Kerry Lutz's--Financial Survival Network

Aaron Clarey, also known as Captain Capitalism, has been busy. He took a long motorcycle trip around the South and even tried out a donkey ride while he was at it. But he didn't miss a beat when it came time to his valued clients at assholeconsulting.com. He specializes in giving direction to lost millennials and heaven knows he'll never run out of takers. He also found time to publish a new book, Curse of the High IQ, which is pretty much self-explanatory. Talk about enjoying the decline!

When it comes to the precious metals markets there's no more astute observer than Craig Hemke a/k/a Turd Ferguson. And he's not convinced that the rally in precious metals has legs. Until gold smashes the upper end of the channel, which is $1263 per ounce, Craig is a skeptic. It's just that he's seen it so many times before. And hope is not a successful investment strategy. So you've been warned. 

John brought to our attention today that famed resource investor Rick Rule believes that it's now safe and probably even profitable to start buying miners again. Rich has been bearish on the sector for many years now. His change of sentiment is notable because of his prior record of success in mining stocks. This could be yet another indicator that the precious metal sector has turned. 

Daniel Greenfield writes, "Hillary Clinton is her own worst enemy. Just as Bill Clinton's worst impulses did more to sabotage his presidency than any Republican, his wife's worst impulses have always undermined her. Some couples balance out each other's weaknesses, but Bill and Hillary enable each other's misbehaviors. While Hillary enabled her husband's abuse of women, Bill enabled her paranoia and obsessiveness."

Now her flailing campaign is retreating into paranoia and conspiracy theories. The Intelligence Community Inspector General, an Obama appointee, is accused of conspiring with Republicans. The rise of Bernie Sanders is being attributed to “dark money” and political enemies by Clintonworld.

Hillary Clinton has a longstanding tendency to turn to a dark conspiratorial mindset when things don’t go her way. She blamed her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky on a “vast right-wing conspiracy”. Her close friend’s papers reveal that Hillary thought Bill had been “driven” to the affair by his “political adversaries”.

It was easier for Hillary to blame her husband’s misbehavior on Republicans than to deal with reality. And her campaign is showing that her worldview hasn’t changed any since then.

Lowell Ponte's new tome We've Seen The Future and it Looks a lot Like Baltimore explores the direction in which the country is heading and what you can expect to occur. Freedom of movement will be greatly restricted. Your ability to renounce your citizenship will be priced beyond affordability. And mass unemployment will become the rule, not the exception. The future does indeed look bleak, but all is not lost. 

When Dan Pilla was young his family's business was seized by the IRS. Later they attempted to grab the family residence. Dan, then only 19 years old, went to court and successfully stopped them in their tracks. Thus began his 30 year career of helping people successfully challenge the agency. He's written 15 books and is a wealth of knowledge on the subject. 

We spoke for the first time with Frank Holmes. He is CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a boutique investment advisory firm based in San Antonio that manages domestic and offshore funds specializing in the natural resources and emerging markets sectors.

Frank recently wrote about the war on Monopoly Cash. The esteemed board game is going cashless, resorting to a scanner and "credit cards." Which is a metaphor for society as a whole and the world economic system. The War on Cash has many faces and many players, but the result will be the same, kiss your greenbacks goodbye!

Where do we do from here Wednesdays with Andrew Hoffman. 

PMI down to 49.8 just minutes ago, way below expectations of 53.7. Jack Lew says no crisis response, right...

End of the stock, high-yield, and commodity "dead cat bounce" - and the beginning of the "end game."

Tonight's "most important conference call ever" - from David Stockman
Cashless society, BrExit, and the approaching age of draconian, Orwellian government
Looming PM shortages, as demand has exploded higher in recent weeks
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Leslie Pappas wrote the book on 1031 Real Estate Exchanges. She goes through the steps that can you help avoid taxes on gains from Real Estate that you've sold at a substantial profit. It's not hard to do, but there's a number of steps that you need to take to avoid the tax ax from falling upon you. 

Danielle joined us today. Why wasn't debt paid down when times were good? When the economy was going well, everyone was congratulating themselves for their brilliance. However, when the economy is going down, they're not taking any responsibility for it. These Masters of th Universe. While everyone is claiming that no one could see the oil crash coming, that's incorrect, numerous people did see it coming, along time ago. Where we head from now is the important issue. Will we learn from history? 

Arch Crawford the noted astrological financial forecaster joined us today after a long hiatus. He's down on the share markets but finally is seeing the possibility of a long overdue precious metals rally. There's so much uncertainty in the world with financial disruptions a possibility and potential wars ready to break out all over, it's certainly worth having a PM position. 

Former Congressman John LeBoutillier isn't convinced that Donald Trump will be the republican presidential nominee. Rather he believes that the remaining opponents will get their act together, the weakest will drop out leaving the remaining candidate stronger than Trump. When this will happen is the question. So far no one is budging and time is running out. And the theory is questionable, the belief that all of a dropping candidate's votes would go solidly against Trump. When the Donald emerges from Super-Tuesday with the lion's share of votes, many more will likely jump on the winning band wagon.

Jordan Goodman joined us today for a look at the worsening economy and what it means to investors and business people alike. Jordan believes that the Fed will keep tightening under the justification of dropping unemployment and low inflation. Even though the numbers are artificial, he believes they'll keep doing, until further notice. This means an appreciating US Dollar and worsening trade numbers and is generally bad for investors. Your choices are limited and you need to start finding alternatives. Keeping a significant cash position is certainly an option as is shorter term low risk investments. 

