Category Archives: Investing advice

29 Things to Keep in Mind about buying Real Estate

This is an edited down version of 30 Reasons To Get Out Of Real Estate And Into REAL Assets by “Don’t Tread on Me” at businessinsider.com. The shift from paper assets to real assets is driven by money/debt creation. Since … Continue reading

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Why Treasury Bills are likely to be safe for at least a few years

my comment: SHORT-TERM 4-week or 13-week treasury BILLS that is Apr 19, 2012   Ilargi at the automaticearth.com Mauldin: unproductive government debt is killing us. So we either make some big, tough collective decisions, and make them soon; or we come … Continue reading

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Investing – random advice that may be great or awful

Be sure to read Nicole Foss and Gail Tverberg to understand the deflationary situation we’re in since investing for deflation is different from inflation. You Gotta Eat Fertilizer stocks.  MOS, etc.  They’re the most volatile Viterra (VT:tsx) and Alliance Grain … Continue reading

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Have Cash by Nicole Foss July 3, 2010

Since we at The Automatic Earth generally tell people to hold cash or cash equivalents, it makes sense to expand on that a little, and to point out some of the location-specific risks of doing so. Eventually you should get … Continue reading

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Marc Faber

‘Buy farmland and gold,’ advises Dr Doom. 2010. business.timesonline.co.uk The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted … Continue reading

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Coping with Deflation

2008 Yesterday we talked about why we are facing deflation and today I wanted to review and explain the suggestions we have made previously for dealing with a deflationary scenario. In short, this is the list we have run periodically … Continue reading

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Treasury Bills

Short-term treasury bills are the safest place to put money now.  See my book review of “The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide.  How to Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times” by Martin … Continue reading

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