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The Fed’s Campaign

By Peter Schiff This past Friday, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address from Jackson Hole – the State of the Dollar, if you will – I couldn’t help but hear it as an incumbent’s campaign speech. While Wall Street was hoping for some concrete announcement, what we got was a mushy appraisal […]

Priced for Collapse

By Peter Schiff Where is the gold price today? If you’re like many Americans, you have no idea whether it went up, down, or sideways. Fortunately, I know my readers to be more informed – you likely know that after falling from almost $1900, gold has been trapped around $1600 since early May. But you […]

China, Metals, and Your Money

I’m in Shanghai, and the “China Miracle” is in full bloom. Few variables are more important in the world of metals investment than the strength and sustainability of the extraordinary bull run the Chinese economy has enjoyed for years. So many pundits, critics, and cheerleaders keep pouring out opinions on this question that they saturate […]

The Return of the Gold Standard

By Peter Schiff In my latest book, The Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy – How to Save Yourself and Your Country, I devote a full chapter to the merits of the historical gold standard and reasons to reinstate it. What I did not mention and few investors notice is that central banks are already returning […]

What is Money?

By Peter Schiff Excerpted from the new economic bestseller, The Real Crash. Today, we’re accustomed to thinking of small greenish paper rectangles as the definition of money, and we think of the US government as the only source of money. To honestly discuss sound money, we need to realize where our current money customs came […]

Walking Along the Hyperinflationary Cliff

Mark Motive’s Gold Commentary Would you walk along the edge of a cliff? Sure, you walk around every day (and you’re probably pretty good at it), but knowing that the result of a small misstep would be catastrophic, you’d probably think carefully before walking along a cliff. In fact, you’d probably stay far away from […]

Precious Metals Market Manipulation?

Casey Research’s Gold Commentary By Doug Casey For many years now, a meme has been floating around that the prices of gold and silver are being manipulated, which is to say suppressed, by various powers of darkness. This is not an unreasonable assertion. After all, the last thing the monetary powers-that-be want is to see […]

France May Be Losing Its Head…

By Peter Schiff According to the European Central Bank, the Italian banking industry now holds more government debt than the banks of any of the major European economies: nearly €324 billions worth of shaky bonds. The Spanish banking sector is also heavily overweight in government paper, at a new record high of €263 billion. This […]

Gold & Financial Preparedness

Mark Motive’s Gold Commentary There is a growing number of people in America hoping for the best… but preparing for the worst. These people – often called “preppers” – believe in self-sustainability, in terms of health, wealth, and liberty. As a former Boy Scout, I can certainly appreciate the desire to be prepared for any […]

Gold’s Critical Metric

Casey Research’s Gold Commentary By Jeff Clark There are many reasons why gold is still our favorite investment – from inflation fears and sovereign debt concerns to deeper, systemic economic problems. But let’s be honest: it’s been rising for over 11 years now, and only the imprudent would fail to think about when the run […]