You know that times are crazy when you have right-wingers and left-wingers in the UK uniting against Britain's membership in the EU. They want out and so do many people in the UK. Negative interest rates have all sorts of unintended consequences but this one should come as no surprise to anyone; there's a run on safes in Japan as people opt for cash instead of seeing their savings confiscated while being kept safe at the local bank. If you're thinking about buying a safe, be careful, don't skimp out and expect your valuables to be safe. Spend at least $1k, but it's best to have an insurance-rated safe. Finally oil prices see no real recovery in site. Which is bad for the world economy, bad for you bank, bad for your pension fund and just plain bad for everything. 

Shawn Wallace is President and CEO of Auryn (TSXV: AUG and OTC: GGTCF). FSN partnered with a number of miners such as Auryn, who are in it for the long haul. Shawn has been down this road numerous times. In 2005, he and his partner founded Keegan Resources, a $1 stock that saw a 900% return over 5 years! 

In 2014 during one of the worst gold bear markets of all time, they helped investors see over 5 times their money with their second company Cayden Resources. With a $0.67 share price in 2013, they sold the company for $3.79 per share a year later, in the depths of a one of the deepest resource sector depressions ever. 

Now Shawn intends to make Auryn his greatest offering yet and a resurgent precious metals market, a shortage of good projects and an increasing appetite for acquisitions by the Majors could all be aligning for an amazing result!

Porter Stansberry is a legend in the alternative investing/newsletter world. He started his company in 1999 with a borrowed computer and some space at the kitchen table. Now he's got one of biggest and most successful investment research companies out there. All of this hasn't gotten to Porter's head. He's still doing what he does best, finding opportunities that are under-appreciated by other market participants. He believes that big money will be made in the future from corporate bonds. You just have to know where to look. For average investors he suggests simply making monthly contributions to a high yield bond fund and an index fund and just letting it ride. Also, he sees oil in a secular bear market, which will take years to get out of. Oh, almost forgot, he believes that it's a good time to own gold and silver. 

Matthew Behdjou is an expert when it comes to boosting traffic to your website and making sales. He's helped many people turn dormant websites into real moneymakers. Using just a few of his techniques he helped several companies make millions. It's easy if you know what you're doing, whether it's SEO, YouTube videos or some of his proprietary techniques, it doesn't cost much, but you've got to take action. And that's where Matthew is at his best. 

Jason Reddish and his partner appeared on Shark Tank in 2013. They were seeking a Shark to partner with in order to expand their company, which provides financing to small businesses by giving advances on credit card receivables. Initially they got an offer from Kevin O'Leary, a/k/a Mr. Wonderful. While they never actually did a deal, their appearance on The Tank helped them expand their business by nearly 500 percent over a two year period. This the inside story. 

John Richardson has been trading since the 1980's. He believes that anyone can learn the skills necessary to become a successful trader. He says that his system will help reduce risk to a manageable level and provide consistent returns. His course will teach you how he's done it and is doing right now. 

The current financial market "eye of the hurricane" - caused by an unprecedentedly blatant support of stocks, and suppression of Precious Metals, as all hell breaks loose economically.

The "Death Throes of Deutchebank" (today's article title); as well as Glencore; thousands of other companies of all types; commodities; currencies; and sovereign government finances.

Per yesterday's article, "WE ARE NEO!"  That is, Neo from the Matrix, when at the end of the movie he realizes he is more powerful than the intimidating, manipulative Mr. Smiths
How close are we to physical PM shortages?
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Bix Weir believes that the Good Guys have been trying to take the system down and pretty soon they'll be successful. Many dismiss Bix's theories, but the way things look now, he might just be right. Bix says no more bailouts for the banks and that means disaster could be lurking around the corner. He sees the recent statements about eliminating the 500 Euro Note and the 100 Dollar Note as confirmation that things can't go on much longer. Bix says to watch out for Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. But is he right? 

Barry Farber was a talk radio pioneer in New York. I used to listen to him when I was riding with my father and mother, a long time ago. He speaks or has working knowledge of 25 languages. He's very pro-immigration, but he's sounding the alarm on the most recent wave of Muslim immigrants. He agrees with Donald Trump in that until they can be properly screened and vetted, they should not be allowed in the country. 

John joined us today for a recap of recent developments. China's economy is rapidly shrinking, but their imports are dropping quicker which means their trade surplus actually increased. Japan's economy is also contracting even after a long application of Abenomics, which has failed miserably.  Central banks will do what they always do and it's no longer working!

Jason and I reviewed what's going on in the world today and the benefits of US Capitalism versus the socialist paradise of Cuba. Jason believes that the Millennial Generation presents one of the greatest opportunities available to you right now. Home ownership rates are down and going lower. Jason believes that it will drop to around 50-55%. For every 1% drop in the ownership rate, there will be 1 million more potential tenants. This means the opportunity to own rental property is huge and is getting better.  Also beware of the potential pitfalls of AirBNB. Jason gives you the downside of the Sharing economy. 

Jason is holding another special event, this time in Park City Utah. I highly recommend that you attend, and if you're sign fast enough, you just might get it for free! 

Click here to sign up now!

Gordon T. Long says that the credit cycle has turned. This is an ominous development for the stock market and the economy. Corporate revenue growth has been negative for a while. Earnings are now down and cash flow has hit the skids. Debt continues to accelerate and pretty soon there will be major credit problems, especially in the energy sector. Where's will the economy go next?