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A recent article in RadioWorld stated that aging baby boomers, now defined as ‘Alpha Boomers’, still have much buying power. The article stated that 1 in 5 of the aging baby boomers, AKA, ‘Alpha Boomers’, still make $100,000 or more in the average household.

It also stated that despite the normal mindset, baby boomers are more educated than the younger generation and that nearly 70% are not yet retired.

The point that we are trying to get across here is that there are many aging baby boomers who are use to a relatively good standard of living. They do not want and will not give that up easily. This brings us back full circle. The economic down turn has brought about a certain amount of hoarding and a goodly amount of speculation. Gold is (more…)

Gold and aging babyboomers should be words that are comfortable used together. They are not. Babyboomers have traditionally looked to companies retirement plans, 401K and 457’s and such but not gold.

Now, with the increase in the price of gold and silver, aging babyboomers are trying to familiarize themselves with the different avenues presented to them. The use of coin speculation is one of those avenues and that is what we will look at today.
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High MS Coins for Speculation – The Wrong Road for the Wrong Reasons

One of the two biggest scam techniques in the coin industry is the recommendation by unscrupulous coin shops for people to buy high mint state (MS) numismatic (having collector or antique value) coins for investment purposes. They tell you (more…)

Gold, Gold And Aging Baby Boomers is taken out of an article called ‘Gold, and How to Avoid the Scams in the Coin Industry’ By Kal Gronvall.

Aging baby boomers have been turning a year older at the fantastic rate of 10,000 a day. They are looking for investment opportunities in these hard economic times. Consequently, there are plenty of opportunistic people ready to take advantage of those who are simply looking to survive.

I have been very slow in posting the remaining sections but will attempt to continue on with all due diligence, so, here we go.

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The Gold Rush of 1980 and Central Bank Strategy

As a little history about gold in America, we were on the gold standard from 1850 to 1933, and gold coins were legal tender in our country during that period of time. In 1933, Roosevelt confiscated gold. (more…)

In our last post, I started a series Gold, Gold And Aging Baby Boomers taken out of an article called ‘Gold, and How to Avoid the Scams in the Coin Industry’ By Kal Gronvall.

Baby boomers have been looking for investment opportunities in these hard economic times. Consequently, there are plenty of opportunistic people ready to take advantage of those who are simply looking to survive.

This post is relatively short but I promise there will be more next time.

Is Gold Manipulated?

Now that we have established that the powers-that-be have other motives towards us in regard to gold, let’s consider a few of their tactics to accomplish this objective. Is the price of gold actually manipulated or is it just another one of those unfounded conspiracy theories? I have read many different things about the price of gold being manipulated by the central bankers. One of the most direct quotes comes from that book on The Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins. Also in Chapter 5, it says, (more…)

Recently I came across an article by Kal Gronvall concerning gold and gold scams. Almost anyone is at risk for scams surrounding the high price of gold these days. I would suspect that baby boomers looking for investments are particularly at risk. The following article will hopefully give baby boomers an edge on all the scams that comes with the high price of gold.

Gold, and How to Avoid the Scams in the Coin Industry

By Kal Gronvall

Introduction

One of the least understood concepts or commodities in our Western society is gold and precious metals. In almost every country in the world gold is revered, prized, and sought after. Throughout history, a king’s wealth was measured in the amount of gold in his storehouse or treasury. Look at the Asian countries, or India. A person’s wealth is measured in terms of how much gold he or she possesses. Central banks around the world hold tons of gold in their vaults as a backing for their paper currency. The Euro is currently backed by 15% in gold, and they are talking about possibly increasing it to 30%. The Federal Reserve has tons of gold in its vaults. But of course, that is not government gold, it is private gold. Gold has maintained its purchasing power throughout its 5,000-year track record, as the world’s only monetary metal. Gold is financial security. (more…)

This is one of those times that I have thought about much through the years. It is funny I suppose but did not seem so at the time for this young baby boomer. I was only about five and was a tag along with my older brothers.

Here’s the story. It was Easter and the little town of Sturgis, Kentucky always had sponsored activities of one sort or another going on. Today, if you are a motorcycle enthusiast, I’m sure you have heard of the ‘Little Sturgis’ motorcycle rally. It is held at the Sturgis Airport just outside the town of 2500 people. Back then, one of the activities was a county Easter egg hunt. Any and all of the kids from who knows where was invited to come and hunt.

We lived on an off road across a couple of big fields from the airport. My older brothers and a cousin decided that the best way of going to that Easter egg hunt was to just walk across the fields. (more…)

In our third part concerning baby boomers and cancer, I want to talk about an herb related substance in that it can be found in approximately 800 plants. There are several different related names that can be given it. They are nitrilosides, vitamin B 17, amygdalin, laetrile.

Amygdalin, one of the compounds of nitriloside, is the compound that is the anti-cancer fighter. It was discovered and has been around for a little over one hundred years and has been considered non-toxic for that period of time.

Amygdalin/B 17 is contained in the kernels of seeds of most fruits and most are edible. Some of the more common fruits that contain the highest concentrations are apricots, apples, peaches, plums and cherries. (more…)

I don’t know if there is any particular age limit that applies to this subject. Baby boomers, in particular, are sure to remember those years. I do know that for me there were several years that did.

You have to realize that for a red headed, shy, freckled faced boy from a family of eight boys and no girls that anything related to a girl was cause enough to get red faced. This story begins in the 1950’s at school when the teacher sends that note home instructing your parents that on such and such date the class will be exchanging the thing that causes it all, the ‘Be My Valentine’ cards.

The cards would be purchased, brought home and of course we had to be the one that wrote the note and signed the thing. Today, my grandchildren buy cards that are Sponge Bob, Bratz, Disney, Hanna Montana, Transformers, Spiderman and on and on. Back then, they were cards with hearts and a very personal message like ‘Be My Valentine’ or ‘Your My Valentine’ on them. (more…)

I am going to continue in this post about aging baby boomers and cancer. If you ask the question, “How many lives does cancer take each year?”, you will get a few different answers. The American Cancer Society estimates 7.5 million globally die from cancer each year and roughly 600,000 in the United States. That is approximately 1600 each day. Wow! This, I suppose, is after many months of torturous treatments.

One report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicates by 2030 that 70% of all reported cancer will be accounted to those people 65 years and older. That is an increase up from 61% and can only be attributed to aging baby boomers.

As baby boomers increase in age and incidence of cancer, so does the cost. It is estimated that the increase may be as high as 27 percent by 2020. I indicated in my last post that many are beginning to look at alternative forms of treatment, many of which involve herbs.

One such form of treatment is the Essiac Formula (more…)

Cancer for aging baby boomers and everyone else is probably the most dreaded word they could hear. The word represents a disease that is not greatly understood.

It is the second leading cause of death in the United States with somewhere between 100 and 200 different types of cancer. The disease may invade any and every part of the body but lung cancer is the leading cause of death.

What scientist do know about the disease is that it is characterized by an abnormal growth of cells. The damage occurs when the cells divide in an uncontrollable way that causes lumps and tumors. One exception to this is leukemia. The abnormality in this type of cancer exist in the blood stream. (more…)