Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news‚ market trends‚ stocks‚ investing opportunities‚ and the precious metals markets. In this column‚ JWR also covers hedges‚ derivatives‚ and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today‚ we examine the recent rally in the gold and silver markets. (See the Precious Metals section.) Precious Metals: Gold prices ignore Powell’s hawkish stance as prices surge to session highs above $2‚050.  JWR’s Comment:  Yes‚ the metals are indeed looking bullish!  I noted these figures‚ from after-hours trading on Friday evening (December 1st‚ 2023): Gold … The post Economics &; Investing For Preppers appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.