How useful are the mainstream mass media in making you more informed? As you may have already suspected, the hidden biases, vested interests and veiled agendas are taking you for a ride. One very important source of the media’s revenue comes from advertising. Journalists have long faced pressure to shape stories to suit advertisers and owners. To make matters worse, among the different media, newspapers are facing a secular decline in profitability. As the profitability of newspapers decline, their dependence on advertising revenue increases, accentuating the problem of conflict of interest. Hence, newspapers will be under increasing pressure to bend to the interests of their advertisers. Often, these advertisers have a vested interest in promoting certain viewpoints, to your detriment. Therefore, it is more and more important for you to critically assess what you read from the media. So, learn the content of this book thoroughly, and it will serve you well in the years to come!

Are you prepared for the coming hyperinflation? The United States with ‘helicopter’ Ben Bernanke at the helm of the Federal Reserve, is committed to money printing to solve America’s economic woes. To the extent that the US dollar is the world reserve currency, it will affect the rest of the world. In this book, you will: • Understand why the future of financial assets and fiat money are doomed as the US government is facing bankruptcy and why you should invest in physical gold and silver bullion to hedge yourself against that • Learn how to store your gold and silver safely • Know the types of physical gold and silver and understand which ones to invest • Tell the difference between the reals and the fakes • Understand why silver can be a better investment than gold • Discover a tax trick used by the rich • Pitfalls and strategies on investing in physical gold and silver You are either a contrarian or a victim. Be on the winning side!