it, gold and silver prices are all about fundamentals and not fear, and not about gold and silver price manipulation although keep an eye on that.  Fundamentals say to hold on to real money, economies are not recovering, debt is rising and the dollar is getting weaker and weaker.  This [...]

GM Halts Facebook Ads…Others To Follow And What Will This Do To The Facebook IPO

The Facebook IPO is looking to be one of the, if not the biggest IPO’s in history, although it seems there are a few roadblocks appearing in its way.  First off, last year we reported how activity began to slow and more people were signing off.  Now often a side effect to that, the bread [...]

As Distrust of Americas Banks Grow, More People Stashing Cash At Home

First it was because interest rates were so low, there was little reason to keep cash in the banks, although now as more and more distrust of America’s banks grow, facing bank failures and questionable thefts, more and more people are stashing their cash at home. As the economic morass continues on a number of [...]

Gold and Stocks Slide As Dollar Climbs

This is not to say that dollar is a safe haven, as a world currency many are and have been losing faith.  Gold, real currency is the only fundamentally based currency, although there are always bubbles being created and progress being suppressed. Gold prices fell to a four-month low on Friday as worries over the [...]

Look To The Miners For Where You Want Gold And Silver Prices To Go

Gold and silver prices as of late, heck, as of the end of last year have people wondering where gold and silver prices will be going.  We like to look at the fundamentals, not mainstream media news bites.  One of those fundamentals are , what are the gold and silver miners and mines doing to [...]

Coins Sales Rise As Gold And Silver Prices Dip To Start Of May

For those wondering if gold and silver prices still have a long road of rising ahead, it seems that the answer is yes.  Although people are waiting to buy on opportunities and as we are seeing lower gold and silver prices to begin may, coin sales are rising. While platinum edged higher, gold, palladium and [...]

Another Major California Marijuana Dispensary Closes Its Doors Due To State Pressure

What seemed to be the next gold rush, is fast turning out to be more of a fools gold rush.  In response to increasing state and federal pressures, California, the once safe haven for medical marijuana dispensaries is seeing not only smaller operations, but some of its bigger dispensaries and proponents of marijuana closing their [...]

Many Banks Do Not Accept Medical Marijuana Money

Thinking about opening a medical marijuana dispensary?  It seems it is not as easy, and in many cases fruitful as folks were hoping for.  When Obama stepped into office he basically said he would not waste resources on shutting down state approved dispensaries, although as the DEA has been pressure on states over the last [...]

Is Paris The Expatriate Tax Safe Haven

2011 showed record numbers of US citizens denouncing their citizenship, becoming expatriates, mostly due to the rising taxes and over grasping hands of the US government.  Is Paris an ace in the hole for those looking for an expatriate tax safe haven? When the Wall Street Journal asks What’s U.S. Citizenship Worth?, revealing the stark [...]

Increasing Regulations and Heavy Tax Burdons Forcing Record Americans To Denounce US Citizenship and Go Galt

Once again, the prophecy of Ayn Rand was right.  As in Atlas Shrugged, with the increasing grasping of the administration more and more US citizens are denouncing their citizenship and going Galt.  In fact, in 2011, it was a record breaking year with the highest amount of US Citizens ever officially saying good bye. When [...]