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I'm always surprised by how few people understand the options for buying precious metals. Even the very affluent.

I find myself guilty of assuming that everyone is as familar as I with the full specturm of gold-silver purchase options available. So to correct that, I've taken the time this week to detail those options out for the novice buyer.

So, if you've been thinking about converting some of your paper fiat money into precious metals but are unsure how to start, wonder no more.

Below is a primer of the main options available to you, and in which situations each makes sense to consider.

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With the bursting of the Everything Bubble, we declared last year as the 'Year Everything Changed'. This will be the 'Year of Instability', possibly preceding an upcoming 'Year Of Woe' in 2020.

But look, we're not saying the world is the process of ending imminently. It's just that we've entered the part of the timeline when things are going to start to get really rocky.

And we think it's much more useful to think of 2019 as the 'Year Resilience Matters'. It shifts the focus away from fear and instead towards the many things you can do to protect yourself and those you care about – and even to position yourself to prosper through the coming challenges.

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• Parks chief warns of 'massive cuts, huge layoffs' as soon as 2020 (Chicago)
• No more excuses. Fix Pa. pension funds | Editorial
• Who’s Going to Pay for LA’s Unsustainable Pension Plans?
• ECB Official Warns QE Exit Could Spell Trouble for Italy's Debt
• U.S. recession chances edge up, risk Fed delivers fewer hikes: Reuters poll
• BOJ's Kuroda rules out early end of negative rate policy (Japan)
• Unthinkable?
• Bitcoin-Rigging Criminal Probe Focused on Tie to Tether
• NY BitLicense Approval, Blockchain for Energy Commodities, CFTC Enforcement, Advertising Use Cases and More

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As we claim often here at PeakProsperity.com: Energy is everything.

Will our global society be able to transtiton off of its extreme dependence on fossil fuels? And if so, can we do so without too much pain?

Scott Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, and founder of the non-profit Switch Energy Alliance, which is dedicated to helping humanity address these key questions.

Tinker remains confident a much better future energy-wise is possible; but will require a tremendous shift in behavoir, investment and technological innovation.

In his eyes, society can make the transition. But will it? That's a lot less certain…

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• Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden’s Middle Class
• More Than 30 Trump Aides Lose Top-Secret Clearance, Sources Say
• It’s a Good Time to Buy Gold
• Tulip mania: the classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong
• The Flu Is Finally, Finally Going Away
• Trump’s Trade Wars Could Spark A Massive Drop In Oil
• Interior Dept. wants to lower royalties that offshore oil, coal companies pay
• Harvesting the Sun for Power and Produce – Agrophotovoltaics Increases the Land Use Efficiency by over 60 Percent 

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