THE PHOENIX CONSPIRACY

The To The Point Phoenix Rendezvous is little more than two months away: January 23-25.  It will be a conspiracy – TTPers plotting how best to survive the depredations of the coming NMP Regime.

As we said in the immediate wake of last week's electoral insanity, TTP will be focusing on practical survival, on preserving and even expanding your freedom and pocketbook.

Yet – a big yet – there are a number of things that we can't put in print, but can only discuss in a completely closed-session off-the-books personal discussion – and that's what we'll be doing in Phoenix. 

We'll be sending you the details regarding the venues and costs shortly.  But to get in an early reservation and deposit, as we can accommodate a limited number, please email Miko, TTP's general manager, at [email protected]  now.

Speaking of now, however, let's get to work on some initial steps you can take to protect yourself personally and financially.  First defensively, then actively.  Safety first, then grow and prosper amidst adversity.

Personal safety requires you to own a number of guns.  You need a good handgun – a good choice would be a .38 revolver for which ammo is widely available – and a shotgun like a pump-action 12 gauge in your home.  The TTP Forum, in response to this, will offer solid advice on options as so many TTPers are knowledgeable on this subject.

Whatever your choice, go to your local gun range and learn – really learn until it's second nature – how to use your weapons.  The purpose of the Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting.  It is to give American citizens the real capacity to defend themselves against government tyranny.

Which means contacting other gun owners (NRA, Gun Owners of America) in your area, and forming self-defense alliances.  There is a reason why gun ownership has soared since November 4 and will continue. 

It's not just NMP and the threat he and his promised Civilian Defense Force of Nazi Black Panthers may be.  It's the social chaos.  No one knows where the bottom of this recession-depression will be.  And it's for sure that as bad as Bushistas like Henry Paulson are making it, NMP and the Pelosicrats will make it worse.

So here are two ways to consider regarding what to do with your money, one relative, one absolute.

As for the former, realize that the economic collapse is global.  The headlines blare about Pelosicrat bailouts of Detroit – but its woes are nothing compared to Swedish Volvo.  Last year, 2007, Volvo sold 140,000 heavy trucks like big rig semis.  As of November 1^st of this year, 2008, Volvo has sold less than 2,000, a sales collapse of over 98%.

Try this on to put the current crisis in perspective.  The Paulson-Bush bailouts so far have added 5% to the total US debt.  The bailouts and deficit rescue spending of the British government have added 15% to total UK debt.  The EU countries as a whole (which excludes the UK and Scandinavia) have added 30%.  Sweden, home of Volvo, has added 80%.

Which means England's economic woes are at least three times as bad as ours and the EU's six times.  Sweden is economic history.  Little wonder that the British pound has collapsed against the dollar, from $2 last January to $1.48 today (11/12).  Or that the euro has sunk from costing $1.60 last May to $1.24.

TTP does not give investment advice.  But a number of very savvy investors we know believe it's a safe bet – with caveats – to short the euro and the pound.  The caveats involve extreme volatility and the ability to withstand it, which means don't leverage yourself way out on a limb.  That said, these investors are confident that the euro is headed towards 1-to-1 parity with the dollar if not below, and the pound another 20% to less than $1.20, by March 1^st or earlier.

In other words, the value of the dollar, even given the massive increases in M1 by the Fed, is relative to other currencies and you can bet accordingly.  Then again, there is the absolute value of the dollar – which means compared to gold.

You may have noticed that during the economic collapse of the last two months, gold has also collapsed, from a high of almost $930 an ounce in mid-October to $712 today – when you'd have thought that it would have soared to the moon.

That's because many central banks around the world are being forced to sell their hard asset collateral – gold – to bail out their soft assets gone bad.  This cannot last a whole lot longer.

When this will be is a risky bet.  TTP's cadre of savvy investors says gold will continue to drop for a while – that's a safe bet – but don't try to time the upswing.  Buy too soon, sell too soon is the adage to follow.  That and don't leverage.  Buy the gold you can afford in the next month or so and buckle your seat belt for the rocket ride up – that's what the cadre says. 

Again, though, don't take our word for it.  Think for yourself.

We'll be thinking a lot for ourselves in Phoenix.  Thinking, plotting, conspiring on how to live free and prosper in an increasingly unfree world.  Please try and join us.  I hope to see you there.