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Why Gold Still Has a Strong Role In Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
There’s an old saying among my long-term prepper friends…"You can't eat gold." True, I tell them… but you can’t eat paper money, either! Or plastic credit cards. Or Bitcoin! Why do some preppers disdain gold? There are several reasons, actually…First of all, people get very emotional over gold and its potential role...
Tips to Ensure Financial Security During A Disaster
When discussing preparedness, there are several questions we each need to address. How will you locate food? What is your escape route - or your bug-in plan? How will you charge your devices (flashlights, 2-way radios, cell phones)? When disasters happen, do you have the funds to weather the storm...
6 Prepper Barter Lessons from History
In the span of human history, money as a concept didn’t exist until about 5,000 B.C. Before that, the practice of bartering had been around for centuries as a means to exchange goods and services. Though you won’t see many people in the Western world exchanging farm animals or precious...
Cybersecurity Threats You Should Be Aware Of
Sending an email. Making an online banking transaction. Posting a photo on Instagram or location on Facebook/Twitter. Throughout the day, we use a lot of connected devices. From our phones to our computers, these digital tools are pretty much central to our lives. Unfortunately, along with the increasing use of...
Money Prepping: How to Protect Yourself from Fiat Currency Disasters
Let’s start with a little bit of history before we tie this all together with today and something to prepare for. Almost a half-century ago now, the American dollar was on the gold standard. This meant that our currency was backed by a fixed asset—gold. This system provided a self-regulating...
Personal Hardship Preparedness
Personal Hardship Preparedness Whenever we ask people “what” they’re preparing for, the responses tend to be the scarier things. Natural disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes. Acts of war or terror. Complete economic collapse. Preparing for these things certainly makes them scarier. Our preparedness advisors are well-versed in helping you...
Tangible Wealth: The Only Way to Prepare in a Volatile Economy
TANGIBLE WEALTH:THE ONLY WAY TO PREPARE IN A VOLATILE ECONOMY The recent Equifax data breach was unprecedented in many ways. It was massive. As many as 143 million Social Security numbers were compromised. Birthdays, credit and debit card numbers were also stolen. Also, it’s suspicious to me how long it...
The Truth About Gold-Backed Preparedness
"You can't eat gold." It's a saying that gets tossed around quite a bit in preparedness circles. You Can't Eat Gold It's a controversial statement because gold can be a big part of a lot of folks' emergency planning, especially in the case of economic collapse. Yet, there is a...
A Black Swan Event May Be Near
Let me simply toss this statement out there. A Black Swan Event could freeze commerce nationwide in a matter of a few short hours. Have you ever heard of a Black Swan Event? If no, you'll want to read this special Survival Scout report while asking yourself this: What would...
U.S. Debt Default - Gambling with Our Economy
MEDIA SLAMS "INSANE" PLAN TO DEFAULT ON U.S. DEBT In case you missed it, that was a headline from earlier this week. It grabbed a lot of attention, including from me, but not for the reasons you might think. To be fair, I try to stay out of the media...
Must-Haves for a Barter-Based Economy
Must-Haves for a Barter-Based Economy In any extended long-term emergency, our currency-based economy may no longer function and may even become non-existent. If that happens, you'll not only want to have everything you need to be self-sufficient, but you'll want to consider keeping items for trade in a barter-based economy...
Financial Myth-Busting from a Survivalist
Financial Myth-Busting from a Survivalist Last night, I received a call from an old friend. For the sake of his privacy, let's call him Dan. Back in school, Dan was always the life of the party. His energy always made me feel like the future was bright - it was...
