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 look at some new taxes and proposed taxes. (See the Taxes section.) Precious Metals: The spot and futures prices of gold and silver kept up great strength this week. As of Thursday evening (March 28‚ 2024)‚ here is a snapshot of the spot market: Gold: $2‚247.30 USD per Troy ounce — up $42.00 (1.88%) … The post Economics &; Investing For Preppers appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.