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CM.com Alert:

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, CM.com did a little investigating. It turns out there's truth behind the rumor.

Yesterday, Zero Hedge observed:

It appears that Mountain House, which is one of the better purveyors of freeze dried food and holds over 30 servings and last for 20 years because they are packed with nitrogen rather than oxygen, is now sold out of all #10 cans. And for those who go to NitroPak, which sells these products, they have the following message:

***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE***

There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Harry R Weyandt President

Nitro-Pak is one of the distributors we often recommend to our readers, so we started there. Sure enough, the above inventory update is prominently posted.

I then placed a call to The Ready Store, whose products we link to from the Storing Food section of our 'What Should I Do?' guide. They also include a lot of Mountain House products in their food packages. They, too, are seeing high demand, which is affecting their promised shipping times.

CM.com Alert:

PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, CM.com did a little investigating. It turns out there's truth behind the rumor.

Yesterday, Zero Hedge observed:

It appears that Mountain House, which is one of the better purveyors of freeze dried food and holds over 30 servings and last for 20 years because they are packed with nitrogen rather than oxygen, is now sold out of all #10 cans. And for those who go to NitroPak, which sells these products, they have the following message:

***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE***

There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Harry R Weyandt President

Nitro-Pak is one of the distributors we often recommend to our readers, so we started there. Sure enough, the above inventory update is prominently posted.

Bond Market Rebels

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by Chris Martenson

The news is full of stories about how the bond market seems to be defying the Fed. While it is not yet clear what the drivers of the recent sell-off in bonds truly are, the action bears watching.

As I mentioned previously, there are both innocent and sinister explanations for why bonds might be selling off. The innocent explanation involves a return to economic health that is being discounted in the bond market. The idea here is that a return to economic health will include both the cessation of Fed bond buying activity (QE II) and higher interest rates. Under this scenario, which is supported by recent economic data, one does not want to be holding bonds, which will only lose value over time. Best to beat the rush and sell them now.

The sinister explanation involves the idea that the Fed is losing control of the market and is not as powerful as some might have thought. This is the angle that the WSJ is playing up today:

Bond Market Rebels

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

The news is full of stories about how the bond market seems to be defying the Fed. While it is not yet clear what the drivers of the recent sell-off in bonds truly are, the action bears watching.

The sinister explanation involves the idea that the Fed is losing control of the market and is not as powerful as some might have thought. This is the angle that the WSJ is playing up today:

ChrisMartenson.com Alert: Food Storage Shortage Risk Emerging

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by Adam Taggart

As an enrolled member, we’re bringing this alert to you first, before we make it available to the general PeakProsperity.com audience on Friday morning.

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, PeakProsperity.com did a little investigating. It turns out there’s truth behind the rumor.

ChrisMartenson.com Alert: Food Storage Shortage Risk Emerging

PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

As an enrolled member, we’re bringing this alert to you first, before we make it available to the general PeakProsperity.com audience on Friday morning.

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, PeakProsperity.com did a little investigating. It turns out there’s truth behind the rumor.

CM.com Alert: Food Storage Shortage Risk Emerging

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by Adam Taggart

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, CM.com did a little investigating. It turns out there’s truth behind the rumor.

Earlier today, Zero Hedge observed:

It appears that Mountain House, which is one of the better purveyors of freeze dried food and holds over 30 servings and last for 20 years because they are packed with nitrogen rather than oxygen, is now sold out of all #10 cans -link.And for those who go to NitroPak, which sells these products, they have the following message:

***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE*** There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Harry R Weyandt President

Nitro-Pak is one of the distributors we often recommend to our readers, so we started there. Sure enough, the above inventory update is prominently posted.

I then placed a call to The Ready Store, whose products we link to from the Storing Food section of our ‘What Should I Do?’ guide. They also include a lot of Mountain House products in their food packages. They, too, are seeing high demand which is affecting their promised shipping times.

CM.com Alert: Food Storage Shortage Risk Emerging

PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

After hearing reports of depleting inventories of pre-packaged, ready-to-purchase stored food, CM.com did a little investigating. It turns out there’s truth behind the rumor.

Earlier today, Zero Hedge observed:

It appears that Mountain House, which is one of the better purveyors of freeze dried food and holds over 30 servings and last for 20 years because they are packed with nitrogen rather than oxygen, is now sold out of all #10 cans -link.And for those who go to NitroPak, which sells these products, they have the following message:

***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE*** There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Harry R Weyandt President

Nitro-Pak is one of the distributors we often recommend to our readers, so we started there. Sure enough, the above inventory update is prominently posted.

Don’t Be Fooled: Inflation Has The Upper Hand

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by Chris Martenson

Don’t Be Fooled: Inflation Has The Upper Hand

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Executive Summary

Money supply (M2) has been steadily growing for a decade, and banks hold an unprecedented amount of excess reserves that could enter the market at any time.
Credit growth is flatlining.
Debt in the household & financial sectors (the big enchilada) exhibits the deflationary trends that are pre-occupying the Fed.
Federal government credit is exploding upwards as a result.
Corporate and state debt are increasing, but at more moderate rates.
Energy costs are high and getting higher = inflationary.
Confidence in paper currencies is plummeting = potentially hyperinflationary.
Forecast for the future…

Part I

If you have not yet read Part I of this report, please click here to read it first.

Part II

In Part I, we stepped through prices as useful indicators of whether we are in a period of inflation or deflation. Because there’s no more important determination to make than to get an early read on whether we are facing a future of inflation or deflation, we are going to dive a bit more deeply into the evidence here to round out the story.

Let’s begin with….

Money

The classic definition of inflation or deflation is a “relative change in the amount of money compared to goods and services.” Too much money and you have inflation; too little and you have deflation.

