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Is it Time to SELL Your Gold?

March 19th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Remember the Charles Bronson movie “Death Hunt” where he’s on his way to Alaska, trying to escape Lee Marvin and his cronies? Remember the old dude that was shooting people and taking their gold teeth? That movie ruled. I remember watching it as a kid and particularly remember the part where they’re about to blow […]

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Economic Recession: to Hoard or Not to Hoard

March 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments

THAT is the question!
Energy and food prices - outta sight!
Consumer confidence is DOWN,
job losses abound.
Infation,
stagflation,
recession, and depression.
We’re all gonna die.
Hoarding - you in or out?
It’s official - hoarding has begun!
March 7th news article: Already we have riots, hoarding, panic: the sign of things to come?
India, March 7th, news article: India curbs wheat purchase by firms to check […]

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Silver Quarters & Newsweek Blog’s “Recession Handbook” - Great Advice

January 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

And the winner of the silver quarter caption action challenge IS . . .
*drum roll*
“Lets try again ..*I* get the house, the cars and the savings, *you* get five minutes to pack.”
by rebel
Rebel bro, send me your addy - ranger@shtfblog.com. One silver quarter coming your way!
My personal favorite was 2nd place -
“I SWEAR! If I hear […]

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Stocks to Buy Before the Sky Falls

January 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Okay, so the stock market is heading into the toilet, your a survivalist contrarian, and think “stocks take a nose dive, shit hits the fan, how do I turn a dime?” Building off why I said Gold: Don’t Buy the Hype, it would be un-ranger-like of me to not follow up without suggesting a few SHTF stocks to […]

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Gold Investing as a Survival Strategy - Don’t Buy the Hype!

January 22nd, 2008 · 15 Comments

Lots of gold chatter of late. I suspect I’m probably in the minority here, and trolls like Alphonse will tell me I’m no survivalist for expressing this view, but whatever. I’m not here to write only on the things you’ll all agree with me on, I’m here to voice my views, and to promote discussion and […]

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What would YOU do with an $800.00 2008 tax rebate?

January 19th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Married? Make it $1,600! 
I’d be re-hashing economic news if I went into where the economy is heading. We all know the giant hand is heading toward the toilet bowl handle for the grand old *flussssssssssh*.

But FEAR NOT!
YOUR President has a plan!
Who wants eight hundred bucks?
Oh yes, TEOTWAWKI warriors. In case you didn’t catch yesterday’s news, […]

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Tags: Financial Security