The latest Buzz is out. One article features Tony Robbins. Tony Robbins, renowned success coach and motivational speaker, shares insights from some of the influential people he works with and discusses why he believes an economic breakdown is underway. Length: 15:00

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The latest Bullion Buzz is out. One article deals with gold: Is it a commodity? Here is an excerpt:

Rethinking Gold: What if it isn’t a Commodity After All?

"Many continue to believe that gold is a commodity whose price ebbs and flows with inflation, which historically drives commodity prices. But gold is not acting like a commodity; its price is not falling in response to weak US inflation numbers, and it has not reacted to clear signs of deflation. Neither of those scenarios should be good for gold, yet it continues to hover in the $1,220 per ounce range. In fact, recent studies reveal the gold price is not being influenced by inflation, or by swings in the US dollar; they show the yellow metal is a currency that reflects the market’s concern about the reliability of paper currencies. Thus, long-term weakening of the dollar is the real issue for the gold market, not inflation or deflation. "

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The latest Bullion Buzz is out. One of the articles features news on China and gold by Christopher Baker. Here is an excerpt:

After watching the US Dollar Index tumble in recent weeks, China appears less willing to remain either a silent bystander or a hapless victim. As the largest foreign creditor to the US, with $868 billion in Treasury bonds, China has cause for concern. The US government has strong incentives to reduce its real burden of debt through inflation and dollar devaluation; either way, the yuan-recorded market value of Treasuries will fall, causing huge capital losses to China's central bank. If the dollar's declining purchasing power is inevitable, the saturation point of China's appetite for US debt could be near. China recently announced new policies with respect to gold; the first was a major liberalization of China's gold market by facilitating greater import and export activity in gold and opening the Shanghai Gold Exchange to additional foreign entities. The second was arguably more significant. In a landmark development, China's central bank threw a lifeline to a credit-strapped global mining industry by explicitly directing banks to extend credit both directly to producers of bullion, and to Chinese entities seeking overseas acquisitions in the sector. The bank said it will “place heavy emphasis on supporting large-scale gold producers in their development and overseas expansion plans.” If China's actions in the energy and commodity markets provide any indication, investors should consider the likelihood that China's upcoming involvement in the precious metals sector will take a variety of forms beyond mere acquisition or investment stakes in miners. Some of China's activity in precious metals may be geared toward securing a steady supply of imported bullion in exchange for up-front development capital. Whatever combination of direct investment stakes, supply agreements, or low-cost development loans result from this official policy directive, the impact will be felt throughout the global markets for gold and silver.

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The latest Bullion Buzz Ezine is out and has a number of good articles on various topics of interest on gold, money and the economy.  Here is a video of interest: Fiscal Wake-Up Tour panelist David M. Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, delivers his Wake-Up Tour presentation on the nation's fiscal challenges.  Length: 07:48

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Nick Barisheff writes in one of the articles about bullion and the fact that it is outperforming mining stocks — and why. Here is an excerpt: "If the investment choice is between mining stocks and physical bullion, it is essential to remember that these are separate asset classes with entirely different risk/reward attributes. Mining stocks and bullion perform quite differently when the global economic environment is in turmoil, as is the case today. Banking crises, trillion-dollar deficits and the accelerating depreciation of many of the world’s major currencies do not create positive conditions for equity markets, which is why investors are fleeing to the safety of physical bullion. Barisheff discusses bullion as a safe haven during turbulent times; how bullion outperforms mining stocks during financial crises; why gold bullion is not an investment; why we should consider gold as money; why bullion should be the cash component of every portfolio; gold as the anti-currency; rising global sovereign debt; and the bigger crisis that awaits. In a world of increasing volatility and uncertainty, he writes, precious metals bullion provides tangible, predictable wealth protection for currency-denominated investment portfolios. For the past several years, as currency creation has reached unprecedented levels, gold, silver and platinum have resumed their traditional role as a store of wealth. Over time, purchasing, or adding to, a core holding of physical bullion is a prudent investment strategy. While a minimum 10% allocation is considered adequate under normal conditions, a much larger allocation of 20% or more is suggested for protection today. Investors who have not already done so should rethink their investment strategy and preserve hard-earned wealth with physical bullion."

