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Rickards: Don’t Expect a Grexit, Fed Rate Hike, or Strong Dollar in Next Year (Video)

It’s been a while since we heard from Jim Rickards, one of the leading contrarian economists. In a new interview with Kitco, Jim shared his opinions on a wide range of topics. He talked about the current relationship between the United States dollar and the Chinese yuan, as well as what he expects to happen […]

Physical Gold Best Protection from Financial Asset Bubble (Video)

Renowned investors like Bill Gross and Carl Icahn have warned Fox Business that a bubble is forming in financial assets. Icahn told Fox: [In] the financial markets, I believe that there really is a bubble brewing. Interest rates now are at a low that in the history of the Federal Reserve, they’ve never been held […]

Ron Paul: We Live in a Chaotic World of Malinvestment and Debt (Video)

Dr. Ron Paul shared his free market perspective of Federal Reserve policy with CNBC. Dr. Paul warned that the stability of the current financial system “depends on a psychological acceptance of this system.” He argued stocks and bonds will crash dramatically when the markets realize that ever-expanding debt and money printing have only stimulated malinvestment. […]

If Gold Backed the World’s Debt

If all the world’s debt were backed by gold, the US dollar price of the yellow metal would be nearly $34,000. Frank Holmes of US Global Investors explains the math in an insightful article. 5.9 billion ounces = total above-ground gold in world. At $1,181 per ounce, that’s about $7 trillion. Total global debt = […]

US Could Be in Recession in 6 Months (Video)

While Marc Faber thinks the Federal Reserve should have raised interest rates years ago, he’s not at all surprised that it did not raise rates this month. In fact, he thinks the United States and global economies are too poor for Janet Yellen to raise rates at all this year. He predicts the US will […]

Gold & Silver Are the Best Refuges from a “Weird” World (Video)

Ross Beaty is the Chairman of Alterra Power Corp and Pan American Silver. He is an expert in the energy sector and precious metals mining. Beaty spoke with Cambridge House Live about why he owns gold and silver as a protection from the economic and political uncertainties of the next decade. From disruptions in the […]

Former Fed Insider: Tail Is Wagging the Dog; Fed Needs to Raise Rates (Video)

Danielle DiMartino was a former advisor to Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve. On CNBC this week, DiMartino identified herself as an economist more concerned with the power of free markets when she cited Ludwig von Mises as one of her personal heroes. She went on to share insights into the Fed’s […]

Sooner or Later All Paper Money Systems Crash and Burn (Video)

Precious metals analyst Ed Steer shared his expectations for the price of gold and silver with Cambridge House Live. While Steer believes that the paper gold markets are the main determiner of prices right now, he thinks Western investors should mimic the habits of the Chinese and buy as much physical gold and silver as […]

Hyperinflation Is Coming, but You Still Have Time to Prepare (Video)

Gordon T. Long explained to USAWatchdog why he sees hyperinflation coming to America in the future and how investors should prepare for an escalated war on cash. While Long agrees with analysts like Peter Schiff and Marc Faber that the world is facing a debt crisis and major currency upheavals, he believes the world is […]

How Central Banks Enrich the Few and Destroy Free Markets (Audio)

Tom Woods and Mark Thornton, a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discussed the reality of financial market manipulation by central banks. This excellent, easy-to-understand conversation explains how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies enrich Wall Street bankers while destroying the wealth of the middle and lower classes. At the same time, this financial repression undermines […]