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Episode-822- Mike Gasior on The Current Economic Reality for Jan. 2012

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Modern Survival| 24 Comments
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Mike  Gasior has held a host of securities licenses and industry designations. He has authored ten textbooks on investments and the investment markets, and over 700,000 people worldwide read his monthly newsletter.

His breakthrough radio program “Big Money with Mike Gasior”, which aired worldwide on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network, was one the first shows ever to focus on the needs, concerns and issues faced by the world’s largest investors and Mike is a regular guest on the “Naked Short Club” show in London.

Mike is also a prepper and a good friend of the TSP Community.  Today he joins us to discuss…

  • What MF Global was really all about and how it might matter to you
  • Why people should really be mad at Wall Street other then simple “corporate greed”
  • What is high velocity trading and why should you care
  • Why people are now paying a premium for a “shorter cable” LITERALLY
  • Three movies you should see to better understand the current situation
  • Mike’s view on municipal defaults and where we disagree
  • The real danger we have right no is that we don’t know what’s next
  • Why prepping is the best solution in Mikes view right now

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Episode-819- Billy Joel’s Allentown – History Lesson, Prophecy or Both

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Modern Survival| 52 Comments
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Today we are going to do something completely different and look at the old Billy Joel hit from 1982, “Allentown”.  My hope is after you hear today’s show you will fully understand what I mean when I say, “history, prophecy or both” in regard to the song.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • What “closing the factories down” was actually like
  • Why unemployment was a national problem but worse in the coal and steel regions
  • What the song means when talks about “weekends at the Jersey shore”
  • The “restlessness” that was handed down
  • “Graduations hang on the wall” today they are college degrees vs. high school diplomas
  • The multiple broken promises that generation experienced
  • What “filling out forms, standing in lines” means to us today
  • What “hard to stay” is really all about
  • The true nature of the WWII generation post war prosperity
  • How “one word plastics” from the movie “The Graduate” relates to this song
  • What “the threw and American flag in our face” was all about
  • How the “flag in the face” relates to today
  • How this song is really about one of the massive shifts in the world
  • How this generation got caught in this shift
  • Some of the other massive shifts on the past 200 years
  • The real nature of the current shift

Lyrics of the Song Allentown

Well we’re living here in Allentown
And they’re closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they’re killing time
Filling out forms, standing in line

Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers at the USO
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
And we’re living here in Allentown
But the restlessness was handed down
And it’s getting very hard to stay

Well we’re waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard, if we behaved

So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke, chromium steel
And we’re waiting here in Allentown
But they’ve taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled away

Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
Something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face

Well, I’m living here in Allentown
And it’s hard to keep a good man down
But I won’t be getting up today

And it’s getting very hard to stay
And we’re living here in Allentown

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Episode-818- Greg Yows of Revolution Rock and Roll

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Modern Survival| 12 Comments
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Find all of Greg's Music at RevolutionRockAndRoll.com

I am really excited to welcome Greg Yows to The Survival Podcast.  Greg is a great friend to both the show and me personally.  Together we wrote “The Revolution is You” our show theme.

When asked about himself Greg says,

“I am a simple songwriter. The hippies in the 60s had their “protest” bards in the form of Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Janice Joplin, John Lennon, Joan Baez…the list goes on. Now, I ain’t claimin’ to have their skill. But I have just as much passion for my cause. And that cause is making sure my kids enjoy freedom from the tyrannical, over-taxing, nanny-state governments that are currently plaguing our nation.

I hail from the piney-woods of East Texas where the fishing is amazing but the county was dry. So here I am in Austin, a computer programmer by day and musician at night…cranking out patriot songs between honey-dos, working on my preps, gardening, fishing and taking care of my two kids.”

Join Greg and I today was we discuss his music at Revolution Rock and Roll, some of the other things he is currently working on, the role of our military, life as a prepper and more.

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Episode-770- Modern Financial Survival

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Modern Survival| 43 Comments
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Yesterday I stated that we are about to in effect go into the middle of a financial war.  I am not sure the analogy was fully understood it wasn’t so much about fighting the battle but more about the way that even if good is the end result how many can be harmed in the process.

This resulted in a litany of people trying to nit pick about the justification for WWII, why the US prospered after the war, etc.   Such people are literalists that don’t comprehend analogies and tell “ants are socialists”, when you tell them the ant and grasshopper story.

Today I will revisit a few things people took exception to (very briefly) and will spend most of the show outlining my “modern financial survival guide” for the coming future.

