Peter's Blog

Recently, a piece of collage art entitled “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” by an artist known as Beeple, sold at a Christie’s auction for $69 million. The Wall Street Journal noted that the price was higher than any that has ever been paid for works of Frida Kahlo, Paul Gaugin, or Salvador Dali. But, before the auction, few outside […]

In this SchiffGold exclusive video, Peter Schiff sits with Axel Merk at the recent New Orleans Investment Conference to discuss gold investing in the midst of the currency wars. Like Peter, Axel was one of the few analysts to warn of the 2008 financial crisis and he remains one of the few analysts independent from […]

Gold Boasts Biggest Weekly Gain Since 2011 Reuters – From a two-year low of $1,321 on April 16th, gold climbed to $1,471.05 on April 25th, making for the largest weekly price gain since October 2011. Continued strong fundamentals have contributed to gold’s recovery, including huge physical demand in Asia that has depleted supplies and raised […]

Germany Repatriating Gold in Case of Currency Crisis Forbes – Germany’s central bank announced plans to bring 50% of its total gold reserves back to Frankfurt from the US and France. 300 tons of gold will be moved from the NY Fed to the Bundesbank over the next seven years. A Buba spokesman said they […]

Bridgewater’s Dalio Likes Gold, Breaks From Buffett  Forbes – Ray Dalio, manager of one of the world’s most profitable hedge funds – the $120 billion Bridgewater Associates – likes gold, sees it as a useful inflation hedge, and thinks it belongs in any well-diversified portfolio. For Dalio, gold is “the alternative money.” Concerning Warren Buffett’s […]