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The latest Bullion Buzz is out. One article focus on inflation and the question 'how much bullion would be needed to cover inflation'. Here is an excerpt:

"Including gold bullion in an equities portfolio has the effect of lowering the volatility of portfolio return and raising the return-risk ratio, just as the inclusion of any other asset would. But gold has a special risk-reducing property that other assets lack. It is not only a hedge against inflation, but a market leading indicator of inflation and, better still, a direct measure of the damage done by inflation to an equities portfolio. The negative impact on stock returns from a rise in the price of gold lasts for at least five years. Ranson calculates that a US equities portfolio in which 15% of the assets are diverted to gold bullion would be effectively immune from damage due to a rising gold price. “That is equivalent, we believe, to immunity from inflation,” he writes." Read more here: BullionBuzz

Featured on the Bullion Buzz Newsletter this week is the following video and introduction: Republican Congressman Ron Paul and others are fighting to restore language that would make possible a full audit of the Federal Reserve.  And get this, powerful Democratic Representative Barney Frank is supporting Paul!  If Rep. Frank is for real on this, and not just trying to look good to his constituents to get votes in November, then hats off to him and any member of Congress who supports a full Fed audit.  I can’t believe the mainstream media is completely ignoring this monumental story.  There is nothing more important, financially speaking, that Congress can pass right now. Length: 4:41 Read more of the Buzz here: Bullion Buzz

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Featured is a video on money, banking and the Federal Reserve. Here is an excerpt:

Dedicated to Murray N. Rothbard, steeped in American history and Austrian economics, and featuring Ron Paul, Joseph Salerno, Hans Hoppe and Lew Rockwell, this extraordinary new film is the clearest, most compelling explanation ever offered of the Fed, and why curbing it must be a top priority. This is economics and history as they are meant to be: fascinating, informative and motivating. This movie could change America. And the video below…

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Unlike most fund managers, who allocate a small percentage of the portfolios they manage to gold, billionaire commodities magnate and Tigris Financial Group head Thomas Kaplan reportedly has gone all in on gold. “I've reached a point where I feel the only asset I have confidence in is gold,” Kaplan says. Reflecting his conviction that global economic instability could bring rising demand for gold, Kaplan has gone further than perhaps any other major investor, betting the majority of his wealth on gold and other precious metals. “You've got a perfect storm with no apparent solution,” he said. “If the world does well, gold will be fine. If the world doesn't do well, gold will also do fine … but a lot of other things could collapse.” Though he won't disclose how much physical gold he owns, Kaplan controls up to 30% of the shares in some junior miners, and his total holdings amount to a nearly $2-billion bet on gold. Tigris subsidiaries have taken stakes in mining companies, including tiny firms that have yet to produce an ounce. Kaplan has not only loaded up on bullion, but bought up properties in 17 countries on five continents where geologists are searching for gold. However, if investors want to stock up on gold in a hurry, Kaplan notes, it will be hard to produce enough gold to satisfy demand. Gold hit an exchange record of $1,242.70 per ounce on May 12 before experiencing a correction to $1,180 as investors opted for cash amid global uncertainty, options expiration and a struggling equity market.

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The latest Bullion Buzz is out. One of the articles focuses on inflation and the troubles ahead for the US. A video from the National Inflation Association is featured. Here is an excerpt:

National Inflation Association

The US economy is currently experiencing a “meltup”, and the NIA believes this is a prelude to a currency collapse and hyperinflation. What the US economy really needs is a meltdown, which would rebalance it; by trying to prevent a much-needed recession, the Federal Reserve has made a massive devaluation of the US dollar inevitable. American citizens have not yet felt the pain of the government bailouts, which have deceptively transferred middle-class wealth to Wall Street bankers under the ruse of ‘too big to fail’. Institutions on Wall Street needed to fail in order to have a truly healthy economy. Bailing them out and rapidly expanding the size of government sowed the seeds for a US dollar hyperinflationary death spiral, and the end of entitlement programs Americans have come to depend on. Video here: http://inflation.us/videos.html

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