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Interest-Rates / US Bonds Dec 19, 2010 - 07:12 AM GMT

By: DailyWealth

Interest-Rates

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticlePorter Stansberry with Braden Copeland write: The International Monetary Fund estimates the 20 largest industrial nations (known as the G20) are on course to see their combined government debt exceed 100% of their combined GDP within three years.

Debts of this size simply cannot be financed, let alone repaid. The first step in this great unraveling is underway – the collapse of the euro. 


In March 2010, I wrote: Like dominoes, the highly indebted economies of Europe are going to topple. Greece was first. But plenty more problems are coming. Italy has no way to meet its obligations. Nor do Portugal or Spain...

Events over the past two weeks in Greece should give you plenty of warning governments all over the world have too much debt.

What will the U.S. do when a major European financial institution fails? If the resulting contagion causes one of America's major banks to fail, what will the U.S. government do?

The answer, my friends, is simple: It will print, print, print, and print. Here's the important fact to remember...

The United States is the only government in the world that can actually afford to underwrite the world's banking system. That's not because we have any real savings, but because we control the world's reserve currency. It's a paper standard, which means we can always print more of it.

The U.S. announced exactly that last month, setting up an enormous $1 trillion bailout fund for the euro via the IMF and beginning a new round of quantative easing – this time $600 billion of new dollar reserves will be injected into the U.S. Treasury market.

Despite the enormous buying of Treasurys by the Fed, long-term Treasury bond rates have soared on these announcements. Investors have begun to flee the U.S. dollar into all other forms of savings:

* Coal and oil are trading at two-year highs.

* Corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and sugar are trading at multiyear highs.

* Gold and copper are trading at record highs.

* Silver is trading at a 30-year high.

* Even long-depressed natural gas is now rallying.

This list sums up the arguments and warnings we've been giving for years. We are not going to have a crisis. We are in a crisis right now

What's the best way to protect yourself?

Well, if you had done nothing this year but buy real money (gold) and short U.S. Treasury bonds, you would be sitting on a significant profit.

Take a look at the chart below. Gold (the blue line) is up about 23% in the last year. The Treasury bond fund (the black line) is flat.

The credit of the U.S., which backs every bankrupt government in the western world, must soon collapse. Our ongoing debts and deficits are too big to be financed in sound money. Thus, the Fed is turning on the printing presses, and they will be running for a long time.

The time to act is now.

It's critical you orient your investments so you're long real money and real assets and short bad credits – starting with the U.S. government. Buy the things people need – food, energy, and money. Sell things that are vastly encumbered – especially the stocks of corporations that are deeply in debt.

As you look through your portfolio, the first thing you ought to consider adding is silver. Silver is the best hedge against paper money for one simple reason: When it's not used as money, there's very little demand for it. When it is used as money, there's a tremendous demand for it.

I expect gold will continue to move higher, too... much higher. If you wanted to put the U.S. dollar on a 10% gold-reserve standard, the price of gold would have to reach nearly $10,000 an ounce to back all the outstanding money of zero maturity. Assuming gold reaches this price, the price of silver at its full monetary value (at a 15:1 ratio to gold) would be around $650 an ounce.

I know these prices seem ludicrous today... but those numbers are real.

Remember, we're a long way from the end of this crisis. Most people don't even own any gold or silver yet. So now is the best time to hedge your portfolio... before the rest of the world realizes a massive inflation is underway.

Good investing,

Porter Stansberry

P.S. My claims may sound crazy. But please don't hesitate to protect your portfolio against this very real currency crisis. I recently put together a presentation to show you exactly how dire things have gotten... and discuss possible solutions for you and your family. I urge you to review the simple facts in my presentation. You'll be surprised by what you hear.

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Comments

Joel the K
29 Dec 10, 09:02
Stansberry

I first heard Porter Stansberry on the Alex Jones radio program. Then I viewed Mr. Stansberry's controversial video presentation. I was so impressed by the warning Stansberry is sounding, that I embedded his video presentation on my blog. Many thousands of viewers have since listened to and watched Porter Stansberry's crucial video. I am certain that Stansberry is saving countless families from financial ruin. My hat is off to this man. Listen to what he is saying, please.

Sincerely,

Joel the K


dan
29 Dec 10, 19:59
Stansberry

response to Joel. Simply for the fact that you heard Stansbrry on Alex Jones tells you he has no credibility. But of course you wouldn't know that since you listen to Jones!

But if you want to go by something more concrete, I suggest you research Stansberry.

Dont be fooled people. Research it for yourself. Better yet, take my word for it and save yourself some time for other things.


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