Join Me Today as We Discuss…

  • Is the Catholic Church calling for a “World Bank” and global tax or not
  • What exactly do I mean by a financial war
  • Why do I believe so emphatically that I am right about the coming collapse
  • What I think you need to do to be financially prepared for the future
    • Get rid of debt (especially floating rate debt)
    • Try to save at least 20% of your income (6 months security)
    • Know your exit points for every investment
    • If you are in stocks by only the best companies
    • Do not hold any and I mean any long term bonds
    • Keep an eye on TIPS Bond Yields
    • Remember most “experts” on TV are actually idiots
    • Develop your local community
    • Don’t bet on any government money (specifically @ 100%)
    • Consider land as the best investment (not houses)
    • Increase your financial IQ daily – start with vocabulary
    • Focus on gaining some % of self sufficiency with the 5 needs
    • Try to be as “cash rich” as possible
    • Don’t act in fear, think before you do anything
    • Do not listen to conventional wisdom during unconventional times
    • Remember the prepared can always profit and prosper

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Episode-725- Mike Gasior on the Current Economic Mess

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Modern Survival| 57 Comments
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Mike Gasior is with us today, Mike is a consummate expert, he has authored ten textbooks on investments and the investment markets, and over 700,000 people worldwide read his monthly newsletter.

His breakthrough radio program “Big Money with Mike Gasior”, which aired worldwide on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network, was one the first shows ever to focus on the needs, concerns and issues faced by the world’s largest investors and Mike is a regular guest on the “Naked Short Club” show in London.

He is also the founder of AFS Seminars in 1989 after spending time with several Wall Street firms and a major European bank. In his teaching he uses anecdotes and lessons drawn from his lifetime of experience with economics, investments and the financial markets to deliver knowledge with a dynamic, interactive teaching style that I find to be among the best in the industry.

And we are fortunate to have him here with us today on The Survival Podcast.

Please Note – Mike’s voice became somewhat distorted at the very end of today’s show.  During the recording session he sounded fine on my end and there was no way to correct it after the fact.  I did my best to clean it up but there are limits to what can be done with such distortions.  I am going to suggest to Mike that he come fully into the 21st century and get a Skype account for future interviews.

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Episode-660- Listener Feedback Economics Edition for 5-9-11

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Modern Survival| 22 Comments
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So it is Monday and I am back up in Hot Springs at TSPN (The Survival Podcast Network HQ).  This week we are doing a series of shows with an economic flair.  Tomorrow we will look at the silver and gold markets and much of the recent “drop” in silver prices.  Wednesday we are going to do a show all about ways our listeners save money and today we are going to look at a variety of economic issues and questions sent in by the audience.

Join Me today as we discuss…

  • Saving Money show submissions still being taking
  • A chance to win free seeds – see link in show notes and INSTRUCTIONS
  • Going to “cash” inside a 401k
  • Is austerity headed to America, I wish!
  • IMF says the “Age of America” is near an end
  • Protecting a paid for property if you default on another
  • How do I verify sources and analyzed information
  • Obama floats a plan to tax mileage
  • Experts say the US “can’t default as the global currency”, really?
  • Hillary Clinton warns of coming food shortages
  • Made in the USA making a comeback, not all good news.

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Episode-654- A Look Back to August of 2008

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Modern Survival| 7 Comments
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So today I am on the road taking the RV up to Arkansas so there isn’t a new show but there is a rebroadcast of a show from August of 2008, I did this to expose new listeners to some of the early days.  It is also in response to a lot of recent questions about how I was able to call the 2008 crash.

The reality is the writing was clearly on the wall already. This again was in August a full month before the September fall off of the cliff.

Warning – While the introduction was recorded in the studio the majority of the episode is from the time I was doing the show in the car and BEFORE I sorted out the audio to a reasonable level.  In other words the audio quality sucks, try to focus on the content.

Tune in today to hear my thoughts in 2008 about…

  • A surplus of 5 years worth of ready to go residential lots and what that means to the economy
  • How the real estate bust is slamming into other industries like the Title Industry
  • How banks are building less new branches despite the very low cost of commercial construction right now
  • The stated and REAL reason many banks are ‘getting out of the student loan business’
  • The harsh reality every business must face when revenue and business declines
  • What the decisions of banks tell us about what’s coming next
  • Our responsibility for the clowns in government running our country today
  • The declining work ethic of the American worker
  • How everyone is actually “self employed”
  • The impact of our migration to a “service based economy”
  • Why you really need to prepare for hard times NOW
  • How we let our government officials keep their jobs with a 9% approval rating
  • Why storing food, saving money and protecting your wealth is a hell of a lot more important right now then “main battle rifle” or a “survival knife”
  • Thoughts on how Americans could use the economy as a weapon in a “bloodless by not painless revolution” (just a sneak peak more to come on this later)

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Episode-630- Mike Gasior on the Current Economy and Everyday Prepping

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Modern Survival| 11 Comments
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Mike Gasior from AFS Seminars

Mike Gasior from AFS Seminars

Mike Gasior is one of the most switched on financial people I know.  Having worked on the inside of major bond trading concerns and now specializing in complex political accounting issues he has a unique view into our economy.  Mike is a consummate expert, he has authored ten textbooks on investments and the investment markets, and over 700,000 people worldwide read his monthly newsletter.