Don’t Be Fooled: Inflation Has The Upper Hand

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Don’t Be Fooled: Inflation Has The Upper Hand

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Executive Summary

Money supply (M2) has been steadily growing for a decade, and banks hold an unprecedented amount of excess reserves that could enter the market at any time.
Credit growth is flatlining.
Debt in the household & financial sectors (the big enchilada) exhibits the deflationary trends that are pre-occupying the Fed.
Federal government credit is exploding upwards as a result.
Corporate and state debt are increasing, but at more moderate rates.
Energy costs are high and getting higher = inflationary.
Confidence in paper currencies is plummeting = potentially hyperinflationary.
Forecast for the future…

Part I

If you have not yet read Part I of this report, please click here to read it first.

Part II

Let’s begin with….

Money

Budget Wars

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by Chris Martenson

All the world was waiting to see what form of budgetary punishment would be visited upon the Irish people as a consequence of banking mistakes and the perceived “need” by the European political class to assure that no bank investors shouldered any of the losses.

While the proposed budget may not be capital punishment, it is not far off.

Budget Wars

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

While the proposed budget may not be capital punishment, it is not far off.

It’s Coming…From The Outside In

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by Chris Martenson

What Europe fears, and the reason that the EU members on the Ireland negotiating team “went berserk” when Ireland raised the prospect of a haircut (losses) for the failed bank’s bondholders, is that the contagion will spread from the periphery to the core.

That is, that the disease will progress from the outside in.

The strange market counter currents that we began tracking a couple of weeks ago are still with us and getting stranger by the day.

At this point I am quite concerned about another major banking crisis, quite similar to the one that nearly took down the system in October of 2008. The evidence is mounting.

Here are the similarities:

It’s Coming…From The Outside In

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

That is, that the disease will progress from the outside in.

The strange market counter currents that we began tracking a couple of weeks ago are still with us and getting stranger by the day.

At this point I am quite concerned about another major banking crisis, quite similar to the one that nearly took down the system in October of 2008. The evidence is mounting.

Here are the similarities:

It’s Official: The Economy Is Set To Starve

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by Chris Martenson

It’s Official: The Economy Is Set To Starve

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Executive Summary

The age of conventional oil is over, but energy demand will continue to climb.
Natural gas is the “silver” of energy plays.
The inexorable onset of Peak Oil will drive natural gas much, much higher.
A tipping point of awareness approaches.
Prepare for extreme market volatility.

Part I

It’s the End of the Oil As We Know It…

Please click here to read Part I of this report.

Part II

Scouring the Globe for Fuel

Please click here to read Part II of this report.

Part III

Okay, so we’ve come to the conclusion that by the time the IEA, which has every incentive to underplay the timing and impact of Peak Oil, has publicly done everything but hand the world an engraved invitation on a silver platter that reads You are cordially invited to accept the reality of Peak Oil, it’s already past time to begin making whatever adjustments you are going to make.

Remember, it is my view that when the changes finally arrive in full force, their speed will overtake most people’s, countries’, and companies’ ability to react gracefully. (Click here for a recent report on this subject). Which means that the time to begin these efforts, if you have not already started, is now.

But we’ve gone over this in quite a bit of detail recently, and so I will not rehash those thoughts here and now. This report begins with the assumption that you have taken care of the basics: food, water, energy, and shelter. Further, you have gold and silver. You’ve got enough spare goods, parts, and necessities to take care of yourself, your family, and a few others besides. You’ve safely removed a comfortable portion of your wealth from the paper-based banking and financial systems. You are diligently working on building your local community.

Okay, so you’ve done all of that. Now what?

It’s Official: The Economy Is Set To Starve

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

It’s Official: The Economy Is Set To Starve

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Executive Summary

The age of conventional oil is over, but energy demand will continue to climb.
Natural gas is the “silver” of energy plays.
The inexorable onset of Peak Oil will drive natural gas much, much higher.
A tipping point of awareness approaches.
Prepare for extreme market volatility.

Part I

It’s the End of the Oil As We Know It…

Please click here to read Part I of this report.

Part II

Scouring the Globe for Fuel

Please click here to read Part II of this report.

Part III

Okay, so you’ve done all of that. Now what?

Chris Interviews Ted Butler: The End of Silver Price Manipulation – Part 2

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by Adam Taggart

The second part of Chris’ interview with Ted Butler, noted commentator on the silver market, is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.

If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.

Part 2 of the interview takes a deep dive into the mechanics of how the alleged manipulation of the silver price has been conducted, as well as Ted’s outlook on the future price for the metal.

Simply put, this interview (Parts 1 & 2) is a ‘must listen’ for anyone currently invested in silver or thinking about doing so.

Chris Interviews Ted Butler: The End of Silver Price Manipulation – Part 2

PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

The second part of Chris’ interview with Ted Butler, noted commentator on the silver market, is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.

If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.

Part 2 of the interview takes a deep dive into the mechanics of how the alleged manipulation of the silver price has been conducted, as well as Ted’s outlook on the future price for the metal.

Simply put, this interview (Parts 1 & 2) is a ‘must listen’ for anyone currently invested in silver or thinking about doing so.

Silver, Indecisive Markets, and You

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by Chris Martenson

I recently conducted an interview with Ted Butler, the silver champion and analyst, and he got me really excited about what silver may do over the next few years. The podcast of that interview will have both a public portion and a private portion for enrolled members. In the exclusive part, you will learn about some of the reasons that silver may perform really, really well over the coming years.

I said I would be keeping any eye on the silver markets to see if/when the next buy point might come. While I was expecting a bounce, today’s actions caught me off-guard.

Silver, Indecisive Markets, and You

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

I said I would be keeping any eye on the silver markets to see if/when the next buy point might come. While I was expecting a bounce, today’s actions caught me off-guard.

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