Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, another look at pennies and nickels. (See the Base Metals section ad the Commoditoes section.) Precious Metals: When I last checked (Mid-day on Thursday, September 6th): Gold $2,519.20  (Up $9.90) Silver $29.10  (Up $0.65) It seems that the short sellers are losing this fight. The Asian long traders are dominating the global markets. The shorts … The post Economics & Investing For Preppers appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.