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I do not like junk silver, but I own a bunch of it because my wife inherited it and wants to keep it for sentimental reasons. So I keep an eye on the price. My readers, for reasons unknown to me, think I love it and recommend it. Indeed, that is how my wife inherited it. Her brother read my hyperinflation book, which says NOT to buy gold or silver and went out and bought a bunch which he left to us..What I DO and DID in the book and on the net is list the advantages and disadvantages of...

Once upon a time, everyone was admonished to put money away for a rainy day. Sound advice consistent with an ancient concept called self-reliance. . Now every time the slightest thing happens, we run to the federal government looking for welfare. The problem is the federal government does not have money lying around to spend on every adverse event that occurs in American lives. They borrow this money to play this game and now have accumulated $23T in national debt. . That is 107.3% of the GDP. For perspective, it was 17% in 1933 when FDR was inaugurated. That is...

A Facebook reader of mine said: some of my friends are betting on deflation. Mainly because we are the reserve currency. I don’t disagree with you but I think this still can take decades to play out? Or when do you think this will actually happen? John T. Reed responseI dislike the question. To me it sounds like, “I can ignore the risk of hyperinflation or depression because it is not imminent, right?”.The first sentence of my book How to Protect Your Life Savings From Hyperinflation & Depression is “It can happen tomorrow.”.With regard to your “friends,“ “betting” is crazy....

I got another book shipment today. No pallet though so not a “Jack Reed Workout Day.” This title sells slower so I didn’t print so many..It is How to Increase the Value of Real Estate. The title is maybe a little misleading. Real estate investors seem to understand it, but I got a good review in a mass-market periodical once and laymen readers who thought it was some sort of pixie dust that you sprinkled over any house in America gave me some crap about it..I studied appraisal as part of my becoming a real estate investor. Their text book...

I saw some news segment today where the announcer asked some experts if the store shelves in the US could go bare—they were in a store with relatively empty shelves because of coronavirus hoarding. The expert essentially said no..Excuse me. In a free market like we have now, runs on the store can temporarily empty the shelves. During our PG&E-induced power outages last Fall, there were runs on generators. I had already bought ours in 2016. And there were runs on batteries and rechargeable power-outage night lights. You could buy stuff on line or drive to the next town or...