Masterfully researched, and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource examines our country s current financial situation from a historical perspective and addresses some of the alarming issues that many economists are currently pointing to with concern.

Masterfully researched, and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource examines our country's current financial situation from a historical perspective and addresses some of the alarming issues that many economists are currently pointing to with concern.

Acknowledgments ixAbout the Author xiIntroduction 1Part One Our Debt: American Financial Risk Has Never Been HigherChapter 1: The $65 Trillion Wind Blowing from Our Future 11Chapter 2: How Can Families Really Be Getting Richer by Borrowing More? 15Chapter 3: Why the World Continues Lending (Most of Its Savings) to Us 23Chapter 4: Relying on Foreigners: Our Economic Future May Be Out of Our Hands 35Part Two Our Homes: The Epicenter of American Economic RiskChapter 5: Real Estate, this Decade's Economic Driver, Could Drive Us into Recession 45Chapter 6: The Negative Amortization Mortgage Loan Is Born 53Chapter 7: Tighter Lending Standards and the Fed Can't Help 57Chapter 8: The Great American Equity Cash-Out Is Coming to an End 63Chapter 9: Financial Culture Shock: Real Estate Can Have a Negative Return 67Part Three Our Economy: The Longest Economic Boom Ever Is Probably EndingChapter 10: Balance Sheet Recession: We Could Be Heading in a Japanese Direction 75Chapter 11: Smiling on the Lawnmower: Affluent Poverty 87Chapter 12: As the Fed Cuts Rates This Time, Could the Dollar Finally Collapse? 95Part Four The Case For GoldChapter 13: Why the Time Is Right for Gold to Skyrocket 109Chapter 14: Stocks and Bonds Offer Little Compensation for Risk Today 127Chapter 15: Gold's Scarcity: New Sources of Demand and Falling Supply 137Part Five How To Buy GoldChapter 16: When You Simply Want Financial Insurance 149Chapter 17: Mining Stocks, ETFs, and GoldMoney 159Chapter 18: Rare Coins: A Bet on the Highest Possible Gains in Gold 169Chapter 19: Why Silver Might Rise More Than Gold 187Conclusion Don't Be A Gold Bug: Sell When It Is Time To Sell 191Notes 199Index 217