His breakthrough radio program “Big Money with Mike Gasior”, which aired worldwide on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network, was one the first shows ever to focus on the needs, concerns and issues faced by the world’s largest investors and Mike is a regular guest on the “Naked Short Club” show in London.

He is also the founder of AFS Seminars in 1989 after spending time with several Wall Street firms and a major European bank. In his teaching he uses anecdotes and lessons drawn from his lifetime of experience with economics, investments and the financial markets to deliver knowledge with a dynamic, interactive teaching style that I find to be among the best in the industry.

And we are fortunate to have him here with us today on The Survival Podcast.

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

Additionally Mike has some special offers for some of his upcoming seminars. A note from him is listed below.

With the developments that have taken place in the markets in the last few years, the four programs I will be presenting in New York in the next 60 days have taken on even deeper importance than usual.  I wanted to drop you this email today to make you aware of these extremely timely sessions.  Of course, all my courses qualify for significant CPE and other continuing education credits.

We are aware at how tight training budgets have become and for that reason we wanted to offer a tuition special for these important programs.  When registering two paid attendees for any of these programs we will allow a third to attend for free.  On the final page of the registration process on our website, simply list the three people you would like to attend the seminar.  If you have any questions, please call or email and we will be happy to help.  This offers tremendous value for your training dollars.

The four seminars taking place in New York available for the 3 for 2 special are:

Derivatives – April 11 & 12
http://www.afs-seminars.com/derivatives.html

Alternative Investments – April 13 & 14
http://www.afs-seminars.com/alt-investments.html

Mortgage & Asset Backed Securities – May 9 & 10
http://www.afs-seminars.com/mortgage.html

Securities Operations, Processing & Accounting – May 11 & 12
http://www.afs-seminars.com/securities-operations.html

You can also view all my 2011 sessions at the following link:
http://www.afs-seminars.com/schedule.html

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Episode-576- Seven Deadly Cracks in the U.S. Economy

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Modern Survival| 41 Comments
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I authored an article yesterday you can read at The Real Truth About Money called “Seven Deadly Cracks and The False Recovery” (Link).  I didn’t want to do this episode today so close to Christmas but I can’t get this out of my head.

The things I will tell you today and the components of the article I will expand upon you really need to know about and be prepared for.

We are about to enter a very dangerous time, a period that will be lauded as recovery, I have been saying this was coming for over two years now.  Today I will show you the how and why behind it and the seven deadly cracks that will eventually allow the dam to break.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • Reasons things seem to be getting better
  • How inflation creates the illusion of recovery
  • The real reasons behind the initial crash
  • The Seven Deadly Cracks
    • The collapse of the housing market is still in full swing
    • High unemployment that isn’t getting better
    • The majority of US States are near bankruptcy
    • Many cities and municipalities are near bankruptcy
    • The US is 13 Trillion dollars in debt and climbing
    • The deficit in 2010 was over 1.4 trillion dollars and it will be as bad in 2011
    • FAS 157 Voodoo Keeping Bankrupt Banks Appearing Profitable
  • What you can do about this
  • Protecting your wealth in the future
  • Why holding some cash is something you must do despite inflation
  • Debt must go NOW, here’s why
  • My outlook is positive as always, the wold is going on sale again!

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Photo Credit Above to Wicky1 via Flickr

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Episode-572- Economic Fear vs. Common Sense Reality

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Modern Survival| 35 Comments
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So today’s show is drawing from a large volume of emails about financial and economic issues based on a request I made for such materiel this week on facebook.    I decided to do today’s show due to a excess of false fear I am seeing in the market right now.  Tune in today to learn why as I put it, “yes Rome is burning but no the sky isn’t falling”

Tune in today to hear…

  • Gold is always THE answer but it is often an answer
  • Understand you don’t have to sell all of anything, you can liquidate half
  • Stop being afraid to hold onto some cash
  • Why yes you should pay off debt and no inflation won’t help YOUR debt
  • What is going on with this JP Morgan, Max Keizer silver short thing
  • If no wealthy people put all assets in one class, why should we, why should our nation
  • What is a TIPs
  • What does it mean when people take a negative interest rate on a TIPs
  • How should we view real estate for us as individuals
  • My case to you as a fellow share holder for the restructuring of USA Inc.

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