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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 […]

Price of Gold to Rise Significantly in Next Five Years

This following interview with Peter Schiff was originally published at Gold Eagle. Find it here. Gold-Eagle: Fed Chair Janet Yellen recently hiked interest rates by 0.25%. What impact do you believe this will have upon US stocks and the national economy? Peter Schiff: The air was already coming out of the bubble prior to this tiny rate […]

Do We Need the Fed?

This article was written by Ron Paul and originally published at the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Find it here. Stocks rose [last] Wednesday following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of the first interest rate increase since 2006. However, stocks fell just two days later. One reason the positive reaction to the Fed’s announcement […]

Peter Schiff Media Roundup Dec. 16-Dec. 22

In the past week, Peter Schiff released two podcasts, and appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, InfoWars and The Hard Line. The Federal Reserve’s decision to nudge interest rates up and the possible ramifications dominated discussions. Follow these links to jump to the video or article you’d like to see: 1. Schiff Radio Podcast: CNBC Calls […]