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Fed’s Continuing Denial About Economy Risks More than Its Own Credibility (Audio)

Swiss Play Financial Hot Potato with Negative Rates

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Check out this article on an absolutely mind-boggling phenomenon taking place in Switzerland. Apparently Local Cantons (what states are apparently called over there) are actually telling […]

The State of the Union: A Big Joke on the American People (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared on Stefan Molyneux’s podcast Wednesday and dissected the State of the Union address. Peter summed it up this way: He opened with a joke, he closed with a joke. The entire State of the Union address was one big joke. Unfortunately, the joke is on the American people.”

2016 Forecast: An About-Face for the Fed & Gold (Video)

Peter Schiff believes the Federal Reserve’s December interest rate hike was actually the end of the Fed’s tightening cycle that began with the first talk of tapering quantitative easing (QE) several years ago. Economic data will continue to be weak, and the US will likely be in an official recession in 2016 if it isn’t […]

2016 State of the Union: The Most Clueless Ever (Audio)

In episode 130 of his Podcast, Peter Schiff discussed the State of the Union address, calling Obama’s speech the most clueless ever. Peter breaks down all of the economic fallacies the president invoked during the SOTU, honing in on the fact that the president seems oblivious to the fact that we are about to head […]

Deja Vu All Over Again: Stocks Plunge; Gold Surges; Markets Ignore Reality (Video)

In the latest Schiff Report, Peter Schiff looks back at the first week of the new year, examining the performance of the US and Chinese stock markets, the price of gold, and a collection of other economic data. Peter was one of the only analysts who insisted gold would rise after the December rate hike, […]

Bleeding Stock Markets: A Canary in the Coal Mine Signaling “Buy Gold”

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Flashing red stock markets seem to have become something of a norm in this new post-rate-hike world. Since Yellen made her big announcement in December, we’ve […]

Former Official Admits Fed “Engineered” Phony Wealth Effect (Audio)

Nobody really seemed to pay a whole lot of attention to the bombshell dropped by the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, but Peter Schiff picked up on it. Richard Fisher essentially admitted that the Fed manufactured the stock market recovery. Peter talked about it on his podcast. [He]was on CNBC yesterday. […]

Wall Street’s Dismal 2016 Could Be a Sign of Things to Come (Audio)

The new year began with a bang that made Wall Street whimper as stocks sold off on the first Monday of 2016. The Dow suffered its worst opening day of the year loss since 2001. As Peter Schiff pointed out in his podcast, this doesn’t bode well for the upcoming year. There’s an old saying, […]

Bubbles Popping on Wall Street for New Year (Audio)

Wall Street ended the year on a sour note and wrapped up 2015 down on the year for the first time since 2008. Peter Schiff believes this is just a sign of things to come. He’s been saying consistently that the December Federal Reserve rate hike was likely a one-time deal with another round of […]