PowerShift: Oil, Money & War  02/22/2002 - 03/29/2007

The next war has just begun. The era of peace and stability that we have come to know is over. We are entering an era in history, not of peaceful economic competition between nations, but a time of warfare between tribes, ethnic groups, religions, and economic systems. This war will be unlike other wars. There will be no major battlefields. Armies won’t line up to face each other and do battle. The war will be taken to the cities and suburbs as well as the skies... War will, for the first time in the West, become personal. Read more

The Great Inflation  09/23/2004 - 10/28/2005

Ask any person today what causes inflation and they will tell you that it is rising prices. Like many issues on money, the inflation issue is clouded and confused. That is because the inflationists want it that way. By focusing attention on rising prices, it takes the attention away from the cause, which is excess money creation. Instead, all of the attention is focused on the symptoms of the disease rather than the root of it.

Part 1: The Nature of Money  Part 2:  The Two Bens

The Perfect Financial Storm? 10 Part Series  07/18/2000 - 08/16/2001

In the fall of 1991 an event took place which had never been seen in recorded history. A powerful storm was developing off the northern Atlantic coast. It was a force of nature so intense it would be unlike anything the present world had ever known. Nature was about to unleash a force and furry never before witnessed in the collision of three potent storms at one moment in time. The dynamic power of that collision would be propelled by winds of 120 miles an hour, creating waves ten stories high. Read more

NOTE: Jim has continued this series with Storm Watch Updates and StormWatch

The Stock Market  7 Part Series  11/20/1999 - 04/18/2000

It has become the main topic of conversation around the country from the evening dinner table to idle chatter at cocktail parties. It has become the conversation-du-jour of the media ... from the evening news to talk radio to full time financial networks ... all devoted to the same topic.

I'm referring to the American stock market and its meteoric rise this year -- more than any other year in memory Read more

  About the Author, James J. Puplava

James J. Puplava, CFP
Puplava Financial Services, Inc. President & CEO, Investment Advisor Representative
Puplava Securities, Inc. President & CEO, Registered Representative
Financial Sense & Financial Sense Newshour Author & Host

As host of Financial Sense, Jim Puplava has spent the last twenty years on Financial Sense communicating his practical knowledge of twenty-five years in the field of financial planning and investment management. His website, Financial Sense, has been active for 10 years and as of the close of 2006 greeted visitors from 156 countries. He is known for his insight and writing about future trends. His writing is clear, concise, and understandable to the sophisticated as well as first-time investor. His Perfect Financial Storm series was recognized internationally. More about the Author