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The End is Near, Inc.
This is the title of the recent full-spread article in Boston Magazine about me, my work, and our community. It’s due out in hard print on Sunday with the Boston Globe. It is already available online here.
Unfortunately, the article relies too much on sensationalistic stereotypes and includes some troubling distortions. My chief concern is that the story, told through a very few limited, out-of-context, and edited quotes, paints a picture of Becca and me as doomsayers with a bunker mentality. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We somewhat reluctantly agreed to have our whole family included in this very public article, opened our home for several days for the effort, and are now wrestling with the impacts that will stem from the fact that our best efforts have now been tagged as “The End is Near, Inc.” – an unfortunate mischaracterization that completely misses what we are really about while implying that we do this for the money.
Bunkers ‘R’ Not Us: Correcting Boston Magazine’s Take on This Movement
by Chris MartensonThe End is Near, Inc.
This is the title of the recent full-spread article in Boston Magazine about me, my work, and our community. It’s due out in hard print on Sunday with the Boston Globe. It is already available online here.
Unfortunately, the article relies too much on sensationalistic stereotypes and includes some troubling distortions. My chief concern is that the story, told through a very few limited, out-of-context, and edited quotes, paints a picture of Becca and me as doomsayers with a bunker mentality. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We somewhat reluctantly agreed to have our whole family included in this very public article, opened our home for several days for the effort, and are now wrestling with the impacts that will stem from the fact that our best efforts have now been tagged as “The End is Near, Inc.” – an unfortunate mischaracterization that completely misses what we are really about while implying that we do this for the money.
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Chris Martenson
Link – Second Leg of the Housing Decline Set To Begin
A new Martenson Report is ready for enrolled members.
Link – Second Leg of the Housing Decline Set To Begin
Executive Summary
- Housing data is weak and just took a turn for the worse
- Stimulus efforts were essential to keep housing propped up
- The stimulus has ended
- QE and stock market prices are correlated
- What’s coming next
- What you should do
We bought our house in November of 2009. This will turn out to have been a very bad financial decision. We’ll be underwater on that purchase for a very long time; maybe forever (or until Bernanke’s great experiment takes the final turn towards massive currency destruction and inflation; whichever comes first).
Second Leg of the Housing Decline Set To Begin
by Chris MartensonA new Martenson Report is ready for enrolled members.
Link – Second Leg of the Housing Decline Set To Begin
Executive Summary
- Housing data is weak and just took a turn for the worse
- Stimulus efforts were essential to keep housing propped up
- The stimulus has ended
- QE and stock market prices are correlated
- What’s coming next
- What you should do
We bought our house in November of 2009. This will turn out to have been a very bad financial decision. We’ll be underwater on that purchase for a very long time; maybe forever (or until Bernanke’s great experiment takes the final turn towards massive currency destruction and inflation; whichever comes first).
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Chris Martenson
Below is a recent example of a Martenson Report where I explain my views on gold and investing in gold. I am putting it here so that non-enrolled members can see the type of thinking I routinely offer to enrolled members of this site.
If you are interested in enrolling, I encourage you to consider. Besides what you see below, there’s a very active community of commentary and additional thoughts, links, and other resources posted by community members in response to the reports.
In these reports I tackle such burning items as what the Deepwater incident means to our future energy supplies and economy, deflation vs. inflation, and the developing sovereign default and future currency crisis. My goal is to illuminate and to help simplify your decision making in these complicated times.
Best,
Chris
Is Gold In A Bull Market?
Friday, May 28, 2010
Executive Summary
- Asking whether gold is in a bubble or a bull/bear market misses the point.
- Better questions to ask involve fiat money management, government responses, and financial market risk.
- Gold is not in a bull market; rather, faith in our decision-makers is in a bear market.
- Trust is hard to come by these days.
- As for whether or not to buy gold, there are a number of factors to consider.
I’d like to clarify my views on gold, because I approach this topic from a unique perspective that I think has value.
For most, the idea of investing, or even speculating, is a matter of placing one’s money somewhere with the anticipation of getting more money back out at a later date. Naturally, the footnote to this expectation reads, “…assuming money is worth the same.” In this idea of investing, ‘more money’ is assumed to be synonymous with ‘greater purchasing power,’ because devalued money may represent a significant loss. The shifting target in this story since 1971 has been the untethered value of the currency itself.
For many investors, it has been a useful frame of reference to define various asset classes and markets in terms of being either “bull” or “bear” markets, where prices for investments have risen or fallen over some period of time, respectively.
Sometimes, when a bull market ramps out of control and then crashes, it is said to have been in a “bubble.”
Recently, the WSJ asked the question of whether or not gold is in a bubble, which is an important distinction for many investors, because if the answer is “yes,” then the next question is, “So when will it crash?”
A Recent Report: Is Gold In A Bull Market
by Chris MartensonBelow is a recent example of a Martenson Report where I explain my views on gold and investing in gold. I am putting it here so that non-enrolled members can see the type of thinking I routinely offer to enrolled members of this site.
If you are interested in enrolling, I encourage you to consider. Besides what you see below, there’s a very active community of commentary and additional thoughts, links, and other resources posted by community members in response to the reports.
In these reports I tackle such burning items as what the Deepwater incident means to our future energy supplies and economy, deflation vs. inflation, and the developing sovereign default and future currency crisis. My goal is to illuminate and to help simplify your decision making in these complicated times.
Best,
Chris
Is Gold In A Bull Market?
Friday, May 28, 2010
Executive Summary
- Asking whether gold is in a bubble or a bull/bear market misses the point.
- Better questions to ask involve fiat money management, government responses, and financial market risk.
- Gold is not in a bull market; rather, faith in our decision-makers is in a bear market.
- Trust is hard to come by these days.
- As for whether or not to buy gold, there are a number of factors to consider.
I’d like to clarify my views on gold, because I approach this topic from a unique perspective that I think has value.
For most, the idea of investing, or even speculating, is a matter of placing one’s money somewhere with the anticipation of getting more money back out at a later date. Naturally, the footnote to this expectation reads, “…assuming money is worth the same.” In this idea of investing, ‘more money’ is assumed to be synonymous with ‘greater purchasing power,’ because devalued money may represent a significant loss. The shifting target in this story since 1971 has been the untethered value of the currency itself.
For many investors, it has been a useful frame of reference to define various asset classes and markets in terms of being either “bull” or “bear” markets, where prices for investments have risen or fallen over some period of time, respectively.
Sometimes, when a bull market ramps out of control and then crashes, it is said to have been in a “bubble.”
Recently, the WSJ asked the question of whether or not gold is in a bubble, which is an important distinction for many investors, because if the answer is “yes,” then the next question is, “So when will it crash?”
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